Kahuku Farms, a family farm on the North Shore

As published on the farm’s own site and FareHarbor booking pages, checked Sep 26, 2026. Confirm when you book.

Best for

• CouplesGoodTour, then lunch in the gardens; the fireside is priced for four.
• FamiliesGreatAges 5 to 12 ride for $50, and 4 and under ride free on a lap.
• FriendsGreatFireside at the Farm seats up to 10 around a private firepit.
• SoloGoodBook a single seat on the wagon, then eat in the café gardens.
• GroupsGreatGroup tours, private events and school field trips by request.

The Matsuda and Fukuyama families came from Japan in the early 1900s to work the sugar plantations, then took up farming. Clyde Fukuyama and Melvin Matsuda grew up on neighboring farms and merged them on a handshake in the 1980s. Two roadside stands on Kamehameha Highway became a 140-acre operation that still sells papaya, apple bananas, long eggplant and lūʻau leaf to island supermarkets under the Kahuku Brand label.

In 2010 the fourth generation, Kylie Matsuda-Lum, her sister Kalyn Matsuda and her husband Judah Lum, opened the Farm Café to bring visitors onto the land. In 2026 the University of Hawaii added Matsuda-Lum to its travel industry school’s Alumni Hall of Honor.

Check in by 11 a.m. for the 11:15 departure. You ride most of the way on a tractor-pulled wagon, under banana leaf canopies and past rows of crops, stepping off to see what is growing and taste it. Depending on the season that means apple bananas, papaya, starfruit and fresh cocoa fruit, plus chocolate made from cacao grown on the farm.

Tours run rain or shine unless the weather turns unsafe, when the farm calls to reschedule. Bring comfortable shoes, sunscreen and water.

The café exists so good food does not go to waste: bruised bananas become dairy-free smoothies, and curly eggplant goes into the grilled veggie panini. Newsweek readers named it the Best Farm-to-Table Restaurant of 2025.

The flagship is the açaí bowl ($13, seasonal). The family planted its first açaí seed in 2008, waited eight years for a harvest, and now hand-processes the berries on site. Also good: the Farm Pizza with a side salad ($15.50), $7 smoothies, grilled banana bread ($6.50) and lilikoʻi butter mochi.

The Grand Tour is the one for a first visit. Seniors 65 and over and military save $8 with ID.

The Aloha ʻĀina Legends Walking Tour is one hour on foot at 2 p.m., with legends of Kahuku, canoe plants, music and tastings. It lists at $45, with a $30 introductory rate.

Fireside at the Farm is a private evening, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., with a firepit, a host and s’mores made with the farm’s vanilla caramel: $250 for four, $10 per extra guest, up to 10.

The farm is on Kamehameha Highway at the edge of Kahuku town. It puts the drive from Waikiki at 75 to 90 minutes through the center of the island, about 40 minutes more on the windward coast road, so plan on a car (our guide to renting a car on Oahu).

A late-morning tour and lunch leave the afternoon for the coast. Sunset Beach is a short drive west, our North Shore guide covers what lies beyond, and our Oahu road trip and the scenic drive map help plan the loop. Save room for North Shore coffee on the way back. Back in Honolulu, Lonohana turns cacao grown on the North Shore into chocolate at its Kakaʻako factory; our Lonohana guide covers the tour.

• Book early. The farm suggests up to a month ahead in busy seasons.
• Skip Tuesday and Wednesday. The café and tours are closed, and the café also closes on major holidays.
• Bring ID. Senior and military discounts need it, and so does the limited-time kamaʻāina rate.
• Check the weather line. On a stormy morning, call 808-861-0867 before you drive.
• More kids than adults? Call or email first; the booking form limits children per adult.