Big Island of Hawaii

Abalone Farm Tour

Name: Abalone Farm Tour
Brand: Big Island Abalone
SKU: 357558P1
Price: 25.00 USD
Rating: 5.0 (72 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceBig Island of Hawaii, USA

Abalone Farm Tour educational and interactive

1 hour
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

Overview

Go behind the scenes of America's largest abalone aquaculture farm with this unique tour. Guided by the staff, you’ll explore the farm, seeing how “ezo”—premium Japanese abalone—is sustainably raised and harvested. The tour is immersive and hands-on, with opportunities to touch the abalone and other sea creatures. Should you like, you’ll get a taste of this delicacy, too.

Explore a working abalone farm that focuses on sustainable practices
Abalone and seaweed tasting included
Your guide provides deep knowledge, plus opportunities for hands-on experiences
Great for all ages and abilities

What's Included

Abalone tasting, seaweed tasting

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

73-357 Makako Bay Dr, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
Check-in at office

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Big Island Abalone

1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed

Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Operated by Big Island Abalone

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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Reviews

5.0

72 reviews

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Great experience!

Marilyn_H, May 2024

We had a great time and learned a lot. It was really fun trying so many superfoods at a time! They show more than they advertise for which is really cool! Including the tasting! I would definitely recommend!

Tour guides were friendly...

Susan_J, Apr 2024

Tour guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Thought maybe there would be more to see but the tasting at the end was great!

Excellent tour for whole family

Ginger_R, Mar 2024

Interesting, fun, educational tour for the whole family. It was my second time visiting and enjoyed it as much the second time!

Delicious and great experience to share with my wife and kid

Bryan_D, Mar 2024

Went with my wife and kid who are both foodies and scientists/engineers. Highly enjoyed our experience there

Response from Host, Mar 2024

Thanks for leaving a good comments. Yes, our tour is good for all the generation and all the people who are interested in aquaculture industry.

Very educational tour

Naomi_O, Mar 2024

Learning about abalones, touching them then eating them was a great experience! I wasn’t too sure if my teens would like this, but they both had a great time. The guide talked too fast to catch everything, but he was funny and had a good sense of humor.

Response from Host, Mar 2024

We believe our tour is good for childrens and teens as well. Our guide has lots of motivation to tell all the stories, so sometimes talk too fast..

Very interesting and educational.

Shirley_C, Feb 2024

Seeing the different stages of the abalone. Also, how the operation runs. The tasting of the abalone good too.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you, we are trying to be a good storyteller for this endangered speicies. Thank you for giving us 5 stars.

Carlos was great tour...

Elizabeth_B, Feb 2024

Carlos was great tour guide. It was very educational and exciting to see all the stages of abalone life cycle. Fun and informative

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you! We will try to develop better tour. I totally agree Calros is amazing host.

Very interesting, highly recommend!

Diane_B, Feb 2024

We loved this tour, enjoyed our tour host David so much. Never knew anything about abalone. It included a small tasting, delicious. This is an incredibly interesting business and we would highly recommend it. It was an hour long. Thanks again!!

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thank you for giving us positive comments. I hope our tour was unique and good experience for you.

A fun experience

Roberta_T, Jan 2024

My husband and I learned so much about abalone. It was so informative and fun learning about the process. It was our 1st time there, 1st time tasting abalone and it was yummy!!!

New take on abalone

Christy_O, Jan 2024

I knew virtually nothing about abalone except how delicious it is. This tour changed all that. Quite an operation with the abalone and dulse farming. The abalone was not what I was used to but just as tasty.

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Aloha, we are glad to hear you spent good time. We are proud to serve one of the best seafood in the world!

Abalone first timers.

Claire_M, Jan 2024

Never having seen live abalone before, we were fascinated by the underside of the shell. The tour guide took time to answer all our questions and patiently showed us various sizes of abalone, explaining how they were farmed. At the end of the tour we were given a tasting. Great tour!

a pleasant surprise. a last minute visit to kill time turned into time well spent learning about the abalone.

Judy_G, Jan 2024

the passion and knowledge of the owner who was giving the tour. He explained a lot about the animal itself and about the environment and economic forces that affect their business. We got to hold the abalone and also sampled a cooked portion of it and seaweed too!

More than you’d expect

Scott_F, Nov 2023

When I read about this, I thought, “We’ll see abalones in water tanks and learn a bit about how they’re farmed—maybe not too interesting.” But we decided to go and we were pleasantly surprised. Our guide was exceptional. We discussed some biology, some business practices, and we got to examine the abalones close up—even handling them and watching them move as we observed their eating habits and mobility—truly fascinating. We’ll worth the cost!

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Thank you for your review. We are so glad your experience was over your expectation. Yes, our guide has a great passion to tell all the story about abalone, and to be a fun experience for the guests!

Interesting farm

Kirsten_V, Oct 2023

Interesting farm. Great abalone and sea grapes tasting. Bring your appetite so you can take advantage of the abalone food truck on site! Delicious!

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Thank you for your visit. We are proudly raise abalone, so we wouldn't trade words "delicious" for anything, thank you!

So fun!

Amanda_M, Oct 2023

We learned quite a bit about abalone. The guide was funny with a good sense of humor and a lot of knowledge. We got to hold abalone and taste it. We got to keep the abalone shells too.it was a cheap laid back thing we did and it’s one of my favorite things we’ve done so far.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Thank you for your visit, and we are glad to see it's your kind of memorable experience on island. Yes, you can save all shells served during a tour, food truck or DIY BBQ. Abalone shell is like a mother pearl.

Very informative

Birdie_O, Sep 2023

Very interesting tour. I enjoyed touching the abalone, hermit crab, and the brittle star. We saw and tasted abalone food.

Not worth it

Dulce_D, Sep 2023

The tour was very brief and really nothing special. Just so so, ide rather spend my $25 to buy abalone, and I am not a frugal person. I just don’t think that it’s worth that much to get a brief tour , better to visit an aquarium

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for giving us commentts. We are appreciated to pay attention to endangered species. We will try to getting better, and hopefully you are satisfied with the taste of abalone.

Superb Enlightenment

Steve_C, Aug 2023

Carlos gave us a great education on abalone and super seaweed! Glad we booked a reservation! We want to eat more seaweed!

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Thank you for coming, and we are appreciated to leave such a good comments. Seaweed is a part of eco-system in the world, some of them are so flavored as you experienced. We look forward to seeing those seaweed more popular.

Abalone experience.

Ted_Z, Apr 2023

Something fun to do for us older folks. Can't say that the taste of abalone is anything special, though.

Overall, a good tour. Our...

Michele_C, Mar 2023

Overall, a good tour. Our family learned a lot about abalone and other small, sea creatures. We were offered a tasting at the end which was delicious.