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Roadside camping is allowed at this county park (advance permit required;
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Tours
Kualoa Ranch
GUIDED TOUR
MAP
(
800-231-7321, 237-7321;
www.kualoa.com
;
49-560 Kamehameha Hwy; tours adult/child 3-12yr
from $26/15; tours 9am-3pm;
) Almost irresistibly scenic, this tour-bus destination is
actually a 4000-acre working cattle ranch. If you want to see where Hurley built his
Lost
golf course, where Godzilla left his footprints or where
Jurassic Park
kids hid from dino-
saurs, take a 4WD tour of filming locations. The ranch's horseback trail rides (minimum
age 10 years) lack giddy-up, though.
Reserve tours online at least a few days in advance for the best rates and to avoid dis-
appointment; walk-ups are welcome on a space-available basis.
Tropical Farms
GUIDED TOUR
MAP
(
237-1960;
www.macnutfarm.com
;
49-227 Kamehameha Hwy; tours $20; 9:30am-5pm,
tours 11am Mon-Sat)
Sure, it's a kitschy tourist trap, but everything for sale here is island-
grown. The open-air shop overflows with various flavors of macadamia nuts, fruit jams
and sauces. Learn what guava trees and pineapple plants look like on the bus-and-boat
tour that visits flowering gardens, orchards, coconut groves and a few TV and movie loc-
ations.
Eating
Aunty Pat's Café
CAFE $$$
MAP
(
www.kualoa.com
;
49-560 Kamehameha Hwy; meals $7-15, lunch buffet adult/child 4-11yr $16/11;
7:30am-3pm;
) At Kualoa Ranch's visitor center, this cafeteria lays out a filling mid-
day buffet. Banana pancakes for breakfast and grass-fed beef burgers for lunch are
cooked à la carte.
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