The Four
Seasons at Wailea has 16 ADA room and 1 ADA suite,
and it's the only place we found that offers beach
wheelchairs which can actually be taken into the
surf... The property is located along a beachfront
path that's flat and easy to manage for a sunset
stroll, and the staff is extremely attentive to
your needs. There's even a day care program for
children, and kids with special needs are welcome
if they're accompanied by an attendant.
Request
a view board for viewing fish, and if not available,
they can be found at Auntie
Snorkel in Kihei where snorkel gear and boogie
boards are available. Only 5 minutes from the
hotel. The view board is a boogie board with a
special built in window for viewing.
There
are so many accessible tours, attractions and
activities to choose from that you can kept yourselves
busy nearly every hour of the day and night. The
Old Lahaina Luau, known worldwide as the best
Luau on Maui is indeed spectacular, with traditional
Hawaiian foods, a native craft market and a high-energy
hula show. Seating is by reservation at the luau,
so securing a wheelchair space at one of the many
long feasting tables is quite easy.
The
Maui Ocean
Center, one of the best public aquariums/ocean
parks you'll ever see. The tanks and exhibits
are at easy eye-level for wheelchairs, and even
the "touch pools" are within reach.
I give this place an A+ for accessibility.
Another highly-rated
attraction in terms of handicapped access is the
Sugar Cane Train. It's an old 1890s-style train
that once carried workers to the cane fields,
but is now used to carry tourists to an outdoor
barbecue and live music performance. The train's
been fitted with a wheelchair lift, and while
the 30-minute ride isn't exactly scenic (the tracks
run alongside the main highway in Lahaina and
not through the back roads and sugar plantations),
the barbecue and entertainment is well worth the
ticket price.
