Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 05:54:57 GMT Server: Apache/1.2.4 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html Mauna Loa: Visit a Guava Plantation
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Visit a guava plantation on Kaua`i

Map to Guava Kai Plantation & Visitor Center

The Guava Kai plantation is located on the North Shore of Kaua`i where rainfall is ample, the soil is deep, and horitculturalists have developed the largest singe guava plantation in the world. The orchard is mauka of Highway 56 just south of the old sugar plantation town of Kilauea and is well marked with a sign.

Kilauea is also famous for its Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, which is famous for its albatross and web footed booby nests, and the nearby beaches of Kalihiwai, and snorkeling reef and windsurfing beach called Anini.



The visitor center has a store and snack bar. The drive through the orchards provides a wonderful vista of a forest of guava with beautiful mountains as a backdrop.


If you are fortunate to witness the harvest, you will see that hand labor is necessary, in order to pick only the appropriate fruit that is ready for harvest. You can also notice that these guava trees are specially pruned to manage the fruiting seasons and to make the picking manageable.


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