Take the Ride of Your Life. Enjoy the freedom of mountain biking down Haleakala Volcano at your own pace. You drop 3,000 feet in 10 miles and curve around 29 switchbacks. Stop often and enjoy the incredible vistas of west Maui surrounded by the Pacific. Below 4,000 feet you come to "Upcountry Maui" — vegetable truck farms, protea farms, lodges, galleries and Kula Botanical Gardens.

You have the option of expanding your day and including Keokea, the Chinese community, Tedeschi Winery and the Enchanted Gardens. Further down the mountain is Makawao town — Paniolo (cowboy) country, outiques, shops and wonderful places to stop and enjoy a leisurely meal. Take your time and travel at your own pace.

(Source: Hawaiiactive.com)

Haleakala bike tours suspended

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