Archive for October, 2008
Who does not want a vacation? This is especially true if you are going to one of the most beautiful spots in the world, Maui Hawaii. But dreaming and reality is way different especially if you do not have the money to pay for the airline tickets, the accommodations, the food and even the side trips.
With the increasing costs of airfare and commodity prices, are there still cheap all inclusive packaged vacation trips to Maui Hawaii that you can avail of?
Actually there is. That is if you know where to look and how to look. With the birth of the world wide web, there are millions of sites out there that can provide you with a lot of special offers for trips abroad.
For your convenience, most offers in fact already contain everything, from the airfare to the food and the hotel accommodations. You just need to click on the destination that you want and voila! You have yourself a great travel package that you and your family can enjoy.
But wait, there’s a catch. Like all great offers, there are things that you have to compromise with in order to avail of these special all inclusive vacation trips packages especially to a place like Maui Hawaii. Here are they.
1. Season
You may be able to get a cheap all inclusive package but only if you are willing to take your family there off season. This means you have to take a vacation at a time when only few people take their vacations. This is because rates are generally cheaper at this time of the year because of the low demand for it. Nobody goes there so hotels and airlines give promos to entice people to take a vacation in their country.
Located on the south side of Maui is Ma’alaea Bay, home to the Maui Ocean Center. The center is the largest tropical aquarium in not only the state of Hawaii, but in the United States altogether. If visiting the island of Maui, this spectator spot should not be missed. The ocean center has a huge aquarium that has water filtered into it from the Bay. This aquarium is as real as it gets. This tank has a tunnel that you can actually walk through. This makes for great pictures. You can get a picture of yourself standing face to face with a sand shark. While walking through the tunnel, you will see sharks and rays, and tons of different types of fish.
The best thing about the tunnel is that you can see the underside of the creatures as they swim above you. The tanks also boast a coral and tropical fish display that will amaze anyone. The coral itself is breathtaking. In fact this coral collection is the largest of any aquarium in the world.
Another amazing display inside the aquarium is the giant cylinder columns of jelly fish. They are several feet wide, and you can watch the jellyfish float above you. The sight of these creatures is both terrifying and mesmerizing at the same time.
Next you move along through the aquarium to the sea turtles tanks. These sea turtles have been injured at some point in their lives and their stay at the aquarium is only a temporary one. They will be reintroduced back into their natural habitat once they have recovered. This is my favorite exhibit in the aquarium. If you happen to visit during feeding time you can actually feed the turtles. It’s great to watch these huge docile creatures chomping happily on their lunch.
