Walking tour
A driving tour into the past of the island of beaches from pre civilization to present day. A trip back in time with your mind's eye painting the Maui of yesterdays.
Travel mode
Built for street-level discovery, slow corners, and the layers you only notice on foot.
Story timing
Stories arrive as you do, so the sidewalk, storefront, and old boundary line can speak at the right moment.
Access model
Start this tour free and hear how History Cake layers place, timing, and story.
Tour access
Open the tour in the app and let each story arrive when the place is ready for it.
Included in this tour
Stories
10 story locations
Browse the layers on the web, then let the app handle the timing when you travel.
Shape
161.9 miles
Use this to tell whether the tour fits a quick stop, a slow walk, a long drive, or time in the air.
Time
54h 31m
A quick sense of the listening time before you make room for it in the trip.

About this tour
Get the background, themes, and historical texture before you take the tour with you.
Ancient settlements and a way of life brought from the southern pacific is where our story starts, more accurately just before our first mariners guided their large seagoing canoes to the islands of Hawaii. They navigated by the stars and the clouds and the feel of the water beneath their hulls. They navigated by the sun and the birds and the marine life they came upon, each contributing a clue as to their location relative to land and their intended direction of travel.
Tour overview
Numbered stops show the intended listening order for this route.
Story lineup
The stones of Ma'alaea are two boulders moved here and saved from a vanished village nearby. When building the breakwater for the new harbor at Ma'alaea, stones from the village were brought down from near the lighthouse but the two at this location were saved due to their significance to the ancient hawaiians of that village.

Two rock temple foundations probably used for sacrifice of only the highest alii and chiefs. Kahekili set up his court here after his father came to the heiau to die in 1736. Imagine warriors training for war in the form of various types of boxing and wrestling to master technique and gain strength for battle. Keopuolani was born here at Pihahakalani and went on to become the wife of Kamehameha the first and give birth to Liholiho, Kamehamea the second.