#8 in Top 20 Maui for A Family Holiday · ★★★★
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa
Camp Hyatt, Drums of the Pacific luau — the family trip with built-in cultural programming.
Camp Hyatt, Drums of the Pacific luau — the family trip with built-in cultural programming.
"Camp Hyatt, Drums of the Pacific luau — the family trip with built-in cultural programming."
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa opened in 1980 as the first major resort on Ka'anapali Beach — and remains the working family-resort flagship of the Ka'anapali cluster. Eight hundred and six rooms across five buildings on the 40-acre property, with the working family infrastructure built around the half-acre swimming pool with five waterslides, the cliffs-and-grottoes pool feature (kids climb the artificial waterfall), and the in-house Drums of the Pacific luau (one of the most-attended luaus on Maui, running every night except Monday). Camp Hyatt (the kids' club) runs the daily programme; the in-house spa and the Atrium Lounge (the lobby's open-air bird sanctuary with cockatoos and macaws) are the working family-day spaces. Hyatt Regency Maui is the right pick for the family holiday at the value-tier where the Hyatt-loyalty-and-points value matters and the working family infrastructure (pool, kids' club, in-house luau, beach access) is at the working Ka'anapali standard. The trade-off is the property's age (45+ years), the room finishes (more conventional than the newer Wailea competitors), and the scale (806 rooms, the second-largest resort on Maui).
Regency Club Suite (the upgrade tier with private lounge and concierge) or Two-Bedroom Suite for the family-of-four option.
Book the Drums of the Pacific luau for the third night of the trip (the best programme is the Wednesday or Saturday). Camp Hyatt 9am-4pm. The half-acre pool with five waterslides is the working children's-day asset.
Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa sits within our broader Top 20 Hotels in Maui for a Family Holiday list. It scored an aggregate 9.5/10 across the three editorial criteria — competitive against the field but, on a family holiday-specific factors, the angle above is what earned its rank. For the alternatives in the same Maui neighbourhood, see Ka'anapali, west coast and adjacent. For a different city entirely, see the related lists below.
If you have already chosen the dates, our editor recommends booking the room twelve weeks ahead. The best suites with the right view orientation go first, and inventory for the popular months is quoted in months, not weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces — the ones that earn this rank — are typically the first to sell out.