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Garden and chocolate tour guides

Independent, practical guides to the 3 hour walking and chocolate tasting tour at Princeville Botanical Gardens on Kauai's North Shore: what the morning is really like, what it costs on Viator and direct, what to wear, going with kids, and the cacao farms and tastings to consider instead.

Princeville Botanical Gardens Tour 2026: What It's Really LikeCheck-in, the walk, the tasting and the honest verdict.Read the guide →Chocolate Tour Price 2026: $126 Viator vs $105 Direct$126 with the tip, or $105 plus tax and tip?Read the guide →Kauai Chocolate Tours 2026: Farm, Garden & Tasting ComparedGarden, cacao farm, food walk or fruit farm?Read the guide →Princeville Gardens vs Lydgate Farms 2026: Which to BookGarden walk with chocolate, or a cacao farm?Read the guide →What to Wear on a Kauai Garden Tour 2026: Shoes, Rain & BugsShoes for gravel, rain gear, bugs and water.Read the guide →Chocolate Tour with Kids 2026: Ages, Prices & Family TipsAges, child rates, strollers and alternatives.Read the guide →

Tickets

Kauai chocolate and tasting tours

Booked through Viator with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. All three meet on site, so plan to drive yourself.

Lydgate Farms Chocolate Farm Tour & Tasting Cacao farm ★ 4.93 hours1,105 reviewsFree cancellation

Lydgate Farms Chocolate Farm Tour & Tasting
Bean to barCacao fruitAge 9+

A working cacao farm on the east side: pods on the trees, the fresh fruit and every step from bean to bar. It ends with a long tasting of the farm's award-winning chocolate.

What's included
  • Three-hour guided tour of the Lydgate Farms cacao estate
  • In-depth chocolate tasting, plus honey, vanilla and tropical fruit
  • Beans named among the world's best at the Cacao of Excellence awards (2017, 2021, 2023)
  • Children 9 and over only; up to 25 guests
  • Not included: hotel pickup, gratuities, farm shop purchases
From$145per person Reserve
Princeville Botanical Gardens & Chocolate Tasting The 3-hour tour ★ 4.83 hours884 reviewsFree cancellation

Princeville Botanical Gardens & Chocolate Tasting
9-acre gardenChocolateFruit & honey

The original 3-hour walking tour: a guided loop of a private North Shore jungle garden. Midway you sit down to a chocolate tasting, with garden fruit and honey on the walk.

What's included
  • Guided walk through the 9-acre gardens, 9:30 AM start (check in from 9:00)
  • Gourmet chocolate tasting: single-origin bars from around the world plus a taste of the garden's own
  • Seasonal fruit samples and the garden's honey
  • Gratuity, walking sticks, umbrellas and DEET-free bug spray included
  • Not included: transport; you drive and park inside the garden gates
From$126per person Reserve
Hanalei Food Walking Tour Food walk ★ 4.82 hours299 reviewsFree cancellation

Hanalei Food Walking Tour
HanaleiLunchUp to 12

A two-hour stroll through Hanalei, ten minutes from Princeville, tasting local dishes at small eateries with the story of the town. The food adds up to a proper lunch.

What's included
  • Two-hour guided walk through Hanalei with food stops
  • Tastings that add up to lunch, snacks and bottled water
  • Small group of up to 12 guests
  • Flat town pavements: wheelchair and stroller accessible
  • Not included: gratuities; call the operator ahead about allergies
From$136per person Reserve

Plan your date before you go

Three guided hours in a North Shore jungle garden with a seated chocolate tasting, fruit and honey, gratuity included and free cancellation up to 24 hours before.

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