Garden Hours

The Garden is open from 9am to 5pm everyday, except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day, with Garden admissions ending at 4pm. This self-guided tour takes an average of about an hour and a half. The walking distance is just over a mile, round trip.

Admission for a day is $15 for adults, children ages 6 - 16 are $5. Children under 6 are free.

The Garden is now offering the experience of a special one-hour guided tour with our Garden Horticulturist. Tours are offered on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 12:00 pm. Regular admission fees apply though there is no added cost.

For yearly and lifetime passes please visit our membership page.

Golf Cart Assistance

Visitors walk the 500 foot dramatic, beautifully landscaped boardwalk down into the Garden on the ocean. This boardwalk alone is a photographer's paradise that should not be missed.

The boardwalk is not wheelchair accessible. The Garden provides golf carts to transport wheelchair-bound visitors with their companion and their wheelchairs up and down the boardwalk. Once you've exited the boardwalk, you may use your wheelchair through most of the Garden. Only non-electric wheelchairs are permitted entry into the Garden.

For a $5 fee, Golf Cart assistance can be provided to those visitors that are not wheelchair-bound but otherwise physically limited.

To preserve the serenity and non-pollution of this beautiful garden we discourage the use of golf carts on the boardwalk unless absolutely necessary.

How To Get To The Garden

From Hilo: The Garden is located about 8 1/2 miles north of Hilo. Take Route 19. Watch for a large blue highway sign on the right saying "Scenic Route." About 1 1/2 miles on the left is our registration office.

From Kona: Follow Route 19 to the Hamakua Coast until you are about 10 miles from Hilo. Pass the Pepeekeo post office. Watch for blue highway sign on the right saying "Scenic Route." Turn left onto the Scenic Route. About 1.5 miles on the right is our registration office.

Driving time from Kailua, Kona is at least three hours. Please keep this in mind when planning your visit as our last entry into the Garden is at 4pm.