Here's What It's Like to Experience a $16,500 Culinary Adventure on Maui

Next, you have a few options for how to work up your appetite for the centerpiece meal of the day. These include touring around on UTVs, hiking, mountain biking, or taking a private car service to visit some of the most popular beaches in the area.

We chose the beach option, starting off at the Waianapanapa Black Sand Beach, where a knowledgeable guide from Adventure Quinn shared fascinating stories about the culture and history of Hawaii. One story he shared was the dark legend of Princess Popo'alaea, who hid from the cruel husband she was forced to marry, Chief Ka'akea, in the Waianapanapa caves. When the king's search party spotted her and her maid's reflection in the water, she was brutally murdered, and to this day, at certain times of the year the cave's waters run red, a seasonal natural phenomenon that is also an allusion to the blood of the slain princess.