One of the coolest cities for walking is Honolulu with the highlight being Waikiki. You will find giant statues, huge koi ponds, penguins, amazing artwork and fireworks, they use to have miniature golf but the giants made them move, and that is just one location that you will see on the Waikiki walking tour over at the Hilton Hawaiian village resort.
Waikiki at some point of everyday enjoys perfect walking weather, some days early in the morning, in the winter in the midday sun, or if you want to catch the fireworks on Friday nights, the evenings are almost always perfect, basically what you would expect for paradise.
The degree of difficulty is very easy! You will find drinking water faucets in many locations on the walk and if you get tired you can always walk a couple of blocks and catch a taxi or a bus in Waikiki, to any place in Waikiki or Honolulu. This walking tour is basically flat with most of the walk on sidewalks with very few streets to cross, considering that you are in the middle of the 14th largest city in the USA. As a treat bring your bathing suit and you can take a shower in several locations after a swim in the perfect temperature ocean water of Hawaii.
Bring a hat and sun screen not needed at night. The only danger you are likely to encounter is a mischievous local giving direction that start off with something like this "go to the ABC Store "bra" and turn left till you get to "da kind" white Out Rigger hotel "bra", then turn right two blocks to "da kind" ABC Store in the white Out Rigger hotel "garens bra""
Honolulu is on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, Waikiki is a neighborhood of Honolulu. Waikiki basically encompasses everything inside of the Ali Wai cannel with Diamondhead and the Pacific Ocean making the other borders.
To begin the tour you can start walking from the ocean at the beginning of the Ali Wai where it drains into the ocean and walk toward Diamondhead, when you hit Kapiolani Ave turn right towards the fire house and then follow the outskirts of Kapiolani park veering towards the left; At the other ocean end of Kapiolani, right after you have walked under Diamondhead, where the tennis courts and archery range are located, you will come to a junction, turn right and follow the ocean and you will get back to your starting point. For a bonus walk 1 block extra and you are at the worlds largest open air mall Ala Moana.
You are probably a little tired after your walk and deserve a cool treat have an ice cream cone at Dave's ice cream in the Ala Manoa mall and lets reflect a little on what you have seen. Starting at the Ala Wai Cannel on the left you have the beautiful Manoa valley with the Waikiki sky line on the right past the fire station past Diamondhead which has a great hike all its own, through Kapiolani park, one of the best city parks in the world, Past the aquarium, the zoo, and all the Waikiki beaches. You have walked past world class shopping with names like Neiman Marcus, Prada, DKNY and Tommy Hilfiger, cruised by all the 5 star Waikiki Luxury hotels, past the War museum at Fort DeRussy, into the Hilton Hawaiian Village over to the Ali Wai boat harbor, man we saw allot, "Dave, make that a double!"
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