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| Tree Tunnel/ Old Koloa Town- Fragrant eucalyptus provide a canopy of green en route to the state’s oldest sugar plantation town. Take Highway 520-Maluhia Road. | |||||
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What do you do with 500 leftover trees? Plant a tree tunnel. Old timers say that’s how the Tree Tunnel on Highway 520-Maluhia Road came to be. Somebody had extra “swamp mahogany” trees and donated them to the county; people pitched in to plant. Today, the mature trees stretch for more than a mile. Hurricanes have damaged the “roof” of the tunnel, the trees don’t intermesh at the top anymore. | ||||
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Take the Tree Tunnel to get to Koloa and Poipu from the island’s east side. Roll down the windows and breathe the heady, spicy fragrance. A native of Australia, the robustus is one of 50 eucalyptus species introduced into Hawaii for reforestation, timber, medicine and floral arrangements. Koloa boasts being the state’s oldest plantation settlement. There’s a line of shops and restaurants in remodeled sugar plantation buildings. Poke around at the Koloa History Center, open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily next to the Salvation Army Church. An outside directory details the layout of historical buildings and landmarks. |
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