Maui Pineapple Company recently released a press release announcing the fact that the company’s Maui Gold Pineapple Tour is the only remaining working pineapple plantation tour in the USA. Dole used to have a plantation tour, but no longer offers one. The Maui Gold Pineapple Tour starts from Kapalua Resort on Maui (sister company to Maui Pineapple).
Here is the full content of the press release:
Maui Pineapple Company’s Maui Gold Pineapple Tour is the only working pineapple plantation tour in the USA (and it starts from Kapalua Resort on Maui).
Kahului, Maui, Hawaii (PRWEB) June 16, 2008 – Experience the only working pineapple plantation tour of its kind in the entire nation at Kapalua Resort, Maui Hawaii. Visitors to Maui can take a guided tour to the fields and learn all about pineapple planting, harvesting and tasting in addition to plantation and island history. Picked by expert guides, the freshest pineapple you have ever had in your life can be sampled in the middle of scenic West Maui pineapple fields.
“Taking approximately 18 months to grow, pineapple is not an easy fruit to produce and many of our guests are surprised to learn that,” said Carlos Sandoval, pineapple tour manager for Maui Pineapple Company (www.MauiPineapple.com). “We specialize in cultivating an extra-sweet variety, Maui Gold® pineapple, born and raised only on Maui. A highlight of the tour is when the guests learn how to hand select their own perfect pineapple to take home as a souvenir.”
The Pineapple Express tours run Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Tickets cost $39.95 per person and $32 for children under 12 years old. The Pineapple Experience Signature Tour is offered on Friday only, from 11:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., and includes lunch at The Plantation House or Pineapple Grill restaurants at Kapalua Resort. Tickets are $65 per person and $58 for children under 12 years old. For reservations, please call 808-665-5491 or go online to mauipineapple.com. Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. is a subsidiary of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., a land holding and operating company dedicated to agriculture, resort operation and development of holistic communities. Maui Pineapple Company originated nearly a century ago. The company’s signature Maui Gold pineapple is known for its premium quality and a naturally sweeter aroma and taste. It is available in Hawai‘i, the West Coast and Midwest regions of the United States. It can also be bought online at www.MauiPineapple.com.
Learn first-hand about the unique growing cycle, planting and harvesting techniques of pineapple, the symbol of hospitality. These one-of-a-kind, two-hour tours are led by Maui Pineapple Co. workers whose colorful commentary weaves history, facts and trivia into an authentic pineapple plantation experience. Guests ride in the new, luxurious Maui Gold shuttle van from the resort to the coast to fields being planted or harvested that day.
About Maui Land & Pineapple Company
Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (ML&P) is committed to the integration of agriculture, natural resource management and eco-effective design principles to create and manage holistic communities. ML&P’s vision of holistic communities is based on the traditional Hawaiian model of ahupua`a, a system of self-reliance based on the artful use of land and water resources to sustain island life indefinitely. ML&P is a Hawai`i corporation and successor to a business organized in 1909. Its principal operating subsidiaries are Maui Pineapple Company Ltd. and Kapalua Land Company Ltd., operator of Kapalua Resort, a master-planned resort community in West Maui. Maui Pineapple Company of Maui, Hawaii is a grower and producer of Maui pineapples—the largest cultivator of Maui pineapples in the world. The company produces the Maui Gold® brand of pineapple, which is sold mostly on the West coast of the USA. For additional information please visit either www.MauiPineapple.com or www.MauiLand.com.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackMy wife and I recently visited Maui and took the Maui Gold Pineapple plantation tour. Our hope in attending was to get some great local history and maybe get to sample some fresh pineapple. While we enjoyed many activities on Maui, for its views, history and overall education of Maui and its once staple product, we couldn’t have been happier with the tour. From the extensive history of the island and company, to tasting freshly picked pineapple directly from the plant, to selecting our own to bring home to the mainland, we came away from the experience having received much more than we ever expected. While sad to hear that labor costs and the changing environment have limited pineapple growth in Hawaii, we are optimistic that this “green” company will develop into the future with Hawaii and its residents’ best interests in mind. We can’t thank the company enough and would recommend this tour to everyone we know who plans to visit Maui. Mahalo Maui Gold!
Jason & Kristin Rogers
Thanks for your comment, Jason and Kristin Rogers! We’re so glad you enjoyed the Maui Gold Pineapple Tour–it is one of many peoples’ favorite things to do when visiting. Thanks very much for the feedback. We hope you come again! Mahalo and aloha!
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