About Umauma Falls
Umauma Falls is a stunningly attractive multi-tiered waterfall tumbling over a cumulative height reported to be 300ft (though I swear it looked nowhere near that tall).
We definitely noticed that this waterfall had frequented post cards as well as calendars during our trips to the Big Island. So perhaps it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to us that it once made our Top 10 List of Hawaiian Waterfalls. Our visit to the falls was essentially a breeze (physically speaking) because it was right off the road. The catch, however, was that the road was private.
During our last visit here in 2007, the waterfall resided in the World Botanical Garden (so there was an admission price per person to tour the garden, which included the falls).
The World Botanical Garden was a project that started with grand plans to convert former sugarcane farmland into a sanctuary for rare and endangered flora. Eventually, the gardens opened to the public in July 1995 and apparently they continued to expand their worldwide flora collection.
In addition to the falls, there was also a Rain Forest walk with 100 Bromeliad species, a children’s maze, an arboretum, and picnic areas. Admittedly, we pretty much only did the waterfall and didn’t do anything else here (so we didn’t really make the admission price worth our while).
In late 2011, we were recently informed that this waterfall was now under the ownership of the Umauma Experience. They wanted us to relay the message that they now offer ziplining, a tropical garden, a palm alley walk, restrooms, a vistor center, and a snack shack. One of these days, we’ll have to check it out to see how it differs from our first experience here.
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