-Day 1 Aloha Honolulu
Meet your tour director
Dinner
Details: Lei greeting
The perfect introduction to Hawaii. Step off the plane and into a garland of fresh flowers, the traditional Hawaiian symbol of welcome.
Day 2 Honolulu landmarks
Breakfast
Dinner
Details: Pearl Harbor excursion
When Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the enormous U.S.S. Arizona sunk completely within nine minutes. See the battleship, still beneath the water, from the memorial built to honor those who died in the attack. Take time to walk by the USS Bowfin, as well as learn about the events of that fateful “date that will live in infamy” at the museums inside the Visitor Center.
Details: Honolulu tour director-led sightseeing
A walk through historic Honolulu is never a hurried affair, as the gentle breezes and flowering trees spread tranquility throughout the area. Featuring a unique mix of English architecture, modern skyscrapers and pure Hawaiian culture and history, downtown Honolulu delivers a little bit of everything, each in the perfect amount.
Details: Bishop Museum visit
Delve into Hawaii’s natural and cultural history through the Bishop Museum’s extensive collection of native Hawaiian cultural artifacts.
Details: King Kamehameha statue
Travel to the legendary King Kamehameha’s birthplace to see the gold swathed statue that was created in 1878 to commemorate the 100 years since Captain Cook’s "discovery" of Hawaii.
Day 3 Around Honolulu
Breakfast
Free time at the beach
Dinner
Details: Diamond Head hike
Make your way up a steep gravelly trail, through a small tunnel and up a narrow spiral staircase to the observation platform on the top of the volcanic cinder cone known as Diamond Head for a breathtaking view of the turquoise waters, pristine white beaches and lush green countryside of O’ahu.
Day 4 North Shore
Breakfast
Stop at Tropical Gardens Macadamia Nut Farm
Details: Nu‘uanu Pali lookout
Climb up to the top of this cliff on the Ko’olau Mountain for a breathtaking panoramic view of the lush green country and sparkling turquoise waters of O’ahu.
Details: Polynesian Cultural Center excursion
Get your ukuleles and grass skirts ready—it’s time for the quintessential Hawaiian experience. Experience a traditional flower lei greeting, sit-down luau dinner and show. The luau, originally a celebratory feast for family and friends, got its name from the leaves of the taro plant, which are used to wrap food before it’s placed in a traditional underground oven. The highlight of the meal is the roasted pig cooked in this oven, but you’ll also see poi (pounded taro root), fish, shellfish, chicken, vegetables.… After all this food, you’ll wonder how anyone has the energy to hula.
Details: Canoe Parade
Double-hulled canoes bring talented dancers, singers, and islanders right to the water's edge and everyone joins in the fun. In Hawaiian, Huki means to pull. From the legend of Maui pulling up the islands, to the history of Laie pulling fishing nets at its world-famous hukilau, Huki reminds us that the ocean doesn't divide us, it unites us.
Details: Ha: Breath of Life performance
Experience the symbolic story of Mana and his beloved Lani, punctuated by Polynesian dance, music and blazing fireknives.
Day 5 End tour
Breakfast
Travel home
Details: Fly Home
Your flight home may be overnight. In that case, you will return home on Day 6.
Day 6 Return home
-Day 5 Start extension to Big Island
Breakfast
Fly to Big Island
Imiloa Astronomy Center visit
Dinner
Details: Akaka Falls State Park visit
Beautiful Akaka Falls drop 420 feet into a gorge full of tropical greenery, philodendron vines, lush ferns, wild orchids, bamboo groves and hanging heliconia at the end of a half–mile trail.
Day 6 Big Island
Travel to Kona via the Mamalahoa Highway
Dinner
Details: Hawaii Volcanoes National Park visit
Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, has been continuously flowing since 1983, covering about 45 square miles and adding 600 acres of land to Hawaii’s southern shore. We take a guided tour with a park ranger through lush rainforest to experience steaming vents, ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs, lava tubes and unrivaled vistas.
Details: Punalu'u Black Sand Beach visit
Your Tour Director will explain the origin of the famous black sand and why there are so many turtles here.
Day 7 End tour
Breakfast
Free time at the beach
Travel home
Details: Fly home
Your flight home may be overnight. In that case, you will return home on Day 8.
Day 8 Return home
Tour Includes:
- Round-trip airfare
- 4 overnight stays (6 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
- Breakfast daily (except arrival day)
- Dinner daily (except departure day)
- Full-time services of a professional Tour Director
- Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
- Overnight security chaperone
- Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
- Tour Diary™
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