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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
This 3-hour walking tour covers every corner of Princeville Botanical Gardens and includes a 50 minute gourmet chocolate tasting from around the world. You'll see & learn about the cacao tree and how chocolate is processed and sample our own delicious chocolate.
Your friendly guide will share stories of the gardens' development and a wealth of fascinating information about the plants. You'll taste seasonal fruit samples and homemade honey to keep your energy up as you explore our valleys.
This is a chocolate and garden experience unlike any other on Kauai.
PLEASE NOTE:
During the Covid-19 Pandemic, our tours are limited to 9 guests. All guests will be required to wear a mask and upon arrival will have their temperatures taken.
Mahalo nui loa for your understanding.
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Tour escort/host
Snacks
Gourmet chocolate tasting
Fruit samples
Gratuities
Insect repellant is available for use and also purchase
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions
Departure Point
Princeville Botanical Gardens, Princeville, Hawaii, United States
Princeville Botanical Gardens, Princeville, Hawaii, United States Begin the tour by exploring the upper terraces and the uses of the plants living in Waimea Valley. Find exotic flowers, rare medicinals, happy honey hives and t the bottom of the valley, small cacao grove thrives. Here, taste some raw chocolate nibs and learn about how chocolate is grown and harvested. When you leave the Valley, head to our outdoor chocolate tasting area, where you'll learn about modern and historical chocolate processing methods. You'll sample at least 5 different single-origin chocolates from around the world. After relaxing in the shade and enjoying the chocolate, back on your feet to explore our Anini Creek valley, another wonderland of rare plants, stunning topography, and fascinating sustainable cultivation techniques.
Service animals allowed
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Tours operate in rain or shine
We recommend being prepared for a walk in the woods: bring good walking shoes, bug spray, and a rain jacket
Parents must accompany their child at all times. Further, in consideration of all guests, we ask that parents make an honest assessment of their child's/children's temperament
Moderate mobility is a must for our garden terrain. There are several sets of stairs throughout the tour and uphills and downhills on loose gravel
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure 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.
Jessica_T
17 Jun 2023
Absolutely beautiful! Pictures do not do the gardens justice. Chocolate and fruit tasting along the way was fun. Tour guide Heidi was amazing and so knowledgeable! The entire team was very accommodating and friendly.
TKEPilot
14 Jun 2023
Over $300 for a family of 5 to go look at some plants seems like steep price, but I assure you that the experience at the Princeville Botanical Gardens is completely worth it.
We've seen them all:
I thought someone would pull my man card the first time we went to a botanical garden on Kauai our first trip a little more than a decade ago. Not only will I admit to this at the sports bar, we've now visited all three on the island and have been impressed every time. Each has a different flavor and we've appreciated each one for their unique plants.
Thoughts on this one:
This garden is extremely well run and efficient with great facilities reflecting the price. The grounds are probably the most topographically fun with great vistas across the expanse and extensive bio-diversity throughout. The education about chocolate production was interesting however my kids were not fans of the chocolate which all tended toward the darker side.
What set this apart:
The staff and specifically our docent Trevor was spectacular. I've never met someone who is so clearly made for a particular job. He was so engaging and had a clear appreciation and excitement he wanted to share about every plant on the grounds. The first group of flowers we approached he said "when I go 'mmm' near a plant it is because you may want to take a 'jungle bath' in its essence", I thought "whatever you tall hippie, I'll take a normal bath when I bet back to our condo". By the end of the tour I was ready to ask Trevor if he knew anyone who would buy all my possessions so me and my family could break the bonds of our material things and we can all live together, start a drum circle, learn how to make our own clothes and enjoy daily jungle baths. He was phenomenal.
Conclusion:
You can't go wrong with any of the gardens on the isle. The chocolate specialty would make the drive worth it if you are a connoisseur. I would come back to this garden again to see Trevor.
Teresa903
11 Jun 2023
Wonderful walk through gardens. Guide was very knowledgeable and nice with our group. Amazing flora seen. Took Ponchos and worked perfectly with the rains.
This tour in
Hawaii
is organized by
Princeville Botanical Gardens
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