Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour and Chocolate Tasting Ticket

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 6 guests
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Language
English
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Explore the stunning Princeville Botanical Gardens on a guided tour with chocolate tasting. Discover how chocolate is made, enjoy fruit samples, and learn the garden's unique history.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

This 3-hour walking tour explores the nine acres of Princeville Botanical Gardens and includes a 50 minute gourmet chocolate tasting. You'll sample chocolate from around the world, north and south of the equator. You'll see our sacred cacao grove and learn about the history of cacao and how chocolate is processed as you sample our own delicious chocolate.


Your expert guides will share stories of the gardens' development as well as a wealth of fascinating information about the plants, chocolate and the Hawaiian islands. You'll taste seasonal fruit samples, our garden tropical honey, and a variety of chocolate to keep your energy up as you explore our valleys. This is a chocolate and garden experience unlike any other on Kauai.


PLEASE NOTE:

If you or any one in your party has been sick or tested positive for COVID in the past few days, please DO NOT visit the gardens until everyone is past stages of spreading infection.

Mahalo nui loa for your understanding.


What You Get

Walking Sticks, Umbrellas
Organic, Deet-Free Island Bug Spray
Tour escort/host
Insect repellant for purchase
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Transportation to/from attractions

Good To Know

  • 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
  • Be prepared for a walk in the Woods; Please wear good walking shoes and bring a rain Jacket
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Tours operate in rain or shine

What You’ll Experience

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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.
Admission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

3840 Ahonui Pl, Ahonui Place, Kauai County Hawaii, United States, US, 96722

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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 experience ends at the meeting point.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Not enough bang for your buck
June 20, 2025
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The gardens were pretty and we enjoyed the fruit tasting, chocolate tasting and Troy’s chocolate history-he was very engaging and enthusiastic. Our guide, however, made the 3 hours seem a lot longe...read more

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A hearty walk through lush green and flowers
June 18, 2025
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An absolutely beautiful garden with a wide variety of flowers, trees, and other plants. A lot of walking. Fair amount of fruit sampling. All staff were very hospitable. Our guide Lauren was pleasan...read more

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Walking Garden Tour
June 13, 2025
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Walking in the botanical garden with our tour guide Rob was amazing. A beautiful experience in nature, admiring all the amazing flora in its natural beauty. Would definitely recommend it to anyone ...read more

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Beautiful Gardens and Wonderful Guides
June 13, 2025
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The Botanical Gardens are a fascinating zoo of plants from around the world. It's such a beautiful place, and Troy our tour guide - who also works as a landscaper there - is so knowledgeable and pa...read more

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Marginal at best!
June 11, 2025
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Condo was not up to my standards. Many things wrong with condo. Filthy furniture, filthy carpet in front room. Kitchen was not stocked adequately, no spatulas, knives in block were full, could n...read more

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