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9 hMaui: Haleakala National Park Sunrise Tour
★ 4.7 · 665 reviews
- Nine hours, sunrise over Haleakala National Park
- Hotel pickup included
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$236
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Maui volcano tour
A Maui volcano tour handles the driving, the timing and the park entry for you. We compared 13 tours, prices from $208, free cancellation, and a 4.7-rated top choice from 665 reviews. The road climbs past Kula pastures to a 10,023-foot summit.
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Thirteen ways to the top of Haleakala
Haleakala is a shield volcano rising 10,023 feet out of the ocean, and every trip here climbs it. What changes is the hour you arrive and what carries you up: a sunrise van, a guided hike onto the crater floor, a sunset drive through Kula, or a helicopter. Prices run $167 to $602.
BestsellerAt sunset
7 hMaui: Sunset & Dinner Tour to Haleakala National Park
★ 4.2 · 75 reviews
- Seven hours, sunset from the summit
- Drive through the Kula District
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
$237
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173 reviewsBreakfast
8 hMaui: Sunrise & Breakfast Tour to Haleakala National Park
★ 4.2 · 173 reviews
- Eight hours, morning drive through Kula District
- Breakfast included
- Views of the dormant volcano
- Free cancellation
$236
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Price fromOn foot
7 hMaui: Guided Hike of Haleakala Crater with Lunch
★ 5.0 · 9 reviews
- Seven hours, two trails inside the crater
- Lunch included
- Walk on a lava trail
- Free cancellation
$208
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Pickup includedRated 4.5
9 hMaui: Haleakala Sunrise Tour with Pick-up
★ 4.5 · 13 reviews
- Nine hours, sunrise at the national park
- Guided, with hotel pickup
- Meal included
- Free cancellation
$280
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Bike descentSelf-guided
7 hHaleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike Maui
★ 4.4 · 6 reviews
- Seven hours, sunrise, then the switchbacks down
- Self-guided bike descent
- Free cancellation
- Free cancellation
$242
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Rated 4.912 hours
12 hMaui: Best of Maui/Haleakala - Sips, Sites & Bites
★ 4.9 · 18 reviews
- Twelve hours, summit, Iao Valley and a distillery
- Lunch at a general store
- Free cancellation
- Free cancellation
$259
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Rated 5.045 minutes
45 minHana Rainforest and Haleakala Crater 45-min Helicopter Tour
★ 5.0 · 21 reviews
- 45 minutes, summit, Hana rainforest and waterfalls
- Takes off from the heliport
- Small group
- Free cancellation
$396
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New activitySmall group
7 hMaui: Haleakalā National Park and Upcountry Sunset Tour
★ 2.2 · 2 reviews
- Seven hours, sunset at the summit
- North Shore and Makawao
- Dinner included
- Free cancellation
$230
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Lowest fareRated 4.9
2 hMaui: Haleakala 6-Line Zipline Adventure
★ 4.9 · 86 reviews
- Two hours, six zipline crossings upcountry
- About conservation on Maui
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
$167
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Rated 5.0Small group
1 h 15 mMaui: Sunset Llama Trek on Haleakala
★ 5.0 · 6 reviews
- One hours 15 minutes, leading a llama on the slopes
- Views of West Maui Mountains
- Small group
- Free cancellation
$198
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You driveFull day
1 dayMaui: Haleakala Volcano Summit Polaris Slingshot Tour
★ 3.6 · 4 reviews
- A full day, summit road in a Polaris Slingshot
- Three-wheeled open vehicle
- Botanical gardens on the way
- Free cancellation
$503
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From Oahu16 hours
16 hFrom Oahu: Best of Maui/Haleakala - Sips, Sites & Bites
★ 5.0 · 1 review
- 16 hours, flight from Oahu for the day
- Summit, Iao Valley, distillery
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
$602
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Which Maui volcano tour is yours?
Seen the thirteen above and still torn? It comes down to four answers: let somebody else drive the summit road in the dark, walk the crater trails on foot, ride the switchbacks down after first light, or take forty-five minutes over the rim.
See it before you pay for it
Driven up, walked into, or flown over
Three of the four ways up, and they ask different things of you. The sunrise drive collects you in the dark and hands you the summit rail at first light. The guided hike is the one that walks onto the crater floor. The helicopter crosses the crater and the Hana rainforest in forty-five minutes.
Side by side
Arrive at dawn, walk the floor, or drive up in daylight
Volcano tours in Maui share the mountain and little else. Sunrise trips are sold on timing: the summit is two hours of switchbacks away, and the park wants a separate sunrise entry booking. Sunset trips reach the same railing in daylight. And some Haleakala volcano Maui visitors book the slopes instead — zipline, llama trek, bike descent.
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| Maui: Guided Hike of Haleakala Crater with Lunch | TOP PICKMaui: Haleakala National Park Sunrise Tour | Haleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike Maui | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per person | $208 | $236 | $242 |
| What it is | A guided walk on two of the crater trails | A guided run up to the summit for first light | First light at the top, then the bike descent |
| Time it takes | 7 hours | 9 hours | 7 hours |
| How high you get | The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m) | The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m) | The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m) |
| Who is driving | A certified guide leads the walk | The operator drives, with hotel pickup included | Self-guided: the descent is yours |
| Where you end up | Down on the crater floor, on a lava trail | On the rim, looking into the crater | At the bottom of the switchbacks |
| Food in the fare | A picnic lunch and snacks | Breakfast | Not stated on the listing |
| If the summit sits in cloud | The trails are the walk either way | The drive, the guide and the breakfast still happen | The descent still runs |
| Rating | 5.0 across 9 reviews | 4.7 across 665 reviews | 4.4 across 6 reviews |
| Cancellation | See the operator’s terms on the listing | See the operator’s terms on the listing | Free cancellation |
| Check dates | Book this one→ | Check dates |
TOP PICK
Maui: Haleakala National Park Sunrise Tour
$236- What it is
- A guided run up to the summit for first light
- Time it takes
- 9 hours
- How high you get
- The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m)
- Who is driving
- The operator drives, with hotel pickup included
- Where you end up
- On the rim, looking into the crater
- Food in the fare
- Breakfast
- If the summit sits in cloud
- The drive, the guide and the breakfast still happen
- Rating
- 4.7 across 665 reviews
- Cancellation
- See the operator’s terms on the listing
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Maui: Guided Hike of Haleakala Crater with Lunch
$208- What it is
- A guided walk on two of the crater trails
- Time it takes
- 7 hours
- How high you get
- The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m)
- Who is driving
- A certified guide leads the walk
- Where you end up
- Down on the crater floor, on a lava trail
- Food in the fare
- A picnic lunch and snacks
- If the summit sits in cloud
- The trails are the walk either way
- Rating
- 5.0 across 9 reviews
- Cancellation
- See the operator’s terms on the listing
Haleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike Maui
$242- What it is
- First light at the top, then the bike descent
- Time it takes
- 7 hours
- How high you get
- The summit, 10,023 ft (3,055 m)
- Who is driving
- Self-guided: the descent is yours
- Where you end up
- At the bottom of the switchbacks
- Food in the fare
- Not stated on the listing
- If the summit sits in cloud
- The descent still runs
- Rating
- 4.4 across 6 reviews
- Cancellation
- Free cancellation
Verdict
Take the sunrise run to the summit
Nine hours from a hotel pickup in the dark, up the switchbacks to 10,023 feet inside the national park, the history of Haleakala told on the way, and breakfast at the end — rated 4.7 across 665 reviews, at $236. Keep the guided crater hike for the day you want to walk on the volcano rather than look at it.
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One mountain, three different days
Three quite different days are sold under the same words, and they are not versions of each other. The sunrise day: a pickup in the dark, the climb to 10,023 feet, a wait close to freezing, breakfast afterwards, from $236. The daytime volcano: the guided hike at $208 onto the crater floor, or the twelve-hour summit and distillery day at $259. The evening: sunset and dinner at $237. Settle that question first.
Two-minute check
Is the mountain still active?
The volcano in Maui, Hawaii is dormant, so a visit to Haleakala is a walk on cold rock: a summit valley miles across, cinder cones inside it and lava trails. The summit makes its own weather; some dawns are clear, some are inside cloud.
How many of you are going?Most of these leave as a shared group, and a few are small groups
Which part of the day do you want?The park asks a separate sunrise entry booking between 3:00 and 7:00
How much of the day are you giving it?Forty-five minutes is the helicopter; a summit run takes seven to nine hours
Answer the three questions above
You’ll get the one that fits your answers, and the thing about it that catches people out.
Six ways up the same mountain
1,079 reviews across thirteen Haleakala trips
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own.
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Maui: Haleakala National Park Sunrise Tour
From $236 · 665 reviews
★★★★★
Somebody else drives the summit road
The summit road starts in the small hours, which is a long way to drive on no sleep. This one collects you at the hotel, fills the drive with the history of Haleakala and includes breakfast. Rated 4.7 across 665 reviews, the heaviest record on the page.
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Maui: Guided Hike of Haleakala Crater with Lunch
From $208 · 9 reviews
★★★★★
The one that walks into the crater
Most listings here look into the crater from the rim or from the air. This one takes you down onto it: two popular trails with a certified guide, a lava trail underfoot, and a picnic lunch in the fare. Seven hours, rated 5.0 across 9 reviews.
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Haleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike Maui
From $242 · 6 reviews
★★★★★
First light at the top, then the switchbacks
The descent is the point: the switchbacks wind down the outside of the mountain, and this listing puts you at the top for first light and then on a bike for the way back. Self-guided, so the pace is yours. Seven hours, rated 4.4 across 6 reviews.
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Hana Rainforest and Haleakala Crater 45-min Helicopter Tour
From $396 · 21 reviews
★★★★★
Forty-five minutes, without the road
The road stops at the visitor centre. This one takes off from the heliport, crosses the summit of the dormant crater and drops down the east side for the Hana rainforest, the waterfalls and the north shore. A small group, rated 5.0 across 21 reviews.
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Maui: Sunset & Dinner Tour to Haleakala National Park
From $237 · 75 reviews
★★★★★
The same mountain without the alarm clock
A scenic afternoon drive up through the Kula District instead of a start in the dark, seven hours with dinner included. The evening slot also avoids the separate sunrise entry reservation. Rated 4.2 across 75 reviews.
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Maui: Sunset Llama Trek on Haleakala
From $198 · 6 reviews
★★★★★
An hour and a quarter on the lower slopes
A day that does not start at three in the morning. This one stays on the Upcountry slopes of Haleakala: an hour and a quarter walking your own llama towards sunset, with the West Maui Mountains across the water. A small group, rated 5.0 across 6 reviews.
What it really costs
What a summit day costs, line by line
Prices are per person and cover the guide, the transport named in the listing and whatever meal the operator includes. Park entry is charged separately. The longest volcano tour from Maui is twelve hours at $259; flown over from Oahu it is $602.
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| What you do | Price | What that buys | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guided crater hike with lunch | $208 | 7 hours, two trails and a lava path | Lunch included |
| Sunrise tour with pickup and breakfast | $236 | 9 hours, rated 4.7 across 665 reviews | Pickup included |
| Sunset and dinner to the summit | $237 | 7 hours in daylight, dinner included | Free cancellation |
| Sunrise, then a bike descent | $242 | 7 hours: dawn, then the switchbacks | Free cancellation |
| Summit, Iao Valley and a distillery | $259 | 12 hours, lunch and a distillery tour | Free cancellation |
| Crater and rainforest by helicopter | $396 | 45 minutes over the crater and Hana | Small group |
Costs the listing doesn't show you
- Park entry is its own charge. The summit sits inside Haleakala National Park and entry is paid separately from the tour. The listing says whether it is folded in.
- The sunrise window has its own park reservation. Arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00 need an entry reservation from the park itself. It is a park rule, not a tour extra.
- Warm clothes you may have to buy. It is close to freezing at the summit at dawn, and most people pack for a beach holiday. A fleece, a hat and gloves.
- The clock starts at the pickup. A nine-hour sunrise tour is nine hours from the moment you are collected, and a good part of it is the climb in the dark.
What is genuinely included
- Hotel pickup on the listings that name it, and the drive both ways
- A guide, and the history of Haleakala told on the way up
- Breakfast, lunch or dinner where the listing states a meal
- The lava trail and a picnic lunch on the crater hike
- The bike, the equipment and the transfer to the top on the descent
- Free cancellation where the listing carries it, with the terms on that listing
The honest answer
Is the sunrise trip worth the alarm clock?
Sunset tours reach the same railing at the same 10,023 feet in daylight, after a full night of sleep, for $237 with dinner. What the early start buys is the hour the mountain does best: first light across a valley miles wide. The booking record backs it — $236, 4.7 across 665 reviews.
What makes it worth it
- Haleakala rises to 10,023 ft (3,055 m), and the summit sits inside Haleakala National Park
- Thirteen listings, from the guided crater hike at $208 to the day flown in from Oahu at $602
- The sunrise run at $236 is the most booked here: 4.7 across 665 reviews, breakfast included
- The guided hike at $208 walks down onto the crater floor, among the cinder cones
- Forty-five minutes by helicopter at $396 crosses the summit, the Hana rainforest and the north shore
Keep in mind
- The summit spends plenty of mornings inside cloud, and the fare buys the trip rather than the view
- Park entry is charged by the national park, separately from the tour fare
- Arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00 need the park’s own sunrise entry reservation
- At dawn the summit sits close to freezing, far colder than the coast you set out from
- The $167 zipline and the $198 llama trek stay on the Upcountry slopes, below the summit
The day, hour by hour
Pickup in the dark, the switchbacks, the summit, breakfast
Read the park rules, not just the listing
The park charges entry separately from the tour, and it asks for its own sunrise entry reservation for arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00. What your operator handles is on the listing.
Pack for a mountain, not for a beach
The summit at dawn sits close to freezing while the coast you left is warm. Long trousers, a fleece, a hat and gloves.
You leave while it is still dark
The sunrise listings are eight and nine hour days that start in the small hours, because the road from the coast to 10,023 ft takes time.
Ten thousand feet in one go
The road climbs from sea level to the summit without much of a break. Altitude is felt at the top: move slowly and drink more water than you think.
The rim, and whatever the cloud is doing
From the rim you look down into a valley of cinder cones. Some mornings the cloud lies below you; some mornings it is where you are standing.
This is where the listings split
Breakfast on the way down through Kula, a guided walk onto the crater floor, or the bike descent of the switchbacks. Pick that part when you book.
Down before the middle of the day
A nine-hour day that starts in the small hours is over by the middle of the day, so the afternoon is still yours.
Best time of day
The mountain is the same at dawn and at dusk
The sunrise departures are the best known, and they ask the most of you: an eight or nine hour day that starts in the dark with a hotel pickup, and a wait at a viewpoint close to freezing. The park has its own entry reservation for arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00. The middle of the day belongs to the trails — the guided hike walks two popular routes and crosses a lava trail, with a picnic lunch in the fare. The evening is the same summit with more sleep in it: sunset and dinner, or the Upcountry tour. The llama trek and the zipline stay lower on the slopes.
On the ground
What a morning on Haleakala actually looks like
What is actually at the top
The rim looks down into a valley of red cinder.
Cones on the crater floor
The guided hike walks down among them, rather than looking from the rim.
The plant that grows nowhere else
The silversword grows on this volcano and nowhere else on earth.
The switchbacks the bikes come down
The descent listing puts you at the top, then on a bike for these bends.
What it's like
One volcano, three times of day, and four ways up
Almost everyone arrives with the same picture: a rim at ten thousand feet, a valley of cinder cones below it, and the light coming up over the edge. The picture is real, and so is the morning when cloud sits on the summit and stays there. What the thirteen listings differ in is how you get up the mountain, at what hour, and what the rest of the day carries.
Haleakala is a shield volcano, dormant rather than gone. Its summit stands 10,023 feet, or 3,055 metres, above a coastline you were swimming off the afternoon before, and the whole top of it sits inside Haleakala National Park. What everyone calls the crater is a huge summit valley with cinder cones standing inside it. Park entry is paid separately, and the park asks for its own sunrise entry reservation between 3:00 and 7:00.
The plainest way up is the sunrise run, and it is our top pick: $236 for nine hours, rated 4.7 across 665 reviews, the heaviest record in this niche. Hotel pickup, a driver who does the dark switchbacks so you can sleep through them, the history of Haleakala told on the way up, and breakfast afterwards.
Two listings sell the same hour with a different shape to the day. The sunrise and breakfast tour is $236 for eight hours, rated 4.2 across 173 reviews, built around the drive through the Kula District and the Upcountry pastures. The sunrise tour with pick-up is $280 for nine hours, 4.5 across 13 reviews, and leans on the cultural side of the summit.
The bike descent is the one people picture when they picture Maui. At $242 for seven hours, rated 4.4 across 6 reviews, the self-guided listing puts you at the top for sunrise and then sends you down the switchbacks under your own steam. Sunrise first, the long descent afterwards: that order is the whole product.
If you want the ground rather than the viewpoint, the guided crater hike is $208 for seven hours and carries 5.0 across 9 reviews. Two of the popular trails with a certified guide, the summit itself, a lava trail underfoot and a picnic lunch in the fare. It is also the lowest price on this page for getting up onto the volcano.
The evening slot is the same mountain with more sleep in it. Sunset and dinner is $237 for seven hours, 4.2 across 75 reviews, driving up through Kula with dinner included. The national park and Upcountry sunset tour is $230 for seven hours, a new listing with 2.2 across 2 reviews. The sunset llama trek is $198 for an hour and a quarter on the slopes, rated 5.0 across 6 reviews.
Then the machines and the long days. Forty-five minutes by helicopter is $396, rated 5.0 across 21 reviews, from the heliport over the crater and down across the Hana rainforest. The three-wheeler listing is $503 for a day driving yourself up the volcano. Summit, Iao Valley, lunch and a distillery run twelve hours at $259; the same day from Oahu is sixteen hours at $602; and the six-line zipline over Upcountry Maui is $167 for two hours, rated 4.9 across 86 reviews.
If the 3 a.m. pickup is the part you are weighing up
Three more ways to be at 10,023 feet when the light comes up
All three climb the same road from sea level to the summit and go in through the national park. What changes is the shape of the day: breakfast at the end, a version built around the meaning of the place, or the switchbacks down on a bike.
Breakfast after the summit
Maui: Sunrise & Breakfast Tour to Haleakala National Park
8 hours · ★ 4.2 (173)
$236See dates Hotel pickup written in
Maui: Haleakala Sunrise Tour with Pick-up
9 hours · ★ 4.5 (13)
$280See dates Sunrise first, then the descent
Haleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike Maui
7 hours · ★ 4.4 (6)
$242See datesPractical
Plan the summit day
Four things decide how it goes. The Maui volcano elevation is 10,023 feet, so take the morning slowly and drink water. Bring more layers than the beach suggests. Park entry is separate, and arrivals between 3am and 7am need the park’s own sunrise reservation.
Our top pick
The sunrise tour, nine hours at $236, rated 4.7 across 665 reviews, pickup and breakfast included.
The lowest fare onto the summit
The guided crater hike, $208 for seven hours, rated 5.0: two trails, a lava path, a picnic lunch.
Sunrise, then the switchbacks
The self-guided bike tour, $242 for seven hours, 4.4 across 6 reviews: first light, then the descent.
The evening on the mountain
Sunset and dinner at $237, the Upcountry sunset tour at $230, or a llama trek at $198.
From the air
Forty-five minutes at $396, rated 5.0 across 21 reviews: the crater, the Hana rainforest, the north shore.
The long days
Summit, Iao Valley and a distillery over twelve hours at $259, or the same day from Oahu at $602.
Warm layers, whatever the beach said
The summit is around freezing at dawn and far colder than the coast. A fleece and a windproof layer.
A hat and gloves for standing still
Waiting on a viewpoint at 10,023 feet is colder than walking. Thin gloves and an ear-covering hat take no room.
Closed shoes, proper ones for the crater
Trainers are enough on the viewpoints. The guided hike walks loose ground, where ankle support and a grippy sole help.
Water and a snack for early starts
A meal is written into several listings and priced beside the others. On a nine-hour morning, carry a bottle.
Your phone kept warm
Batteries empty faster in cold air, and a summit morning is a lot of photographs. An inside pocket helps.
Sun cover for the descent
Thin air at the summit, then a long bright drive or ride down. A brimmed hat, sunglasses, sunscreen.
Decide the hour first, then the fare
Sunrise, a daytime trail or an evening on the summit. That answer removes most of the thirteen listings.
The park asks its own sunrise reservation
Arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00 need a park entry reservation. What your tour covers is on the listing.
Park entry is paid separately
The fare buys the tour. Entry to the national park is its own charge, and the listing says which.
Check the meal, pickup and transport
Hotel pickup, transport and a meal are written into some listings and absent from others. Read all three.
Free cancellation where the listing carries it
Five of the thirteen listings carry free cancellation, with the terms stated on each one.
Book the sunrise departures early
The sunrise listings hold the heaviest review counts and go first. The fare is the same wherever you buy.
The summit sits inside a national park
Haleakala National Park covers the top of the volcano, with its own entry charge and sunrise reservation.
Most tours collect you
Hotel pickup is written into several listings, and the stated hours are counted from that pickup.
The road up is the long part
The drive climbs from sea level to 10,023 feet in one go, on switchbacks, in the dark.
Upcountry is on the way
Kula and Makawao are the pastures and small towns on the slopes. The sunset tours drive through them.
Iao Valley is a separate place
The Iao Needle stands in West Maui, away from the volcano, and appears on the two long days.
From another island
The day from Oahu flies over and back, sixteen hours at $602. Everything else starts on Maui.
Best time
When to come
A Haleakala volcano tour runs all year: the mountain keeps its own climate. What moves through the year is the clock — pickups follow the sunrise — along with how wet the trade winds are and how many people are competing for the same seats.
Dec – Feb
Busiest island, latest sunrise
Sunrise comes up later than at any other time of year, so the pickup is after 3am rather than before it. It is also the wettest stretch on the windward side and the busiest on the island.
Mar – May
The stretch we would book first
The easiest combination the mountain offers: winter crowds gone, the trade-wind showers easing, days long enough to add the Upcountry to a summit morning, and the full range of listings running.
Jun – Aug
Driest air, earliest alarm
The driest part of the year, and the one when the summit is most often above the cloud at dawn. The cost is the clock: sunrise is earliest, so pickups creep back towards 2am.
Sep – Nov
Quiet island, warm slopes
The island at its quietest and the Upcountry at its most pleasant, with warm afternoons on the slopes and the sunrise drifting later week by week. Rain returns towards November on the windward side.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
The price is about how you get up the mountain, not the weather at the top. The guided crater hike is $208. The sunrise run with pickup and breakfast is $236. Forty-five minutes by helicopter is $396.
02
The summit is around freezing at dawn. You are at 10,023 feet, and the wait on a viewpoint is a still one. A fleece, a windproof layer, a hat and gloves.
03
The park has its own sunrise reservation. Haleakala National Park requires an entry reservation for arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00, and park entry is charged separately. Read what each listing covers.
04
The hours are counted from the pickup. A nine-hour sunrise tour is nine hours from the moment you are collected, and a good part of it is the climb in the dark.
05
The evening is the same mountain with more sleep in it. Sunset and dinner is $237 and the Upcountry sunset tour is $230, both seven hours, both with a meal.
06
Book the date, not the discount. The fare is the same at a hotel desk, with the operator or on this page. Five of the thirteen listings carry free cancellation.
Round out the trip
Booked alongside
Our top pick
Maui: Haleakala National Park Sunrise Tour
9 hours · ★ 4.7 (665)
$236View Onto the crater floor on foot
Maui: Guided Hike of Haleakala Crater with Lunch
7 hours · ★ 5.0 (9)
$208View The crater and the rainforest from the air
Hana Rainforest and Haleakala Crater 45-min Helicopter Tour
45 minutes · ★ 5.0 (21)
$396ViewGo deeper
More on the volcano, the sunrise slot and the summit days
Common questions
Going up Haleakala, answered straight
Which volcano do the Maui tours go up?
Haleakala, the shield volcano that makes up the eastern half of the island. Its summit is 10,023 feet above the sea, inside Haleakala National Park, and what everyone calls the crater is a huge summit valley with cinder cones inside it. The volcano is dormant.
What does a Maui volcano tour cost?
The listings here run from $167 to $602. The guided crater hike is $208, the sunrise run with pickup and breakfast is $236, the sunset and dinner tour is $237, and forty-five minutes over the crater by helicopter is $396. Park entry is charged separately.
Do I need a reservation for the Haleakala sunrise?
The national park asks for its own entry reservation from anyone arriving between 3:00 and 7:00. That is a park rule, and it sits alongside the park entry charge. What a given tour covers is stated on its own listing, so read that line before you book.
Will I actually see the sunrise from the summit?
Nobody can tell you that. The summit stands above 10,000 feet, and cloud sits on it some mornings and clears on others. What a tour arranges is the climb, the timing and a driver who does the dark switchbacks. The sky is not part of the fare.
Which sunrise tour should I book?
The Haleakala National Park sunrise tour at $236 for nine hours is our top pick, for the record behind it: 4.7 across 665 reviews. Hotel pickup, the history of the mountain told on the way up, and breakfast afterwards. The version with pick-up is $280.
How cold is it at the top?
Close to freezing at dawn, and far colder than the coast you set out from. You gain 10,023 feet in a couple of hours of driving, and the wait at a viewpoint is a still one. A fleece, something windproof, a hat and gloves.
Can you walk inside the crater?
Yes, and the guided hike is the listing built around it: $208 for seven hours, rated 5.0 across 9 reviews, walking two of the popular trails with a certified guide, crossing a lava trail and stopping for an included picnic lunch.
What else is there to do on the mountain?
A fair amount, and most of it is cheaper than the summit days. The six-line zipline over Upcountry Maui is $167 for two hours, rated 4.9 across 86 reviews. The sunset llama trek on the slopes is $198 for an hour and a quarter, rated 5.0.
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A day on Haleakala — the tours we'd book
Which of the thirteen listings matches the day you actually want: the sunrise run, the guided hike onto the crater floor, the bike descent, the evening with dinner, or forty-five minutes by helicopter.
- All thirteen tours, with the hours counted from the pickup
- Which fares include a meal and which include hotel pickup
- What to wear for a summit morning at 10,023 feet
- The park’s entry charge and its sunrise reservation rule
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Why trust this page
How we put this together
Checked, not guessed
Durations, inclusions and operator names come from the live GetYourGuide listings. Prices and ratings are read off the same listings and updated with the page.
How we pick
Every listing here goes to Haleakala or onto its slopes and is back the same day. Beyond that we kept the range wide, and nobody pays to be featured.
We say what a tour can and cannot arrange
A tour can arrange the climb from sea level to 10,023 feet, the timing, a driver for the dark switchbacks and a guide who knows the mountain. It cannot arrange the sky.
The park, stated plainly
The summit of Haleakala is inside Haleakala National Park. Park entry is charged separately from any tour fare, and the park asks its own reservation for arrivals between 3:00 and 7:00.
The answer
Pick the hour you want the summit at, and the price follows.
The tours on this page end up on the same mountain: Haleakala, 10,023 feet, inside the national park. What you are choosing is the hour and the way up — a van in the dark for first light, a guided walk onto the crater floor, a bike down the switchbacks, an evening with dinner, or forty-five minutes by helicopter. Tours start at $208.
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