Oahu and Kauai MUST SEEs?

Question

While on Oahu and Kauai, what do you consider MUST sees? Things that you'd never want to go home and realize you missed?

Answer 1

Here is my complete list for Oahu.  I’ve given them a star rating.  Five stars are the ones you won’t want to miss.

My Recommendations:

Hike up Diamond Head*****

Visit the Honolulu Zoo

Watch the lighting of the Tiki tourches in Waikiki***

Visit the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor*****

Tour the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor*****

Tour the submarine USS Bowfin at Pearl Harbor*****

Shop at the swap meet at Aloha Stadium. You will find the best prices on your Hawaiian shirt and other merchandise there.*****

Go to the top of Aloha Tower, shop, and dine at the Aloha Tower Marketplace.****

Visit the Polynesian Cultural Center*****

Tour the Dole Pineapple Plantation

Visit Maunalua Bay Beach Park****

Visit Sharks Cove.  It's a great place to snorkel, and it's free *****

Visit Koko Crater Botanical Garden

Go to Sunset On the Beach for free Hawaiian entertainment and a free movie. There are food vendors there as well.

Eat and shop at the International Market.

Enjoy a day at the beach.*****

Tour the island on the Bus. It’s one of the best ways to see the island.

Here is an excellent restaurant guide.*****

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/

specials/bestrestaurants07/

Pose for photos in front of the Duke Kahanamoku Statute. There is a live web cam there, so you can call one of your friends that are on the net, give them the address, and wave to them live.

http://www.honolulu.gov

/multimed/waikiki.asp

http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/parks/oa...

http://www.honoluluzoo.org

http://www.hawaiiweb.com/html/torch_ligh...

http://www.nps.gov/usar

Kauai:

Waimea Canyon *****

http://www.hawaiistateparks.org

/parks/kauai/index.cfm?park_id=4

Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge

/Kilauea Point Lighthouse*****

http://www.fws.gov/refuges

/profiles/index.cfm?id=12530

Visit the The Hanalei Valley*****

http://www.kauaidiscovery.com

/virtual_kauai_tour/hanalei+

princeville+kilauea/Hanalei_Lookout/

Tour The Napali Coast*****

http://www.kauaidiscovery.com

/virtual_kauai_tour/hanapepe

+waimea+kekaha/Napali_Boat_Tours/

Answer 2

On Kauai be sure to visit Kilohana Plantation and have lunch or dinner at Gaylord's.

Answer 3

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