Spend a relaxing afternoon taking a narrated sightseeing tour of Oahu. You'll enjoy magnificent views, explore the beauty of Hawaii, and see Hawaii's most famous beaches. From Diamond Head and Hanauama Bay to Nu'uanu Pali Lookout, this Oahu sightseeing tour is definitely not to be missed!
Your Oahu scenic tour begins with a visit to Amelia Earheart Lookout for spectacular views to Diamond Head. Next, enjoy the magnificent views of Diamond Head, Waikiki, and Honolulu.
The tour continues to Queen Emma's Summer Palace as you head into the cool, lush rainforest of Nu'uanu Valley along Pali Drive. Experience the gusting winds at the summit of historic and sacred Nu'uanu Pali Lookout and look towards the beautiful coast of windward Oahu. From this vantage point you can see Kane'ohe Bay, Chinaman's Hat, and windward beaches.
As you travel around the island, you'll visit several key location which shaped President Obama's beliefs, values, and life. Along the way, you'll learn about historical events and most importantly, visit Hawaii's special place that played a key role in the youth and early adult years of the 44th president of the United States.
As you travel along the coastline on this Oahu tour, the stretch from Makapu'u Point and Sandy Beach to Halona Blowhole will be revealed. At the end of the day, you'll have the opportunity to see the landmark Koko Head Crater and beautiful Hanauama Bay (closed Tuesdays). You'll mix sightseeing, culture, and history on this unique Oahu sightseeing tour!
This was a lovely tour in a big, comfortable bus that gave us plenty of picture-perfect photo opportunities. The narration was clear and quite informative. Happy tourist.
Review by: PaisleyWoodstock, October 2017
it was raining all day on this tour.. luckily we had another one --the Oahu Grand Circle Island tour-- which ended up being a gorgeous day and a much better guide.
Review by: Cinder, September 2017
The Diamond Head and Oahu Coast half-day Tour was cancelled due to lack of participantsBut, they generously gave us a complimentary upgrade to a Full day around the island tour...it was fantastic. Our driver Garfield was very informative and humorous. I would highly recommended this tour.
Review by: Rosemary W, June 2017
This tour was good, the guide was informative and friendly._br/_ Top of Diamond head was a bit windy but the views are spectacular..
Review by: sharongoulding1, October 2016
Very good tour would recommend.
Review by: Alvearfam11, September 2016
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!
Review by: Barbara D, July 2016
Tour was great. I recommend it. Driver was awesome! Extremely knowledgeable about lots of historical facts and Hawaiian trivia.
Review by: Amanda F, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Shane B, July 2016
This tour was amazing!
Review by: Timothy H, June 2016
Tour advertised Diamond Head. We went by it on a coast road and that was about it. Never up on top nor where a photo op would begin to encompass the size and view. Driver was nice but mediocre tour with a few 2-5 min stops...
Review by: Susanne, May 2016
Enjoyable tour with loads of information.
Review by: bfoster, May 2016
A good tour but our tour guide was terrible! He would ramble on about something you could not understand and then would repeat everything he said twice. After only about 15 minutes, everyone just stopped listening to him. And the last stop was at a small gift shop? Really, a small gift shop? Tour was not up to the standards that I have grown to expect from a Viator tour.
Review by: Elizabeth D, May 2016
Tours like this that include a significantly long rest/comfort stop at a souvenir shop leave me cold and dis-satisfied. There are ample souvenir shops for visiting in free time in Honolulu without incorporating one ito a tour supposedly designed to show scenic highlights of Oahu.
Review by: Alan W, April 2016
Fantastic tour. Bus turned up on time and was welcomed by our driver Ernie. The milkman He was was brilliant, funny and informative, we were lucky in that it was only a small party so seemed to have plenty of time at the various stops, would recommend this to anyone visiting the island.
Review by: Nicole B, February 2016
To short for the price. We made only 3stop. It is a 2 1/2hres hours tour. The bus took me at 13:50.
Review by: Colonel Blair, February 2016
Great tour guide Robbie. Knowledgeable and friendly. Good smaller size group meant we had some time to see and walk around.
Review by: John P M, January 2016
Good introduction to the Oahu Coast
Review by: stephen b, December 2015
We enjoyed seeing the highlights of the island. Our tour guide was very good and gave us enough time to take photos and enjoy each stop. We liked the fact that it was a half-day tour, so we could do other things that morning in town.
Review by: Emsada B, December 2015
This half day tour takes you around all the key landmarks of South East Oahu including a Diamond Head Lookout, Hanauma Bay Nature Reserve, Halona Blowhole, Sandy Beach, Waimanalo stop at Dave's for the best shaved ice and ice creams, Nuanu Pali lookout and the Dole Pineapple Plantation. These areas of Oahu are amazingly beautiful and well worth a visit.
Review by: andr8169, December 2015
A great trip and plenty to see. The length of the trip was perfect. Plenty of time of picture taking and enjoying the sights. The driver was very informative and he went out of his way to explain the history of Hawaii.
Review by: Amberley W, November 2015
Great trip to see south shore of Oahu. Driver very informative of area and gave us good time for stops and photo opportunities. Stop near Waimanalo beach for ice cream stop too. If you don't want to spend all day on a bus on a full circle tour this is a good one to do. I took tour on a Friday afternoon so there was quite a bit of traffic to get us back to our drop off points - you just need to be patient as it is not the tours fault.
Review by: Prince P, November 2015
The guide was informative and even helped us around the island taking pictures._br/_ Highly recommended.
Review by: P M T, November 2015
I did not do the tour as listed as it was cancelled due to lack of numbers however I was off ered an upgrade to a full day which I took. It was excellent.
Review by: Cheryl B, October 2015
Although it was interesting to see more of the island than Wakiki Beach, this tour had nothing to do with Diamond head, which was the primary reason we selected it. The description also mentioned seeing some areas related to President Obama, but his name was never mentioned. The guide was knowledgeable about the island, but this was not the tour we thought we were going to have.
Review by: Lowell Cabangon, September 2015
We enjoyed the trip very much. Our tour guide is very knowledgeable and very helpful.
Review by: Linda R, June 2015
We really just had a driver and Im sure we could have hired one for a lot less.
Review by: Nila C, June 2015
Very enjoyable
Review by: finkerc, June 2015
Great tour. Our guide Ernie was the best!!
Review by: Robert H, May 2015
Expected to go to Diamond Head - not just drive by - that seemed to be misleading in the name of the tour
Review by: Stephen G, May 2015
We were picked up ay our hotel almost an hour after our stated pick up time. Tour was good however and tour guide/ driver was pleasant and knowledgeable.
Review by: Manuia S, February 2015
First tour of our trip. Were very impressed with the knowledge of the tour guide. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Review by: Mr D D, February 2015
Quite a nice short tour, visited very scenic locations._br/_
Driver was very informative, friendly and helpful.
Review by: Kerry G, December 2014
This tour experience was very enjoyable and worthwhile and I can only speak highly of the professionalism of the the bus driver/ tour guide. He was exceptionally knowledgeable and informative.
Review by: Lesley r, December 2014
Had a fabulous guide in Leilani she taught and should me the real and extremely beautiful oahu!!!! A must for everyone
Review by: SUE R, December 2014
This was a wonderful tour. We had a very small group (6) and our tour guide made certain that we had time to see all of the points of interest. Our guide was friendly, very knowledgable and she was excited about what she was doing. When we finished the tour we felt that it was time well spent and we finished with smiles on our faces.
Review by: Andrea G, November 2014
It was fine lots of scenery
Review by: Dom, November 2014
We went to some amazing places. Plenty of time for photos.
Review by: kim, October 2014
Great way to get to see the island.
Review by: Janine H D, October 2014
Pleasant trip but rushed and guide not very informative.
Review by: Judith B, October 2014
Very good enjoyable tour. Good way of seeing the other side of the island away from the tourist side
Review by: Kenneth F, September 2014
The tour was wonderful, the tour guide was very informative and funny, had lots of fun and saw a lot of nice sites.
Review by: George C, September 2014
The tour was rushed and the driver seemed more interested in beating the Honalulo traffic than giving a full value tour. Pick up at the hotels was finished by 1.30 pm and we were told we would be back about 5 which meant the tour would be 3 and a half hours which seemed a bit short on the promised time anyway but we were back around 4.10 which meant we got a 2 hours 40 minute tour which meant it was not good value which was a shame as the area covered was very attractive.
Review by: Janet R, September 2014
Informative. Unfortunately it rained and low cloud cover prevented us being able to see the view from the lookout. _br/_
I also found it cold on the bus. May gave been because there were not many people on board.
Review by: Michael W, August 2014
Not the most exciting excursion we have ever done. Very few stops and not at the things worth seeing eg Punchbowl Cemetary.
Review by: AL, August 2014
One of the many highlights of our trip. So many beautiful and different landscapes in one trip. Possibly the most efficient way to see the south side of Oahu in a short half-day trip. From Diamond Head to Hanauma Bay, to the countryside and Pali Lookout, we even got in some added bonus like Coconut Island where they filmed Gilligan's Island and several other iconic Hollywood filming locations. There were plenty of stops and photo ops along the way, and just the drive itself is amazing. I would highly recommend this tour for people of all ages.
Review by: Vicky V, August 2014
Interesting to see all the other sides of the island
Review by: Agnes P. S, July 2014
Our June 30 tour was re-scheduled on July 2 and I appreciate that I was notified about two days before June 30. Luckily, our flight back home was on July 4, so it was just alright with us. The lady driver/tour guide was very considerate and very knowledgeable of all the places we've been to. The beaches are so nice and less crowded. The mountains with hiking trails are full of greens.
Review by: Sandra M A, July 2014
This trip was great. It felt a little rushed towards the end. Most of us was really interested in seeing where Obama lived and grew up. We had to remind the guide to include this on the way back. Overall she was very knowledgeable and a pleasure to have as a guide.
Review by: Keven F, June 2014
I liked this tour. But you drive by diamond head that's all a quick look out your window. For me this was fine but there is no stop at diamond head if your looking for that this isn't your tour. But if you want to see where the locals live and beautiful beaches I would recommend this tour.
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