Kailua-Kona to Oahu: World War II Heroes Deluxe Pearl Harbor Tour 39 (Airfare Included)

Kailua-Kona to Oahu: World War II Heroes Deluxe Pearl Harbor Tour (Airfare Included)
Spend the Day at Pearl Harbor

Experience all of Pearl Harbor on this comprehensive WWII Heroes Adventure Tour. Visit the Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and the Bowfin Submarine. Then cross the bridge to Ford Island to board the Battleship Missouri and walk the historic desks. Witness the battle scars in the hangars and award-winning exhibits at the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. Lunch is included at the Aviation Museum’s Hangar Café.

Tour Highlights

• USS Arizona Memorial located directly above the USS Arizona battleship that was sunk during the attack on December 7, 1941. The ship is the final resting place of many of the 1,177 officers and crewmen who were lost, and a powerful reminder of those who gave their lives for their country.
• USS Missouri Battleship where you’ll walk in the footprints of General Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Chester Nimitz, and officers of the Allied Powers in 1945 when the instruments of surrender were signed on the ship, signaling the end WWII. “Mighty Mo” fought in WWII, the Korean War and in Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf, supporting the cause of freedom.
  USS Bowfin Submarine, also known as the “Pearl Harbor Avenger”, played an epic role in the battles of the Pacific. You’ll walk through the remarkable vessel docked in the harbor.
• Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, located in two WWI hangars and retaining bullet holes from the December 7, 1941 attack, spans 105,000 square feet. An impressive array wartime aircraft is displayed including an authentic Japanese Zero, the type used in the attack.
• Pearl Harbor Visitor Center where you’ll view actual film footage the attack, view historic displays, and gain firsthand insight into WWII in the Pacific and beyond. You’ll see several galleries displaying artifacts, photos, and dramatic evidence of the surprise attack.
• Lunch is included with your tour.

Itinerary

• Interisland flight from Kailua-Kona to Oahu
• Live tour narration by knowledgeable driver guide
• Visit the USS Arizona Memorial
• Pearl Harbor Visitor Center exhibits
• View actual film footage of the attack
• Visit the WWII Bowfin Submarine
• Stroll the grounds and visit the Remembrance Circle, Japanese Kaiten “suicide sub”, and more
• Guided deck tour of USS Missouri battleship with docent, including locations of surrender ceremony, office and crew quarters, artillery, kamikaze aircraft crash
• Included lunch at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum

Departure

• 6:00 AM – arrive on your own at Honolulu International Airport (HNL). The airlines change their flight schedules frequently and at the last minute so please ensure that you check flight status on your own. At the Honolulu Airport, check-in on your own at the Hawaiian Airlines self-service kiosk or at the ticket counter for both flight segments to and from Hilo. Please follow the instructions on your confirmation for where to meet your tour driver at Honolulu Airport.

Return

• 8:15 PM – approximate return to Kailhua-Kona from Oahu.

• Flight times are approximate and subject to change