History of Honolulu Segway Tour
Tour Highlights
Glide through the heart of historic Honolulu as past and present blur together, carrying you from royal grounds and missionary streets to oceanfront views on a Segway. The ride is playful and immersive, turning history into motion and giving you a true sense of place as the city unfolds beneath your wheels.
- Learn Segway basics before cruising Honolulu’s historic downtown streets
- Glide past ʻIolani Palace, America’s only royal palace
- Visit the King Kamehameha Statue and storied civic landmarks
- Roll through Chinatown, Bishop Street, and early missionary sites
- Finish at Kakaʻako Waterfront Park with sweeping ocean vistas
Quick Local Tip: On the backside of ʻIolani Palace, find the Banyan Tree Terrace, believed to have been planted around 1882 by Queen Kapiʻolani after the tree was received as a gift from Indian Royalty. At a time when native lowland trees offered little shade, its sweeping canopy created a natural gathering place for intimate ceremonies. Step beneath it and you’ll feel how history here was meant to be lived, not just observed.
What to Expect
Step aboard as you learn to learn to ride your very own Segway Personal Transporter. Once training is completed your Honolulu Segway tour experience takes you along Oahu’s waterfront to Aloha Tower at Honolulu Harbor to check out the restored coral reef and the fish that now comes to feed.
We then enter downtown Honolulu through historic Bishop Street, passing the historic transportation buildings from more than a century ago. We then glide into colorful Chinatown and Hotel Street to make our way toward Washington Place, home to Hawaii’s Governor, the State Capitol Building.
After that we will enter the grounds of Iolani Palace – home to the only palace on American soil. This was also the home of the last Hawaiian Queen, Queen Liliuokalani. Our guides will tell her story about how she was removed from our thrown during an illegal takeover by wealthy businessmen.
We will also view the centuries-old banyan trees on the Palace grounds, see Iolani Barracks, the King Kamehameha Statue, and the historic Kawaiahao Church and continue gliding beside the little nestle of austere buildings that form the Mission Houses built in 1820 by Hawaii’s first missionaries. This Oahu Segway tour truly takes you back through Hawaii’s history as you enjoy riding on the technology of today!
We then glide back toward the ocean and Kaka’ako Waterfront Park to enjoy grand views of the ocean to complete the day. Here we glide to see the Echo Stone and the Ehime Maru Memorial from the park's hill top vista to see far into the Pacific Ocean and across the interior of the island. You may even enjoy some Hawaii whale watching during the winter months too!
We then head back towards the beach and glide back to our starting point. This two-hour tour offers an experiential glide through the history of 19th Century Honolulu and how that history has shaped the culture of Honolulu today.
Requirements
- Maximum weight 275 lbs
- Minimum age required 10 years
- Parties of 6 or more 15% gratuity is automatically added
- Safety helmets are a must and are provided for each rider at no extra charge
Duration
1.5 hoursAddress
Please meet your Segway guide at our Tour Center at the Coral Commercial Center, 670 Auahi Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Guests should arrive 15 minutes prior to their scheduled tour time.
Cancellation Policy
Customers will receive a full refund with 72 hours notice of cancellation. Customers will also receive a full refund in case of operator cancellation due to weather or other unforeseen circumstances.
お客様には、72時間のキャンセル通知とともに全額返金されます。天候やその他の不測の事態によるオペレーターのキャンセルの場合も、お客様は全額返金されます。