Planning our trip to Hawaii, we knew we wanted to do a Pineapple Tour and we are glad we did it with Maui Pineapple tours. Booking was quite easy and dare I say affordable. When we got there, it was actually raining! But the tour must go on...and Hawaii rain only really lasts like 10 min. So we were escorted to the bus (i think about 13 people on the tour) by our driver/tour guide Moe. Moe was super nice and knowledgeable about pineapples and its history in Hawaii. He drove us to the site were they were actually hand-picking the pineapple and let us out of the bus to take pictures in different sites of pineapple fields in different growth ages. Then he dropped us off at the factory were they have the machinery to process the pineapples which is basically just washing, weighing and boxing. The most work the do on the pineapples is putting vegetable wax so it lasts a bit longer for shipping. Ken was the other tour guide that showed us around at he factory. He eventually led us to the area with all the pineapples we were going to take home and it was quite exciting, it was also there that he showed us the benefits of pineapple, how to pick them etc. At the end of the tour, Ken opened up two pineapples and as soon as he cut open the 2nd pineapple, I already knew it was gonna be amazing and it did not disappoint. They are a bit smaller than the ones we're used to (comes from Costa Rica) but they are just the perfect size to snack on and packed with flavor. We went home (to the airbnb) and my husband cut open the 2 pineapples we were sent home with and it was so sweet, juicy and succulent, it does not need anything more added to it.
So before our trip ended, we went back and bought more pineapples to take home to NY with us...they give you a nice box that can carry 4 pineapples so we took on the plane 8 pineapples with us. It doesn't even count as a carry on so you can still have your usually stuff. And on top of the 8 pineapples we took home, we ordered 8 more to be shipped because we wanted our family and friends to try this deliciousness.
I highly recommend you do the tour and buy a bunch of pineapples to take home with you! You'll not only have more knowledge about pineapples but you'll also have a better appreciation for the hard work that goes into making these babies as Maui Gold does it organic. They know what they are doing.