Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour and Chocolate Tasting Ticket | 3 hours

640 Reviews | Kauai
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Public Tour - 9:00am Check In
2 Adults x $126.00
$252.00
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Tour guides share a wealth of information on Hawaiian & tropical plants & offer samples of garden fruit, honey & chocolate.

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • 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

Overview

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.

Meeting points

We will meet you at the gardens where you can safely park your car inside our gates. Please note: We do NOT offer any transportation to or from the gardens.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Princeville Botanical Gardens

    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.

Sample Menu

Additional Info

  • 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

Free Cancellation

June 09100% refund
June 10No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start 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.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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4.9

640 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
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    587
  • 4 stars
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  • 3 stars
    12
  • 2 stars
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  • 1 star
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Showing 1-5 of 587 reviews with 5 stars

Amazing tour, absolutely...

Published on Jan, 2025

Amazing tour, absolutely loved it! Interesting, with so many cool fruits and chocolates to try. Would definitely go back, and recommend it

Do it!

Published on Jan, 2025

This tour was better than expected. Our tour guide Sherry was incredible as was her knowledge about the plants and flowers. She was very helpful after as well, giving us excellent food recommendations. The gardens are beautiful and the views were spectacular. The sampling of fruits, honey, and of course the chocolate were an added bonus.

Beautiful Property

Published on Jan, 2025

We have been to other botanical gardens on Kauai, but this one is the best. Beautiful landscapes that are well maintained. Our guide, Lauren, was excellent and quite knowledgeable about the plants. If you can go to only one botanical garden on Kauai, I recommend this one.

A Three Hour Terroir Tour (don't worry, you will learn terroir on the tour)

Published on Jan, 2025

This was one of the best botanical tours we have ever been on! Our tour guide was Lauren. She had our three hour tour go at a comfortable pace (stop and literally smell the flowers) where everyone got a chance to learn and take pictures, and she was very attentive so that no one was left behind. The tour was very detail oriented for the groups. There were stops along the way set up for the tastings of fruit (starfruit, sugar cane, pineapple, and many more), hydration, trash and rinsing of sticky hands. Walking sticks, umbrellas and bug spray were all generously provided for use. They really have thought of everything! Both Lauren and the other tour guide presented the chocolate tasting and they both have very good energy and passion for their work. Our family has quite a love for chocolate and we learned so much from them! During the walking segment of the tour, Lauren (she could be a human encyclopedia) covered many interesting facts about the flowers, leaves, and trees, including where they are propagated from or if they are indigenous, their uses both culturally and historically, and the seasons and years of bloom and how rare they might be/how difficult they may be to propagate or grow. She can also define them in both general terminology as well as their Hawaiian names. The feedback we gave at the end was mostly beaming and a hint of constructive thought, and all feedback was received with the greatest appreciation. These grounds truly are attended to with passion and love. This tour appeals to so many different interests that we could recommend it to almost anyone. Even the inclines on the trails are gentle, and the paths were clearly marked out. We did notate that it may present some difficulty for anyone that may have leg issues (we have a friend with a knee replacement that we thought would love it but may have too many physical challenges on the trek). We would love to return at a different time of year to learn even more. This was certainly a personal highlight for us on this trip!

A day of fun and tasting

Published on Jan, 2025

Loved seeing the gardens and tasting the local chocolate and the local produce. Everything was very well planned and our guide was amazing

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