Hana Highway
Kahului → Hana, HI · ~64 miles · 1 full day
Stylized illustration, not a photo — the real place looks different (and that’s half the fun).
Six hundred curves and more than fifty one-lane bridges wind along Maui’s lush northeast coast, past waterfalls, bamboo forest, and a black-sand beach.
Good to know: Make it a full day, and reserve the Waiʻānapanapa black-sand beach in advance.
Updated July 2026.
Maui’s rainforest coast, curve by curve.
The drive is the destination — go slow, pull over often, and make it a full day. (Waiʻānapanapa’s black-sand beach needs a reservation.)
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
The best stops on the Hana Highway are the places that define the drive, not just the nearest towns. Roamward orders them for the road: start with Twin Falls, Garden of Eden, Keʻanae Peninsula, Waiʻānapanapa, then open each stop guide for the pull-over context.
01Twin Fallsan easy early waterfall stop with a fruit stand — open the stop guideHI
02Garden of Edenarboretum with sweeping coast overlooks — open the stop guideHI
03Keʻanae Peninsulablack lava coast and crashing surf — open the stop guideHI
04Waiʻānapanapathe famous black-sand beach (reservation required) — open the stop guideHI
05Hanathe sleepy town at the end of the road — open the stop guideHI
Where to eat
Restaurants along this route.
Restaurants on the Hana Highway are chosen for trip usefulness: gateway-town location, a clear reason to stop, and enough quality to make a traveler save the pick. Start with Braddah Hutts BBQ Grill, Coconut Glen's, Hana Farms, Hana Harvest Cafe.
A curated set of trip-useful meals near the route — enough to anchor driving days without turning the guide into a phone book.
- Braddah Hutts BBQ Grill
A Hana plate-lunch favorite for travelers who want a hearty end-of-road meal before turning around or staying overnight.
- Coconut Glen's
Coconut-based ice cream in the Hana jungle, exactly the sweet little reward a Road to Hana turnaround needs.
- Hana Farms
A Hana-end stop with farm-stand energy and wood-fired food after the waterfall crawl.
- Hana Harvest Cafe
Lush, garden-style cafe and market near Hana with breakfast, bowls, and pastries for travelers staying overnight instead of racing back.
- Hana Ranch Restaurant
A Hana dinner anchor for travelers staying at the end of the road instead of racing back through the curves.
- Huli Huli Chicken
A beachside-style Hana plate stop that gives the Road to Hana a satisfying, unfussy finish.
- Thai Food by Pranee
A beloved Hana Thai stop when the end-of-road meal needs to be more than banana bread.
- Aunty Sandy's Banana Bread
The Keanae Peninsula banana-bread stop that turns a quick overlook into a proper Hana Highway ritual.
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