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OAHU

Oahu suits beachcombers, minutes at 20 locations allowing you to Polynesian show.
honeymooners and adventurers spend time at as many stops as you like Take a nostalgic trip to Pearl Harbour
of all ages. before rejoining the route. Stops include where you can visit the USS Arizona
Honolulu Zoo, Chinatown, Aloha Memorial or step aboard the USS
With its perfect weather, tropical Tower Marketplace and the Hawaii Bowfin, a real WWII submarine. You
flowers, pristine valleys, rainbows and Maritime Centre, King Kamehameha can learn more about this compelling
waterfalls, quiet beaches and fiery Statue, Restaurant Row and several wartime attack by visiting the USS
sunsets, it’s truly a jewel. Honolulu, shopping locations. Arizona Memorial Visitor Centre
the capital, is surrounded by beautiful There are more than a dozen specialised displaying WWII naval history and see
white sandy beaches and attracts some walking tours in Honolulu and many a film about the attack.
seven million visitors each year. It focus on historical sites such as the
offers plazas, five-star restaurants, Kawaiaha`o Church, Hawaii’s oldest. Outdoor attractions include Sea Life
nightclubs, world-class shopping, Chinatown has many buildings with Park on Oahu’s South East Shore which
great art and architecture, exquisite architecture reminiscent of a bygone has the world’s only ‘wholpin’, offspring
hotels and friendly people with old era. Stroll through the arcades past the of a false killer whale and an Atlantic
fashioned Aloha spirit. Enjoy all the exotic herb shops and see the famous Bottlenose dolphin. Waikiki Aquarium
convenience of city living with the open market. More than one million houses several endangered and rare
ambience of the tropics. species, interactive exhibits and a world
visitors a year experience a taste of old
A great way to get an overview of Polynesia and the charm and beauty famous collection of tropical fish.
Honolulu is to take the Historic of the seven South Pacific villages at At Waimea Valley Audubon Centre on
Waikiki Trolley Tour, a two-hour the Polynesian Cultural Centre. While the North Shore experience Hawaiian
narrated tour on a turn-of-the-century there, visit the Imax theatre, experience cultural and ecological treasures in a
designed trolley which stops every 15 a luau and see the spectacular natural park. Numerous cruises offer

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