The property is part of the lands owned by Kikiaola Land Company, Limited, a family company created by the heirs of Kauai sugar pioneer Hans Peter (HP) Fayé. He traveled from his native Norway in the 1800's to settle as a young man on Kauai. In addition to planting sugar, HP Fayé started a copra plantation and it is on nearly 30 acres among those original trees that Waimea Plantation Cottages is located. Today there are ironwood, keawe and banyan groves, and expansive lawns lined with beds of colorful and fragrant tropical flora.