Maui is an ideal destination for a family vacation. While it offers plenty of big outdoor thrills, along with jaw-dropping tropical scenery, it also has lots in the way of family-friendly activities from splashing around at the pool to building sandcastles on the beach, boat excursions, sunset luaus and the Maui Ocean Center. For the best of the best when it comes to places to base your stay, these resorts in Maui are especially kid-friendly.
Four Seasons Maui
Considered one of Maui’s top luxury properties, Four Seasons Maui is set along Wailea Beach among plumeria trees and boasts three saltwater pools, one with a huge swim-up bar that’s submerged in an infinity pool providing a view of the Pacific and the often mist-shrouded mountains in the distance. It also features an underwater music system and bubble loungers (chaises built into the water) while lots of lush greenery surrounds it. Families with kids get an especially sweet deal as the kids’ club is free, allowing the younger ones to be entertained while parents get to relax at the pool or indulge in treatments at the spa. There’s also a family pool with a shallow area for the littlest tots, a small water slide and a waterfall.
Grand Wailea
The Grand Wailea is known as the most amenity-packed resort on Maui, including a remarkably elaborate pool complex that’s really more of a water amusement park with whitewater rapids, four water slides, a lazy river, rope swings, caves and even a water elevator that’s inside of a man-made volcano. Coupled with the property’s 20,000-square-foot kids’ camp, no one will complain about boredom here. It includes a PlayStation room, video arcade and small movie theater. There are also four restaurants and a massive spa.
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa
The Hyatt Regency is a great choice for families with online packages and promotions making it more budget-friendly, while the large standard rooms offer plenty of room to stretch out for a family of four. And, it offers a ton of amenities too, including a massive pool complex with a 150-foot water slide, rope bridge, waterfalls and separate children’s area. While it doesn’t have a kids’ club, supervised activities are available for a fee throughout the day. Guests of all ages are sure to enjoy encounters with penguins, parrots and flamingos that roam the grounds.
The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua
The Ritz-Carlton Kapalua on Maui’s northwest coast is known for its jaw-dropping views of Molokai Island and it also offers lots of family-friendly activities through the Ritz Kids program and Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ambassadors of the Environment program, which provides excursions for adults, families and children led by expert naturalists. Rooms and suites are extra spacious, and there are six restaurants which all source local ingredients from the property’s organic garden, like the especially tasty, fresh Hawaiian cuisine at The Banyan Tree. A long list of adventures is offered too, from whale watching and snorkeling to stand-up paddling, surfing and more.
Wailea Beach Marriott
The Wailea Beach Marriott wows guests with its panoramic views of the ocean from many points throughout the property, including the extra-spacious rooms that include private balconies. The hotel hosts multiple beautiful outdoor pools, including an adventure pool with the longest resort water slide in Hawaii. It also features the Mandara Spa, the Wailea Golf Club, a fitness center and multiple dining options. The Te Au Moana Luau show is a must, offering a unique Maui experience with a sumptuous luau buffet, handcrafted cocktails and the opportunity to get up on your feet and dance during the interactive performance.
Fairmont Kea Lani
The Fairmont Kea Lani sits across on 22 lush acres on Wailea beach and features large one-bedroom suites and two- and three-bedroom villas, ideal for families. The property offers a kids’ club with an extensive roster of programs, including sandcastle building, constructing erupting volcanoes, exploring tide pools, hula lessons and learning words and phrases from the Hawaiian language. There are also multiple pools and waterslides, including a separate kiddie pool and a variety of dining options with something for just about everyone.
Montage Kapalua Bay
The luxurious Montage Kapalua Bay features one- to four-bedroom villas with gourmet kitchens and spacious lanais, many of which boast spectacular views of the Pacific. The property enjoys a gorgeous oceanfront location in Kapalua, set on a point with a crescent-shaped stretch of sand on one side and dramatic cliffs on the other, and includes a multi-level pool complex, three restaurants and two bars. Kids aged 5 through 12 can join in Paintbox, an activities-based children’s program that links arts and crafts, games and creative activities indoors and out at the pool, beach, tide pools and lawns, available in half- or full-day sessions daily. Parents can take advantage of the world-class spa that includes an infinity pool and hydrotherapy treatment rooms.
Honua Kai
Honua Kai occupies a large part of Ka’anapali Beach on Maui’s west coast and is especially popular with families and larger groups traveling together with its suite-style accommodations that include lots of living space, balconies or terraces and full kitchens. It also boasts a swimming pool and water park with water slides, caves and a sandy beach pool that’s popular with the kids and lots of other kid-friendly amenities like a koi pond where they can feed the fish and Duke’s Beach House, a restaurant with specialized kids’ menus. The restaurant serves locally-sourced ingredients for breakfast, lunch and dinner with a focus on Hawaiian-influenced cuisine, including fresh, sustainable seafood and high-quality steaks. All sorts of activities can be arranged too, from learning to surf, helicopter tours, ziplines, waterfall rappelling, snorkeling, hiking and more.
Sheraton Maui Resort
Set across 22 acres on Ka’anapali Beach, the Sheraton Maui Resort overlooks iconic Black Rock and hosts multiple “Ohana” suites for families that make for a much more comfortable stay. Kids from 5 to 12 can hang out in the Westin Kids Club Discovery Room and take part in supervised programs. The property also hosts a lagoon pool and lazy river, kids pool, and activities like scavenger hunts, hula lessons, family pool races and more.
