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About Kihei
Kihei is located in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. This city is situated at 20°45'33" North, 156°27'26" West. Kihei has over 16700 inhabitants. In the 1960s Kihei had an area of two hundred yards where the Mokulele Highway met the Ma'alaea Bay. But over the years the city of Kihei grew, expanding nearly over 5 mi (8 km) along South Kihei Road. Kihei is officially ranked as the second-fastest-growing community in the United States.
Kihei is a small tourist city. Excepting its inexpensive hotels and restaurants, Kihei also offers a significant number of beaches, ocean swimming, scuba diving and other marine activities.
At the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, one of the world's most important whale habitats designated to protect the endangered humpback whale, tourists can learn about the marine life in the Hawaiian Islands. The sanctuary also hosts an impressive variety of marine animals, corals and plants that can be found nowhere else on Earth.
If you love to go shopping you can visit the Azeka Place 1 at 1280 S Kihei Rd, Azeka Place 2, opposite, Pi'ilani Village Shopping Center, not far away on the upper highway and Kukui Mall, opposite Kalama Park(with a four-screen movie theater and some takeout eateries).
Kihei hosts some research facilities. Except for the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, there is also the Maui Research and Technology Park (home to the Maui High Performance Computing Center) or the Hawaii Space Center Kihei (an astral research facility and museum).
The water sports lovers can rent a boat at Kihei Canoe Club and participate at a canoe racing championship. In close proximity to the club tourists can see green sea turtles (honu) or dolphins and whales. From the Kamaole Beach you can admire great views of the West Maui Mountains, Haleakala, and across pristine Maalaea Bay, the islands of Kahoolawe and Molokini. This beach is ideal for swimming, beachcombing, walking or jogging.
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