Onomea Falls: Photograph by Will Tenney

Onomea Falls

Located in a steep valley stretching down to the ocean, the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is a living museum of over 2000 species of tropical plants. A major feature of the nature preserve is Onomea Falls, often cited as the most beautiful waterfall in Hawaii. It tumbles, twists, and turns, its bubbling waters turbulating down the valley to exit into the Pacific at Onomea Bay.