Kaimana Lychee, Ordered online, delivered Fresh to your door.
The 2024 lychee season has come to an end. We are so thankful for your business, especially those of you who return year after year!
Kaye Family Farms does not do lychee just like everyone else! Your box will contain perfectly ripe, hand-selected Kaimana lychee, a variety known for its large, rose-red, extra-sweet fruit. All orders are done through this website. We do not ship to the mainland…yet!
Pick-your-own seemed to work great! In 2025 we will again plan on opening for pick-your-own for a limited time, with the calendar set up to register for an appointment below! We will try to ensure this does not cut into the availability for our mail order customers, so if it is a lean year, we may not do it.
New here? Follow the Kaye Farm Ohana on our Facebook Page so we can let you know when lychee season starts each year—it can vary from late April to late May. We also post occasional updates on other activities at the farm each season.
If your shipping address is in the Hilo area, we will contact you about delivering or meeting up. For everyone else, your box will be delivered by the US Postal Service.
2024 Lychee went by so FAST!
We had a lot of lychee this year, but with our trees fruiting all at once, the season was quite short. In 2025 we expect our keiki orchard to be lightly producing, so even if it is not as outstanding as this year, we should have enough lychee to go around!
Kaye Family Farm
Our family farm is nestled on 28 acres on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii. Once a sugar plantation village, a banana farm, then planted in organic ginger, the farm now hosts 50 varieties of tropical fruit, and our 'growing' family. Our lychee orchard has matured during two decades of family love and care. As a result, today our orchard produces the best fruits you can find on the Big Island.
Our location
Warm, sunny days, plenty of rain, and chilly winter night winds blowing down from Mauna Kea make ideal growing conditions for lychee. That’s why Kaimana lychee grown on the Hamakua Coast is some of the best on earth! From our little farm in Honomu we can ship lychee anywhere in the state of Hawaii—but no further than that!
Kaye Family Farm is on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii--just around the corner from Akaka Falls. Our 28 acre farm produces Tahitian limes, oranges, lemons, longan...and everybody’s favorite Kaimana Lychee. Our orchard has grown over the years and is maintained by three generations of family and friends.
Our love of the land is at the heart of our business. We care for and maintain our farm using traditional and current agricultural practices including careful selection of the best stock and varieties for our area, using an integrated pest management approach to keep the farm and surrounding lands healthy, and regulating the nutrients needed to facilitate fruit production. Our time honored practices and ideal location have provided a consistent and reliable product.