• Your private round-trip Waikiki hotel pick up
• Orientation at the Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center
• Pearl Harbor Visitors Center
• Two museums, “Road to war” and “Attack”
• Complete 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
• “Blow Hole” Scenic lookout.
• Makapuu Point scenic lookout
• Drive through Kahala, “the Beverly Hills of Hawaii”
• Your private return transfer to Waikiki hotels
• A bottle of water for every passenger

Driver/tour guide gratuity
Arizona Memorial Ticket
Meals

You will find a display at Pearl Harbor that houses a tiny folded paper crane. This crane was folded by a Japanese girl named Sadako Sasaki. She survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. While she survived the explosion, ten years after the bomb, she developed leukemia. While in the hospital, she began folding 1,000 paper cranes believing that doing so would grant her a wish. She managed to fold 1,400 before succumbing to leukemia at the age of twelve. Her crane folding caught the attention of many people, and Sadako became a symbol of people affected by the atomic bomb and the hope for world peace. The crane at Pearl Harbor was donated by her family as a symbol of peace.

A long black torpedo-like device is located in Bowfin Park outside of the Submarine Museum. This device is called a Kaiten. The Kaiten is a one-man suicide torpedo. Late in the war, the Imperial Japanese Navy knew they were losing and that the United States was inching ever closer to Japan. Like the well-known Kamikaze pilots, The operators of the Kaiten go on a one-way mission, in effect becoming a guided torpedo. They were meant to be launched from the backs of ships or the decks of submarines. Approximately 420 Kaiten were built, with three ships confirmed to be sunk.

Right on the water near the USS Bowfin is the Submarine Memorial Circle. The circle is comprised of 52 stone, and metal memorial plaques, one for each of the 52 US Navy submarines lost in WWII. Detailed on each plaque are the name of the submarine, the cause of her loss, if known, and a list of the sailors who were lost with their boat. It is a solemn reminder of the sacrifices made by those who served in the “Silent Service” during the war. From the memorial, you can also get a good picture of the side of the USS Bowfin.

Iolani Palace was constructed in 1882 under the order of King David Kalakaua. By 1887, Iolani Palace had been furnished with electricity and a phone line. The palace served as the official residence of the Kings and Queens of the Kingdom of Hawaii until the last monarch, Queen Liliuokalani, was overthrown in 1891. The building then served as the capital building of Hawaii until 1969. Iolani Palace has since been restored and is accessible to the public with reservations.