Sharael Kolberg, Contributor, Travel Not only is Waimea Valley a beautiful place to explore, with lush landscaping, 52 themed botanical gardens ... 35 miles north of Honolulu.

I spent most of my childhood on Oahu’s North Shore ... Take a stroll through Waimea Valley, a hidden oasis with 1,875 acres of botanical gardens leading up to a beautiful waterfall.

Or swimming in the splash pool of a waterfall. The Waimea Valley on the North Shore of Oahu has all of this and more. A ...

the Waimea Valley is a lush botanical garden with a five-kilometre hiking trail that wanders through tropical greenery and archaeological and cultural sites. To avoid the crowds on Honolulu ...