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With a blast of its steam whistle, the locomotive chugs along a six-mile stretch of track at a leisurely pace. During your train ride, the Sugar Cane Train crosses a 325-foot curved wooden trestle whose elevation yields panoramic views of neighboring islands and the West Maui Mountains. During your journey, our singing conductor will entertain you Hawaiian-style and point out sites of interest along the way. From December to April, it is a common sight to spot humpback whales frolicking in our warm Pacific waters. Although our sugar cane fields are gone now, the Sugar Cane Train keeps on rolling, preserving Maui's rich sugar cane heritage. Railroads traveled through the history of Hawaii for more than 100 years, hauling sugar cane to the mills, and transporting workers between their homes and the canefields. Steam locomotives became a picturesque part of the Hawaiian landscape, sounding their haunting whistles as they rounded a mountain curve, or plowed along narrow-guage track between fields of sugar cane and plantation villages. Today, Hawaii's railroads have disappeared almost entirely. The Lahaina Kaanapali & Pacific Railroad - better known as the "Sugar Cane Train" - transports visitors from the Maui of yesteryear to the beauty and charm of Maui today.  |
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