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During the Mercedes Championships in 2006, David Toms teed off of the eleventh hole in this challenging, but beautiful Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course.
ment of Champions and numerous PGA and LPGA tour stars. But duffers need not be intimidated; most holes on the Bay Course have four sets of tee boxes to accommodate every level of play. And this is the site of one of Maui’s most rewarding surprises: Kapalua Resort’s golf courses are a gateway to two of the loveliest and least strenuous nature walks on the island. The ecology-minded resort maintains the Maunalei Arboretum and the Pu‘u Ka‘eo Ridge Nature Walk, offering regular guided tours. The arboretum’s native and international plants include Hawaiian indigenous flowers, tower- ing New Zealand kauri trees, and an offshoot of the original bodhi tree under which the Buddha meditated. On the nature walk, visitors might spot (and will certainly hear) endangered birds such as the bright orange-red i‘iwi and the crimson honeycreeper ‘apapane. And at Ka‘anapali, even amidst world-class shopping emporiums,
visitors can continue absorbing Maui’s intriguing whaling culture at Ka‘anapali’s Whale Center of the Pacific. Moby Dick devotees will be fascinated by the magnificent collection of photos, models of whaling ships and whaleboats, and colorful scrimshaw carved into whale teeth by the whalers.
About thirty minutes from Lahaina down the Honoapi‘ilani Highway heading to Ma‘alaea, South Maui, is the Maui Ocean Center, which traces the maritime history of the island through its era as a place of maritime harvest to a place of ocean preservation. Here are exhibits on coral restoration and displays devoted to conservation-conscious ancient Hawaiian fishing practices. Most awe-inspiring are the aquarium exhibits of rainbow-hued tropical fish and deepwater gar-
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