Bike Maui

We started our adventure at the lovely hour of 3 a.m. Dan gave us a pun-filled, entertaining, and informative history as we headed up the mountain. Once at the top I dumbly decided not to put on the wind suit they provided- but you absolutely should, and wear pants, and long sleeves, and a jacket, and gloves if you have them. It’s an island but you’re at nearly 10,000’ and it is downright COLD. Snag a spot along the right portion of the guardrail and you’ll get a view of the sunrise over the crater. It is beautiful. The the bike ride down was incredibly fun. The bikes are great, the scenery is awe-inspiring, the ride just the right level of exhilarating. The grade is not as steep as I expected and the drivers are really nice and respectful and gave us a nice wide berth as they went around us. We were there on a day where we got rain for the last 5 miles of the ride. It was light at first, then really heavy, to the point it was pouring in under my sunglasses and running across the road and soaking everything we were wearing. I started laughing while riding because it was just so incredibly fun and made me feel really alive. I highly recommend the experience.

This was an amazing experience and I highly recommend for any cyclist or non-cyclist. Our guide Russ was an encyclopedia of all things Maui. Anthony our driver was a gem of a person. Having done so many tours all over the world this was one of the most enjoyable based on our guides. The views and location were absolutely stunning, and I would highly recommend this. Russ you are an amazing person with a great spirit.

This review is for the Haleakalā bus tour. The tour was several hours, from pick up to drop off. The route to Haleakalā was enjoyable and the views were breathtaking. Our driver was pleasant, friendly, and very knowledgeable of Hawai’i’s history. The booking was easy. Tour company was responsive to questions and inquiries. Communications was excellent.

Bike Maui is a MUST DO! The guides were so funny, super informative and made the experience the best. You check in at 2:50 AM (yes its early but its worth it) and they gear you up with everything you need, pants, jackets, helmets... make sure you wear close toed shoes and warm layers. They drive you to the top of Haleakalā National Park while learning so much history of Hawaii and the islands.... and getting told a lot of dad jokes. Genuinely haven't laughed that hard in a long time. As you watch sunrise from the top it is the most magical views. After they drive you down to the park entrance where you can use the restrooms and then that's when they bring the bikes out. They are super informative and you will be 100% safe. It is actually all common sense, they go over the bikes, brakes, how the ride is going to look. You should not be worried or scared, if you are anxious about biking down a volcano it is a lot easier than you think. Their is a guide in front of the group and then they follow you behind with a van so it blocks the other cars. The front leader and the back driver have a radio so they can communicate if we all need to pull off to the side to let any passing vehicles go by. After you bike down the volcano, you also get to bike through the cutest town. The guides will tell you all their fav breakfast spots, coffee shops and by that point you are hungryyyy. After you explore the town for about 45 mins, its a quick ride to the shop. I would highly recommend doing this with a guide because you gain so much more from the trip. Its not that much physical exertion, you are really just going downhill the whole time taking in the views and plus who can say theyve rode down a volcano before! Our guides names were Dru Anderson and Edgar (eddiebuddy was his nickname i think). But yesssss deff add this to your bucket list :) Timing was 2:50 am check in, left shop by 3:20 ish, drove up the volcano and was told stories about hawaii until sunrise around 5:50 am, lookout points and photo stops until 6:45 am, restroom break around 7:30 am, bikes starting around 8 am- got to town around 9:40 am, left town around 10:30 AM and back at shop around 11 am.

The best experience! So much fun and so exhilarating. We lucked out and had a wonderful weather for the sunrise. The bike ride down was awesome. Eddie and Russell and Steve were all so knowledgeable and amazing. Thank you so much!

Superb staff and wonderful experience. Highly recommended this bike ride that’s professionally run. And if you’re lucky enough to get EddieBuddy to lead your tour, you get a fun filled comedy act on top of it. The sunrise is well worth the obscenely early start!!

Bike Maui gave us an incredible Haleakala at sunrise experience. The 2:30am wake up is 1000% worth it. Kimo, our guide was fun, informative, & helpful the whole time. Riding bikes back down Haleakala was a great experience. It’s definitely a bit scary, but Kimo & the Maui Bikes team made sure we felt safe.

We loved seeing the sunrise and the bike ride, but we wouldn't go on this specific tour again. There are two simple ways that would make this tour a 5-star experience. First, there is no need for the tour to be as long as it is. The participants have been awake since 2am or even 1am, they don't need the time to get stretched out as long as it was. I think we could have been back to our starting point about 90 minutes earlier than we did, including the stop in town. So much time was spent sitting idly in the bus or on a bike lane listening to the tour guides speaking about nothing relevant to what we were doing. On that note, the second point is that the tour guides need to read the room a bit better. Everyone is tired and eager to do the two things they paid for - get to the summit and bike down the volcano. On the way up the volcano we listened to our guide unload pun-based jokes for about an hour with little to no information about the area we were in, then we stalled in the parking lot listening to bad jokes by the guide as the sky was brightening until someone interrupted and said, "can we get off?" while we were watching other people take the best spots to view the sunrise. That wasn't great. Then after the sunrise we got back on the bus and the guide stood in front of us and told bad jokes for, I kid you not, 20 minutes while we waited - confused and unamused - to head to our bikes. It was as if we were stuck on an endless loop of Disney's Jungle Cruise ride for hours on end. Here is my advice: instruct the guides that they can tell their jokes if they are so inclined but maybe start when the sun is in the sky and don't let them get in the way of the actual tour - why people are paying for this experience in the first place. We really wanted to love this tour, but unfortunately any time we tell people about it we have to add the caveat that the tour group we decided to go with was not optimal.