Mac Nut Farm Tour

On Friday we headed over to the other side of the island to visit the Mac Nut Farm tour. I'd read the reviews on the place and they had great things to say about it. One of the ladies in MOMS Club organized a tour and so we went along. While we were waiting for everyone to arrive so we could start our tour, the kids had a good time cracking macadamia nuts with a rock. They were actually getting pretty good at it.
For our tour, we all piled on this old jalopy of a bus. Our tour guide had a great sense of humor and had us all laughing. They toured us around the grounds a bit to see the different types of trees and plants there.

Decorative banana - nonedible

Then the tour stopped for a while down by the shore of a man made fish pond. Later in the tour they said this fish pond had been built over 800 years ago. He did a demonstration of making fire (pretty similar to the polynesian cultural center one) and then he did a nice show with twirling a flaming torch that he had lit from the fire. Adam later tried to imitate this (minus the fire, of course!)
Then he showed us how to husk and open a coconut, gave the kids a taste of the juice inside, scraped out shavings (it was yummy!) and then made some coconut milk from the coconut shavings.
Here is Cole with his pile of coconut shavings that he then handed straight over to me...
The chickens were hanging close by after the bus arrived, then we figured out why. They were waiting for coconut handouts. The kids were more than willing to oblige.
At the end of the fire-making / coconut shaving demonstrations, they had braided headbands for everyone. Doesn't Adam look thrilled with his!?
The last thing on the tour before we headed back on the bus was to take a little boat out on the fish pond. It had some beautiful views of the mountains and countryside.
I would definitely take visitors back there again. It's a long drive though (OK, by Hawaii standards). It is nearly as far from the house as you can get (which means it was about a 35 minute drive).

We had a beautiful day at the waterpark yesterday, now today it's rain, rain and rain. I hope it clears up soon!