Hawaii's Plantation Village — Attraction in Oʻahu

This is a true hidden gem and I can't believe I never heard about it after living here for decades. The history story they tell about the old Hawaii plantation days and how it started is just amazing. You can learn a lot about how all the people who immigrated to Hawaii, help build it's unique multinational culture and unique island life.

The place is a bit out of the way and you really need use Google Maps or some similar app to find it. It isn't hard to get to, but just not easy to find on your own given it's location. Once there, it is pretty easy to figure out how to get back out to where you came from.

This recreation of what it was like during those days isn't a Disneyland type of excursion. It is really tells the raw history of everything that transpired during those times. They village gives you a good idea of what life might have been like, but I'm sure it wasn't as pretty despite how they keep the place to look as authentic as possible.

I think this place is more for adults, but probably a good education for teens who are interested in history and culture. You'll need to plan for time to read the different exhibit information and do some walking. This was a great find for us and I do highly recommend...

I brought my family to Hawai‘i's Plantation Village expecting an educational experience about the history of sugar plantations and the diverse groups who worked there. Unfortunately, the tour was heavily skewed by the guide’s personal political and ideological views. Rather than focusing on historical facts and cultural heritage, the tour veered into topics like gender identity in pre-colonial Philippines, sweeping generalizations about white people, and an apparent disdain for traditional values.

We heard more about modern political ideologies—feminism, Marxism, and revisionist history—than we did about the actual daily lives of plantation workers. While the hardships and injustices of the plantation era are important to acknowledge, the tour felt more like a lecture in activism than an honest historical account.

This was not the balanced, family-friendly learning experience we had hoped for. I’d recommend management reevaluate how these tours are conducted to ensure they remain educational and inclusive for all visitors—without pushing political agendas. Go to the dole plantation so much better experience and actually fun. Thank...

The Haunted Plantation itself was fun, a good family/friend event and worth the money. 4/5 stars for the following reasons: 1.Line wait was horrible. First off, people don't know what a line is. If you don't want to wait for more than 2+hours, have people cutting, then go EARLY or buy fast pass/VIP.

General admission line was not monitored until you get closer to entrance, which allowed people to leave huge gaps & cut.

Admission rules say no one under 16 can go unsupervised, yet 90% of the people there were kids under 15... unsupervised. Which then led to the not paying attention playing on phone, to the line gaps & cutting, and thus horrible line wait. Domino effect? O_o

Anyways got there at 7:30pm (not counting parking, walking to location and buying ticket. Friends bought mine for me in advanced) left at 10pm, 2 hours 15 mins wait in line, 15 mins to go through plantation & leave area. Incase anyone who didnt go, wanted to go, and guesstimate their plans...