OAHU · HAWAII
Pipeline to Pearl Harbor, all on one island.
The Pipeline winter and the Pali winds. The Arizona Memorial and the Hanauma reef. Diamond Head sunrise, Waikiki sunset, the long drive around the island in between.
The day that shows you the island
If you only have one day on Oahu, this is it.
The all-day loop everyone in Waikiki books. Diamond Head, Hanauma, the Pali winds, Kualoa, Sunset Beach, Dole’s pineapples, Pearl Harbor. The whole island, in a single day.
The classics
Oahu’s Most Popular Day Tours
Pearl Harbor, the North Shore, Hanauma Bay, the Pali Lookout, the parasail off Waikiki. The Oahu day trips most travellers book before they pack.
Three landmarks
Three places only Oahu has.
Hawaii has eight major islands. These three landmarks — a drowned volcano, a 760-foot crater, a sacred-valley waterfall — show up on every Oahu itinerary because no other island has them.
Where Hawaii’s story lives
Three threads that only run on Oahu.
The Arizona, the six Polynesian nations, the Japanese temple in the Koolau valley. Three pieces of the Pacific that only sit together here.
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
The harbour where the U.S. entered the war. The Arizona Memorial floats above the sunken battleship, oil still rising from the hull. Four years later, Japan signed the surrender on the deck of the USS Missouri a quarter-mile away. The whole arc of the Pacific War, in one morning out of Waikiki.
- 1 Salute to Pearl Harbor Including USS Arizona
- 2 Oahu: Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Memorial
- 3 Pearl Harbor Remembered Tour
Six island nations
Polynesian Center
Forty-two acres on the windward coast laid out as the Polynesian villages of Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti and Aotearoa. The Pacific isn’t an empty ocean — it’s a continent of cultures. The PCC walks you through the whole thing in an afternoon, with a luau at the end.
- 1 Pearl Harbor, Dole Plantation, and Polynesian Center from Waikiki
- 2 Pearl Harbor, Dole Plantation, and Polynesian Center from Kauai
- 3 Polynesian Cultural Center: Gateway Buffet Package
Hawaii’s Japan
Byodo-In Temple
A full-scale replica of the 950-year-old Byodo-in temple in Uji, Japan, set into a valley at the foot of the Koolau range. Built for the centennial of the first Japanese plantation workers arriving on Oahu. The architectural memory of where Oahu’s grandparents came from.
- 1 Hidden Gems of Oahu Circle Island Tour with Byodo In Temple
- 2 Full Day Oahu Tour with Byodo Temple & Waimea Waterfalls
- 3 Byodo In Temple, Waimea Botanical Garden-Waterfall: Includes Fees
The day out
The Circle Island Drive.
Counter-clockwise from Waikiki: Diamond Head at dawn, Hanauma at the reef, the Pali winds, Kualoa’s sacred valleys, Sunset and Pipeline, Dole’s pineapples, Pearl Harbor on the way back. An eight-hour loop. The whole island in a single day.
By place
Pick a corner of Oahu.
Waikiki for the beach and the city base. Pearl Harbor for the morning out. Diamond Head for the sunrise hike. The North Shore for the waves. Kualoa for the windward valleys. Hanauma Bay for the snorkel.
By activity
Or pick how you want to spend the day.
Helicopter if you want the whole island. Boat if you want Waikiki from the water. Hike if you want Diamond Head at sunrise. Pearl Harbor for the morning out. Luau for the night.
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