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we just booked our Hawaii trip for our first anniversary. staying in maui for 5 nights and kauai for 4 nights.

hotels are done but i'm definitely interested to hear reccos for excursions, places to eat, etc.

thanks in advance!

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Mamma's Fish House in Maui!!!!! Must must must must must

also feast at le le luau in Maui

where are you staying in Kauai?? If the hyatt, tidepools and donderos were both fantastic.

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We are doing the same trip for our 1 year ! Do we need to make advance reservations for any restaurants or do you plan on doing it when you get there ?
Thanks!

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Road to Hana - rent a jeep and take the top off! Best drive of my life!

Ziplining - there are many options - we did one in 'upcountry' up in the hills - AMAZING!

paddleboarding - we did this out of the Grand Wailea but it is offered all over the island

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I agree with tidepools & donderos- brother excellent!!!

As for excursions-- def do the tour of the na pali coast line, it was so beautiful!!! My other favorite was sky diving--we went with sky dive kauai, AMAZING!!!

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Posted by JBC12510

Mamma's Fish House in Maui!!!!! Must must must must must

also feast at le le luau in Maui

where are you staying in Kauai?? If the hyatt, tidepools and donderos were both fantastic.

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Yesss mammas fish house was amazIng

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Watching the sunrise and then biking down was also amazing in maui!

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thanks so much girls! keep them coming!!

we're staying at the Four Seasons in Maui and the St. Regis Princeville in Kauai.

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Posted by Lisalana

thanks so much girls! keep them coming!!

we're staying at the Four Seasons in Maui and the St. Regis Princeville in Kauai.

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The Four Seasons is awesome!

We loved the helicopter tour of Kauai..it was pricey but worth it.

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In Kauai we visited Waimea Canyon & went snorkeling at Poipu Beach (www.poipubeach.org). We rented snorkel equipment & bought some fish food & the fish where a plenty. It was really amazing to see. I was a little nervous because DH loved feeding the fish & he was surrounded by them; he even got bit by one. We also visited Kipu & Wailua Waterfalls. They were both amazing & we really didn’t want to leave Kauai.

Kauai is amazing & DH & I can not wait to go back.

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We did a bike riding down the volcano excursion in Kauai ... it was a lot of fun and not overly hard (it was mostly down-hill)

in Maui, we did the road to hana (it's a bit scary of a drive because the road is narrow) ... we rented a convertible and drove ... there are tons of places you can stop at on the road with awesome views.

Also in Maui, we did the luau at the Feast of Lele ... it was good (but a bit pricey).

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Have to go to Mama's Fish House - its amazing.

definitely do the road to hana - so fun

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In Kauai we stayed in Poipu. Theres a restaurant called Plantation Garden - very good. Definitely do the dinner cruise along the Na Poli Coast. Its incredible!!!!

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Maui:

I can't remember all the restaurants we went to but here are a few:

Plantation House Restaurant - beautiful view (esp if you go at sunset) over a golf course. Great food.

Sansei - Japanese

Da Kitchen- this is a lunch place that is really small, not fancy, and mostly for locals but it has amazing food. It's closer to the airport but def worth a stop if you want to go for lunch one day!


Excursions:

Sunrise Bike Tour -Haleakala Crater
I highly recommend doing this. They pick you up at your hotel at like 2:30 am. You drive up to the top of the crater and you watch the sunrise. It's an amazing view! Then you bike ride the 25-miles down the crater. It's really fun and the views are awesome.

Road to Hana

Zip Lining

Old Lahaina Luau

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the Four Seasons in Maui is the greatest place on earth.

That said, Spago is a MUST
Ferraro (also on the property) is amazing
Their breakfast spread is possible the most heavenly thing in the world.

Other good restaurants - Sorrento's on the Beach, Nick's Fishmarket, and for a casual night there's a great pizza place by the shops that I can't remember the name of but the concierge can tell you, its awesome.

Excursions - whale watching depending when you're there.

And just relaxing by the pool at the Four Seasons or getting spa treatments is lovely!

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We stayed at the four seasons and st regis they were both amazing!!! You must try and get the jr suite at st regis cause its awesome!!!! we loooooooooved both hotels and the veiws from the room are insane!!! the restaurants in both hotels are fabulous!!!! we hardly needed to go out and eat..

In Kauai you must try this little dive place called Mermaids Im not exactly sure where it is in Kauai I totally forget but they have the best Ahi taco's i have ever eaten in my life.. its called the tropical tacos and I ate their twice cause it was soooo fricken amazing!!!! def a must!

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thank you girls so much!!! this is super helpful!

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Spago, is an amazing restaurant in Maui at the four seasons