Aussie photographer Peter Lik has listed his Hawaiian estate for $US19.8 million ($25.5 million).

The Melbourne-born 55-year-old bought the idyllic 2.6-hectare site in 2013 for $US9.7 million from tech-industry entrepreneur Bill Nguyen.

On a west Maui island promontory in the Kapalua Resort, the sprawling 370-square-metre home is laid out in three pavilions. It overlooks Mokuleia Bay and the surf break at Honolua Bay.

Mr Lik has since spent about $US3 million in updating the Olson Kundig Architects-designed home which features sliding cedar and rammed earth walls and cedar ceilings.