When considering Maui for health or pleasure, one work-week-long bliss-laden package may well be worth the price. The Wailea Beach Villas are Maui's newest major luxury residential resort. Managed by Destination Hotels & Resorts, the WBV offers what may be the ultimate customized spa experience on Maui--a five-night lovers' retreat with daily in-room spa treatments for two in a 1,900-square-foot Moana (Ocean) View Penthouse. The Moana Package's daily treatments include traditional Hawaiian delights such as Lomi-Lomi and Hot Cocoa Stone massages, Kava Scrubs and Maui Noni Wraps.

Treatments also include the Romantic Interlude and Romance Rejuvenated, and the suggestive Personalized Instructional Massage. Post massage cravings can be fixed by a complimentary meal of Maui-inspired cuisine, prepared in-penthouse by a private chef. Finally, there's an all-you-can-handle selection of soaking products to complement the his and hers Roman tubs found in each quarters. For reservations or information, call 866-901-5201 or visit www.waileabeachvillas.com.

Kauai, Hawaii's oldest and wildest isle and early on a destination for spiritual travel, answers the call Pure Kauai. Here you will find five- to 10-day pure escapes to private villas or oceanfront condo lodgings, plus private chef meals, a personal host, island transportation, and daily activities that run the gamut from guided hikes, kayaking,

snorkeling, surf lessons and biking trips, to yoga classes, body massages, life coaching sessions and beach days).

A harmonious option for a personal wellness retreat might be a package that includes learning to surf. The five-day, four-night Surf and Yoga Retreat offered by Pure Kauai combines the inner balance of surfriding with the inner stillness of yoga. “We show you how to ride the waves literally; then to source your internal waves of health and wisdom,” says owner Phil Jones.

It's a familiar refrain among healing and restorative programs in Hawaii: Let us jumpstart a whole new you. “Our five-hour hike alone may do the trick,” says Jones. All-inclusive rates run from $3,650 per person double occupancy and from $6,000 per person single occupancy. Lodgings are in private homes or villas and all meals are by private chef. Also included: all transportation, four surfing lessons, three private yoga classes, two massages and the guided five-hour Na Pali Coast hike. Chefs customize meals to specific body types and diets; trained guides, surf instructors, and fitness trainers monitor guests. Visit www.purekauai.com or call 866-457-7873.

For more information on visiting Hawaii for wellness, go to www.gohawaii.com.

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