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Ka'anapali Beach Resort

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Ka'anapali Beach Resort

Black Rock, Sheraton Maui Resort, Kaanapali Beach Hotel and the Whaler Condominium as seen by Guide John Fischer Parasailing with UFO Parasail off of Kaanapali Beach, Maui

Photo by John Fischer

Where can you find five major award-winning resort hotels, six condominium resorts, a world class shopping village with over 60 shops and restaurants, an oceanfront beach walk that connects all of the condominiums, hotels and shopping village, two championship golf courses, tennis courts for day or night play, a Sugar-Cane Train and free trolley service within the resort?

The answer is the Ka'anapali Beach Resort on what is widely considered to be the best beach on the best island in the world, the island of Maui, Hawaii.

Ancient Times at Ka'anapali

In ancient times, the rulers of Maui enjoyed Ka'anapali as their royal retreat and playground. They liked the perfect stretch of white sand beach, the gentle waves, the ideal weather, and the broad swath of green that swept up the slopes of the rainbow-laced Kahalawai, the West Maui Mountains.

Maui's "royals" surfed, raced their canoes, feasted at lu'au lasting for weeks, and, where the Ka'anapali Golf Courses now blanket the land, they played ulu maika, a form of lawn bowling using stones.

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