"Best Mac Nuts from Hawaii Living in Hawaii, I find it's not hard to appreciate macadamia nuts. After moving to the Islands, I did not waste any time determining my favorite kind of chocolate-covered mac, Mauna Loa. As with many other companies, mac nut orchards dot the Big Island, which has a great growing environment for the unusual nuts. The Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company operates a visitors' center on the Big Island along with their orchards and processing plant. A tour of the area includes a farm to final product education and, of course, free samples for your enjoyment. I always keep several boxes on hand to give to my house guests to welcome them to Hawaii, but mac nuts are also a great gift for tourists to bring back home."
"Best Mac Nuts from Hawaii Living in Hawaii, I find it's not hard to appreciate macadamia nuts. After moving to the Islands, I did not waste any time determining my favorite kind of chocolate-covered mac, Mauna Loa. As with many other companies, mac nut orchards dot the Big Island, which has a great growing environment for the unusual nuts. The Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Company operates a visitors' center on the Big Island along with their orchards and processing plant. A tour of the area includes a farm to final product education and, of course, free samples for your enjoyment. I always keep several boxes on hand to give to my house guests to welcome them to Hawaii, but mac nuts are also a great gift for tourists to bring back home."
This is the visitor center of the world-largest Macadamia nut farm on earth. We visited the nice store and bought some of the delicious and healthy nuts. They offer a wide variety of Macadamias, salted, chocolate covered and much more. The Royal Hawaiian Orchards are worth a visit too. There is plenty of free parking right in front of the visitor center.
Dozer Willis
Google
We visited as part of a NCL shore excursion, and we were not disappointed. The free samples were awesome, and we enjoyed walking the grounds and seeing the different plants and trees. The star of the show was the Macadamia Nut Croissants!!! Best ever!!!
Richie Calloway
Google
A neat stop to learn the history of the nut on the island. They also have a little garden area you can wander around and take pictures of some beautiful shrubs, trees and flowers. But the best part is the tasting of lots of varieties of nuts. We bought way too many varieties lol.
Alexander Schulz
Google
If you’re into Macadamia nuts, this is a neat stop. The short intro video gives you some background on macadamias and the company. The Nature trail is actually a walk through a garden with various plants, not really focused on macadamias. The factory store has all the varieties of Mauna Loa Macadamia products and also Hawaiian Host plus some swag with their company logo.
Kinga Joy
Google
Great, clean place with fantastic selection of macadamia nut produce. Recommend the nature trail where you can learn the names of various plants that grow on the island.
Katy Wessel
Google
It's a nice stop. Most shop with nuts and nut merchandise with a couple things from other vendors thrown in, and also ice cream. There are 3 short videos taking visitors thru growing, production, and packaging. My favorite part was our walk thru the garden, and their beautiful variety of flora.
The Yoga Chick
Google
Very friendly staff and lots of samples to try. Clean bathrooms and a lovely little garden in the back. The factory is closed on weekends but the store was open. We grabbed some ice cream for the road.
David Chong
Google
Short Nature walk behind the Visitor Centre was nice! Cool to see Macadamia Nut trees! FREE samples before you buy was a nice touch!