Easy Nature Walks on Oahu
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Easy Nature Walks on Oahu
Hi, can anyone recommend some nice and easy nature walks on Oahu? We'll be taking our two 2-year olds on these walks, so nothing rugged, just some nice easy trail walks.
Also, I'd like to hear some opinions on whether or not you think the Manoa Falls hike is doable with the two little ones? I've heard it's an easy hike...but, little kid easy?
Thanks for your help!
Also, I'd like to hear some opinions on whether or not you think the Manoa Falls hike is doable with the two little ones? I've heard it's an easy hike...but, little kid easy?
Thanks for your help!
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Waimea Valley Audubon Center is an 1800 acre park with a beautiful walk to a waterfall where you can take a dip in the icy pool. (It used to be called Waimea Falls Park.)
http://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/tours/waimea+valley,+oahu/
http://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/tours/waimea+valley,+oahu/
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Manoa Falls trail would be OK. The trail is being made easier with volunteers re-building the trail. Should be completed by October.
Makapuu Lighthouse trail is OK. It's paved almost all the way. Great for viewing whales December through April.
Lyon Arboretum near Manoa Falls.
Kapena Falls - easy 1/4 mile trail. Leads to three small waterfalls. Trail starts right behind the Pagoda in Oahu Cemetery.
Close to Kapena Falls is Liliuokalani Gardens with a small waterfall.
Dole Pineapple Center doesn't really have trails, but you can walk quite a bit through their pineapple exibits and the garden tour. Also a nice carp (koi) pond.
Byodo-In Temple (Valley of the Temples) has some nice easy walks. Kids like this place. Has a huge gong, black swans, ducks, koi, small stream, peacocks.
Haiku Gardens in Kaneohe. It is near Byodo-In Temple. It is right below Haleiwa Joe's Restaurant.
Jackass Ginger Trail. This one I have not been on:
http://www.backyardoahu.com/index.html?judd1.shtml
Other botanical gardens on Oahu and other islands:
http://www.hawaii.edu/sciref/botgarden.html
This probably doesn't qualify as a "nature trail", but the Honolulu Zoo is nice to stroll through.
Makapuu Lighthouse trail is OK. It's paved almost all the way. Great for viewing whales December through April.
Lyon Arboretum near Manoa Falls.
Kapena Falls - easy 1/4 mile trail. Leads to three small waterfalls. Trail starts right behind the Pagoda in Oahu Cemetery.
Close to Kapena Falls is Liliuokalani Gardens with a small waterfall.
Dole Pineapple Center doesn't really have trails, but you can walk quite a bit through their pineapple exibits and the garden tour. Also a nice carp (koi) pond.
Byodo-In Temple (Valley of the Temples) has some nice easy walks. Kids like this place. Has a huge gong, black swans, ducks, koi, small stream, peacocks.
Haiku Gardens in Kaneohe. It is near Byodo-In Temple. It is right below Haleiwa Joe's Restaurant.
Jackass Ginger Trail. This one I have not been on:
http://www.backyardoahu.com/index.html?judd1.shtml
Other botanical gardens on Oahu and other islands:
http://www.hawaii.edu/sciref/botgarden.html
This probably doesn't qualify as a "nature trail", but the Honolulu Zoo is nice to stroll through.