This 1930's plantation estate was the home of Gaylord and Ethel Wilcox, descendents of missionary families. Gaylord was the manager of the Grove Farm Plantation. His 16,000 square-foot mansion on 34 beautiful acres was loving restored to its former 1930's beauty and style, and is now open to the public. The motif of the house shows how Kauai's rich and famous lived back when sugar was king of the islands.

This estate dates back to 1896, when plantation manager Albert Spencer Wilcox first developed it as a working cattle ranch. His nephew, Gaylord Parke Wilcox, took over in 1936, building Kauai's first mansion. Today the 16,000-square-foot, Tudor-style home houses specialty shops, art galleries, and Gaylord's, a pretty restaurant with courtyard seating. Nearly half the original furnishings remain, and the gardens and orchards were replanted according to the original plans. You can tour the grounds for free; children enjoy visiting the farm animals. Horse-drawn carriage rides are available, or you can tour the old Grove Farm Plantation in a sugarcane wagon pulled by Clydesdales. A train runs through 104 acres of lands representing the agricultural story of Kauai -- then and now.


Useful Information:

• Admission to the restored house is FREE
• Open 9:30am - 9:30pm, Monday thru Saturday;
  open 9:30am - 5pm, Sunday
• Horse-drawn carriage rides around the 34-acre estate
  is $8/person and takes about 20 minutes tours are from 11am - 6:30pm, daily
• Sugar cane field tour carriage rides are $21 per person
• Gaylord's Restaurant is on the premises
• Terrific boutique, country store and galleries are also located here