Amazing Upcountry Maui Tour: Iao Valley, Ocean Vodka Distillery & Lavender Farm

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Stop At: Iao Valley, Maui, HI 96793

In our Iao Valley, Ocean Vodka & Lavender Farm Tour (The Luxury way) you’ll enjoy three spectacular places on Maui with us in just one day. Start with the famous Iao Valley recognized as a very special place for both its spiritual value and spectacular scenery followed by the Kepaniwai Park and Heritage Gardens, known for its unique and beautiful park with various ethnic groups of Hawaii by displaying a building for each one.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ocean Vodka Organic Farm and Distillery, 4051 Omaopio Rd, Kula, Maui, HI 96790-8828

Our last but not least stop is at the Ocean Vodka Distillery and Farm. On this visit, you learn about how the vodka is made from the sugar cane by using mineral water and other fascinating facts including tasting the vodka at the end of the tour.

Areas covered in this tour are: Sustainable farming practices with its abundant fields of sugar cane; Green manufacturing processes in its 6,000 square foot solar-powered warehouse and bottling center; Organic spirits production using a 60-foot column still distillation; and local history of sugar cane farming with species identification. The state-of-the-art Ocean Vodka Organic Farm and Distillery utilizes solar panels to power 100% of the operations of the distillery and facility.

The sugar cane is organically farmed on the rich, volcanic soils without the use of synthetic pesticides or herbicides, and mature sugar cane stalks are hand-harvested for processing. The Martini Garden, a garden designed specifically for martini lovers, highlights fresh, local ingredients such as Kula lavender, local citrus, passion fruit, pineapple, and strawberries. The tour includes a sampling with take-home souvenir OCEAN Organic Vodka shot glass for those 21 and over.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ali'i Kula Lavender Farm, 1100 Waipoli Rd, Kula, Maui, HI 96790-7818

Our second stop is at the Lavender farm, where you get to choose from either a Guided walking tour (34-40 mins.) with breathtaking views and beautiful walking paths or Guided cart tour (needs to be arranged ahead of time for additional charge of $25, so please let us know when making reservation) for an extended journey around 13.5-acres, allowing you an exclusive look at the farm from the seat of our five-passenger vehicle.

Every tour with stunning views, panoramic out-of-this-world landscapes, birds-eye views of the Maui central valley, you will learn about the flora and fauna that exist nowhere else in the world.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ho'okipa Beach Park, Hana Highway, Paia, Maui, HI 96779

If time allows, we'll visit Ho’okipa Beach Park is one of the top spots for ocean sports and recreation in Maui. Ho'okipa Beach is a mecca for surfers of all ages since the 1930s and the “home of contemporary surfing. It is definitely one of the famous spots on Maui North Shore where Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles, also known as Honu, frequently visit Hookipa Beach and can be seen bobbing along an exposed coral reef in the water.

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Historic Makawao Town, Baldwin Ave & Makawao Ave, Makawao, Maui, HI 96768

The cowboy town