O.K. Farms Hawai'i

OK Farms is a must visit if you’re on the Hilo side - the tour lasted about 1.5 hours, and we rode in a van making stops along the way to learn about different fruits, spices, and nuts. Rose was a great guide and very informative and kept the tour interactive and engaging. We got to taste so many delicious fruits, which was definitely a highlight! The stop at Rainbow Falls offered an exclusive view, and seeing the pigs and goats along the way was an unexpected but fun bonus. The farm also has a lovely little gift store and a cute face-in-hole photo op that made for some laughs. Can’t wait to return when we visit the island again!!

We had an amazing time touring this farm and tasting the coffee, nuts, chocolate and fruit; all grown on the farm. Alec was a great tour guide!

Went on a tour of KK Farms while on Hawaiian cruise. The guide was very informative. Saw many plants, and fruit trees that we don’t see at home. Spices., cocoa, nuts etc. we were able to taste and sample many different fruits and nuts. Grandchildren loved it.

The farm is gorgeous, the team is more than welcoming and reliable ! Their shop is full of fresh products, locally made. For tourists: you'll have the most wonderful time learning about tropical fruits, spices, and waterfalls during the tour. You get to try them as well in front of rainbow falls ! For locals : we've been getting our veggies box for almost two years now. Always fresh, seasonal, with great recipes! Good luck to find as many veggies for the same prices (AND QUALITY !) in supermarkets.

Very very nice lady working the counter!! Many unique items. Not too expensive. Gifts and items were part of the natural environment. I would go again.

The OK Farms tour was ok. Thought the farm would have a bit more to offer or see, but was a little bit boring. Was cool to see the different produce / spices, and have the little “picnic”. We had little kids on our tour who were rambunctious - their crying made it hard to hear the guide. Maybe a smaller tour group would have made it better since we had 14 people.

We had a great time at O.K. Farm. We went on a tour with Lo and she was so sweet and accommodating. She taught us a lot about the spices and fruit trees. We saw two waterfalls and it was so cool and refreshing. At the Rainbow Fall, we got to enjoy fresh fruits and Waiakea volcanic water. Such a wonderful treat. Thank you for these wonderful memories!

Our tour was canceled due to there only being two of us booked...for the entire day. Is it not that popular?? I understand there is a minimum amount of people you want per tour, but you cannot even comprehend my disappointment and the efforts we made to do this tour. Our flight leaves later tonight out of Hilo...I figured we had breathing room for any tour. Here's my advice, fellow travelers....visit the small farms. At almost $150 for us, surely that covers fuel, operating costs, and an hour and a half pay for the tour guide. Now we get to wait up to thirty days to get our money back, and had to leave our resort early over by Kona. Visit the farms in Kona. Lots of Aloha spirit and they will run the tour with small or large groups. The guides are so knowledgeable on the crops they cultivate and are so excited to share with the people who visit them. All the farms here are working farms...I understand that. But it seems if you are going to run tours...you should run tours. Will recommend other places for people to visit as I am in the green industry (horticulture). We weren't worth your time, so letting everyone know not to waste their time as we did.

Totally worth the short, scenic drive! So close to Hilo town! A beautiful working farm- and lovely curated items from crafts, to chocolates, coffee and home-grown fruits. I brought some chocolate home and it is the most amazing chocolate! Also got some fresh fruits we ate while on the island. Wish I had one of those caviar limes right now!! Go here for your souvenirs and support local farmers.

One of the best businesses in all of Hawaiʻi and a must visit in Hilo. The yummiest dried bananas that are a healthy snack our daughter loves; Hilo coffee (superior in taste to Kona!); fresh fruit, for Hilo residents, affordable and full CSA weekly produce boxes and our favorite Kai(n) locally made pasta and Hiro's cookies. Also a great place to stock up on omiyage and take visitors when in town. Of course, a highlight is the kind, wonderful ʻohana behind OK Farms and the store, Ala and Troy are the best!

We stopped at this gift store on the way back from the chocolate farm. The gift shop features their own macadamia nuts that they grow on their 700+ acre farm. (The nuts are processed off site). I bought some and they were delicious. The owner was super friendly. It is worth a stop if you are in the area.

We had a tour. It was informative. We saw Rainbow Waterfall from another side, learned how some spice trees looks like, learned how to open macadamia nuts. It was fun.

My family and I had stopped by here as we were driving around the island and I can't recommend it enough!! All of the staff was incredibly kind and helpful regarding all of our questions. They had spoken with us about the coffee, their fruit, and gave us amazing suggestions of other things to do/eat on this side of the island. They even have tours of their farms as well! 1000/10 I'm definitely coming back here the next time I'm on the island.

A great local farm stand with local products and the view is beautiful up on the hill!! A great stop for visitors and locals alike.

We just stopped by to buy some lavender. There was lychee to buy outside and we didn't know we weren't supposed to touch it. I understand about covid restrictions. A worker who looked of Hawaiian descent came out and said in an aggressive rude tone, "Can you pick out all the ones you touched and take it with you..They are for customers to buy and a saw you touching them all." SMH. To that person, remember the Aloha spirit. You can say it nicely. It's sad that the Aloha spirit is fading. The tourists sustain your business. Try harder to provide service with Aloha....

Friendly people with great customer service Ala was wonderful & efficient. Nice location as well.

Besides stuffing my face with Two Ladies Kitchen mochi and the kalbi fries from Hilo Bay Café, our visit to OK Farms was my favorite thing to do during a Hilo day trip. OK Farms is located just above downtown Hilo and is home to high-quality tree crops such as coffee, macadamia nuts, cacao, hearts of palm, and a wide variety of citrus, tropical fruits and spices. We met up with Troy Keolanui, the K of OK Farms, for the farm tour which gave us exclusive access to the farm and waterfalls. We drove along their spice road where Troy broke off branches of the spice trees for us to smell. Don't laugh, but this city girl was pretty amazed how wonderful the cinnamon smell was from the inner bark of the tree. I had never seen any of the spices in their true form so it was very educational for me. We drove around the 1000-acre-plus farm and stopped to look at their cacao, macadamia nut, lychee, longan, and rambutan crops. It was very interesting to learn about their farmlands and the highlight for me was trying my first rambutan right off the tree! The farm also offers amazing views of Rainbow Falls and Ka'imu'kanaka Falls. After the fun tour we stopped at their gift shop and sampled their delicious chocolate covered macadamia nuts and picked up some souvenirs for home. The cost of the tour is $30 per person (children 12 and under are free) and offers a unique experience for the whole family!

Highly recommend this farm tour, we had so much fun! From trying all the local fruits to rainbow waterfalls it's a must when you visit Hilo!

Wonderful adventure just outside of Hilo. Learned about and tasted local fruits and nuts. Favorite part was spice row - who knew nutmeg was from a tree that big or how cinnamon was really harvested? Saw some lovely waterfalls, including the back side of famous Rainbow Falls. Highly recommend.

The family and I took a day trip out to Hilo from Kona (1.5 Hour Drive in each direction). I'll admit it was a bit of a trek just to see a farm, but this isn't just any farm and I'd definitely say that this was one of the biggest highlights we had on our trip for sure. I traded e-mails with Ala for a few months before we made our trip over and she was great at accommodating us and our group of 11 people. She took us around the farm and walked us through the farm's philosophy, origins and goals. We tried new fruit and experienced old things in a new way. My daughter had a blast and we got some great pictures along the way. We saw a beautiful waterfall and took in some great sights. I can't recommend coming out to this farm enough. The staff are great and it definitely was a worthwhile experience. The drive there was an experience (We drove through a cloud!) and was pretty easy. Just book the entire day if you plan to do what we did.

This farm tour is fantastic. Tropical fruits growing include mangosteen, lychee, longan, and rambutan. There are also macadamia nuts and cacao. Many of these will be available for tasting. There are also spices to taste. Cloves, cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, allspice, and curry straight from the tree! And waterfalls!

Not widely advertised, the tour at OK farms was the highlight of our trip to Hilo. Not able to make reservations, our group of 8 took a chance and drove there anyway. We were welcomed with open arms and our tour was immediately set up with our extremely knowledgeable and friendly guide Mel. She escorted us around the property and we tasted the many goods of the farm. We saw two beautiful water falls and snacked on white pineapple and other local grown fruits as well as macadamia nuts which are not native to Hawaii. Mel really made the tour for us special and I would highly recommend this excursion. Mahalo!

This tour was incredible! Ala was the best tour guide and spent so much time educating us about the crops and their farm. We had a great time and would recommend to everyone.

We specifically went to Hilo to go to a tour of the OK farms just based on the great reviews. We we sooo glad that we did! Our guide was Joy, and she spent 2 hours with us giving us a tour of the farm and explaining to us Hawaii farming and agriculture. We learned a lot from her and a lot about the various fruits, nuts, spices, coffee and other trees that we had been seeing. It was so worth our time, money and we would highly recommend this trip to anyone staying on the big island. It was probably in our top 3 things that we enjoyed.

Come taste Rainbow Coffee named that because the coffee is grown on the backside of Hilo's famous Rainbow Falls. But that is not all. Macadamia nuts, spices grown and milled, tropical fruit, and macadamia nut flower honey. Come taste a real reason to enjoy the beautiful hawaii on a self sustainable farm. Then bring some home from this unique gift shop located right next to where they process, pack and ship their products. Tours of the farm are also available by checking in at the gift shop.

The cutest little store overlooking Hilo town. If you're looking for local coffee, mac nuts and other handmade products go check them out!

The staff is amazingly friendly. We got to sample so many spices, fruits, and macadamia nuts from the farm. Definitely go on the tour. You not only get to learn about the farm, you also get some amazing views of the falls. Highly recommend!

I read wonderful reviews about this place and really wanted to go there when I visited Big Island. However it seems like they are so popular they can't be bothered with returning phone calls or email messages or attending to any queries from interested customers. I left at least six telephone messages for them before I left on my trip, asking about tour details and timings. No response whatsoever!! After I landed in Hilo I called them multiple times since I was a solo traveler and the online portal wouldn't let me book a tour for a single customer. No one called me back to respond to my multiple inquiries. When someone finally picked up the phone they told me that I could send an email to admin@hawaii-eco.com and that they would get back to me. I am still waiting for that response!! I even used the contact form on their website to check on tour days and timings. NOTHING!! I specifically asked the lady on the phone about tours on Monday, June 14th and was told they were operating as usual. I was driving from Volcano to Waipio and took an out-of-the-way detour to check this place out and take the 11 am tour if they had a slot. The GPS sent me to a gate that was closed and had a "private road, no trespassing" sign. After going around in circles for a while I was told that it was in fact the entrance to the farm and I just had to "push the gate open". When I finally made it to the farm, I was told by the lady at the front that they were not having tours that day since the FDA was there for inspections. I let her know that I had specifically asked about Monday tours and she said that the lady who answered my question probably didn't know about the FDA's inspection, and wasnt too inclined to listen to me beyond that. When I told her that the gate to the farm was closed she said that it was opened only on Tuesdays. What does that even mean given that there are tours on other days of the week? Nowhere on their website do they mention that you will come to a closed gate that you then have to push open, even though it's specifically prohibits trespassing. I took a one hour detour on a busy sightseeing day for nothing!! I understand that they are a working farm but it is absolutely unacceptable that they don't bother responding back to any telephone messages or emails. Not sure if this is because their tours are considered so good that they know people will show up anyway. I was very disappointed in the utter lack of responses even after multiple inquiries. Their tours may be absolutely aswesome but their business etiquette and customer service absolutely sucks:(

This farm is one of the highlights of our trip. We got to see the vast grounds with many different varieties of plants. Oh and waterfalls too! Our favorites were the rambutan, longan, and mac nuts. The owner was very kind and generous. She spent time explaining, answering questions, and was very generous with the fruits she cut down for us. We had so much fruit to enjoy for the rest of our trip! Also, make sure you try the honey. We loved it!