Aloha — a hosted week on
7 days · planned, optional, and open · come and go as you please
A full week you can follow beat for beat — or ignore entirely. Browse The Week, tick what you want in Build and download or share your plan, and dial in the numbers under Costs. Dinners marked open are on purpose: that's when I clock out and come find you.
Planned = the safe, year-round backbone. Optional = fun if you're up for it. Free time = whatever you want. Tap ↗ Map on any place to open directions.
Arrive, drop bags, sink into Waikīkī. ↗ Map
Toes in the water, a walk down the beach, first sunset on the sand. Beat the flight and get on island time.
Sunset catamaran sail off the beach, or a slow lap of Kalākaua Ave for shave ice and people-watching.
Welcome dinner — Duke's Waikīkī. ↗ Map
Beachfront, easygoing, the classic first night. I'll meet you there.
The full Pearl Harbor day. ↗ Map
The Passport covers all four sites — Arizona Memorial center, Battleship Missouri, USS Bowfin submarine, Aviation Museum. Reserve the free Arizona Memorial boat separately on recreation.gov; it sells out. No bags inside. Plan 6–9 hours.
On the way back: Diamond Head, or downtown Honolulu and ʻIolani Palace.
It's a heavy day. Cash out on the beach in the afternoon if you'd rather.
I'm off — let's meet up. See Dinner Options.
Nothing scheduled. On purpose.
Beach day at Lanikai or Kailua, a spa afternoon, shopping at Ala Moana, or genuinely nothing.
A great day for a big optional: a hike, a snorkel, the shark cage dive, or a surf lesson.
Meet up when you're back.
Add a season-specific North Shore stop — whale watching in winter, Sharks Cove snorkel or the Waimea rock jump in summer.
Still up north? Haleʻiwa has great spots. Otherwise back in town with me.
Second open day. Recharge or chase something.
A different beach, the Kakaʻako murals, a farmers market, or the pool.
Whatever big-ticket you skipped on Day 3 — shark dive, snorkel, kayak to the Mokulua, another hike, or a seasonal add.
Meet up. See Dinner Options.
Afternoon into night at the PCC, Lāʻie. ↗ Map
Six island villages, the canoe pageant, the lūʻau buffet, and the evening show, Hā: Breath of Life. Book ahead — dinner is built into tonight.
You're driving north anyway — make a morning of it: turtles at Laniakea, garlic shrimp in Kahuku, Matsumoto's shave ice.
The lūʻau buffet at the PCC. No planning needed tonight.
Slow it down.
Late breakfast, checkout, one more swim, a souvenir run.
If the flight's late: a Diamond Head sunrise, a final snorkel, or Leonard's malasadas for the plane.
One more with me before wheels-up.
Tick what you actually want to do. The planned backbone is checked by default; add or drop anything. Then download a personal PDF or copy a link that reopens this exact plan. (Prices follow your group size, set on the Costs tab.)
Food, dinners, and daily spending are always included in your cost — they're not activities to check off. Set your group size and add a hotel or rental car on the Costs tab.
Per adult, in USD. Ticket prices are current published rates; meals and shared costs are estimates. Set your group size and shared extras below — shared costs split cheaper as the group grows. Excludes airfare.
For your current selection.
The cheapest great days here — Lanikai, the pillbox hike, Makapuʻu, a North Shore drive — cost nothing but fuel.
A few things that make the week smoother — and keep you on the island's good side.
A plantation-era mashup — Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Portuguese. Work through this list and you've eaten Oʻahu properly.
Cubed raw ahi in shoyu, sesame, and green onion — the staple.
Ono Seafood · Maguro Brothers · Foodland ↗ Map
Two scoops rice, mac salad, and a protein.
Rainbow Drive-In · Pioneer Saloon · Kōnō's ↗ Map
Kālua pig, laulau, lomi salmon, poi, haupia.
Helena's Hawaiian Food · Highway Inn · Waiāhole Poi Factory ↗ Map
Butter-garlic shrimp off a North Shore food truck.
Giovanni's · Romy's · Famous Kahuku ↗ Map
Feather-fine ice and syrup over ice cream and azuki.
Matsumoto's · Waiola · Uncle Clay's ↗ Map
Loco moco, Spam musubi, manapua, and a Dole Whip.
Manapua: Royal Kitchen · Dole Whip: Dole Plantation ↗ Map
Sit-down spots worth the reservation, grouped by vibe.
Rainbow Drive-In, Helena's, Ono Seafood, Liliha Bakery, Marukame Udon.
Roy's Hawaiʻi Kai, Mud Hen Water, MW Restaurant, Nami Kaze, Merriman's.
When the itinerary says "hiking," pick from here. Go early — trailhead parking fills and the sun is no joke.
Iconic crater rim with WWII bunkers. ~1.5–2 mi. Non-residents reserve online.
Paved, sweeping views. Whale-spotting perch in winter.
Rainforest walk to a 150-ft waterfall. Muddy, buggy, worth it.
Short, steep — sunrise over the Mokulua islands.
Flat coastal trek to the island's wild western tip.
1,000+ railway ties straight up. Brutal, huge payoff.
The optional big-ticket stuff. Book the boats and tours ahead.
Haleʻiwa Harbor, ~2 hrs, Galápagos & sandbar sharks. No strong swimming needed; observer seats for the dry. Morning = calmest.
North Shore Shark Adventures · Hawaii Shark Encounters ↗ Map Haleʻiwa Harbor
Best beginner reef. Closed Mon & Tue; reservations open 2 days ahead at 7am HST and vanish fast.
Backup: Turtle Canyon boat snorkel from Waikīkī ↗ Map
Waikīkī's gentle rollers — the friendliest place to stand up for the first time.
Boards right off Waikīkī Beach.
North Shore skydiving, or a doors-off helicopter tour.
Oʻahu is great year-round, but the ocean behaves very differently by season.
roughly May – Sept
roughly Nov – March
For the open days, if you don't feel like deciding.
Ala Moana Center, International Market Place, SALT at Kakaʻako for the murals.
Honolulu Museum of Art, Bishop Museum, ʻIolani Palace, Chinatown, the KCC farmers market.
The pool, a spa afternoon, sunset from Magic Island.
For the "open" nights — pick by where the day left you, and I'll meet you there.
Mud Hen Water, Rainbow Drive-In, Ono Seafood, Leonard's for dessert.