The Known as the ‘Gathering Place’ to ancient Hawaiians, Oahu offers more than you imagine with a dazzling array of attractions, and activities. Home to Honolulu, Pearl Harbor, Waikiki & the famous North Shore, Oahu is a rich and rewarding destination.
In the Hawaiian Islands your senses are in turn challenged and delighted, calmed and excited, and never more so than on the island of Oahu….this is the Gathering Place, a kaleidoscope of cultures, where east meets west in dynamic style and an awe-inspiring setting, within a fusion of cultures and people from the entire Pacific region and far beyond.
Oahu is of course where you’ll find perhaps the single most famous beach in the world in Waikiki, but there’s a whole other world to be discovered in the myriad attractions of Oahu too. This is an island full of natural wonders and great diversity... from the wide swathe of talcum-white sand and big rollers and crystal clear blue surf of the North shore...to the Windward Coast, blessed with cooling trade winds, sheer cliffs that cascade down to the Pacific, vast green tropical rainforests and spectacular Coral Reefs. Onto Honolulu, the vibrant metropolitan centre and state capital of Hawaii - alive with culture and home to the only Royal Palace on American soil...and most notably famous for Pearl Harbour, and the dormant volcano of Diamond Head which stands like a dramatic sentinel overlooking the magnificent stretch of Waikiki Beach.
The nightlife of Waikiki, along with the shopping, galleries and dining options is vibrant, and unashamedly commercial, yet with the ongoing remodeling of the Lewers Street area and the opening of Waikiki Beachwalk, a stay on Oahu offers a diversity and a vitality that will appeal to almost everyone, for a few days, for a week, or even longer.
O'ahu Highlights
* Diamond Head State Park
* Sea Life Park
* Waimea Valley
* Hanauma Bay
* Ala Moana Shopping Centre
* Iolani Palace
* USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbour
* Honolulu Zoo
* Polynesian Culture Centre
* Nuuanu Pali Lookout |
