Hotel Wailea
Hotel Wailea is Hawaiʻi's only Relais & Châteaux property — 72 suites spread across 15 tropical acres of waterfalls, private footpaths and gardens.
- Up to 150 guests
- Year-round
At the end of the Road to Hana, the Hana-Maui Resort occupies a remote coastal position: 66 rooms, suites and bungalows, most with full or partial views of the Pacific. Ceremony lawns and the Ocean Bluff take up to 150 guests each, with smaller spaces such as the Pailoa Studio for 30.
The Road to Hana is one of Hawaii's great journeys — 64 miles of switchbacks, waterfalls, and sea cliffs on Maui's northeast coast. Most visitors turn back at the end of it. The Hana-Maui Resort is what awaits those who do not. Sitting on Hana Bay's edge, the resort is 66 bungalow rooms and suites arranged across a coastal property with bamboo forest to one side and the open Pacific to the other. The deliberate remoteness is the point: no through traffic, no neighbouring resort, no commercial strip. Couples who marry here have the sea cliffs, the waterfalls, and the sixty-six rooms entirely to themselves — and to the guests who made the journey with them.
The ceremony lawns face three different aspects of the coast. The Guest House Lawn and Kau'iki Lawn each accommodate 150 guests in an oceanfront setting; the Ocean Bluff puts a smaller party right at the cliff edge with water on three sides. For the most intimate occasions, the Art Gallery Lanai holds thirty guests in a palm-shaded indoor-outdoor space that the orchard kitchen serves directly. The resort's one-wedding-per-weekend rule is both a courtesy and a commitment — the Hana-Maui team is focused entirely on the couple in residence for those days, the rest of the property functioning as an extended private estate.
Enquire about Hana-Maui Resort →What's included4 hours of event time (excluding setup and cleanup) included in venue fees; optional add-ons include tropical flower arrangements, hula dancers, and ukulele musician.
Hana-Maui Resort holds one wedding per weekend to ensure the team's complete focus on a single couple's celebration. This policy makes the entire resort and its staff effectively available to the wedding party for the duration of their stay.
Yes. The engaged couple must be guests of the hotel to host a reception. This policy reinforces the resort's commitment to ensuring weddings remain intimate and that the property's character is preserved.
Guest House Lawn, Ocean Bluff, and Kau'iki Lawn each accommodate up to 150 guests for ceremonies. Indoor/reception venues include The Restaurant (150), Infinity Pool/Terrace (150/60), The Bar (50), Guest House (50), Art Gallery Lanai (35/30), and Pailoa Studio (30).
Hana is one of Maui's most isolated communities, accessible via the legendary 64-mile Road to Hana. The resort sits directly on Hana Bay, surrounded by bamboo forests, waterfalls, and coastal trails — a dramatically different environment from the resort areas of South Maui and Kaanapali.
Optional add-ons include tropical flower arrangements, hula dancers, and a ukulele musician — all of which can be incorporated into the wedding ceremony programme. Private Cessna charters for up to 14 guests can be arranged for aerial transfers.
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Once a week, a single dispatch — a destination worth knowing, a few venues we would shortlist, a real wedding. No noise.