Overview
Visit Dole Plantation for a taste of some fresh pineapple and learn about Jim Dole's pineapple legacy in Hawaii. While you're there, lose yourself in the plantation's 1.7-mile pineapple maze. Take some time to get back to nature at Oahu’s plantations, farms and gardens. Haleiwa is more than the laid back surf town it seems. It is filled with local style and country ambiance as well as cool surf shops and boutiques, understated restaurants and charming art galleries. Rich with island history, Haleiwa is now the social and artistic hub of the North Shore. Here you’ll find surfers fueling up at the restaurants in its plantation era buildings before hitting the famous beaches of Waimea Bay, Ehukai (Banzai Pipeline) and Sunset Beach. You’ll also find locals and visitors shopping, eating and winding down after a day in the sun. Hawaiian Shave Ice became so popular after Japanese plantation workers introduce it to Hawaii. There are H. Miura, Matsumoto's, and Aoki's in downtown famous for the Hawaiian Shave Ice. One should definitely try when visiting the town! Sunset Beach is known as one of the most fascinating places of Oahu. As the name suggested, Sunset Beach has the most romantic sunsets.