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Maui Tropical Plantation
4.5
2,863 reviews
#2 of 30 things to do in Wailuku
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Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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The Village at Maui Tropical Plantation is open! Please join us Tuesday - Saturday from 9AM - 4PM. Enjoy our Tropical Express Tram Tour to learn interesting facts about Maui sugarcane, pineapple, bananas, coffee, macadamia nuts, papaya and more! Current MTP tenants include; The Country Market with Kumu Farms and Maui ʻOma Coffee, Maui Zipline through the plantation grounds, Flyin Hawaiian Zipline across the valleys, Mālama Studio featuring local artisans, and Cafe Oʻlei with fresh local food.
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Audrey C
3 contributions
Beautiful location, delicious food!
Dec 2022 • Family
After the unexpected cancellation of a water activity, our family of 2 adults and 2 school aged children booked the Plantation Tour to fill our day. It was a pleasant surprise - the tram tour around the location was interesting and guide was great at storytelling. We had lunch at the restaurant on-site, which had a nice view and was good value for the high quality of food served. We were amongst locals who were there to celebrate the holidays, so we knew this was the real deal. This is a fantastic location to take family photos. The only downside was the marketplace, which was a little pricey. Overall it was a good visit.
Written December 26, 2022
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jacquiejbernard
Corona, CA3 contributions
Great Down Time!
Feb 2023 • Family
This place was a great area to explore when you need a little break in between all the rough activities that you may do on the island. We dis the tram tour and it was an amazing way to take a little break from walking around so much and just sit. The tram tour explained what was on the plantation and how it got there. There was a section of the tour where a coconut husking demonstration was done and it was very informative about the island fruit of the coconut. The restaurant was delicious and super reasonable in pricing, many of the entrees can be split between two people which is what my husband and I did. We also took our 11 month old nephew with us, and he was all about it!
Written February 7, 2023
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hannawithoneh
Cupertino, CA1 contribution
Fun little tram ride
Dec 2022
Everything was easy and comfortable. The location, parking, exploring, booking tickets for the Express Train. That was like a ride at an amusement park. Started off with a story by perhaps the last plantation native, and his humble gratitude for us visitors. The guide was very friendly, attentive, educational, sharing with us all about the plants and animals we passed. She showed us how coconuts were husked, and we even got to see Dale Zarrella's amazing sculptures. The weather was beautiful and clear, there were so many variety of plants and trees, all laid out so neatly and pleasant to view. The drive was slow and steady so we had time to look out, take pictures, and enjoy the ride. We had an excellent experience in every way. Plus, the plantation itself is a world of its own- easy to just explore the vicinity by foot. We read about its history, and appreciated the creative ways they reused the mill parts to decorate. Didn't eat at the cafe, but found some nice gifts in their shop.
Written January 6, 2023
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Vickie M
Des Moines, Washington, United States59 contributions
Beautiful but skip the Express Tour
Apr 2023 • Couples
The plantation itself is beautiful with a lot of rich history. For us the Express Tour really was not worth the price. It was a short drive to identify some of the plants and groves with about 1/2 of the time spent watching how a coconut is husked. You can see this same thing for free at many of the road side coconut stands. If you do go be sure to get reservations at the Cafe O Lei—- reasonable priced, food is excellent, and sitting outside with view of the plantation was wonderful.
Written April 19, 2023
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lisabQ408ZM
San Francisco, CA6 contributions
Maui Fruit Plantation tram and Mill restaurant
Jul 2021 • Couples
We took the maui tropical Plantation tram tour because we wanted to learn more about the fruits and vegetables and see the farm. We had been here before and walked around the farm but now a tram tour is required. For the 40 minute tour, 20 minutes of it was watching a coconut husking demonstration which while interesting the time could have been used much better spending more time seeing and learning about the different plants and trees. The grounds are beautiful but we were barely able to hear the audio on the multi car tram so for $25 each it was a bit disappointing. We would have liked the tour guide to stop in front of the plants that she was talking about to point out the fruit or nuts because we couldn't see some of them while driving by.
Afterwards we went for a drink at the Mill house restaurant and bar with beautiful scenery of the pond. There are many mechanical structures included in the mill restaurant from the history of the sugarcane industry. I would rarely complain about anything but getting to the bar for a drink was a big ordeal, where we had to wait while other people were seated at tables to eat.
I would definitely recommend visiting here and eating, (The restaurant is owned by the same people as Cafe O'lei in Kihei, excellent restaurant) but I'm not sure I would take the tram tour again.
Written July 7, 2021
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SSBestwell
Oakland, CA54 contributions
Beautiful location-overpriced tour and items
Dec 2022 • Family
We do the tran tour, ate lunch at the restaurant and stopped in the gift shop with our 3 year old.

Beautiful location and plants. The tour was mediocre—the guide was great but the coconut hulling demonstration stop lasted for 50% of the tour and made it hard to keep a 3 year old entertained.

The gift shop has a lot of overpriced food items you can find online or at other locations on the island for much lower prices—so save your money.
Written January 4, 2023
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Lo
Phoenix, AZ1 contribution
Excellent tour of lush tropical gardens
May 2022
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Prior to, we arrived 30 minutes early and grabbed coffee to walk the lush grounds garden, which is a notable botanical garden in its own right for the variety of tropical plant life and vegetation. The tour itself was very informative driving through diverse fields of pineapple, papaya, mango, bananas, avocado, coffee and so much more; we saw a demo of a coconut being husked too. We browsed through the gift shop after the tour and bought over $200 of Kona coffee (we loved the coffee)! We planned ahead and made reservations at the restaurant onsite, Cafe O'Lei at the Mill House, and had a delicious lunch. The food tasted fresh as it should have given their farm-to-table approach to food service. Overall, a great side excursion!
Written May 17, 2022
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M L
24 contributions
Very beautiful location but tour is overpriced
May 2022
The location is beautiful, the guide and other employees were very nice but most of these plants/trees you can see all over Maui for free or in combo with other attractions. I think the tour is very overpriced for the length and content (so much of it is spent watching the guide husk and crack a coconut, which you can watch someone do for free at a food stand).

I’d say you can skip the tour but it’s worth a stop to do some shopping in the store, walk the rest of the grounds and check out the restaurant (don’t know how food was but the view from it was gorgeous).
Written May 15, 2022
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Larry
4 contributions
Great restaurant and market
Jan 2023
Our group of four ate their twice in January on a recent trip. Could have gone back for more. Dinner was excellent, the setting feels so isolated and tranquil you just want to stay. Fabulous Mai Tai's and fresh fish. I would also highly recommend the market. The fruits and vegetables and coffee packs were better than at local farmers markets and better priced. Wish we had gone there first.
Written February 1, 2023
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cbarba2022
1 contribution
Excellent place to see all the crops and plants seen around Maui
Aug 2022 • Family
Before you enter, look around the front of the building for Day Geckos! Its the only place I can ever find them now. I love the focus on local food inside, the wraps are delicious. Good prices in the shop and the grounds are beautiful. I watched a heron eat cichlids out of the pond and took many pictures of all the flowers and plants on ground. The tour is worth the money (mostly if youve never seen it before) and has a live coconut husking, entertaining for all ages to see it. The trees are in good condition and show what theyre actually trying to show you. Awesome.
Written September 1, 2022
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