About This Activity
Best price guarantee:Yes | Tour guide:Local Expert Tour Guide Included | Price for adult + 14 year:$175 Discounted $135 |
Admission ticket:Included | Language:English | Price for Child(4-13):$165 Discounted $99 |
Instant confirmation:Yes | Length of activity:about 7 - 8 hours | Price for on lap infantFree |
Free cancellation Cancel in writing and up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund | Pickup Location:Waikiki Hotels, Honolulu Port, Honolulu International Airport |
Drop off Location:Waikiki Hotels, Honolulu Port, Honolulu International Airport |
Tour Highlights
- Visit Pearl Harbor
- Visit Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
- Visit USS Arizona Memorial
- Visit the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
- Short driving tour of Historical Downtown Honolulu
- You are buying a discounted, nice class luxury small group tour (only 11 passengers) for less than the price of shuttle bus tours
Tour Description
Visit the most important historical attraction in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor National Monument. Rather than a bus tour with 50-60 people, this is a small group of only eleven people in a comfortable, new model van that takes you directly to Pearl Harbor. You do not need to go early in the morning (5:30 am) and wait in line behind thousands of other people to see if you can get an Arizona Memorial Ticket. We have reserved Arizona Memorial tickets for our clients in advance which are included for you in this tour (please read our disclaimer about the USS Arizona Memorial ticket). You do not need to worry about an Arizona Memorial ticket. The Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center, Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, and a short Honolulu city tour is a 7 ~ 7 hours tour including transfers. This Pearl Harbor Tour operates only from Waikiki beach hotels. Those staying on any other part of the Island will need to come to the Waikiki Beach area for pick up.
This Pearl Harbor Tour is great for those interested in WWII history and especially aviation history. This tour takes you to the heart of Hawaii, where Pearl Harbor is located. The Arizona Memorial is the most visited tourist destination in Hawaii. The USS Arizona Memorial Monument is the resting place for 1,177 American Sailors and Marines. This tour includes the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, America’s only aerial battlefield. Visit Hangars that were present during the attack on December 7, 1941. View the bullet holes made by attacking Japanese aircraft on that day. Take in many historic aircraft from WWII right up to today, including iconic aircraft such as the Japanese A6M2 Zero fighter, the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, the F-14 Tomcat fighter, the SBD Dauntless dive bomber, and many more. On the way back to Waikiki, you will be taken on a short drive-through tour of Downtown Honolulu. You get to see the famous golden statue of Hawaii’s legendary monarch, King Kamehameha the Great. View the Famous Iolani Palace, the only Royal Palace on American soil. See Washington Place, the historic home of Hawaii’s Governors. View the unique architecture of the Hawaii State Capitol building. We will also take you on a drive-through of Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery, considered the “Arlington of the Pacific”, the final resting place of many U.S. service members from WWI to the present.
What Is Included In This Tour
- Your round-trip Waikiki hotel pick up as part of a very small group
- Tour guide
- Reserve Ticket for Arizona Memorial
- Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
- Two museums, “Road to War” and “Attack”
- Watch the original footage video of the Japanese surprise attack on December 7, 1941
- Ride the U.S. Navy shuttle boat to Arizona Memorial Monument
- Ticket to Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum + audio set tour
- Short drive through Honolulu City Tour viewing:
- Historical Downtown Honolulu
- Iolani palace
- Hawaii State Capitol
- Golden statue of King Kamehameha the Great
- Washington Place
- Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery
- Your return transfer to Waikiki hotels
- A bottle of water for every passenger
What Is Not Included
Driver/tour guide gratuity
Lunch
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Here are some points of Interest that you will see on your tour:
Arizona Memorial
When you arrive at the Arizona Memorial, walk to the ramp from the boat dock and enter the Arizona Memorial. There is a limited time on the Memorial, and people will move from the entrance to the far end of the Memorial. On the way to the far side, take some time to look at the USS Missouri, which is docked near the Arizona Memorial. Some portions of the ship are still visible above water. These are parts of the superstructure, the remains of the number 2 turret, and the number 3 turret barbette. You may notice an orange buoy to either side of the Memorial; these denote the bow and stern of the ship.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet during WWII. He succeeded Admiral Husband E. Kimmel after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With Admiral Nimitz in command, the US Navy ultimately gained victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. Fleet Admiral Nimitz helped to devise the Island hopping campaign against the Japanese. This campaign took the fleet through Japanese-held territory, attacking and capturing only the most strategically important one and bypassing the rest.
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
The Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum is located on Ford Island and is accessible by a special shuttle. The Pearl Harbor Aviation museum comprises three buildings, Hangar 37, Hangar 79, and Building S84. The Aviation Museum is unique in that it is the only aviation museum that is also an aerial battlefield. All three buildings were present on December 7, 1941, and the hangars still show damage from the Japanese attack. Their collection consists of 43 aircraft from WWII up to today. Their collection includes iconic aircraft such as the F4F Wildcat, A6M2 Zero, F-4 Phantom II, and F-14 Tomcat.
Ford Island Control Tower
One of the most famous landmarks on Ford Island is the control tower. Formally called Administrative building S84. The building was to serve as the administrative center of the Ford Island airstrip, housing administrative facilities, meteorological facilities, and serve as an air traffic control tower. By the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the building was not yet complete. However, the building was active as an air traffic control tower during the battle and was attacked by Japanese aircraft. Today, the tower was leased from the US Navy by the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, and restoration work is being done on the building.