We Offer 3 Unique Tour Experiences!

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Vanilla Experience Luncheon & Farm Tour

12:30 PM. Monday – Friday

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Our Vanilla Luncheon offers a vanilla inspired meal featuring gourmet recipes developed in our Vanilla kitchen. Beginning at our mill site, lunch is served first, followed by a Vanilla 101 presentation.

Hawaiian Vanilla Luncheon Experience Menu:

Choice of Vanilla Lemonade, Vanilla Ice Tea or a combination of them both called a "Jimmy Boy"

An "amuse" of garam masala shrimp cooked in vanilla butter served on a crostini with our vanilla pineapple chutney.

Vanilla Bourbon Marinated Chicken Breast on a Vanilla Sweet Bread Bun. Topped with caramelized onions and Vanilla Mango Chutney Aioli.

Your salad is topped with a Vanilla Raspberry Balsamic Dressing, Vanilla Honey Peppered Pecans and feta cheese. Your potatoes are baked in a Vanilla Southwest Rub.

Finally Hawaiian Vanilla Bean Ice Cream for dessert. Complimentary coffee service included.

Prices:

Adult: $89.50 Per-Person

Child: $55 Per-Child

Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a light windbreaker or sweater. During the rainy season (Nov-Apr), bring a rain jacket or umbrella.

Gallery & Gift Shop Open Mondays through Saturdays from 10am to 3pm.

Advance reservation required due to limited seating.

Still have questions? Give us a call at (808) 776-1771

Vanilla Culinary Tasting + Farm Tour (NEW)

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  • Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10am
  • $65.00 per person

Join us for the return of the Hawaiian Vanilla Tasting Tour, and explore all of the unique flavors and fragrances of this delectable spice. This tour will teach you how to cook with Vanilla, as well as understand how it works in food and how to properly utilize its flavor characteristics.

You'll learn the difference between savory and sweet applications for Vanilla, as well as explore its use in a variety of dishes. After the Culinary Tasting presentation and sampling, you will be taken on a Farm Tour of our Hawaiian Vanilla Vineyard. Here you'll get a firsthand look at how this valuable crop is grown and harvested, and gain an in-depth knowledge of the Hawaiian Vanilla industry. Join us for a truly unique culinary experience that will leave your tastebuds tantalized!

Wear comfortable walking shoes and in cooler months bring a light windbreaker or sweater.

Advance reservation required due to limited seating.

Still have questions? Give us a call at (808) 776-1771

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Vanilla Experience Farm Tour Only

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  • Monday thru Saturdays at 1pm
  • $41.50 per person

Price includes a welcome beverage of Vanilla Lemonade or Vanilla Ice Tea, the Vanilla Presentation, dessert and tour of the farm.

Gallery & Gift Shop are open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 am to 3pm.

Wear comfortable walking shoes and in cooler months bring a light windbreaker or sweater.

Advance reservation recommended due to limited seating.

Still have questions? Give us a call at (808) 776-1771

Gift Shop

Our Gift shop and Sweet Shop are open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to 2 pm. Enjoy a beautiful scenic drive to pick up your vanilla essentials!

Sweet Shop Menu

Open Monday through Saturday, 10am-3pm

Our sweet shop menu regulars include our world famous Bread Pudding, delicious fudge Brownies, Hawaiian Vanilla Ice Cream, Milkshakes and a selection of drinks. Join us for some refreshment up here in beautiful Paauilo!

Directions

From the Kohala Coast Resorts / Kona

Drive time from the Kohala Coast – 1 Hour, Kona 1 1/2 Hours

Drive northeast to Waimea taking Highway 19 east through town towards Honoka’a, noticing the mile markers on the side of the road. Turn right after mile marker 37 onto Pohakea Road. Climb three miles staying to your right . We are the bright yellow building on the left.

Directions From Hilo:

Drive time from Hilo – 45 Minutes:

Take Highway 19 North towards Honokaa noticing the mile markers on the side of the road. Just past mile marker #36, slow down and make a sharp left onto Pohakea Road.

Directions From Pohakea Road:

Follow Pohakea Road for about 3 miles, then bear right at the first junction. You are now on Paauilo Mauka Road. Travel through a small grove of trees, then cross over the bridge and drive past the Shell gas pump. The bright yellow Vanilla Mill is located another 100 yards further on your left.