From the moment you arrive at Maui Trail Rides Ranch, the feeling of ohana (family) is abundant and the views are astounding. A family owned and operated business, the original Mendes traveled to the island of Maui from the Azores Island, Portugal in 1886. The land where the ranch is now located was a homestead in the 1940's by Manuel Mendes, otherwise known as "Red", and his only son Ernest Mendes.
