Hawaii: one week, an island
2024
If you have a one-week stay in Hawaii, it's better to focus on one of the four most important islands: Oahu, Maui, Big Island or Kauai. Due to a fairly strenuous time lag, it is tiresome to the fly almost immediately again to go to another island. And, above all, a week is just enough to actually visit each of these four islands!
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Free time, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Honolulu ?
The map of your stay "Hawaii: one week, an island"
Detail of the stay
How to get there - Honolulu
A week in Oahu
Steps: Honolulu
It is wise to book a hotel in Waikiki in order to sleep there all week. Being based in Waikiki, you can easily travel around the island and visit a different part ofOahu each day (good road connections and short distances). Arrive atHonolulu airport the day before or early in the morning. Spend the day on the various beaches of Waikiki and take a surfing lesson. At 6:30 p.m., head to Kuhio Beach to watch a free hula show and learn about the dance. Then, head to one of the lively bars in the area and enjoy your first pupus (Hawaiian salty snacks) with a mai-tai.
Chinatown and the historic center of Honolulu
Morning in Chinatown. Stroll in Chinatown and shopping. Lunch in one of the Asian restaurants on site. Afternoon in the historic center. Discovery of the monuments and museums of the historic center.
Hanauma Bay.
Steps: Koko Head Regional Park
Spend the day on the crystal bay of Koko Crater located just opposite. In the evening: go to a luau. A luau(traditional Hawaiian dinner) must be attended at least once during your stay, as it gives a cultural and culinary overview of the archipelago. The Paradise Cove Luau is recommended.
Places of interest : RANDONNÉE DE KOKO CRATER
Pearl Harbor Memorial and the Bishop Museum
Steps: Laie
In the morning at Pearl Harbor. Arrival early in the morning between 7 am and 8 pm to avoid long queues. Visit of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park and Du Honolulu late in the morning and lunch in the historic centre. In the afternoon at the Bishop Museum. Visit of Hawaiian Hall, and Science Adventure Center.
Places of interest : BISHOP MUSEUM USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM & PARK POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER BATTLESHIP MISSOURI MEMORIAL
The north coast
Steps: Haleiwa
In the morning: discovery of city Haleiwa city. Shopping in surf shops and art galleries (don't miss that of Ron Artis), visit the North Shore Surf and Cultural Museum and the Waimea beaches road at Sunset Beach. A stop at Sunset Beach and Waimea : three world-famous surf spots, each winter, featuring the "Triple Crown of Surfing" surfing championship.
Places of interest : WAIMEA BAY BEACH PARK LILIUOKALANI CHURCH
The East coast
Steps: Kahuku
Morning between the beaches of Waimanalo, Kailua Byodo In (closed at 5.30) and tasting of roasted shrimp in one of the "shrimp trucks" around Kahuku.
Places of interest : KAILUA BEACH PARK BYODO IN
