Rated 4.92 h
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$83.50 / hour
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Haleakala zipline tour: six lines over Upcountry, and the rest of the lower slopes
A Haleakala zipline tour is the cheapest way this site can put you on the mountain, and it is also the one people misunderstand most often. It does not go to the summit. It runs on the lower slopes, in the pasture-and-eucalyptus country the island calls Upcountry, and it takes two hours rather than the seven to nine a summit morning demands. The listing is $167 for six zip-line crossings over that landscape, with a talk on the conservation work that keeps it intact, and it is rated 4.9 on 86 reviews — the strongest score-and-volume combination on the whole site outside the most reviewed sunrise morning. This page is about that booking and the company it keeps: a llama trek at $198, an evening that takes in Makawao and the North Shore at $230, and the twelve-hour day at $259 that starts high and comes down into the same farm country. Below: what six lines actually means, where a Haleakala zipline tour fits into a week, and who should book one instead of a summit day.
The lower slopes, at a glance
- The zipline listing
- $167 · 2 hourssix zip-line crossings over Upcountry, rated 4.9 on 86 reviews
- Lowest fare on this site
- $167nothing else here costs less, and nothing else here takes only two hours
- Where it runs
- Upcountry, not the summitthe pasture country on the slopes — Kula and Makawao rather than 10,023 feet
- The other short outing
- $198 · 1h 15mleading your own llama on the slopes, with views to the West Maui Mountains, rated 5.0
- What is built into the zipline booking
- A conservation talkthe operator explains the work of preserving this landscape and its culture
- The evening version of Upcountry
- $230 · 7 hoursHoʻokipa and Makawao, the national park, sunset at the top and dinner
- The long day through the same country
- $259 · 12 hoursthe summit, Iao Valley, lunch at a general store and a distillery, rated 4.9
- Cancellation
- Free cancellationit applies on every tour listed on this site
Quick answer
The short answer. A Haleakala zipline tour is $167 for two hours and six crossings over Upcountry, rated 4.9 on 86 reviews. It is the lowest fare and the shortest booking on this site, and it happens on the lower slopes rather than at the summit — which makes it an afternoon rather than a day, and a good companion to a morning at the top rather than a replacement for one. If you want the same slopes at walking pace instead, $198 is seventy-five minutes leading your own llama, rated 5.0. Free cancellation applies on every tour on this site.
The one thing to understand
Upcountry is a different altitude and a different day
The mountain is not only its summit, and almost nobody arrives knowing that. The slopes below the park are farm country: pasture, eucalyptus, small towns, cattle, and a view down to the coast from every field. That is where a Haleakala zipline tour happens.
What that changes about your day. Two hours instead of nine. No alarm at two in the morning. No near-freezing temperatures, because you are thousands of feet below the summit. It is the one booking on this site that fits into a day which already has something else in it, and the 86 reviews at 4.9 suggest people come away pleased rather than merely entertained.
What it does not replace. If you came to Hawaii to stand at 10,023 feet above a floor of cloud, a Haleakala zipline tour will not do that for you and should not be sold as though it might. The summit listings are seven to twelve hours because the summit is far away and high up. These two things are companions, not alternatives.
What is written into it. The listing describes six zip-line crossings through the landscape of Upcountry, and a talk on the conservation efforts that preserve the landscape and the culture of Hawaii. That second part is unusual. Plenty of adventure bookings are six minutes of adrenaline in a two-hour box; this one puts something in the box that you keep.
The lower slopes, listing by listing
Six bookings that spend their time below the summit, from the lowest fare upward
One row per listing, in order of what it costs. The last column is what the listing itself names, not what we imagine is in it.
| The listing | Price here | How long | What the listing includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our pick: six lines over Upcountry86 reviews at 4.9 | $167 | 2 h | Six zip-line crossings and a talk on conserving the landscape and its culture |
| Sunset llama trek6 reviews at 5.0 | $198 | 1h 15m | Leading your own llama on the slopes, with views to the West Maui Mountains |
| Upcountry and the North Shore2 reviews at 2.2 | $230 | 7 h | Hoʻokipa, Makawao, the national park, sunset at the top and dinner |
| Self-guided bike descent6 reviews at 4.4 | $242 | 7 h | The morning at the top, then the switchbacks down through the slopes |
| Summit, Iao Valley and a distillery18 reviews at 4.9 | $259 | 12 h | The summit, Iao Valley and the Iao Needle, lunch and a distillery tour |
| The three-wheeler you drive4 reviews at 3.6 | $503 | 1 day | A Polaris Slingshot, the mountain road, panoramic views and botanical gardens |
Six lines, and what they are over
What two hours on the cables actually consists of
Six crossings is the number in the listing, and the number is worth unpacking, because it is also the reason the booking is two hours rather than one.
The count is the route. A Haleakala zipline tour with six lines is not one long cable ridden six times. It is a route: you cross, you walk or ride a short way, you cross again, and the ground underneath changes as you go. That is why two hours is the honest duration for something that involves perhaps a few minutes of actual flight. Most of the time is the walking between, the clipping on and the standing about at platforms, which is also where the conversation happens.
What is underneath. Upcountry: pasture, gulches, trees and the long view down the slope to the sea. This is the green, cultivated side of the mountain, not the red ground at the top, and seeing it from above is the closest most visitors get to understanding how much of this island is one mountain’s flank.
The rating. 4.9 on 86 reviews is the second-strongest piece of evidence on this site after the 665 reviews behind the most reviewed morning. For a two-hour booking at $167, that is a good deal of agreement about a small purchase, and it is the main reason a Haleakala zipline tour leads this page.
What we will not tell you. Minimum ages, weight limits and health conditions are set by the operator and stated on its own listing page. They are real and they matter, particularly if you are booking for a mixed group, and inventing them here would be worse than useless. Read the listing before you pay.
What moves the fare
Six things that separate these listings from one another
Every one of these is visible on the listing page before you book.
- How many hours it holds
Seventy-five minutes, two hours, seven hours, twelve hours and a full day are the sizes here. A Haleakala zipline tour is at the short end, which is exactly its point: it does not cost you the day.
- Whether it reaches the summit
$230, $259, $242 and $503 all go up to the park. $167 and $198 stay on the slopes. That single difference explains most of the gap between the fares.
- Whether a meal is written in
$230 includes dinner and $259 includes lunch at a general store. The short slope bookings do not include a meal, which is part of why they are short and part of why they cost less.
- Whether you are operating something
$242 is a self-guided descent of the switchbacks and $503 hands you a three-wheeled Polaris Slingshot for a day. Those are vehicle rentals with a route attached; a Haleakala zipline tour is a guided two hours where the equipment is somebody else’s responsibility.
- How much is taught while you are there
The zipline listing includes a conservation talk about preserving this landscape and its culture, and $259 builds a whole day around places rather than activities. What you are told is part of what you are buying, even though no listing prices it separately.
- Ages, weights and who may take part
Set by each operator and stated on its own listing page. They differ between listings, so check the one you are booking rather than assuming the rules are the same across a whole category.
The company it keeps
A llama, an evening and a twelve-hour day, all on the same slopes
If a Haleakala zipline tour is the two-hour version of the mountain, these are the other ways to spend time on the same ground.
The llama trek, $198. Seventy-five minutes, and you lead your own animal along the slopes with views across to the West Maui Mountains and the surrounding islands. It is rated 5.0 on 6 reviews — a small number, which usually means a small operation. It is the opposite temperament to a zip-line and it covers the same country: walking pace, an animal that sets its own speed, and a sunset at the end of it.
The long evening, $230. Seven hours through the North Shore and Upcountry: Hoʻokipa, Makawao, the national park, sunset at the top and dinner. It is the only listing on this site that puts the farm towns and the summit into one booking, and its rating is 2.2 from 2 reviews — which is two people, not a verdict. We list it because it exists and because the route is genuine, and we would read those two reviews before booking.
The twelve-hour day, $259. The summit, Iao Valley, the Iao Needle, lunch at a general store and a distillery visit, rated 4.9 on 18 reviews. It is the fullest day on the island this site sells, and it comes down off the mountain into exactly the country a Haleakala zipline tour flies over.
The descent, $242. Self-guided: the morning at the top first, then the switchbacks down through the slopes on a bike. If the appeal of a Haleakala zipline tour is speed with a view underneath it, this is the longer, colder, more demanding relative of that feeling.
Every trip, current fare
Six slope listings, priced by the hour
The other way to read these fares: not what the booking costs, but what an hour of it costs. It is a blunt measure — a two-hour outing and a twelve-hour day are not comparable hours — but it does show what the short bookings on the slopes look like beside the long days that climb to the park.
| Tour | Length | Price | What is included | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maui: Haleakala 6-Line Zipline AdventureSix lines, rated 4.9 | 2 h | $167 | Six zip-line crossings over Upcountry Maui with a conservation talk | $83.50 | 4.9 · 86 |
| Maui: Sunset Llama Trek on HaleakalaSeventy-five minutes, rated 5.0 | 75 min | $198 | Leading your own llama along the slopes, with views to the West Maui Mountains | $158.40 | 5.0 · 6 |
| Maui: Haleakalā National Park and Upcountry Sunset TourUpcountry and the North Shore | 7 h | $230 | The North Shore, Hoʻokipa, Makawao, sunset at the top and dinner | $32.86 | 2.2 · 2 |
| Haleakala Sunrise Self-Guided Bike Tour with Bike MauiThe top, then the switchbacks | 7 h | $242 | Sunrise at the top, then a self-guided ride down the switchbacks | $34.57 | 4.4 · 6 |
| Maui: Best of Maui/Haleakala - Sips, Sites & BitesTwelve hours, rated 4.9 | 12 h | $259 | The summit, Iao Valley and the Iao Needle, lunch and a distillery tour | $21.58 | 4.9 · 18 |
| Maui: Haleakala Volcano Summit Polaris Slingshot TourA three-wheeler you drive | 24 h | $503 | Driving a three-wheeled Polaris Slingshot up the mountain road and back | $20.96 | 3.6 · 4 |
If the summit is what you came for after all, the early hours are their own page.
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Six bookings, with the fares as they stand today
Six lines over Upcountry at the lowest fare on this site, the llama trek at walking pace, the seven-hour evening through Makawao, the twelve-hour day with Iao Valley, the self-guided descent of the switchbacks and the three-wheeler you drive.
Rated 5.075 min
75 minMaui: 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$158.40 / hour
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North Shore and Makawao7 h
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$32.86 / hour
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Rated 4.912 h
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$21.58 / hour
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Self-guided bike descent7 h
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$34.57 / hour
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Three-wheeled open vehicle24 h
24 hMaui: 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$20.96 / hour
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The lower slopes, answered
Does a Haleakala zipline tour go to the summit?
No. It runs on the lower slopes, in the Upcountry farm country, and takes two hours. The summit listings on this site take seven to twelve hours because the summit is 10,023 feet up and a long way round. They are companions, not alternatives.
How many lines are there, and how long does it take?
Six crossings over about two hours. Most of that time is the route between the platforms rather than the flight itself, which is normal for this kind of booking and is why two hours is the honest number on the listing.
Is it worth booking at that rating?
4.9 on 86 reviews is the second-strongest evidence on this site, behind only the 665 reviews on the most reviewed morning. At $167 it is also the lowest fare here, which makes it an easy thing to add to a week.
What ages and weights are allowed?
Set by the operator and stated on the listing page. They differ between listings, so read the one you are booking. We do not restate limits we cannot source, because getting that wrong at the platform would spoil somebody’s afternoon.
What else is there to do on the slopes?
$198 is seventy-five minutes leading your own llama with views to the West Maui Mountains, rated 5.0. $230 spends seven hours on the North Shore and Upcountry with dinner, and $259 is the twelve-hour day with Iao Valley and a distillery.
Can I do a zipline and a summit morning on the same day?
Plenty of people do, because a summit morning ends early and a Haleakala zipline tour is only two hours. Whether it is a good idea depends on how much sleep you gave up. Check the start times on both listing pages before you commit to the combination.
What if the weather turns?
Free cancellation applies on every tour listed on this site, within the window the listing states. On slopes where a bright morning and a wet afternoon are ordinary, that window is worth reading when you book.
Go deeper
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Sunset toursHaleakala sunset tour, Maui
The evening slot: sunset, dinner and the drive down.
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What a Maui sunrise tour costs and how early it starts.
Bike descentHaleakala sunrise bike tour
Sunrise at the top, then the switchbacks down.
HikingMaui volcano hike
Walking down onto the crater floor with a guide.
