Oahu: Day at Pearl Harbor: Beyond the Call to Duty

Beyond the Call to Duty Tour
(in collaboration with Hoku Hawaii Tours)

Want to see the most of Pearl Harbor? This tour features all five museums & memorials, including the Pacific Aviation Museum, with rich historical background and stories of what happened on December 7. See the unique cityscape of downtown Honolulu with a drive-by tour, including Iolani Palace: the only royal palace in the United States. Price covers all admissions, buffet lunch, and pick-up from your hotel.

Why Upgrade to a Luxury Tour?

Hoku Hawaii Tours offers the most luxurious Hawaii tours. They will navigate you to the beauty, legends, and culture of Hawaii. This upgraded tour features:

• Smaller, more intimate tour groups
• Luxury vehicles with extra comfort
• Highly trained guides in Hawaii’s rich culture & history
• Complimentary breakfast pastry among other local dishes
• And more!

Pearl Harbor Tour Details & Stops

• • • Pearl Harbor Visitor Center* – Welcome to Pearl Harbor, your gateway to American wartime history. Here you get to visit monuments and museums, see exhibit galleries and displays, and learn from Pearl Harbor survivors.
      • “Road to War” and “Attack” exhibit galleries – These galleries located at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center display personal memorabilia, dramatic photographs, artifacts of the battle, and more.
    • USS Arizona Memorial* – Includes a movie of the Japanese attack on December 7th, World War II museums, an audio tour, exhibit galleries, and displays as well as a shuttle boat ride to the USS Arizona Memorial.
    • USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park* – Enjoy a narrated audio tour of the submarine (designated a National Historic Landmark) and learn about her wartime service. Explore the world of submarines in the museum and on the waterfront. Exhibits include weapon systems, photographs, paintings, battle flags, original recruiting posters, detailed submarine models, and a Poseidon C-3 missile that allows you to examine its inner workings. It is the only one of its kind on public display.
    • Battleship Missouri Memorial* – Meet the Mighty Mo, the last battleship commissioned by the U.S. and the site of Japan’s WWII surrender. Take part in a guided tour and walk in the footsteps of the General Douglas MacArthur as you envision the battleship’s most famous, historic mission.
    • USS Oklahoma Memorial
    • Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum* – View historical warplanes, fighter jets, and bombers, including the remains of a Japanese A6M2 Zero that was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor while listening to a full audio tour. If you look closely, you can still see the battle scars on the hangar from the attacks on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941.
    • National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl – This beautifully maintained cemetery at Punchbowl is a memorial to honor the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces and who gave up their lives in the line of duty. This is also the final resting place of Ellison Onizuka, the first astronaut from Hawaii, who was in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
    • Hawaii State Capitol Grounds – Includes the Eternal Flame, the Korean Vietnam War Memorial, the Liberty Bell, and the Father Damien Statue, a tribute to the Roman Catholic priest who died after 16 years of serving leprosy patients.
    • Iolani Palace – This majestic structure was the official residence of Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, and it is the only royal palace in the United States. It features American Florentine architecture seen nowhere else in the world.
    • King Kamehameha Statue – One of Hawaii’s prominent chiefs who united the Hawaiian Islands.
    • Honolulu City Hall – Known as the Honolulu Hale building, the city hall is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the site of the chambers of the Mayor of the City & County of Honolulu and the Honolulu City Council.
    • Kawaiahao Church – One of the oldest standing Christian places of worship in Hawaii, this church is often described as the Westminster Abbey of the Pacific. It was constructed from slabs of coral rock hand-chiseled by Hawaiian divers almost two centuries ago.

Please be advised in the event of a Government Shutdown the National Parks currently will have limited access available to the public.