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Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens are out favorite botanical gardens on the Big Island. In the gardens you can see over 2000 different species of plants and trees and a visit here is a must-do for everyone with green fingers!
Directions: To get to the gardens turn makai (towards the ocean) between mile marker 7 and 8 on Hwy 19 coming fron Hilo, onto the scenic drive in the direction of Onomea Bay. Continue for 1.75 miles to reach the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens.
The hike: there is no real hiking needed here, more a slow meandering around the gardens for a few hours. The self-guided tour is just over one mile long (round trip) and takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. If you would want to go on a longer hike you can take the 2.5 miles (round trip) donkey trail down to Onomea Bay and Turtle Cove whose trailhead is just outside the gardens.
As an added extra, to get to these gardens you have to take one of the most scenic drives of the Big Island!
Admission to the gardens: Take note, admission to the gardens is not free. The fee for one day is $20 for adults and $5 for children ages 6 to 16. Children under 6 are free (2019 rates). The gardens are opened daily between 9 am and 5 pm, but the latest admission is at 4 pm.
You receive a trail guide when you purchase your ticket to the gardens. Try not to miss the bird aviary and the seascapes at the lower end of the gardens. Take some time to sit down and take in the sights, smells, and sounds at different places to get immersed in this peaceful place.
This is by far our favorite botanical garden on the island
The Onomea falls are located inside our favorite botanical garden on the Big Island: the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens.
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The Pohoiki warm springs are part of the Isaac Hale Beach Park in Puna.
The 2018 LERZ eruption has changed Pohoiki Beach Park significantly and now it is home to the newest black sand beach on the Big Island! This is a beautiful beach and well worth a visit.
It also created four Natural Ocean Thermal Ponds that are contained by all the new black sand. The Department of Health warns that these ponds are not disinfected and that, due to the risk of bacterial infections, the public should not enter these ponds if they have open wounds
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Pahoa
From there it's an easy ride back to Pahoa, whose cute old main street looks like a frontier town reimagined by the sarong, massage, patchouli and sensimilla brigade. Definitely stop at the shop with the pink Ice Cream Boulevard sign, which sells Hilo Homemade Ice Cream: tangy ginger, chewy coconut, cocoa-rich chocolate macadamia nut and more
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