Kona to Oahu: Pearl Harbor & Honolulu Highlights

Escape to another Hawaiian island for a day on this all-inclusive, island-hopping tour. Indulge on your vacation and leave the planning to us! Interisland roundtrip airfare from Kona to Honolulu on Oahu, roundtrip transportation from the Honolulu International Airport (HNL) to Pearl Harbor, downtown Honolulu sightseeing tour and lunch is included.

Visit the Arizona Memorial and the sprawling Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Then cross the bridge to Ford Island to board the Battleship Missouri and walk the historic desks. Lunch is included at Slider’s Grill on the Battleship Missouri campus.

Our live narrated tour will also take you through historic downtown Honolulu and on a drive through Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery.

• Tour Highlights:

  • Interisland Flight from Kona to Oahu.
  • Battleship Missouri, where you’ll walk in the footsteps of General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and officers of the Allied Powers in 1945 when the instruments of surrender were signed on the ship, signaling the end WWII. “Mighty Mo” valiantly fought in WWII, the Korean War and in Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, supporting the cause of freedom.
  • Arizona Memorial will be reached aboard a US Navy vessel. The memorial was designed by the architectural team to be situated directly above the actual USS Arizona battleship without resting on the sunken ship. The ship is the final resting place of many of the 1,177 officers and crewmen who were lost during the attack.
  • Pearl Harbor Visitor Center is where you’ll witness actual film footage of the attack at the Visitor Center Theater, view historic galleries and displays, and find yourself taken back in time to a period of conflict which brought the United States directly into battle, forging its role in eventually concluding it following years of combat.
  • Punchbowl Cemetery is viewed from the comfort of your tour vehicle where you’ll observe the dignified beauty of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. The memorial cemetery was created to pay homage to those in the US Armed Forces whose lives were lost in the service of their country.
  • Iolani Palace was the residence of the Hawai’i Kingdom royalty between 1845 and 1893. The only royal palace on US soil, the palace employs architectural design seen no place else. It’s “American Florentine” design was created using brick with concrete facing, with ornamental plaster interior.
  • King Kamehameha Statue is seen in pictures around the world as an archetype of Hawai’i’s regal past. The statue honors the monarch founded the Kingdom of Hawai’i, and one of the “must see” sites included in the tour.
  • Kawaiahao Church is sometimes referred to as “Hawai’i’s Westminster Abbey”, Kawaiahao Church was the chapel of the royal family. It’s the oldest church on Oahu, and the Hawaiian language is still used during portions of services.
  • The Mission Houses contain artifacts, documents, and displays from Hawai’i’s missionary period in the 1800’s.
  • Hawai’i State Capitol – The capitol houses the governor’s office and state legislature. The American adaptation of the Bauhaus style of the building provides a dramatic contrast to the well-preserved historic buildings located just blocks away.
  • Honolulu Hale – Literally, “Honolulu building”, in the Hawaiian language, the building houses the mayor’s chambers and is the seat of the government of the City and County of Honolulu.