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Attractions near Waikiki
Diamond Head
This is a must visit, as it is so close to Waikiki, and it stares down at you every day! Make sure that you have picked up the Getting to/From Diamond Head brochure (a photocopied single sheet), from the Visitor Information Booth (see Once you have checked in) . It explains which buses and how to get to the entry booth. $US1 entry! It is a tough but fair walk, which is rewarded with some exceptional views. Take water. The return trip from the entry booth is about 1hr. Make sure you haven't overeaten, as vomit puddles are often evident during your walk! If you can't get the brochure, it is Bus 58 or 22 to the base of the access road (Diamond Head Crater Sign), walk up a tough little hill, through the tunnel and across to the entry booth. Reverse the process home. If you're feeling exceptionally fit you can walk back to Waikiki, but it'll be quite hot by that stage! As my hotel was at the Kapiolani Park end of Waikiki, I chose to walk home, and had lunch at the Diamond Head Market and Grill (Grilled 'ahi (tuna steak) sandwich, yummy!), but I was exhausted by the end. Check out my home-made version instructable of the Waikiki 'ahi SandwichWaikiki 'ahi Sandwich.
Pearl Harbor
A must see.
Catch the Bus No 42 and City Express-A, taking about an hour. The No. 20 Bus will also get you there, but it detours through the airport, costing you an extra 15 minutes.
Free entry, but get there relatively early so that you're session time (for the video presentation to start the tour) is close to your arrival time. If you arrive at noon you may not be starting the tour until 3pm (if there are any tickets left). These tickets cannot be pre-booked and must be collected in person (so as to stop tour companies snapping up all of the good ones). You are limited in what you can take on the tour with you, but lockers can be hired. I basically took my camera without it's bag. Your admission ticket is a nice memento.
Whilst waiting for your session, you can fill in time in the gift shop or adjoining museum (excellent artifacts), or for a longer time-filler walk across the car park to the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, and enjoy the free displays in the park (Missile, torpedoes etc.) It costs extra to go into the museum or board the submarine, so enjoy the surrounds, and you can still get quite close to the sub.
Attractions around Oahu
The Lost campsite
Warning: Apparently all of the props from this campsite were removed in Summer 2008! Now it's just a beach with some history!
On Bus No. 52 get off at Papailoa Rd, 2km North of Hale'iwa, on the Kamehameha Hwy. Then walk down Papailoa Rd. A few houses before the massive No Entry sign at end of the road, turn right through a dirt track to the beach. Walk 500m South and there is the campsite and Mr. Eko's church, from the TV Series Lost. There are security guards so don't enter it, just go up to the nylon fencing and take your photos. By all means have a chat with the guards (who knows, they might take you through!). As I was leaving the beach a huge turtle was swimming in the shallows!
North Shore
May to October is calm, so it's a snorkeler's paradise.
November to April is Big Surf. Not for the faint-hearted. Death-wish required.
Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach are here.
Tip: Watch out for Da Hui, fiercely-defensive locals. Respect.
Island Round Trip
From the Ala Moana Center, Catch the No. 52 (Wahiawa-Circle). It goes all the way via Hale'iwa and the Nortn Shore up to Turtle Bay Resort, and then becomes the No. 55. The bus then makes its way along the Windward coast before heading under the Nu'uanu Pali Cliffs and down the Pali Hwy, back to the Ala Moana Center. The trip takes about 4 hours minimum. Depending on your stops, this should cost well under $US10.
Diamond Head
This is a must visit, as it is so close to Waikiki, and it stares down at you every day! Make sure that you have picked up the Getting to/From Diamond Head brochure (a photocopied single sheet), from the Visitor Information Booth (see Once you have checked in) . It explains which buses and how to get to the entry booth. $US1 entry! It is a tough but fair walk, which is rewarded with some exceptional views. Take water. The return trip from the entry booth is about 1hr. Make sure you haven't overeaten, as vomit puddles are often evident during your walk! If you can't get the brochure, it is Bus 58 or 22 to the base of the access road (Diamond Head Crater Sign), walk up a tough little hill, through the tunnel and across to the entry booth. Reverse the process home. If you're feeling exceptionally fit you can walk back to Waikiki, but it'll be quite hot by that stage! As my hotel was at the Kapiolani Park end of Waikiki, I chose to walk home, and had lunch at the Diamond Head Market and Grill (Grilled 'ahi (tuna steak) sandwich, yummy!), but I was exhausted by the end. Check out my home-made version instructable of the Waikiki 'ahi SandwichWaikiki 'ahi Sandwich.
Pearl Harbor
A must see.
Catch the Bus No 42 and City Express-A, taking about an hour. The No. 20 Bus will also get you there, but it detours through the airport, costing you an extra 15 minutes.
Free entry, but get there relatively early so that you're session time (for the video presentation to start the tour) is close to your arrival time. If you arrive at noon you may not be starting the tour until 3pm (if there are any tickets left). These tickets cannot be pre-booked and must be collected in person (so as to stop tour companies snapping up all of the good ones). You are limited in what you can take on the tour with you, but lockers can be hired. I basically took my camera without it's bag. Your admission ticket is a nice memento.
Whilst waiting for your session, you can fill in time in the gift shop or adjoining museum (excellent artifacts), or for a longer time-filler walk across the car park to the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, and enjoy the free displays in the park (Missile, torpedoes etc.) It costs extra to go into the museum or board the submarine, so enjoy the surrounds, and you can still get quite close to the sub.
Attractions around Oahu
The Lost campsite
Warning: Apparently all of the props from this campsite were removed in Summer 2008! Now it's just a beach with some history!
On Bus No. 52 get off at Papailoa Rd, 2km North of Hale'iwa, on the Kamehameha Hwy. Then walk down Papailoa Rd. A few houses before the massive No Entry sign at end of the road, turn right through a dirt track to the beach. Walk 500m South and there is the campsite and Mr. Eko's church, from the TV Series Lost. There are security guards so don't enter it, just go up to the nylon fencing and take your photos. By all means have a chat with the guards (who knows, they might take you through!). As I was leaving the beach a huge turtle was swimming in the shallows!
North Shore
May to October is calm, so it's a snorkeler's paradise.
November to April is Big Surf. Not for the faint-hearted. Death-wish required.
Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach are here.
Tip: Watch out for Da Hui, fiercely-defensive locals. Respect.
Island Round Trip
From the Ala Moana Center, Catch the No. 52 (Wahiawa-Circle). It goes all the way via Hale'iwa and the Nortn Shore up to Turtle Bay Resort, and then becomes the No. 55. The bus then makes its way along the Windward coast before heading under the Nu'uanu Pali Cliffs and down the Pali Hwy, back to the Ala Moana Center. The trip takes about 4 hours minimum. Depending on your stops, this should cost well under $US10.
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