Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Purdy's Macadamia Nut Farm
FARM
MAP
(
www.molokai-aloha.com/macnuts
;
Lihi Pali Ave; 9:30am-3:30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm Sat)
The nutty tour here lets you poke your pick of macadamia nuts as Tuddie Purdy
takes you into his 80-year-old orchard and personally explains how the nuts grow
without pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers.
Everything is done in quaint Molokaʻi style: you can crack open macadamia nuts on a
stone you poke with a hammer and sample macadamia blossom honey scooped up with
slices of fresh coconut. Nuts (superb!) and honey are for sale. Linger and Purdy will go
into full raconteur mode.
To get to the farm, turn right onto Hwy 490 from Hwy 470. After 1 mile, take a right
onto Lihi Pali Ave, just before the high school. The farm is a third of a mile up, on the
right.
Kumu Farms
FARM
MAP
(
9am-4pm Tue-Fri)
Part of a burgeoning organic farming scene on Molokaʻi (in contrast
to the GM fields of Monsanto), Kumu Farms grows bananas, papayas, herbs, tomatoes,
lettuce and much more. At its very attractive company store you can enjoy various fresh
treats at picnic tables and buy produce for your condo or vacation house. The pesto is ex-
traordinary.
The farm store is just south of the airport; look for the signs off Hwy 460.
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Moʻomomi Beach
When you think of Hawaii you think of beaches, so it is surprising that the islands have
very few sand dunes. One of the few undisturbed, coastal sand-dune areas left in the state
is found on remote Moʻomomi Beach. Among its native grasses and shrubs are at least
four endangered plant species that exist nowhere else on earth, including a relative of the
sunflower. It is one of the few places in the populated islands where green sea turtles still
find suitable breeding habitat.
