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Waikiki Island
Picture Hawaii Islands  Large Picture Waikiki Beach, one of the worlds' great beaches, packed with high rise hotels, restaurants, sun-worshippers and full of entertainment ... Click an icon in the Map of Waikiki Beach for more pictures Central Waikiki Beach is a haven for sun worshippers. and water sport enthusiasts. Catamaran sailing, pedalos, water skiing and snorkelling are some of the sports available from the beach. The heart of Waikiki Beach by the famous pink building that is the Royal Waikiki Hotel, one of two adjacent Sheraton hotels, the other being the Moana Surfrider, the first Waikiki hotel built in 1901. The Hilton Hawaiian Village is the largest of Hawaiian hotel with 2,522 rooms Kuhio Beach Park, extending from Waikiki Beach, is protected by a sea wall and offers a sheltered sandy bottom swimming lagoon ideal for small children or uncertain swimmers. The popular stretch of beach at Kuhio Beach Park. This is the only place in Waikiki not backed by hotels with a small grass area and picnic area on the foreshore backed by Kalkaua Ave., the main road dissecting Waikiki. There is good surfing off the east end of the State Park and many surf schools to help get you going. Kapiolani Beach Park at the eastern end of Waikiki Beach offers the best body surfing in Waikiki. The statue of Duke Kahanamoku Statue famed as an Olympic gold medal winner in 1912 for swimming and the original Waikiki Beach Boy. The beach here is protected and good for young families. East end of Fort de Russey Beach where at high tide the beach disappears and pedestrians walk along the sea wall. Gray's Beach and the sea wall pedestrian walk to main Waikiki Beach. Kahanamoku Beach at the far end of Waikiki looking east towards Waikiki with Diamond Head in the far distance. Kuhio Avenue runs through the heart of Waikiki and offers hotels, shops, bars and restaurants. Duke's Lane in the heart of Waikiki typifies the crass commercial side of this tourist haven, with plastic hula skirts, Hawaiian shirts and wooden carvings part of the tourist diet. There are over 100 high rise buildings on the 1 sq. mile that makes up Waikiki. The Waikiki Trolley offers free rides around Waikiki and charges a dollar to visit Ala Moana shopping or downtown Honolulu. Outrigger canoes in the Ala Wai Yacht Harbour as seen from the Aina Moana Recreation Park. Ala Wai Yacht Harbour with the Hawaiian Convention Centre on the right and the sprawling Ala Moana Shopping Centre, the largest Mall in Hawaii, on the left. View across the Ala Wai Canal to the Ala Wai Golf Course, one of the busiest public courses in the world, and beyond to the University of Hawaii campus. View from the summit of Diamond Head Crater looking down upon Kapiolani Park, Honolulu Zoo and beyond to Waikiki Beach and Downtown Honolulu. The hike that leads from inside Diamond Head Crater to the summit of its ridge overlooking Waikiki Beach and Honolulu is Hawaii's most popular walk. Looking down from the 230 metre high summit of Diamond Head to the lighthouse at Diamond Head Beach. |
