Honolulu and Oahu — Sights
Surf at breakfast, poke for lunch, Diamond Head at sunset
- Waikiki Beach — Step out of the hotel onto the sand, with Diamond Head at the far end
- Diamond Head — A short climb up the crater rim for the whole Waikiki coastline
- Hanauma Bay — A calm crater bay where tropical fish swim around your knees
- Ala Moana Center — An open-air mall with four department stores and 350-plus shops
- Pearl Harbor National Memorial (USS Arizona Memorial) — A Navy boat takes you out to the white memorial over a sunken battleship
- Kualoa Ranch — Drive a UTV or ride a bus through the Jurassic Park valley
- North Shore & Haleʻiwa — Surf-town strolling, garlic shrimp and turtles napping on the sand
- Kailua & Lanikai Beaches — White sand and mint-green water with two islands offshore
- Polynesian Cultural Center — Six Polynesian island villages by day, a fire-dance show by night
- Dole Plantation — Pineapple soft-serve and a little train on the way north
- Makapuʻu Lookout & Hālona Blowhole — Turquoise sea, Rabbit Island and a blowhole in one short drive
- Tantalus Lookout (Puʻu ʻUalakaʻa) — A hilltop view over all of Honolulu, Diamond Head to the airport
- Mānoa Falls Trail — A rainforest walk under banyans and bamboo to a waterfall
- Turtle Snorkel Tour — Jump off a boat and swim alongside wild sea turtles
- ʻIolani Palace — The only royal palace in the US, home of Hawaii's last monarchs
- Bishop Museum — Hawaii's biggest museum, koa hall and planetarium
- Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design — Doris Duke's seaside home, guided tours only
- Honolulu Museum of Art — Asian and Pacific art with a quiet courtyard cafe
- Foster Botanical Garden — A century-old garden of giant trees by Chinatown
- Waikiki Aquarium — Small, cheap aquarium right on the shore
- Byodo-In Temple — A red Japanese temple under green cliffs
- Waimea Valley — A garden walk that ends at a swimmable waterfall
- Koko Head Crater Trail — 1,048 old railway steps to a south-shore view
- Lyon Arboretum — A rainforest garden far quieter than the falls trail
- Kaena Point Trail — A coastal walk to the wild western tip