Hawaii 2023 Trip
 Kauai Rum Safari Tour

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Kauai Rum Safari Tour - Kilohana Plantation
Kauai Rum Safari Tour
Kauai Rum Safari Tour - Kilohana Plantation

Monday - day 4

The Kauai Rum Safari Tour was a hoot. They used a lifted Ford F-350 with 16 seats for passengers. The driver and narrator were both fun and took us through the Kilohana Plantation fruit orchards, telling us about the many crops and stopping to pick fruit to use later for cocktails. They gave avocados to the guests who said they were going to be on the island for at least a week, because the avocados would need the time to ripen. We passed through the farm, stopping so see various animals, including pigs being raised by our narrator, who is preparing to start selling sausage.

Kilohana Plantation orchards
Driving through Kilohana Plantation orchards

Eucalyptus deglupta - Kilohana Plantation, Kauai
Eucalyptus deglupta trees

Alpacas at Kilohana Plantation in Kauai, Hawaii
Alpacas

In the forest, we walked a boardwalk to the Jungle Bungalow where we tasted three Koloa Rums and had Kilohana Plantation orchards signature Mai Tai:

    1 oz Koloa gold rum
    1/2 oz orange liquor (triple sec, Cointreau)
    juice of 1 lime (1 oz)
    1 tsp vanilla simple syrup
    float of Koloa dark rum

Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker. Shake well. Pour into a highball glass and add a float of Koloa Dark Rum..


Rum Tasting in the Jungle Bungalow

Linda and Keith with Gaylord's Mai Tai Signature drink
Enjoying Gaylord's Signature Mai Tai

Returning to the tour truck we saw more of the plantation and stopped at a small island in a pond for farm-to-glass cocktails made entirely from fruits and herbs that are grown on the plantation. 

Wild pigs at Kilohana Plantation
Wild pigs being raised by our guide who plans to open a BBQ


Tanji & Fletcher making a cocktail using fruits picked during our tour.
Tanji has posted some of his recipes at instagram.com/mixmastermaitai


Cocktail Tasting

Red-crested cardinal
Red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
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