How hard is it to navigate around Waikiki and downtown Honolulu?
It would be a good idea to get a detailed street map on your arrival. Waikiki can be frustrating to drive around, with not only lots of dead ends, alleys, and one-way streets, but also some convoluted routes to leave Waikiki for points west or to get onto the H-1 freeway (getting into Waikiki is much easier), and heavy congestion from the mix of cars and buses (lots of them). Downtown Honolulu is not as bad, but still has lots of one-way streets, and it can be hard to figure out which streets will take you to the freeway. In both areas, if you look hard enough you can find small guide signs to help point you in the right direction, but on the whole you’re better off to consult a map (preferably before heading out) to figure out how to get where you’re going.
