A week in Oahu
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, 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 "A week in Oahu"
Detail of the stay : A week in Oahu
How to get there - Honolulu
Waikiki
Steps: Honolulu
Arrival at the airport in Honolulu, the day before or early in the morning. Spend the day on the many beaches and take a surf course. At 6.30 pm, visit Kuhio Beach to watch the show (free) Waikiki hula and learn this dance. Then head to one of the lively bars in the corner and enjoy your first pupus (salted snacks) accompanied by 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's hiking. In the evening: go to a luau. In luau, you should (traditional Hawaiian dinner-show) attend at least once during your stay, as it gives you 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 Bishop Museum
Steps: Pearl Harbor
Spending the morning at Pearl Harbor. Arrival early in the morning between 7 am and 8 pm to avoid long queues. Visit of USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park and Honolulu at the end of the morning and lunch in the historic centre. Spending the afternoon at the Bishop Museum.
Places of interest : BISHOP MUSEUM USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM & PARK BATTLESHIP MISSOURI MEMORIAL
The north coast
Steps: Haleiwa
In the morning: discovery of the city of Haleiwa. Doing shopping in surf shops and art galleries, visit the Waimea beaches at Sunset Beach. A stop to Sunset Beach and Waimea : three world-famous surf spots where the "Triple Crown of Surfing" surf championship occurs every winter.
Places of interest : WAIMEA BAY BEACH PARK EHUKAI BEACH PARK LILIUOKALANI CHURCH
The east coast
Steps: Kahuku
Spending the morning on the beautiful beaches of Waimanalo, Kailua Byodo In (closed at 7.30) and tasting of roasted shrimp in one of the "shrimp trucks" around Kahuku.
Places of interest : KAILUA BEACH PARK BYODO IN
