Guides · Oʻahu: Around the Island

Oʻahu: Around the Island

17 places · 4 areas · any 7 stops free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 7.9 MB

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Pick any 7 of Oʻahu: Around the Island's 17 places, free

  1. Browse all 17Every place, where it is and the basics are open to everyone.
  2. Pick your 7Add any 7 stops to your route. Each opens with its full guide and stays yours.
  3. Plan and walkBuild day-by-day walks from your picks, as many as you like, offline.

Drives: the first stage of every road trip is free.

An example half day

2 of the highlights, 1 day, about 4.9 mi (7.9 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.

Day 1 · ~4.9 mi (7.9 km)

  1. 1

    ʻIolani Palace

    downtown Honolulu, King and Richards Streets; palace of the last Hawaiian monarchs, now a house museum

    Morning · 90 min

    Take a docent-led or audio tour through the first and second floors, then walk the grounds around the palace.

  2. 2

    Kapiʻolani Park

    east end of Waikīkī; 300-acre park at the foot of Diamond Head, home to the zoo and Waikiki Shell

    Morning · 45 min

    Stroll the open lawns with Diamond Head filling the skyline, and check whether anything is on at the bandstand.

More of the top sights

A few of the 17 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.

Nuʻuanu Pali Lookout

Nuʻuanu Pali State Wayside, above the Pali Highway tunnels; cliff-top view over Kāneʻohe and Kailua

Windward Coast

Diamond Head State Monument

Lēʻahi crater; steep 0.8-mile trail through old army tunnels to the summit lookout

Honolulu

Pearl Harbor National Memorial

Pearl Harbor Visitor Center; memorial to the 7 December 1941 attack and the USS Arizona

North Shore and West

Hanauma Bay

Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve; reef bay in an eroded volcanic crater, Hawaiʻi's first Marine Life Conservation District

Southeast Coast

Areas

Honolulu · Southeast Coast · Windward Coast · North Shore and West

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