Wailea & Makena Listings
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Bordered on the north by the posh Wailea Resort area and on the south by the Ahihi Kinau Natural Area Reserve, the Makena area of South Maui offers the visitor a return to nature and much earlier days of Hawaii. Wailea and Makena were mainly utilized as scruffy ranch land for grazing cattle. The area generally was considered a desert and, at best, a very arid complex region to inhabit. The advent of piping water from the Central Maui Iao aquifer has created an Oasis along the South Pacific Ocean. It is now one of the fastest-growing residential and business corridors in Hawaii and the United States. Wailea is 1,500 acres of prime resort land just south of Kihei, that has staggering ocean views, including the stark red island of Kahoolawe and the quarter-moon sliver of tiny Molokini islet a popular snorkeling destination. Many of the world’s top-rated golf courses are located in Hawaii, and Wailea boasts numerous. The terrain and views from the Wailea courses are world-famous and have won many coveted design awards. Wailea has numerous gated residential subdivisions and condominiums situated on golf courses or within oceanfront complexes. Space and freedom are the signatures of Makena. It is where the paved road ends, the defiantly wild, rugged, and magnificent place where the spirit can run free. Grand, seductive, and utterly irresistible, Makena is Maui untamed.