The Best Tours in Oahu
Aerial Tours
Biplane Rides. After suiting up with goggles and leather helmets, you can climb into an open cockpit of a restored Stearman biplane for loops, rolls, hammer heads, and other aerobatic maneuvers above Oahu's North Shore. Only one person can go up at a time. Dillingham Airfield, Mokuleia, PHONE: 808/637-4461. COST: 20 mins $125, 40 mins $175. Daily 10:30-5:30. (more...)
Sam Choy’s Breakfast, Lunch and Crab
This is Sam's version of the theme restaurant and he does promise it will be the first of many. And basically, like going to Planet Hollywood or Hard Rock Cafe, you go more for the party atmosphere than the food. People still really love the place, but general concensus after going there three times before writing this, and talking to everyone around me who were ordering different stuff, is that the food is "not bad." Like I said, there are a lot of Choy-isms, like spareribs and crab parts in the paella, but there's not a lot of meat in the skinny little crablegs. And the wok of shellfish is a cool
MANOA FALLS, OAHU
One of Hawaii’s prettiest waterfalls lies hidden in….Honolulu! Just minutes from the University lies the Manoa Falls Trailhead. A one hour hike alongside Manoa Stream will bring you face to face with this beauty. The water is clear and cold, but feels good after the sweaty hike.
Take University Ave. past UH (the University of Hawaii). [...]
GOAT ISLAND AND MALAEKAHANA STATE PARK
About 0.4 mile past the entrance to the POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTER in LAIE, traveling toward the NORTH SHORE, the first of two entrances to wondrous MALAEKAHANA BAY State Recreation Area appears on the makai / right side of the HWY. Take the short entrance road to the park’s enormous parking area. If its a weekday, [...]
Hawaii: Interesting Waikiki
Many visitors are appalled at the sight of Waikiki, a coastal extension of Honolulu densely populated and full of groups of tourists, people intent to shopping, restaurants and nightclubs. His appearance is not exactly postcard, but it is rather a decent beach town with the pace and the trend just for those who need to [...]