Princeville Botanical Gardens

This garden is amazing. So many beautiful flowers, plants, trees and the staff are wonderful. The tour was informative and the chocolate tasting was yummy . I highly recommended this tour... I advice future guests to use mosquito repellent, bring water and wear comfortable shoes and clothing . More...

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Highly recommend coming here. Very informative and breathtakingly beautiful

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Very knowledgeable and informative! Very warm and friendly people!

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Great views and awesome architecture to look at. Not too long of a hike but still a nice outing!

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Beautiful gardens with any amazing diversity of plants. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable. Highly recommended!!

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This was a great surprise excursion!!!! We are not plant people and booked this because of the enticement of chocolate . Kids really wanted to do a chocolate tour. We brought our two families with 5 kids ranging in 10-17. The kids absolutely LOVED it! They were amazed to hear of all the uses of the plants, Hawaiian history, and see and take pictures of some stunning plants. Amazing and beautiful garden. Seriously one of the best things we did. Highly recommend. Do wear bug spray. They have some natural spray there which worked for most in our group but if you are a big mosquito attractant you'll need something stronger. More...

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As soon as you get in to the parking you are greeted by your tour guide . The ambiance is so serene with acres of exotic garden life and trees all around. Donna was an amazing tour guide and so knowledge about her plants and trees and flowers as well as the history behind each one and their medicinal purposes. Throughout the tour your able to taste the fruits or coffee nibbles straight from the source ! And half way through you get to try different chocolate tasting from different chocolate masters work from around the world and learn about each of its origins and taste ! I recommend this tour to anyone even children to understand about our earth and learn a thing or two about our surroundings . Check them out I am for sure coming back with my family. More...

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This garden is a dream for any photographer. Besides knowing the name of most plants, our guide Kirra had many little anecdotes to tell us. Of course, the cacao and chocolate demonstration was a plus but I enjoyed the beautiful grounds most. More...

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Don't let negative reviews dissuade you, this is a gem for people who enjoy a peaceful stroll in nature and thoughtful presentation of information.  We just spent a wonderful morning at Princeville Botanical Gardens.  We were initially concerned that a 3-hour tour would be too long, but it was beautiful and informative.   We visited the upper garden for the first 1 hr 15 min followed by a chocolate tasting for 30 min presented by a cacao farmer and chocolate farmer (seated in covered area in garden) and then visited the lower garden for 1 hr 15 min.   Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and paced it just right.  Don't miss this! More...

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I think we lucked out. We got the head farmer who knew every plant, tree and bird. I'm more of a gardener than a chocolate enthusiast, so I asked some hard questions, and found the whole thing well done and charming. Limited native Hawaiian species except for palms. This is more of a collection of rare plants from everywhere. More...

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We decided to do this tour for our last day in Kauai, and it was the perfect way to finish the trip. Our tour guide was Brad, and he was excellent! He knew just about everything about every plant and we just had a fun and relaxing morning walking around. The little stops were well paced, and I thought trying the different fruits along the way was fun too. The chocolate tasting was delicious and also informative! We even had the chance to try some cacao beans directly from the trees on the property. Overall a really great experience, thanks again Brad!Also worth noting, the staff provided walking sticks, umbrellas, and bug spray. Very thoughtful of them for those of us who might not be very prepared! More...

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Extremely beautiful place

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Beautiful gardens and tour. Very informative. I highly suggest visiting.

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Beautiful place! Worth coming to for sure. Very informative and friendly.

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I’m absolutely in awe of the beauty around us!if you’re traveling to Kauai, this place should be on your top list of things to do! Our guide was knowledgeable and wonderful. If you’re worried about your ability to walk steep areas, no worries. He makes frequent stops for you to catch your breath while he talks about the medicinal purposes of a plant or other. Do visit, you won’t be disappointed. More...

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What a wonderful adventure! You can wear rugged sandals if you don't mind a bit of mud. Terrific use of time. You can come back later in the week on a tour day, for a self guided tour or bring your own lunch. Make sure you call ahead if you are doing the latter. Wonderful! Not commercialized. Plan to tip guide- well worth it. More...

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This is our 10th trip to Kauai and somehow we missed this gem before. What a BEAUTIFUL place to visit and we highly enjoyed eating all the chocolate. Honestly if you are staying in Princeville I promise you this is a must do! More...

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Enjoyed it! I recommend Harold as the guide. He brought a lot of energy and livelihood to the tour. Great vegetation and views. The cocoa farm part was less than what we wanted but the chocolate tasting and explanation were good.  Would consider going back for a lunch and without kids. More...

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One of the highlights of our 12 days on Kauai!  Our guide Harold was delightful and very knowledgeable. Who knew there was so much involved in making chocolate?  We were here a few weeks after the historic rains that closed the road past Hanalei and the garden's three bridges were victims of the flooding. We still saw plenty of amazing and beautiful plant life and will return to experience the garden area across the Anini (sp?) river. More...

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After a week of adventure we were looking for a change of pace. This small, family run Garden was perfect. Mary Lou was knowledgeable and interested in sharing.  The education on chocolate, and the tasting of course!, were a hit.  The information on the many uses of canoe plants kept a 10 and 11 year of boy entertained for a hour, which is quite a feat for a walking tour. More...

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A beautiful property, a great tour and a really nice way to spend the morning.  Tour guide Henry was funny and very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the plants.  Chocolate tour was fun and informative.  Seemed a little expensive at first, but worth the money and I enjoy supporting efforts in preserving our environment and educating people.  Highly recommend it if you enjoy plants, outdoors or just want to see a really nice kept property.  Well Done! More...

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Loved the tour. Was raining when we started, which I thought was even better. We had brought our own umbrellas, which I recommend, although they did have some rain ponchos for those who needed it. Once the sun came out so did the mosquitoes. I got eaten alive but the other 2 in my party didn't get bit at all (story of my life). Our guide was really great and really informative on everything. Even gave us a great recommendation on where to eat close by. The fruit tasting was very cool, and the chocolates were good as well. We did have some trouble finding the place, but the guides were all over it and even called us 20 minutes ahead of time to make sure we could make it and got us back on track to make the tour in time. Would definitely go back. More...

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I am passionate about gardens and have been on many garden tours, including many in Hawaii.  This was one of the best ever!  I was so impressed with what this family from San Diego has done to these 9 acres since they purchased it back in 2002 or so.  It is gorgeous!  Brad, our tour leader, knew so much about all of the plants and explained so much.  At strategic points on the walk through the gorgeous terraces, he stopped to offer us samples of some of the tropical fruits grown here.  There was an excellent talk about honey bees and the threat of colony collapse with good suggestions about what we home gardeners can do to help.  Midway through the walk, we had a great talk about chocolate with many wonderful tastes of the various types.I cannot recommend this tour more!  It was gorgeous, relaxing, educational and TASTY!  Kudos to the Robertson family for creating this meditative space in paradise for us visitors to enjoy.  Can I move in please? More...

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This was a wonderful walk through many many different varieties of plants summer which are not available the last plants so it's a one of a time kind tour I suggest that if you have the time and patience and dumb and if you like to taste chocolate and learn some things about chocolate as well it's the most awesome garden I've been to in a very long time great walk

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The gardens were phenomenal, definitely the best botanical garden I've been to. The tour did run longer than expected and the tour guide was very long winded, too many anecdotes. We could visibly tell others in the tour group were ready to get moving near the end but the tour kept getting extended. More...

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The Best Botanical Garden My wife and I visited. We totally enjoyed the tour as Brian the the tour guild partake his expertise in the plant species.  We also had the change to learn about chocolate. The owner and son are so gracious giving us the history background of the property. The following day after the tour we came back to purchase some Noni leather. But we forgot the item back in the farm for we were too attentive to the Master Gardener Michael about his stories. We came back to Saan Diego and found out what happened and got in touch with the owner and promised to send us the two Noni leather packages that we left. Thank you. Also, if you take the tour you can come back so many times for free, the best deal you'll ever find anywhere! More...

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Fantastic  location, assortment of botanicals and a great tour

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Visited this gem of a place!! Beautiful grounds and enjoyed all of  the plants, flowers and foliage in this beautiful botanical garden. Enjoyed the different fruits that we tasted as well as the chocolate tasting!! Our tour guide, Harold, was very knowledgeable and was always ready to answer questions- such a positive upbeat person as well!   I highly recommend visiting this wondrous place More...

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What an incredible tour of this beautiful botanical garden the tour which lasted almost 3 hours. It covered hundreds of plants and flowers up and down hills in the fern grotto and flower valleys with a creek flowing through it all. There were so many plants  and so many flowers they were almost too numerous to mention and then the highlight surly for my wife was the chocolate tasting. Very highly recommended. The cost is $65/person but was well worth. Excellent day ! More...

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Very beautiful botanical garden. It takes your breath away. There's so many elements to the garden that not one minute is wasted. There is also a chocolate tasting and it's well worth it. The staff was wonderful and friendly, especially Jenny, we even got lucky and got to meet one of the owners who was super friendly. You get to taste their raw honey that's made and cacao nibs it's a rare experience that elevated Kauai's nature reputation to a whole new level. I seriously could have not asked for anything more, the whole tour from start to finish was perfect!! Definitely bring comfortable shoes and mosquito repellent. More...

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This garden tour is awesome! So many species of native, canoe and other vegetation to see. The tour is slow pace and guides very knowledgable about how the garden was developed and the vegetation grown. Samples of the fruit and honey from the gardens along the tour. See cacao trees and learn about how chocolate is made- including samples.Perfect walking tour for a slower paced day on the garden isle. More...

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Quite an educational and genuine experience.   I have a new appreciation for ecology and chocolate.

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Giving this tour 5 awesome stars for delivering what it promised.  Even though I am not a botanical lover, I still enjoyed the pleasant views, great stories of the property and plants, and knowledgeable guides.  While the chocolate tasting was interesting, definitely don't expect to fill your mouth full of truffles, bars, and candies as in Willy Wonka.  This tour is about respecting the indigenous and other plant life, and how they contribute to human culture - how cacao royalty hoarded the beans, medicines, and other uses.  The trek through the gardens was very nice - the grounds so well kept and beautiful.  We had four girls ages 9-18 with us, and they survived the trip, albeit a bit antsy, and tired, for their limited attention span, and sun time.  If you have very little ones (1-5), would caution bringing them unless you don't mind carrying them for the majority of the tour, and putting up with their impatience.  Yet, my girls enjoyed the tours - especially in trying the plants, and fruits, chocolates they had to offer.  Their favorites were the cinnamon and all-spice trees.Great quality tour, positive guides, and wonderful grounds to take bonus pictures with your family for free!Thanks! More...

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What a fantastic tour! Our tour guide was so knowledge and really knew his stuff. When we first booked the tour, we thought three hours might be too long, but it was a pretty perfect amount of time. We learned so much and the tour helped put a name to many of the flowers and trees we have been seeing during our stay on the island. I would highly recommend it! More...

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My daughter and I thoroughly loved this. We got lucky with perfect weather.  Our guide was sweet and knowledgeable. We tasted different things throughout.  The chocolate tasting was educational.  There are so many things to see it was endless. More...

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Great tour and beautiful.  Our guide was Brad, he seemed very knowledgeable and insightful.  Beautiful scenery and things we'll never see again. And then the chocolate tasting and education was an added touch! More...

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My husband Tom and I had Harold as our guide.  Harold is enthusiastic, knowledgeable and made the tour thoroughly enjoyable. Gorgeous property and amazing what owners have developed in last decade!  Worth the time for sure. More...

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Awesome- Period!! All of the previous reviews pretty much covered it.... Just go for it, you wont be disappointed!

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Highly recommended! Not to be missed!You'll sample many varieties of chocolate including those that are grown on property & meander through dense and exotic gardens that waken your senses. Tour guide, Steven is very knowledgable of the flora & fauna. Very friendly hosts. More...

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I love botanical gardens and based on reviews this is the one that I booked during a recent vacation in Kauai. The BF hates going to gardens with me because he is usually standing around while I take photos. I was happily surprised at how much WE BOTH enjoyed the tour. They keep you engaged with information about the garden, the island, the history, the culture, etc. and that is punctuated with tasting fruits, honey, plants, etc. It kept my BF interested while I took my time taking photos (macro shots) of the plant-life. You get to tour the entire garden, even the area that they recently purchased and are starting to build up. Our guide seemed genuinely interested in what he does and invested in the garden. The owner came out a few times and answered group questions and welcomed us to wander the garden after the tour at our leisure. The chocolate tasting was well timed, when people started lagging and they really take their time and was set up similar to a wine tasting. The drive to this garden is beautiful so come with a few minutes to spare to snap some photos on the side of the road and use the restroom before the tour. I would suggest you wear bug spray and walking shoes with traction. Some folks with flip flops were sliding down the terrace slopes and it wasn't even muddy.Minus one star because the price point seems at least $10 too high. They have a coupon for 20% off for a second person-- its in a yellow coupon book you see all over the island at popular spots like shaved ice, shopping centers, etc. I booked my tour online while I was still home so I couldn't take advantage of that myself, wish I could have. More...

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My family of four are here for 3 weeks and took this tour yesterday.  All of us consider it the best experience so far (with the exception of first time snorkeling for the younger ones). I have never taken so many pictures in such a short span of time! Vistas were grand; close-ups were incredible; possibilities for memorable photos unlimited. The tour guide was enthusiastic and knowledgable. I loved the mix of history and biology. The weather was perfect, but even if it had been rainy, I would have used one of their umbrellas and had a great time anyway. No mosquitoes on this day. Do wear shoes with good grips. My hiking/walking sandals were perfect. More...

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Just got done with this tour. This really is one of the highlights of the island. If you are interested in a more mellow activity, but something that will hold your interest, this is it. You are taken on a two and a half hour tour that shows you a nice variety of native plants, the "canoe" plants, as well as what was brought over in recent centuries--but you get to see them close up, just inches away from you. They really do present a cornucopia for your eyes--there is an incredibly beautiful variety of plants that you are shown here. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, and friendly.ADVISORIES: I was very glad I wore shoes, as there was a fair amount of rain, and we did quite a bit of walking over grass and dirt. For what it's worth, four of us applied their natural, apple cider mosquito repellant--and got bit. The two of us that didn't apply it, were ignored by the mosquitoes. There really isn't any way to go back halfway through to your car, so if you are the type that gets hungry quickly, bring along a snack. Finally, I did describe this as a mellow activity, but some of the paths were so steep, and potentially slippery, that I would NOT recommend anyone doing this on crutches, or s wheelchair, etc. More...

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Very Beautiful gardens, make sure to wear walking shoes and wear off. The chocolate tasting and learning hoe they make chocolate was very fun and interesting and fruit tasting was a lot of fun too. The tour guide was very good and knew so much about the plants and flowers. Very nice tour! More...

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Great gardens, great idea, great stewardship of the land.Very nice people that run this place. Make sure you call ahead and schedule a walking tour. They have a locals discount, as well.+Many trees from all over. They have some endemic species, but mostly a great collection of tropical plants and trees.+The tasting on the tours is very nice, from honey collected on the site, to sapote, to mango and of course their epic cacao nibs and chocolate!+Knowledgeable guides will lead you through a pleasant walk around the property, aver a bridge and through the flowers.One drawback: if you really hate mosquitos, come prepared. If you are outdoors anywhere in Kauai, they will come for you.The Princeville Botanical Gardens was also happy to host a group of 10 children that are part of the Kauai North Shore Agricultural Program, so I highly recommend it for a field trip. More...

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The Princeville Botanical Gardens and Chocolate Tour was absolutely fabulous.The beauty of the gardens was spectacular and Karen, our guide, was outstanding.  Her knowledge and presentation of the plants, flowers and trees was amazing!Suddenly we would see a colorful bag at the base of a plant and in it would be delicious fruit for everyone to taste.  At one point in the tour, we got to sit down for a chocolate tasting which was really fabulous!If you have time for few activities on Kauai, be sure you include the Princeville Bitanical Gardens and Chocolate Tour. More...

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