Maui - Hawaii - page 597

Getting There & Around
TO/FROM THE AIRPORT
Kahului airport ( Click here ) is at the east side of town. Most visitors pick up rental cars
at the airport. Kihei Rent a Car ( Click here ) will shuttle you from the airport to their of-
fice.
BICYCLE
Island Biker ( 877-7744; www.islandbikermaui.com ; 415 Dairy Rd; per day/week $50/ 200;
9am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat) Rents quality mountain bikes and road bikes well suited for
touring Maui.
BUS
The Maui Bus ( www.mauicounty.gov ) connects Kahului with Maʻalaea, Kihei, Wailea and
Lahaina; each ride costs $2 and runs hourly. Queen Kaʻahumanu Center is a major hub.
CAR
Bio-Beetle ( 873-6121; www.bio-beetle.com ; 55 Amala Pl; per day $50-90, per week $229-359)
Offers an eco-friendly alternative to the usual car rental scene, renting cars that run on
cooking oil from local restaurants. Also available are hybrids, plug-in hybrid-electrics
and a 100% electric Nissan Leaf. Rates fluctuate, sometimes a great deal, during the year.
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Wailuku
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The lush land surrounding Wailuku is fed by four streams, which made the area an im-
portant food source and land holding for Maui chieftains. Missionaries took up residence
here in the 1800s. Today, Wailuku boasts more sights on the National Register of Historic
Places than any other town on Maui but sees the fewest tourists. As the county capital, its
central area wears a modern facade of midrise office buildings, while its age-old back-
streets hold an earthy mishmash of curio shops, galleries and mom-and-pop stores that
beg to be browsed. At lunchtime, thanks to a combination of low rent and hungry gov-
ernment employees, Wailuku dishes up tasty eats at prices that shame Maui's more tour-
isted towns.