Tours Offered at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens
School Groups: Please call us at 249-2798 for special rates and times.
There are two methods for exploring the garden at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens with a guide: self-guided audio messages using your phone, or by reserving a docent-led tour.
Self-Guided Tours
Exploring Maui Nui Botanical Gardens through a self-guided tour using your cell phone is free with the cost of admission ($10 for nonresidents, free for residents).
A self-guided tour using your cell phone offers a personalized way to explore the diverse plants in the garden. Use our free app to quickly access audio messages for more than 102 species growing in the five acre landscape, using QR codes located on plant identification signs.
Personalize your exploration based on your interests. Whether you're into Hawaiian ethnobotany, plant biology, or simply enjoying the beauty of nature, you can tailor the experience to suit your preferences
Docent Led Guided Tours
Your alaka‘i kuhi (resident docent) will demonstrate traditional uses of endemic, indigenous, and canoe plants growing at Maui Nui Botanical Gardens and tell a few of their many stories during this one-hour outdoor tour.
For out-of-state residents, tours are $40 per person. Hawaiʻi state resident tours are $20.
Admission is free with a Hawaii Drivers license or current MNBG membership but there is a $20 fee per person for the Docent-led Tour.
Admission is $10 and there is a $30 fee per person for the tour.
Location
The Garden is located at 150 Kanaloa Avenue in Kahului, Maui, right across from the War Memorial Stadium.
(808) 249-2798
Hours of Operation
Tuesday through Saturday,
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Closed occasionally for inclement weather and Hawaii State Holidays.
Admission
Members: Free
General: $10
Keiki Under 12: Free
Kama'aina: Free
(with Hawai'i ID)
A Few Native Hawaiian Plants from the MNBG Collection
- ‘A‘ali‘i (Dodonaea viscosa)
- Alahe'e (Psydrax odorata)
- ‘Ānapanapa (Colubrina asiatica)
- Hala (Pandanus tectorius)
- Hala pepe (Dracaena auwahiensis)
- Hau (Hibiscus tileaceus)
- Hō‘awa (Pittosporum glabrum)
- Hō‘awa (Pittosporum hosmeri)
- ‘Iliahi (Santalum haleakalae)
- ʻIlima papa (Sida fallax)
- Kalo (Taro), Colocasia esculenta)
- Kamani (Callophyllum inophyllum)
- Koa (Acacia koa)
- Koai‘a (Acacia koaia)
- Koki‘a, Hau hele ‘ula (Kokia drynarioides)
- Koki‘o ke‘o ke‘o (Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. arnottianus)
- Koki‘o ke‘oke‘o (Hibiscus arnottianus subsp. immaculatus)
- Koki‘o ‘ula‘ula (Hibiscus kokio ssp. kokio)
- Koki‘o ‘ula‘ula (Hibiscus kokio ssp. saintjohnnianus)
- Koki‘o ke‘o ke‘o (Hibiscus waimeae ssp. waimeae)
- Kou (Cordia subcordata)
- Kukui (Aleurites moluccana)
- Loulu lelo (Pritchardia hillebrandii)
- Loulu (Pritchardia remota)
- Maʻo (Gossypium tomentosum)
- Ma‘o hau hele (Hibiscus brackenridgei)
- Māmaki (Pipturus albidus)
- Mau‘u lā‘ili (Sisyrinchium acre)
- Milo (Thespesia populnea)
- Naio (Myoporum sandwicense)
- Nānū (Gardenia brighamii)
- Ōhai (Sesbania tomentosa)
- ʻŌhiʻa ʻai (Syzygium malaccense)
- ‘Ōhia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha)
- Pōhinahina (Vitex rotundifolia)
- Pōkalakala (Polyscias racemosa)
- ‘Uala (Sweet Potato)
- ‘Uki ‘uki (Dianella sandwicensis)
- ʻUlu cv. ‘Maʻafala’(Artocarpus altilis)
- Wauke (Broussonetia papyrifera)
- Wiliwili (Erythrina sandwicensis)