There's no sightseeing to speak of in either Kahului or Wailuku, though you may well become familiar with both while shopping for food and other necessities, better value here than elsewhere on the island. Market Street in Wailuku contains several interesting curio and souvenir shops, and commands a view across to Haleakala.

Wailuku's Main Street heads straight into the West Maui Mountains , stopping three miles in at Iao Needle , a stunning 1200ft pinnacle of green-clad lava. It stands, head usually in the clouds, at the intersection of two lush valleys; you can't climb the needle itself, but hiking trails lead off in all directions, and as few visitors follow them for any distance you can soon be alone in the wilderness. Kamehameha won control of Maui here in 1790, in a battle determined by a cannonade directed by two European gunners.

Kahului and Wailuku

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