My husband and I (visiting from Slovenia) took the 90 minute segway tour which ended up as 2 hour tour. Dr. Lanny gave us unforgetable tour through the beautiful gardens which ended in amazing and interesting tropical fruit tasting.
Segways were great fun and THE perfect way to explore the gardens.
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World Botanical Gardens
Highway 19 & Leopolino Road & Old Mamalohoa Highway, Hwy 19 at mile marker 16 - 15 Miles north of Hilo, Hakalau, Island of Hawaii, HI 96728
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Ranked #2 of 3 attractions in Hakalau
29 Reviews
Type: Gardens
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See the waterfalls by trail or road. Drive right to the viewpoints for the impressive Kamae'e Falls --- one of the best waterfalls in Hawaii or walk......
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See the waterfalls by trail or road. Drive right to the viewpoints for the impressive Kamae'e Falls --- one of the best waterfalls in Hawaii or walk down the river trail to see Hanapueo Falls with its intimate beauty. Take a Guided Tour of the gardens with Garden Director Dr. Lanny Neel (reservations, please). Takes approximately two hours and lunch is also available.Or make your own Self-Tour and discover the beauty of Hawaii as you explore the 200 acre Gardens by car and on foot. Drive to view exotic palms, banana, kukui and hala trees en route to spectacular waterfalls.Stroll through hibiscus and native Hawaiian plants to the lush Rain Forest Walk. Immerse yourself in our botanical Rainbow Gardens filled with orchids, bromeliads, palms, ti, cinnamon, allspice, the pencil tree and scores of tropical species. You will wander at your leisure and see the adjacent Arboretum and the huge Children's Maze.You will also see spectacular 360-degree vistas which include snow-capped Mauna Kea, pastoral grazing and sweeping ocean views.Everyone will love all the popular activities at World Botanical Gardens & Waterfalls!The Gardens is also home of the family friendly Zip Isle Zip Line Adventure featuring 7 zip lines and a thrilling suspension bridge.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Mark_WBGI, Marketing Director at World Botanical Gardens, responded to this review
May 5, 2012
Aloha and what a great review.
We appreciate Dr. Lanny (Neel) so much for his seemingly endless knowledge of the plants throughout the gardens and beyond. He is a wealth of information and highly recommended for every visitor to the World Botanical Gardens.
Also, we agree whole heartedly that the Segways are THE best way to see the most of...
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Northern California
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This place has some pretty stuff. You get to walk by the river and see a waterfall or two. I think another garden would have been more interesting though. No toilets except porta ones. Lots of spider webs to walk through (ick!). Make sure you bring lots of mosquito spray if you walk by the river.
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Volcano
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Its a pretty garden but isn't manicured like Hawaii Botanical Garden.
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Portland, Oregon
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I learned the names of so many plants!! Fabulous flower pictures!!
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MD, USA
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The Zip Line attraction at the World Botanical Gardensis a great half day experience. You get to zip across a wide gorge with mountain stream, pools and waterfalls and finally a dual line zip over an open field while seeing the blue Pacific in the background. And while you take your zip line adventure the guides will stop for a...
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California
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other botanical gardens have better viewing and plant presentations. Not a very good value
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Wyandotte, Michigan
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Leveraging an online deal, we went with the zip line & segway tour. The guides were very friendly and helpful, they weren't your typical waikiki annoying guides! They all have great local knowledge and are willing to share as much as you are willing to hear.
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Bangor, Me
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We also went there expecting to see Umauma Falls. Once we paid $13 a piece we learned they had leased the Falls property to a Zip-line up the road and we weren't allowed to go there. The hedge maze was kind of nice.
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Skip this one, although their website makes you think it is worth the $13/person, it isn't. After we bought our ticket, we discovered the Umauma Falls is no longer included; that'll cost you an additional $12/person. It appeared like this place was either going out of business or just starting over; worth $5/person at the most in its current condition....
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Miami, Florida
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For our 1st zip line ever, it was probably good. we felt VERY SAFE, and they did get a little faster and longer with progression. The 2 leaders were very professional. they found fruit for us to try along the way, there was water at the 1/2 way point and they shared lots of stroies about Hawaii. We were a...
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