Lahaina Ghost Walk

Start where King Kamehameha III once slept. Your guide will meet your small group at Hale Piula, a thatched hut, in Kamehameha Iki Park. This is the site of King Kamehameha III’s never-completed “iron-roof house,” where a reconstruction of the thatched hut where he preferred to sleep now stands. One man was called here by his dreams to help teach new generations traditional Polynesian navigation.

Moku’ula, the site of the ancient Hawaiian capital, was once home to royalty as well as a feared and revered sacred being, who may still dwell below. Kihawahine was once a princess. According to traditional Hawaiian belief, in death, she became a mo’o, a goddess who can appear in many forms including that of a human woman or formidable giant lizard.

Pay your respects at the royal graves of the Waine'e Graveyard. Hear the strange tale of the church deacon who was also a deadly priest called a kahuna ‘ana’ana.

The name literally the “Stuck in Irons House” in Hawaiian. This old jail was the scene of whalers’ debauchery as well as possible executions. Local lore tells of hangings and human remains have been found buried on the site.

Over 150 years old, this massive specimen is in excess of a city block in length. According to some, its 16 trunks hold supernatural secrets. Learn about the legends associated with banyan from other Pacific cultures as well as the all-to-real cases of nightmare death that afflicted Filipino workers in the Hawaiian Islands in the 1950s.

Now a museum, this historic building is the scene of contemporary encounters with ghosts. Employees and guests alike today report many instances of paranormal activity inside. According to some, the old jail cells downstairs seem to exude a malevolent atmosphere.

The first hotel in Lahaina, and the oldest hotel still operating in Maui, the Pioneer Inn was built by bombastic businessman George Freeland in 1901. George also owned rental properties including one troublesome house haunted by an unfriendly spirit.