Koko Crater Botanical Garden

An easy 2 mile loop hike between Hawaii Kai and Sandy Beach inside Koko Crater adjacent to Koko Crater Stables and Hawaii Kai Golf Course. There is also a Koko rim trail that is harder, longer and dangerous in places.

Koko Crater Botanical Garden entrance sign


Palms and Cactus from the Americas section


Wide trail


Plumeria Grove


Trail is also used by utility vehicles

The 200 acres inside the Koko Crater was set aside for development into a botanical garden in 1958. Sixty acres of the inner slope and basin is now cultivated with rare and endangered dryland plants. Long-range plans for this site is continued cultivation of plants suitable to these desert-like surroundings.

This garden specializes in African plants, cacti and succulents, Plumeria cultivars, native wiliwili, dryland palms, and Bougainvillea. Additional Useful Information: This garden is still in the early stages of development. There are no restroom facilities, drinking fountain, and other visitor accommodations.

Collection of Koko Crater Botanical Garden Fotos
Honolulu Botanical Gardens
Plumeria *101*