Dole Pineapple Factory - A Tour Can Never Be Forgotten!
You might be thinking after reading the title of this article that how someone can
spend his holidays by visiting a factory? It is strange but true because Dole Plantation allows more than a million tourists to visit their factory every year. In this tour there are many attention grabbing things and activities like Plantation Garden Tour, Pineapple Express, Pineapple maze in the garden. The strange thing about this maze is that it holds the record of worlds largest maze of 2001 in Guinness Book of Records. Besides all these activities the administration also provides you proper information, presentations on pineapples and the historical background of Dole Pineapple factory.After this brief synopsis, I am going to tell you the history of this factory that when it was established and who is its owner. This factory was first established in 1924 by Vaccaro Brothers and named as Standard Food Company. But in 1926 due to certain reasons the name of the factory was modified to Standard Fruit & Steamship Company. In the mean time, this company made a huge progress but the owners of this company sold their factory to Castle & Cooke in between 1964 1968. In the same, the owner of Castle & Cook Corporation also acquired James Doles Hawaiian Pineapple Company also known as (HAPCO). After acquiring these factories the owners again changed the name of their factory to Dole Food Company.
Now, I am sure that you have a proper idea of the historical background of this pineapple factory. The factory made a huge progress and it was also considered to be the biggest factory of pineapples. People always wished to visit this factory and hence the owners of the factory decided to allow visitors to visit their factory including all the plants and pineapple gardens. Now, millions of tourists are visiting this wonderful place every year. If you love pineapples and want to see that how they grow and harvested in the gardens than we can arrange a road trip for you to Dole Pineapple Factory. To make this trip more safe and comfortable there are many tourist agencies offering affordable packages to spend a memorable time in the Dole Factory. The visit of this factory lasts after 4-5 hours and these 4-5 hours are the most memorable moments of your life.
The island where Dole factory is located is known as Lanai Island or Pineapple Island. Later, in 1992 this island was bought by James Dole owner of Dole food Company. After purchasing this island he transformed this place for the worlds largest plantation of pineapples. With time the industry of pineapple grew weaker and weaker and than the owners decided to open it for visitors. Now, this island has two big hotels, three golf courses and small restaurants for lunch and breakfast. Tourists from the whole world come to visit this alluring island on daily basis.
This place is totally full of nature and beauty; you can spend your time at the beach of this island and also enjoy Dole Pineapple Factory Tour with your family. Apart from these activities you can also spend some time in fishing too.
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