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Kilohana

3-2087 Kaumualii Highway, Lihue, Hawaii 96766 | (808) 245-5608
2 Reviews
Type: Museums & Monuments
Ages: All Ages
Cost: $$$
Hours of operation: Open daily. Email or call for reservations

Twenty-minute carriage tours leave from the plantation house each hour between 11:00 A.M. and 6:30 P.M. daily. Hour-long sugar cane tours leave at 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. Reservations required.


2 Reviews for Kilohana

AJ_Lundell
AJ_Lundell
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December 23 2010
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Violetwhite_word
"Kilohana Plantation and Lu'au Kalamaku"

A ++ for the whole experience!  This gorgeous plantation is also the site of the Lu'au Kalamaku,  offering something for everyone in the family.  Here's how the perfect evening went: Check in at 5 PM.  Lei greeting and photo op with the Lu'au performers.  Visit the open bar for mai tai's (or juice) then stroll around the gardens.  5:30 pm train ride around the plantation with a stop to feed the pigs (random, but so much fun!).  Squeeze in a rum tasting in the tasting room and gallery. (kids are not allowed in the tasting room)  6:30 dinner buffet.  7:00 Lu'au- which was so  exciting my 3 year old stayed awake for the whole thing! The fire dancers helped hold his attention.  Some tips:  They have round tables of 12 for the buffet and show, and they seat families with kids together.  Our table had a great view of the stage, but on the nights the cruise ships are in town, it can be packed and they have additional long tables a little further away from the performance.

December 23 2010
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Violetwhite_word
"Fun with the Family"

The beautifully elaborate 16,000-square-foot mansion at Kilohana Plantation was built in 1935 and still exudes an aura of grand class. It was built by Gaylord Wilcox to suit his wife Ethel’s expectations of a Hollywood-type manor.
 
 
Today the home has been authentically restored, and various rooms have been converted into a small sampling of galleries and shops. The old living room looks like a museum with its period furniture, artifacts, and collectibles.
 
An optional hour-long horse-and-carriage tour pulled by Clydesdale horses is available, or you can simply park and walk around the grounds on your own for free. The horses pull tourist-filled wagons on other routes as well, through Lihue valley or sugar cane fields. Rates vary depending on the tour.

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