The farm/processing tour was awesome! Very educational from when/how many are planted, time it takes to grow, how they know when they are ready to be picked, and so much more knowledge. There was no line it was only $15. You get fresh juice and cut up pineapple at the as well as a whole pineapple to take with you! All the staff/employees were exceptionally kind and helpful. They were very knowledgeable and answered the many questions my father and I had about the process. Definitely preferred this over across the street. The tourist attraction across the road was not bad. However, this tour educated me, which is the point of it. Across the road is more for nicknacks and bobbles tourist stuff like that. I 100% recommend this tour to everyone that has an interest in learning what they do at...
Read moreWonderful tour of Dole Food’s pineapple packing plant. Very knowledgeable guide, Stacie, on all things about pineapples. Nice little store sells fresh whole, cut, & juice of pineapple. Samples were available for tasting. Besides pineapple, the Tour Store also sells chocolates from Dole’s Waialua Estates cacao farm and their North Shore grown coffee. Don’t worry, they also have fridge magnets,...
Read moreThis pineapple farm is historic but the tour was a bit kitschy. You can take a picture of pineapples without going on the train tour. A lot of the farm isn’t being used anymore to grow pineapples (towards the back of the farm and has been let to lie fallow) and the overall experience seems over commercialized. Worth trying the pineapple ice cream, but whole pineapples are expensive (more than the...
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