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World Botanical Gardens is a commercial botanical garden on the Island of Hawaiʻi, about 16 miles north of Hilo, where cultivated gardens are set within rainforest along the Umauma River. Established in 1995 by Walter L. Wagner on 300 acres of former agricultural land on the slope of Mauna Kea, it first opened the Rainforest Walk to public tours on July 4, 1995. Later management changes and a 2008 sale of the Umauma Falls overlook and nearby acreage reshaped the property. Its notable features include Kamaʻeʻe Falls, arboretum plantings, a large children’s maze, and later-added zip line and Segway rainforest adventures.
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Honomu, Hawaii · United States
