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Tony’s Tropical Tours hosts historical tours on the Island of Maui, Hawai'i.
Enrich your time on the Island by investing three hours to learn about Maui’s fascinating history and culture:
--Visit an ancient Hawaiian temple site and royal compound.
--Stand on the ground where the bloody Battle of the Damned River, Kepaniwai, was fought between Chief Kamehameha I and his rival, Kahekili.
--Survey one of Maui’s economic districts, and learn how the people of Maui lived before contact with the world beyond the Pacific.
-- Learn about the changes brought to Maui through Queen Ka'ahumanu's vision for a new Hawai'i.
--Visit a sugar mill, and understand why extended family among the Native Hawaiian, Filipino, Japanese, Portuguese, and Korean peoples is still such an important feature of the diverse ethnicity on Maui.
--Visit the site of the 4th Marine Division’s WWII training camp and see other reminders of life on Maui during the War.
--Examine historical maps, photographs, and documents as we travel from place to place, to better understand what you are seeing, and to better appreciate the rich significance of history.
A tour from Tony's Tropical Tours on Maui will help you understand key events about Maui’s history in their historical context and which will give you, for the rest of your time on Maui, be it for a week or years, a better appreciation of the Island of Maui and the people who live here.
Your tour guide is an award-winning retired college history professor with a passion for learning about cultures and helping people learn and understand the past in its historical context.
To book a tour, visit www.tonysmaui.com
