Booking fee
The booking fee includes the costs of booking your tickets such as charges for payment processing. It also covers the provision of our customer care center for processing your order, and all charges imposed by our suppliers.
* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Private tour of Pearl Harbor and Honolulu, up to 8 hours. Covers the Honolulu area from Pearl Harbor to Makapu'u lookout. Optional stops other than Pearl Harbor include The Punchbowl Crater, a stop at Iolani Palace and the King Kamehameha Statue, Tantalus lookout, The Blow Hole, and Makapu'u Lookout, and requested stops, time permitting. Tickets to the Arizona Memorial are Free in person, or $1.50 to reserve online. They become available on their website exactly 2 months prior to the date, at 7am Hawaii time. They sell out quickly, but if you can't reserve them, you can usually get tickets for free at the counter. You can discuss what stops you would like to do with your driver.
In-person guide is also the driver
Cooler with ice and water
Entry fees to optional attractions other than the USS Arizona Memorial
The location of a stop for lunch is optional so the price is not figured into the price of the tour.
Tickets to the Arizona Memorial are Free in person, or $1.50 to reserve online.
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
We pick up near the valet area of your hotel. Look for a van that says CustomIslandTours on the side. We arrive at exactly the start time as not to congest the hotel area.
Traveler pickup
Honolulu Intl Airport, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
521 Ala Moana Blvd, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
23 Aloha Tower Dr, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States You can see the USS Arizona Memorial and the Battleship Missouri across the water from the park grounds, but you'll need a ticket to get on the boat to take to the USS Arizona. Tickets are free at the counter or $1.50 to reserve online. There is also an excellent museum on the parks grounds that you can walk through for free, or pay extra for a audio tour headset. 120 minutes
Battleship Missouri Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States The Battleship Missouri is where the surrender documents were signed, ending the war in the Pacific with Japan. You can take a tour of the battleship which is accessed from Ford Island. The park provides a bus to take you across the bridge. You'll need tickets that are available at the park. This trip takes over an hour, so it is optional. 120 minutes
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States The Aviation Museum is located on Ford Island, so the park provides a bus to take you across the military bridge. You'll need tickets for this which are available at the park. It's the same bus that takes you to the USS Missouri. In the museum are some awesome military planes such as F-14, F15, F-16, etc... 120 minutes
USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Located on the grounds of the park is an old submarine that you can actually go inside of. It's a quick and easy option since you don't need to catch a bus like for the USS Missouri and the Aviation Museum. 45 minutes
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Punchbowl crater is the burial place of many of the veterans from wars such as WW2. It is inside a volcanic crater similar to Diamond Head Crater. By law, tour vehicles are not allowed to stop, so we are allowed to slowly drive a loop through the inside of the crater. 15 minutes
Iolani Palace, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Iolani Palace is the only palace in the US. It was the palace of the King and Queen of Hawaii. You can walk the grounds of the palace, and there are also tours of the inside of the palace, but you need reservations in advance. During this stop, we also visit the King Kamehameha statue which is across the street in front of the building that they use in the new Hawaii Five-O as the headquarters. 30 minutes
Tantalus Lookout Puu Ualakaa State Park, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States View of Waikiki, Honolulu, and Diamond Head from about 1,000 feet. 15 minutes
Diamond Head State Monument, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Diamond Head is the iconic landmark of Waikiki. It's a volcanic crater formed a couple of hundred thousand years ago. It's best seen from afar, like from the beach in Waikiki or Tantalus lookout, but you can also hike to the top for an excellent view of Waikiki. The hike takes about 1 hour round-trip and it usually very hot. The entrance fee keeps changing, it used to be $1. 60 minutes
Halona Blowhole, Hawaii, United States This is an option if time permits, because it's at the extreme far end of this tour from Pearl Harbor. The blow hole is a hole in the rock where sometimes water sprays up out of the hole. In the same area is From Here to eternity beach where they filmed the famous kissing scene from the movie. 30 minutes
Makapu'u Point, Hawaii, United States This is an option if time permits, because it's at the extreme far end of this tour from Pearl Harbor. Makapu'u lookout provides a beautiful view of the South-east side of the island, including Rabbit Island. 15 minutes
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Specialized infant seats are available
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Mannette_R
10 May 2022
not satisfied we expected a better tour than what we got did not see what we wanted to see did not get a chance to see diamond head
Robin_W
16 Apr 2022
The tour guide was super nice and informative but the “Pearl harbor tour” aspect was not a tour, but a ride to the area. Having never been to the area, we expected a tour of Pearl Harbor with a guide and admissions to the attractions. It was not that. It was a ride to and from and then a custom tour of the surrounding areas. Which would have been fine if we had known. We would have gone to Pearl Harbor on our own another day and used the tour for a full day of other sites.
This tour in
Hawaii
is organized by
Custom Island Tours
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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