The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua
The Kapalua resort of 1992, redesigned and moved inland when construction uncovered the Honokahua burial site.
The Ritz-Carlton · Kapalua · Maui
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because it is the natural anchor of Kapalua — twenty-two thousand acres of resort with two marine sanctuaries, the golf and the trail — and because after its hundred-million-dollar transformation of 2022 the rooms, the pool and the lanai over the bay are as good as any in the north-west, at a tier it holds and we write exactly.
- Over Honokahua Bay at Kapalua; a Ritz-Carlton house.
- The lobby lanai over the bay; the multi-level pool; the Club Lounge and the Fire Lanai rooms; The Banyan Tree and Alaloa Lounge; the lū'au.
- The Honokahua Preservation Site, a Hawaiian cultural advisor and the cultural program; the Ambassadors of the Environment program with Jean-Michel Cousteau.
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel; holds four-star standing.
The neighborhood
Kapalua
The north-western tip beyond Lahaina, greener and breezier, about an hour from the airport. It holds the bays of Kapalua and Honokahua with their marine reserves, two championship golf courses, the coastal trail and the West Maui mountains.
- Honokahua Bay and the Kapalua coastal trail, at the door.
- Kapalua Bay and the golf courses, minutes away.
- Kahului airport, about an hour by road.
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The Resort at Kapalua Bay, Maui
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Fifty-six residences on Kapalua Bay, contemporary and without tropical kitsch — the facilities of a far larger resort.
From $2,500 per night
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Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Five-star · Wailea
The resort on fifteen acres above Wailea Beach, visibly Hawaiian and without a trace of kitsch — Maui the way it ought to be.
From $1,300 per night
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