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About
The five Honolulu Botanical Gardens are Foster Botanical Garden, Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden, Koko Crater Botanical Garden, Lili’uokalani Botanical Garden, and Wahiawa Botanical Garden. The gardens are open daily except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
About this location:
Hours
Open daily, sunrise to sunset
Closed Christmas Day (December 25)
Closed New Years Day (January 1)
Admission
- Free! – Admission
Koko Crater Botanical Garden
“a blooming volcanic crater”
In 1958, Koko Crater on the eastern side of O`ahu was set aside for development into a botanical garden. Plant collections occupy sixty acres of the inner slopes and basin of this 200-acre crater.
This garden focuses on the cultivation of rare and endangered dryland plants. Xeriscape concepts are used to transform this dry landscape into a garden where plants suitable to desert-like conditions can flourish.
Highlights: Hawaiian plants, African & Madagascan plants, Cactus & Succulent garden, Plumeria grove, Dryland palms
Before you go…
- Please bring your own water. There is no drinking water available and only a portable toilet.
- Walking shoes are recommended.
- Bicycles and motor vehicles are not allowed.
- Dogs are not allowed.
- The path is an unimproved roadway that is uneven and has loose rocks.
Tours
- Self-Guided Tour – This interpretive walk takes you on a 2-mile loop path through the Garden. You will find this tour and map printed in the brochure upon entering. Plan on about 1.5 hours to walk through the garden.
- Guided Group Tours – These may be arranged by special appointment. Please call 808-522-7066
 
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