6 Best Oahu Hawaii Hikes | Easy to Intermediate, Family-Friendly Oahu Hikes
6 Best Oahu Hawaii Hikes | Easy to Intermediate, Family-Friendly Oahu Hikes
Make room in your Hawaii itinerary for these Oahu hikes. They are not the hardest, but these Oahu hikes will make you happy you got out of Waikiki.
Here are our 6 favorite easy-to-intermediate Oahu hikes. With our toddler in tow, we show you how to climb Diamond, conquer Koko Crater (almost), traverse Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail, and climb to the best Oahu pillboxes on the island. These are family-friendly, kid-friendly, senior-friendly type hikes for you to enjoy.
Listed in no order, find the best Oahu hike for your trip to Hawaii!
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Best Oahu, Hawaii Hikes | Our 6 favorite Oahu hikes
00:00 Intro
01:14 How to hike safely on Oahu
02:00 Judd Trail to Jackass Ginger Pool hike
03:42 Koko Head Crater Tramway Hike
05:36 Diamond Head Hike (Le’ahi)
08:12 Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail
10:05 Ehukai Pillbox Hike (Sunset Pillbox Hike)
11:41 Lanikai Pillbox Hike (Kaiwa Ridge Trail)
Google Maps Directions to Each Oahu, Hawaii HIke:
Judd Trailhead: https://goo.gl/maps/wToxheF15yBbqdW1A
Koko Crater Trailhead: https://goo.gl/maps/6Pf7VLCZFMy6h1ECA
Diamond Head Trailhead: https://goo.gl/maps/MHit9N7NkYEsb6QT7
Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trailhead: https://goo.gl/maps/WcbsKL6rKiMJfGNx7
Ehukai (Sunset) Pillbox Hike: https://goo.gl/maps/Z1hg4U31fdCMBaMm9
Lanikai Pillbox Hike (Kaiwa Ridge Trail): https://goo.gl/maps/jRwhtTJRGUpuyjvM9
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Ive always called it "hana a oou ma" bay, plus I would have added the Manoa falls hike
I’m so happy to find your site. We missed Oahu this December. My wife and I have spent about 20 weeks in Hawaii over the last 5 years, mostly in Oahu. We have only been to 3 of your 6 with Diamond Head the most times. In my 70s but still can do Diamond head in about 30 minutes. Thanks for the very informative and well done video. Hope to come back soon. Aloha.
If only 1 hike can be done, which one do you recommend?
I love you guys planning on my first trip to Hawaii hopefully this spring. Your videos are so helpful and congratulations!
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Hi guys, first I want to thank you!! All your info has been relevant and has helped us a lot to plan our vacation on April. I have a question which one of this is accessible to get in and specially OUT in uber? thanks
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Was this a hiking video or a tavas commercial 😅 great video! (Going to get me some tavas now lol)
Hi All I have seen online and some of your hikes are on private land and there’s fines. Can you please confirm?
As a person that works out on a regular basis; Kiki head should not be on this list… it’s definitely hard and not “family friendly”
thanks so much!! I was looking for easy hikes to do and the fact that your toddler can do it gives me confidence. lol
Another great video but I’ll probably be staying on Maui and Jordan does need TEVAS! No one can wear flip flops to hike…can they ?😉
on Judd trail do you go left or right?
We did Koko Crater yesterday and it is the most challenging hike we have ever done.
Have been enjoying your videos, even though our kids are grown. We have our 30th anniversary trip planned/paid, Feb 2022. Hoping we can still make it! Can you tell me what sunglasses you are wearing in this video? We live in New England so already have much loved Tevas 🙂 My husband lived on Oahu as a child. I can never live away from snow! Thanks for all of your useful content!
so i’m from switzerland and i’m doing some hikes here. I find Koko head hard
if henry can do the koko head stairs I should be able too :<
Hello, quick question what are the drone rules in hawaii? I have a mavic mini 2 can i fly it there?.
sis ur husban is foin!!!!!
Erica-Which Tevas do you recommend? Light hiking/rocky water activity wise..
Well done review. Thanks! I don’t think ill need to buy a guide book ever again.
From Waikiki beach hostel to Koko Crater is there a bus ???
Great vid thankU👍
I’m going next month! Planning koko crater and diamond head same day. Possible to park and one and walk other? Or park one and Uber?
i won’t be driving when i get there will uber or lyft take you to those parks?
Is there a second Diamond Head trail? I hiked it (or so I think now lol) but definitely didn’t go through a tunnel.
koko head is a hard hike & not family friendly. If anyone does do it & youre not physically prepared , please go early in the am. Koko head is not an easy hike!!! So many people get rescued there!!
Hey guys, I’ve been doing some research on ridge hikes on Oahu. It has come down to Wiliwilinui and Kuli’ouou. I will just be able to make time for one. Any opinions?
Thanks for this perfect video ! Really helpful to organize my trip next year. Aloha ! 🌴
Maybe I missed this but it looks like there are two separate pillbox hikes? The second one being the Lanikai pillbox hike, what is the first called? Or was it all the same hike? Planning a trip to Oahu with our will be 10 month old in March and loving your videos and itineraries!
Thank you for another wonderful video. For all intermediate hiking on Oahu would you say that teva/ Chaco type shoes work or should we pack our actual hiking boots like we wear for national park hiking?
very cool!!! I agree the Tevas are excellent but I’ll go one step further and say we bought hiking sandals for our last trip – they were a game changer!!!
Koko Head is not intermediate! 😂 i cursed and crawled the last half of it. I thought i would die.
Thank you for this! I’m planing a trip to Oahu towards the middle of April & hoping to hike some of the trails you recommended!
Try Aiea Loop Trail. You’ll see H3 freeway .
My trip is going to be the bomb! Thanks for your videos.
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Do you have any suggestions for easy hikes for older people? Like >65 or just places to walk around that look nice. I was thinking Manoa Falls, Byodo, maybe the lighthouse
I live in Hawaii Kai. The ONLY way I would climb Koko Head, if there was a huge slide to go down after reaching the very top of the hike.
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The questions is can people pop off the judd trail and do any wild camping?
Did you take Henry to Lanikai Pillbox? Thanks.
Do you think that all of these hikes would be doable in chacos? Similar to tevas but wanted to see if you (or anyone else) had any ideas about chacos!
New subscriber here. Thank you for all the trails..
Are Masks still required?
Such a nice video. Mahalo for posting.
Lanikai Pillbox Hike was surprising difficult for me, but I think it was mostly due to a combination of recovering from a cold, eating a heavy breakfast, and wearing bad shoes not good for the steep sandy rocks. I even specifically bought a pair of Chacos but didn’t use them for the hike because it didn’t match my outfit. Lesson learned!