Day 4: ATV's,Ziplines & Submarines

ATV TOUR

Troy & I started off the day with a 2 hour ATV ride with Haleakala ATV Tours it is half way up an inactive volcano Haleakala which means house of the sun, it also forms more then 75% of the island. Miranda was not able to ride the Atv's do to age restrictions of 16 & older. So Altha & Miranda headed to a nearby botanical garden to learn about some native plants while Troy & I road the Atv's. After our ATV ride we met up with the girls had a little lunch then headed over to the Zip line.

ZIP LINE TOUR

Our zipline tour was with Skyline Eco Adventures & it consisted of a series of 5 zip lines below are the names and description of the 5 lines:

1. Alala/The Hawaiian Crow is 125' Long & 25' high this is the warm up zip line
2. Akohekohe/The Crested Honeycreeper is 150' long & 75' high this one has a shear drop @ step off!
3. The Maui Parrotbill is 225' long & 75' high this zipline zips over the top of the next zip line.
4. Nene/The Hawaiian Goose is 330' long &45' high it zips down the center of a valley.
   a.)Swinging Bridge-this is a swinging bridge that take you across a gorge.
5. Io/The Hawaiian Hawk is 750' long & 125' high and can reach speeds over 35 mph
   

It wasn't as scary as we all thought the harness that they put you in gives you alot confidence, it was a great experience and we all look forward to doing it again.

SUBMARINE VOYAGE
While we were on the other side of the Island riding Atv's & Ziplines Grandma Milnes & Sikes board the Atlantis Submarine Tour close to our hotel(because they didn't wish to snorkel) for a under water adventure beneath the Pacific Ocean.

On our way back to the hotel Altha suggested that we stop @ a whale watching site that she had read about, turned out it was a good call we were treated with 2 wonderful views first we spot 2 whales even tho they weren't very active  it was still exciting to see even if it was only there top fin sticking out of the water,  then we were treated to a beautiful Maui sun set.