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Hours | Tours offered Mon and Wed-Thurs at 10am and 1pm; reservations required | |
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Address | 4050 Nawiliwili Rd | |
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Location | Hwy. 58, at Pikaka St. (2 miles from Waapa Rd.), Lihue & Environs | |
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Phone | 808/245-3202 | |
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Web site | www.hawaiiweb.com/kauai/html/sites/grove_farm_homestead.html | |
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Prices | Requested donation $5 adults, $2 children under 12 | |
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Frommer's Review
You can experience a day in the life of an 1860s sugar planter on a visit to Grove Farm Homestead, which shows how good life was (for some, anyway) when sugar was king. This is Hawaii's best remaining example of a sugar-plantation homestead. Founded in 1864 by George N. Wilcox, a Hanalei missionary's son, Grove Farm was one of the earliest of Hawaii's 86 sugar plantations. A self-made millionaire, Wilcox died a bachelor in 1933, at age 94. His estate looks much like it did when he lived here, complete with period furniture, plantation artifacts, and Hawaiiana.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.
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