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Tour the National Cemetery of the Pacific or Punchbowl in Honolulu, a memorial and cemetery for US military veterans.
View the fine collection of Asian art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts (website: www.honoluluacademy.org).
Visit Pearl Harbor (website: www.pearlharbormemorial.com) and the USS Arizona Memorial (website: www.nps.gov/usar), the scene of Japan's surprise attack that brought the USA into WWII. Free boat tours take visitors to the memorial spanning the wreck of the Battleship Arizona where 1,177 men died.
Take the full-day Circle Island Tour around Oahu. Attractions en route include Waimea Falls Park, Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian Cultural Centre (website: www.polynesia.com), Sea Life Park (website: www.sealifeparkhawaii.com) (swim with the dolphins), the Waialua Coffee Visitors' Center (on a former plantation) and Sunset Beach.
Join in the festivities of a Hawaiian luau. A whole roast pig is ceremoniously removed from a hot stone cooking pit and served with traditional Hawaiian fare, followed by a Polynesian pageant of authentic hula dancing.
Explore the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (website: www.nps.gov/havo), one of the world's natural wonders. At 4,103m (13,677ft), Mauna Loa is the largest single mountain mass in the world, while at 1,200m (4,000ft), the still-active Kilauea's steaming vents and frequent eruptions provide an unusual (and safe) spectator sport. The volcano is continuously erupting, and lava can be seen hissing into the ocean.
See Mount Haleakala (website: www.nps.gov/hale) in Maui, a massive volcanic crater whose name translates as 'The House of the Sun'. For the ultimate thrill, bike the steep 61km (38 miles) downhill from the volcano's crater.
Discover a weird and wonderful collection of rock forms in Maui's Ka'eleku Caverns (website: www.mauicave.com), located beneath the Hana Rainforest, and take a self-guided tour.
Delight in the spectacular natural attractions of Lanai Island (website: www.lanaicity.com). They include the dramatic Shipwreck Beach or Kaiolohia with its petroglyph rock carvings and the mystical Garden of the Gods at Kanepu'u.
Explore Molokai (website: www.molokai-hawaii.com), with its quaint and colourful shops in the harbour town of Kaunakakai, horseback ride the spectacular coastline, take a mule-drawn tour of a coffee plantation, or hike the trail to Moaula Falls.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
View the fine collection of Asian art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts (website: www.honoluluacademy.org).
Visit Pearl Harbor (website: www.pearlharbormemorial.com) and the USS Arizona Memorial (website: www.nps.gov/usar), the scene of Japan's surprise attack that brought the USA into WWII. Free boat tours take visitors to the memorial spanning the wreck of the Battleship Arizona where 1,177 men died.
Take the full-day Circle Island Tour around Oahu. Attractions en route include Waimea Falls Park, Pearl Harbor, the Polynesian Cultural Centre (website: www.polynesia.com), Sea Life Park (website: www.sealifeparkhawaii.com) (swim with the dolphins), the Waialua Coffee Visitors' Center (on a former plantation) and Sunset Beach.
Join in the festivities of a Hawaiian luau. A whole roast pig is ceremoniously removed from a hot stone cooking pit and served with traditional Hawaiian fare, followed by a Polynesian pageant of authentic hula dancing.
Explore the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (website: www.nps.gov/havo), one of the world's natural wonders. At 4,103m (13,677ft), Mauna Loa is the largest single mountain mass in the world, while at 1,200m (4,000ft), the still-active Kilauea's steaming vents and frequent eruptions provide an unusual (and safe) spectator sport. The volcano is continuously erupting, and lava can be seen hissing into the ocean.
See Mount Haleakala (website: www.nps.gov/hale) in Maui, a massive volcanic crater whose name translates as 'The House of the Sun'. For the ultimate thrill, bike the steep 61km (38 miles) downhill from the volcano's crater.
Discover a weird and wonderful collection of rock forms in Maui's Ka'eleku Caverns (website: www.mauicave.com), located beneath the Hana Rainforest, and take a self-guided tour.
Delight in the spectacular natural attractions of Lanai Island (website: www.lanaicity.com). They include the dramatic Shipwreck Beach or Kaiolohia with its petroglyph rock carvings and the mystical Garden of the Gods at Kanepu'u.
Explore Molokai (website: www.molokai-hawaii.com), with its quaint and colourful shops in the harbour town of Kaunakakai, horseback ride the spectacular coastline, take a mule-drawn tour of a coffee plantation, or hike the trail to Moaula Falls.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.