Reviews of Hawaii's Plantation Village (Museum)

Malin Maria Söderlund

Very interesting tour! 15 usd admission. I highly recommend it.

Justin Kwon

Robert was such a good your guide. His personal experience at the plantation made the tour even better.

Debbi Fabiani

Very interesting immigration & housing history for sugar cane workers. Norm was our guide & he grew up in a plantation village. He gave 1st hand experience in his presentation. Norm was very knowledgeable overall & answered all questions.

Justin Weller

I went with my child's 3rd grade class, so I didn't get the normal tour, but they put together a good experience that was fun for the kids and educational. Good for the kids, and adults, to learn about an important part of Hawaii history.

Joe Motosan

Great must see

Ka Bh

So much fun. Definitely recommend to anyone looking for a good Halloween scare. Actors were great! Make sure you get the fast pass; it is worth the little extra money.

CISCO 808

Lines incredibly long..no one monitoring crowds..ppl behind us kept pushing their way fwd and many ended up way ahead of us..would not do again..wasted 3.5 hrs waiting..not worth it

nate gomez

Ive been there twice and each time I went the tour was very long, slow and boring. The docent we had has been there for a long time but shared too much of his unwanted knowledge that kept us in each house very long...The old man and all the old ladies there are not very nice but they're unhappy and grumpy. Usually elderly people are kind but not these. Maybe the plantation need bright, happy and cheery young docents. Just saying!!!

Nadine Dalton

Chaperoned a field trip of 1st graders and they all loved it! Hands on activities and factual history lessons that weren't boring. Highly recommend!

Mariliz Reilly

Haunted Halloween is only for kids over 13 or 14 years of age! We had to leave after waiting that long in line super scary good fun

Mark Steiner

Very interesting and informative

SMK LACAR

***EVENTFUL ANNUAL CELEBRATIONS*** Lunar New Year: 1st Saturday in February O-bon: 1st Saturday in June Opens the O-bon season on the Island of Oahu. Available for educational field trips. Activities for many ages & grade levels: • preschools • elementary schools • middle, intermediate & jr high schools • high schools • professional, technical & vocational schools • colleges & universities • senior citizens

adriana Pizzia

Very interesting and educational to know about the immigration system in Hawaiian old days

Josué Daniel Arriola Silva

(Translated by Google) Place full of history (Original) Lugar lleno de historia

Leann P

Get a good scare with a place that's really haunted. Haunted Plantation is every year in October. I have never missed a year. Since Halloween is over, you need to check it out next year. My advice is to come early get in line or get the fast pass. It's worth the wait.

Christopher Tipton

I had an excellent tour from Robert. We went through the recreated dwellings of historic immigrant groups who worked on the sugar plantation. I would have liked more information about the sugar-making process and the current plants grown there.

matsunobu tomoko

(Translated by Google) I understand old Hawaii (Original) 昔のハワイがわかります

ol1bit

Nice history!

Tiffany Welter

Absolutely fabulous! Hawaii's Williamsburg. A must for anyone looking to understand the beautiful cultural tapestry that is Hawaii today.

J Cho

Very low key place that provides a thorough overview of Hawaii’s historical immigrant legacy. Our tour was guided by a great docent, Norm. He was a wonderful, thoughtful host.

thomas rodrian

If you want to learn about colonization Hawaii, going to Hawaii's Plantation Village in Waipahu is exactly where you want to go. Unfortunately, the buildings are mostly inaccessible for wheelchairs, but there are still a few things to do and see. Worth a trip there to see everything.

Zac Fliss

Great history lesson.

Andy C.

Very interesting and educational with realistic recreations of immigrants' houses

Sean Coffman

good scare

Michael Long

Amazing preservation of culture and history

RusSkillz

Good place to learn about Oahu's historical plantation life. However, the only negative is the tour guide's accent may not have a strongngrasp of the english language so when they're trying to explain things, it may be difficult to understand.

Joshua Avilla

Greatful

Jessica Franco

Great came for a field trip! Had a great time for the half day we spent there. Will come back to see the whole thing!

Kevin Tosaka

Nostalgic

Patricia Morris

Robert was our tour guide. He did a great job showing us around, answering questions quite knowledgeably. I learned a great deal historically about the plantation & life in Hawaii.

Chelsea Hicks

Educational and cultural experience

Monica Gonzalez Smith

This a great spot for elementary field trips or to learn more about all immigrants who came for the sugar plantation. Field trips will be able to play group games.

Javier Milla

Super interesting. Our guide spent 2 hours explanning to us Hawaiian histor.

Victoria Alvarez

Great experience for my child

Paul St Ledger

Great place to see Hawaii of old.

JOSHUA AVILLA

The PUBLICITY!

Cynthia Lindblom

Well worth the visit. Learned so much about the history of sugar cane and Hawaii history.

Melissa McKenna

Wonderful staff, great educational experience. Very informative look into Old Hawaii

Stian Klingenberg

This was a fun and interesting place to visit. Learned a lot about Hawaii and the life on Plantation. Worth a visit

Patty Waltu

Not too bad for a field trip with kids. Some things remind me of home growing up. It was fun having lots of kids getting excited about everything... The place is clean and a lot of little houses were clean and nicely maintained...Big patches of taro and not too many sugar cane...we found a star fruit and there's a lot of fruits growing.. The kids really enjoyed the tiger dance.

Dorothy Ene

Hawaii's History at it's best. Sugar tour with Robert's Hawaii.

Kuumi Jose

It's been years ain't been here, wish it would be up kept more.

Tracy Skaz

Really enjoyed the tour here! Our tour guide Norm was great!! Learned a lot about this plantation and Hawaii in general!!

Chris Jones

That shiii was scary afff

えり子石黒

(Translated by Google) I know the history of Hawaii. Worth seeing (Original) ハワイの歴史がわかる。見る価値大

Peter Wille

Very good tour. Helped me get a much better understanding of the history. Highly recommend.

Zachary Cacal

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Dan Kunstman

A must see for the curious about early Hawaiian immigration!

Ting Shao

A very educational place to bring kids to learn about local history and culture

George Sado

Awesome lion dance experience

Michelle Kerklo

Had the tour guide all to myself so was able to flood him with questions. Great place, knowledgeable docents.

Frank Jang

Great food, clean, busy, service a little slow but friend staff

Ethan Fiesta

It ussually has lots of community events such as the malungai festival,Haunted plantation,and the malasada festival. On someday they'll have tours, Its a fun place to go while exploring oahu whichll teach you the history of the plantation houses left on their property.(Its also haunted)

keilikea01

Awesome night at the Haunted Plantation

Machity

Pretty good

Sarah Moore

Our docent grew up on the sugar cane plantation and had great stories. Definitely worth seeing!

Àndy Sargent

Nice site and insight into that part of Hawaian history. Our guide moved along a bit quickly and did not know some of the basic Hawaiian history, or the language barrier was a problem for us. Some of the buildings and labeling are showing their age. Still a great site and worth supporting its story.

Frank Mckenna

Learned alot about the early Hawaiian labor force.

Rey Reynon

NICE SIMPLE PLANTATION VILLAGE IN WAIPAHU.

Elvis Gonzalez

Great educational Museum for Waipahu

Age

Fun learning about the old plantation days. Very interesting!

Richard Sieger

Great history of Hawaiian immigrant waves. Showed types of homes of the various cultures. Tour lasted over two hours. Worth it.

Rossie

The tour was so good. My family enjoyed it. Kenny was very knowledgeable, very passionate when he talks about the contribution of the different cultures to the today Hawaii’s Life. Highly recommended.

Ed Lewis

Well worth the cost and a few hours of your time. The "village" is a recreation of 8 ethnic groups that worked in the Hawaii plantations. Very well put together and the staff/volunteers are excellent. Interesting how similar the living conditions were in the nations represented (and my own family from Louisiana). Very educational.

ken46

(Translated by Google) I started to go to Hawaii and at first I was on vacation, but I wanted to know some of Hawaii's history. This is the perspective of the life of immigrants, but this gives us the opportunity. I feel more and more familiar with Hawaii. (Original) ハワイに行くようになり、最初はバカンスだったのが、そのうちハワイの歴史を少し知りたくなりました。移民の生活という視点ですが、ここはその機会を与えてくれます。ますますハワイを身近に感じるようになりました。

Art Tibaldo

I find this plantation village interesting and truly memorable. Whether you are a Filipino or Japanese who saw life in the villages before the intrusion of modern technology, you can probably relate and find connections to a farmer's life back in the days. For someone who traces his roots from the coastal towns of Ilocos Region and lived in what we call Kalapaws, the sight of Hawaii's Plantation Village is not at all foreign as it reminds me of home. I rendered a drawing of a Sakada and left it at East West Center as my token of appreciation for having invited me as resource speaker and as artist-in-residence at EW Arts Gallery when the island state celebrated its Centennial Anniversary of Filipino Migration to Hawaii in 2006.

Jaybird Price

It's OK, but a little long winded from our tour guide and the mainlander tourist were just rude -- they did not respect Hawaii

Bo Young Choi

Excellent historical place. $15 for adult admission. So much thing to look at and excellent service. People are nice and knowledgeable.

Melody Kuroda

I remember visiting my great aunt at her plantation house and am glad there's a place to learn more about the plantation experience and history of Hawaii. We took a self-guided tour and explored the exhibit rooms. I appreciate the room about Honouliuli since the site cannot yet be visited.

BoB Tomato

A good look into history. Dress in you best summer clothes. It'll be warm

Michael Clancy

Great place to see how the first immigrants to Hawaii lived. Really gives the plantation living experience! Went to celebrate the Lunar New Year, many activities/good from all the various cultures in Hawaii.

Adrian Bryant

Very interesting. Gives a different angle on the recent history. The first 2 information rooms are free and packed with lots of interesting facts and photos. Explains how the local population was exploited by their own kings and then bob the plantation owners, however so many had died from diseases that the plantation owners had to import labour from al over the world often with false promises. The houses in the park cost $15 to see but well worth seeing.

Teacher Bow

Spent the morning pruning and weeding with the folks from Olelo. Yoshiko was our guide and she's awesome!

Dane Ganes

Very knowledgeable tour guide. Totally worth the kamaaina rate

Joshua Ehlinger

Best history lesson I've had here!

よーすけ

(Translated by Google) I guess most Japanese tourists will not come ... There is a tour which guides the garden inside in Japanese, Grandpa can explain politely about 1 hour or so ⤴️⤴️ (Original) 日本人観光客はほとんど来ないのではないでしょうか… 日本語で園内を案内してもらえるツアーがあり、１時間くらいで丁寧におじいちゃんが説明して頂けます⤴️⤴️

Mike Daniels

A "must see" to truly understand the multicultural underpinnings of today's Hawaii. Take the tour! It's well worth the money and the time.

Midori Jara

Es un lugar donde podrán aprender,observar como los primeros inmigrantes vivieron en esta zona y a pesar de venir de diferentes lugares del mundo, lo bonito es ver cómo aprendieron a convivir entre ellos.

Paolo Torres

Interesting and Educational !!!!

Amelia Jochims

It is not just a haunted plantation. The rest of the year they have stories and facts of camp life here in Hawaii.

Bludiamond59

A beautiful gem that most people skip. You should stop and learn some history you never knew. The lady's we're very helpful.

Jessica Adiwijaya

This is one of my amazing experience in Oahu. I enjoyed learning so much about the plantation life. Norm is a great tour guide. I hope they market more this experience to tourists.

Kathy Renz

Ken was a very knowledgeable and humorous guide. He had quite the challenge, with a sr. Kamaaina and a sr who has been away for the past 34 yrs (me), and my 22 yr old son. We all came away with new knowledge and understanding. Well worth the trip!

M Campbell

Great place nearby that I didn't know anything about.....

Steve Austin

Fantastic educational opportunity

Kirstin Verkist

I enjoyed the personal history given by the guide. A real piece of the islands history. A wonderful experience.

Sam T

Outdoor walking tour, takes about one hour. They take you through typical living and meeting sites of the multiple ethnic groups that came to HI ~100 years ago to work on the sugar plantations. Includes an old-time medical clinic and an Inari shrine that is on the HI registry of historic buildings. Cost is $13 for adults. (Don't bring young kids; like a prior poster said, it won't be fun for them.) Tours are hourly from 10AM - 2PM Mon through Sat. I went on the Sat. 10AM tour and was the only one on it.

Richard Otter

In depth history of immigration to Hawaii. A real gem. Everyone should visit.

Loren RB

Very educational. Tour guide doesn't sugar coat anything.

Rob Bradley

A great tour through over 100 years of Hawaiian and Pacific history, would highly recommend to everyone

kyle gates

Some if the most informative and kind people. Learn and see actual history. Humbling

Heidi Helgren

Just had a great tour with Norm. Learned so much about the different cultures and groups that came to work in Hawaiian sugarcane.

Pat Andrade

Great history

Corinne Siciliano

Cool place to learn some history

Lisa Kustes

Its a great tour and very informative! Our guide, Bobbi had actually lived on a plantation! Plus, another guide brought a great lunch to share. Bonus! It was a great treat after eating out all week! Its mostly about how the workers lived rather than agriculture, but its still cool. Take a bottle of water along on your walk through time!