the setting
Kilohana's 60 acres and the Garden Isle around them
Where the luau sits on Kauaʻi, what the island is known for, and what the plantation grounds are today.
Reserve your evening at Kilohana ↗Kauaʻi at a glance
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Garden Isle |
| Age | Around five million years old, the oldest of the main Hawaiian Islands |
| Size | 562.3 square miles |
| County seat | Līhuʻe |
| Wettest spot | Waiʻaleʻale, about 460 inches of rain a year |
| Sugar plantations | Founded from 1835; the last one closed in 2008 |
The Garden Isle
Kauaʻi is the fourth-largest Hawaiian island, with 73,298 residents at the 2020 census, and its nickname comes from the lush growth that follows heavy rainfall.
Līhuʻe
Līhuʻe is Kauaʻi's county seat, and Kilohana Plantation, where the luau is held, is in Līhuʻe.
A plantation landscape
Kauaʻi's sugar plantations began in 1835 and dominated the economy until the middle of the twentieth century. The last one stopped operating in 2008.
Kilohana today
The luau is hosted in the grounds of Kilohana Plantation, described as a 60-acre orchard and agricultural park with a manor house at its centre.
The rest of the island
Kauaʻi also has Waimea Canyon, often called the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, and the Nā Pali Coast State Park, which are separate days from a luau evening.
Fitting the evening in
A luau night works best at the end of a day with something lighter, because the evening runs 3.5 to 4 hours from check-in.