going to spend lots of time snorkeling on Maui while we are there in August. Is it worth the cost to take the sunset Triology tour to Lanai or should we just do a Sunset sail on the Alii Nui? The Triology tour does include food and tour of Lanai but no alcohol(BYOB) and the Alii Nui includes food and drinks and is around $100 less per person.
We usually take some type catamaran excursion when we travel.
Sunset snorkle tour to Lanai or just Sunset Sail?Sunset is usually not the best time to snorkel.
Also, most sunset cruises are not snorkel cruises, but dinner cruises.
Can%26#39;t help as to whether one is better than the other, but if alcohol is a factor, I guess that narrows the choice.
Sunset snorkle tour to Lanai or just Sunset Sail?I think the poster is asking wether to skip the snorkel tour and just take the sunset tour.
When you say tour of Lanai, do you mean a on-the-ground tour or just boat tour around the island? If you can tour the actual island, I%26#39;d probably do that if seeing another island is important to you. Expeditions offers a guided tour for $145 per person. You cross on the ferry. I%26#39;m not sure if snorkleing is involved. Double check. Another option might be your own your of Lanai. Expeditions also offers a rent-you-own-jeep deal. $169 for the day and includes ferry for one person. Additonal round trip ferry is $50. So for $220 (plus gas and food) you can do your own thing and snorkel at Holupo%26#39;e Bay. We did this and it was great fun.
I just looked up the Trilogy tour and I would definately do your own tour over that. You%26#39;ll also have more time on Lanai if you go the ferry route. Also, I remember seeing a tour on at the bay when we were there and I think it was trilogy. They made everyone wear these little life jacket things. Persoanlly, that would annoy me. I will say they were very helpful to people who couldn%26#39;t swim well (letting them hold on to surfboards and staying right with them and to older people who needed help getting in and out of the water. I thought it was nice.) If you want a little handholding, this might be great. If you are independent minded, I%26#39;d say go by yourself.
Oh - if you go with expeditions, go ahead and pay the $10 for the extra person to ride the shuttle to the rental car. Coming back to get them is a pain and waste of time.
I didn%26#39;t write a Lanai report when we returned, but I will today, so look for it.
let me clarify this. The Triology has a snorkle trip that leaves at 10 am, goes to Lanai, and comes back in time for sunset so you are on the water at sunset time.
The Alii Nui has a sunset cocktail cruise only. We are staying in Kihei so the dock for this trip is in Maalaea.
Since we are already snorkeling several areas while on Maui I was asking if it worth the extra money to go over to Lanai to snorkle that area. The Triology also takes you on a little van trip on Lanai and a beach lunch so it is an all day affair. The dock for this trip is in Lahaina so we would have to drive up there to get the catamaran. We are already driving back and forth from Kihei to Lahaina for the Feast at Lele and who knows what else.
Trilogy runs a good trip. I don%26#39;t think the snorkeling is particularly better on Lanai, but it is a fun day, plus I like the later trip better than the earlier one.
You end up snorkeling around noon ... and the couple of times I%26#39;ve been, the snorkeling has been good in terms of water conditions, etc. The van tour of Lanai is interesting and worth doing.
A couple of thoughts:
1. There is a huge difference in time spent on the 2 trips ... do you want a whole-day event or just an evening sail?
2. Paragon also does tours to Lanai -- I%26#39;ve never taken one, but thought I might next time since they are cheaper than Trilogy and get great comments on this board. The Paragon trip is 8:15 to 4 (gets you back to shore in time to see the sunset over cocktails) and they do have beer/wine/mai tais if that%26#39;s important.
I think the real question is time spent ... 8 hours vs 2 ... big difference!
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