Honolulu
Lili‘uokalani Botanical Garden
A small garden of native Hawaiian plants on land the Queen left to the city.
Why go
Native plants only, on ground that belonged to Lili‘uokalani herself.
The catch
Free, open 7am to 5pm, and genuinely small - half an hour is enough. Worth pairing with Foster, which is a few minutes away, rather than driving here on its own.
- How long
- 45 minutes
- With children
- Yes
- Effort
- Easy
- Cost
- Free
- Parking
- Limited
Getting there
Driving times on real roads, from the same data the trip planner routes on — not straight-line distance.
| From Waikīkī | 12 min | 4.8 miles |
|---|---|---|
| From HNL airport | 29 min | 12.5 miles |
| From Downtown Honolulu | 4 min | 1.6 miles |
| From Ala Moana | 7 min | 2.8 miles |
Add traffic. These are free-flowing times, and the H1 through town at eight in the morning is not free-flowing.
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What else is close
Nearest by road, which is not the same as nearest on a map — and not the same as sharing a region either.
- Foster Botanical Garden2 min awayThe oldest garden on the island, in the middle of downtown, full of trees nothing else here has.
- Mauna Ala, the Royal Mausoleum2 min awayThe burial place of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua royal families, in a small walled ground in Nuuanu.
- Capitol Modern3 min awayThe state art museum, in a 1920s building beside the capitol, free to walk into.
- Kapena Falls3 min awayA small fall and pool in Nuuanu, five minutes from the car and ten from downtown.
- Punchbowl, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific3 min awayA cemetery inside an extinct crater above downtown, for the Pacific war dead.
- Honolulu Museum of Art3 min awayA museum built around a series of open courtyards, with a serious Asian and Pacific collection.