Oahu Island (Oahu), the third largest among the Hawaiian archipelago. From the Hawaiian language, Oahu is translated as "Place of Collection". This beautiful island is formed by two panel volcanoes, Ko'olau and Vaianae (Wai'anae). Of course, the most famous part of the island is a beach and place is the most populated among all islands. However, Oahu still has its secrets!
Despite the fact that there are buses throughout the Oahu Island, the car is best suited for research. So take the car for rent. And I asked a friend to show me the beauty of the island.
And the first mystery with which I want to introduce is a place, away from luxury roads and familiar routes. Hawaiians themselves come here to relax. But despite the love of the inhabitants of Oahu to this place, it is still surrendered. A great chance of getting here you will find yourself in full solitude! So, it is only necessary to go with the highway to Nuwan fell on the inconspicuous road, over which the crowns of trees hang. Tries to the spring water and deeply breathe the purest air.
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Nuwan Pali - Rock on Oahu Island and his story + photo
And now a little history. After the relaxation and joy with which you leave the secret place Oahu, you have to remember the bloody battle, which happened on the cliff Nu'uanu Pali. Nuwan Pali is part of the Koolua Range, one of the motherboards of volcanoes. And it was here in 1795 a battle of Nuwan, in which the King of Hawaii island (Hawai'i) Kamehameha (Kamehameha), having collected the United Army from his native land, as well as conquered milka (Moloka'i) and Maui (Maui), defeated the army Oahu. Cameochham led ten thousand people with him. And Oahu defenders led by King Calanikupule (Kalanikupule) were driven into the valley, and then pushed to the edge of the cliff. In this place, many warriors found their death by falling from a height of 300 meters.
At the end of the XIX century, a lot of skulls were found on the Rock on Oahu Island. This tragic find confirmed the ancient legends.
Travelers However, not only remember the terrible pages of Hawaiian history, but still worship the local goddess of Pelle Volcanoes (Pele), which will fit the pass from possible invasion from the ocean and valleys. Drivers leave flowers here so that their journey is safe. Parents, seeking to protect their children, bring cord sites and bury them between stones. And legends tell about the girl-lizard, which can turn the head of men and lead them towards the cliff, where they can find their death.
He who comes to pass with evil intentions will be reset down. And the one whose thoughts are clean, will receive gifts.
Vaikiki Beach know and love everything. Perhaps this is the most famous beach in Hawaii. But, of course, this is not single place For rest on Oahu. Volcanic beaches, incredible in their beauty, are waiting for everyone who is ready to admire them. It is not surprising that black stones lying in the waters of the ocean as whales reminded me of the embankment, which is also born from the ethna volcano. Similarities and differences are just the game of the mind. And the beauty is eternal!
We invite you to see the main attractions of Oahu. Vaikiki Beach and Volcano Diamond Head - business card Islands. Honolulu Capital of Hawaii and the heart of Pacific Paradise. Luxury in combination with the brightest shores. Here is the best beach rest In Hawaii - the dream of every traveler. Eden for lovers of hearts.
Excursions to Oahu And entertainment on all tastes are designed to get acquainted with the beauty and variety of island. The most popular places on Oahu include history Center Cities and Vaikiki Beach. It is better to order in advance - whose show is included in the top 10 of the best in America. Be sure to visit the world famous beach of Kaailua (Kailua) and if you are lucky to find a free place at the table, in the beloved restaurant of President Obama. The best snorkeling on Hawaii is definitely in the flooded Crater of Hanauma Bay Volcano (Hanauma Bay), and if you don't want to urinate, you can watch the underwater world of Hawaii, even from Batiscop. The famous surfing capital on the northern coast (North Shore) with 12 meter waves and other best beaches of Oahu, which are more than 120, cruises and romantic sunsets in the ocean, flights on Hawaii on a helicopter (can be even without doors) and of course walks to make your Rest on Oahu unforgettable.
Oahu Island Attracts more tourists to him than any other island in Hawaii. About 6 million tourists (mainly from American mainland and Japan) come here every year to enjoy a typical beach holiday. With a total area of \u200b\u200b1,545 km2, Oahu - from a bird's eye view, two mountain range is clearly visible on each side of the island: Vaiana on the west coast and Coolaau on the East.
Mother soda cut green valleys, decorated the island sandy beaches. With colorful sunsets, beautiful virgin nature, a huge variety of golden beaches and weather, fluctuating between the perfect and perfect, Oahu has something to offer vacationers. The island attracts visitors to the incredible beauty of nature and developed tourist infrastructure. Almost 1 million inhabitants live on the island, but the number of visitors is about 100,000 will increase the population of the island.
Crater Diamond Head
Interesting places Oahu
Beach
Oahu - Mecca of the Sun and Sand, revered by fans of beaches and water sports. Oahu has over 125 beaches for every taste, the very name of the island of the island is tangled with the beaches and the ocean. At the average annual water temperature of 25 ° C, it is easy to understand why millions of visitors from around the world regularly come here to rest. Each of the beaches has its own unique features that allocate it against the rest of the rest. Some of them are popular among surfing lovers, others are suitable for sailing, others perfectly fit a comfortable family holiday.
Vaikiki
Khanauma Bay (Hanauma Bay) . At a distance, only 16 km from Vaikika is Hanauma Bay, one of the best places to swim with a mask and a tube on Oahu Island. A small, surrounded by palm trees the beach is located in the crater of the extinct volcano, on the one hand destroyed by the ocean. The covered bay provides protection against strong flows and large waves - ideal conditions for swimmers and divers. Since 1967, Hanauma Bay received the Statute of the Reserve (Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve). Paid access since 1998 led to a reduction in the number of vacationers. In 2002, a marine educational center was opened, visitors oblige to first see the short film and familiarize themselves with the rules of respect for the nature of the bay. Today, Khanauma Bay takes, on average, 3000 visitors per day, or about a million per year.
Bay Khanauma
Halon Cove - Halona Beach Cove . Next to Hanauma Bay is Halona Beach Cove, a small but very beautiful bay. Here were the shooting of the film "From here to Eternity" (from here to Eternity).
Bay of Eternity
Vaimanalo - Waimānalo Beach The total length of almost 9 km is the longest sandy beach on Oahu Island. The beach escaped commercial development (there are no hotels nearby), notable for local flavor and proximity to the SEA Life Park.
Macapu Beach
Lanya - Lanikai Beach - Beach-beyond tourists from the east side of Oahu with a length of one and a half kilometer. From the morning, photo lovers are trying to capture the famous sunrise. The beach looks beautiful on the background of Mountains Koolau (Kolau Mountains). When the trade car wind blows, the beach practices sailing and windsurfing. Calm waves white sand, beautiful panorama in all directions. There are no toilets, shower, even parking for cars, but a beautiful white sand beach and calm turquoise water completely compensates for these disadvantages.
Kailua - Kaailua Beach On Oahu Island there are more spectacular beaches, with the best conditions for swimming, but none of them offers so many vacation options like Kaulua Beach. Fishing, sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, diving, swimming with a mask and tube, kiteboarding, sale and rental equipment for water sports. The popular place of swimming on Kayaks is the island island (Popoi'a Island), located about 400 meters from the shore. Condé Nast's magazine called Kaulua Beach the Best USA Beach in 1998. On weekends, the beach is visited by many locals, on weekdays there are practically no vacationers.
Laniakea - Laniakea Beach There is about 4 km south of Waimea Bay. Laniakea Beach is most often here called "Turtle Beach", because the green sea turtles under threat of disappearance are constantly basking on the warm sand of the beach since 2000. Turtles attracted an abundance of sea algae in the area. Volunteers on duty on the beach, they stretch the red rope around the turtles in order to limit them from the visitors of the beach. Take a tube and mask with you, and enjoy swimming with turtles. Never touch the turtles, otherwise you can get a high penalty.
Plage Laniakea
Malakhana - Malaekahana Beach If you want to be in Hawaii until the moment when the reactive aircraft delivered millions of holidaymakers here, then you are on Malaekahana Beach. Surprisingly, very few visitors attend Malaekahana - one of the best beaches on Oahu Island.
Cahana - Kahana Bay Beach Park Beach in the shape of a crescent on the background of a lush valley with high cliffs. On the beach of Cahan, good fishing and ideal conditions for kayaking. Add a picnic place here, camping, walking trails in the forest, and you will get some of the best beaches on the island.
Koolen - Ko'OLina Lagoons. The owner of the huge resort complex Ko'olina Resort created four artificial sandy lagows, turning their comfortable places for a beach holiday at any time of the year. Almost completely rounded lagoons are surrounded by white sandy beaches, bordering herbal lawns. In general, calm waters are ideal for swimming, around the boulders at the entrance in the lagoons can be swab with a mask and a tube.
North Coast Oahu (North Shore) They consider the world capital surfing. Every winter, the northern coast of the Hawaiian Islands rolling Swells (SWELLS) - Long sea \u200b\u200bwavesFormed as a result of storms and storms thousands of kilometers north in the Bering area. Such waves are much more resistant in their orientation and periodicity than conventional winds formed by the wind, and therefore more favorable for surfing. North coast In the context of geography Oahu refers to the North coastal zone Islands between Caen Point (Ka'ena Point) and Kahuku Point (Kahuku Point). The largest settlement in the area is Haleiva (Haleiwa). In December of each year, the Triple Crown Surfing Competitions is held here - a series of three world-famous contests. The most famous beaches are described below.
Surfing to Nors Shore
Ehukai - Ehukai Beach Park It stretches continuously solid strip of sand with one sign - Ehukai Beach Park. Most believe that this is one beach, but in fact one after another follows three separate beach. Long, wide, white sand Beach Ehukai Beach is known for its winter surfing. Swimming is safe during the spring and summer months, but the reverse flow of the shore and strong waves make smearing unsafe in winter. Access to the beaches of Pipeline (Pipeline) and Banzai (Banzai) through Ehukai Beach Park.
Pipeline - Pipeline Beach Located next to the Ehukai Beach Park near the small town of Pupukea on the North Coast of Oahu. When in winter, the surf reaches a shallow coral coast, there are so cool waves that the crest of the wave, falling forward, forms an almost perfect pipe ("Pipeline" in translation means "pipe"). For many years, the Master tried to coperate with these waves, many of them fell, receiving ripped wounds and bone fractures on shallow water reefs.
Pipeline - Pipeline. - The most famous place of huge waves on the north shore of Oahu, it is often referred to as the most deadly wave in the world (the average wave height is almost 4 meters). On the beach, Pipeline died or received serious injury more surfers than in any other place of the world. There are the most important competitions in the world of professional surfing.
Banzai - Banzai Beach To the west of PipeLine stretches the strip of the beach, which surfers call Banzai. The Japanese word "Banzai" means the fighting cry "Hurray" or "forward." In the late 1950s, Director Bruce Brown shot one of the first films about surfing Surf Safari and saw surfisthist, riding a huge wave. Brown shouted: "Banzai!" And since that time the name has taken root. In winter, this is a very popular beach among surfers, curious locals and visitors visitors. In the summer months there are not a lot of people here. Again, access to the beach through Ehukai Beach Park.
Vaimaa - Waimea Bay - One of the most beautiful beaches of Oahu Island. From October to April, huge waves roll up on the beach, creating a strong reverse course. Even professional surfers are dangerous when high, up to 5 meters of wave with force are broken by the beach. It is difficult to believe that in the summer the same bay is quiet and calm - a great place for swimming, swimming with a mask and a tube, diving. On the right side of the beach very close to the shore swim the turtles. The most interesting moment of visiting is a jump with a famous lava rock.
Vaima Bay
Sunset - Sunset Beach One of the most popular beaches on Oahu Island. In the season (September-April) swimming is very dangerous due to high waves (5 meters and above) and strong reverse current At the shore. The only safe battery period is summer. To avoid crowds, visit on weekdays of the week.
The main attractions of Oahu Island
Polynesian Cultural Center (Polynesian Cultural Center) — theme park An open-air entertainment at the same time, located on the northern coast of Oahu Island. Polynesian Cultural Center is one of the most visited tourist places in Hawaii. The competition is held annually on its territory, in which participants demonstrate the skill of the ownership of fiery knives. The park has an IMAX cinema in which you will see 15 minutes. Film about Hawaii. There is also a lagoon where visitors can swim on canoe. On the territory of the Polynesian Cultural Center, the villages of the peoples of Polynesia are built, including traditional houses of Hawaii, Samoa, Aotearoa (now New Zealand), Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga, Marquis Islands. In addition to the villages, the Polynesian cultural center has a special exposure dedicated to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Each village at a certain time of the day demonstrates the show. We strongly recommend landing Polynesia Center with an experienced guide. Our guide will carefully plan your time in the center of Polynesia culture. So you can see all the most interesting and not miss anything. You will get acquainted with the peculiarities of each Polynesia culture. Visitors are invited to participate in Luau (traditional Hawaiian Party).
Hawaii Marine Inhabitants Park (Sea Life Park Hawaii) - One of the main attractions of Oahu Island. Outdoor in 1964, the park allows visitors to interact with marine animals, swim with dolphins, marine lions and skates, feed turtles. The park also has a bird nature reserve and aquarium.
Buddhist Temple Byodo-in Temple Located in the Valley of the temples and is an exact copy of the 900-year-old church of the city of Uga, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Inside there is a gold-covered 3 m figure of a wooden buddha. Against the background of Mountains, Kolau, the temple surround the ponds and Japanese gardens. Temple Byodo-in Temple attend thousands of tourists from around the world. People of all religions take part in his worship services. In addition to the service, the territory of the temple is often used for weddings and official events.
Buddhist Temple Biodo-Yun
State Park Holy Waterfall (Sacred Falls State Park) Located on the northern coast of Oahu Island. The park covers Canyon Kaluanui and a waterfall at its very end, in honor of which and named. The waterfall is closed to visit indefinitely after the fatal collapse of the rock on May 9, 1999 in the canyon. Then eight tourists died, and many were injured. The only way to see is beautiful natural creation - by helicopter.
Nu'uanu Pali observation deck Opens a panoramic view of the Nuuan Valley (Nu'uanu Valley) and the northeast side of Oahu Island. Nu'uan Pali (Nu'uanu Pali) was the place of one of the bloodiest battles in Hawaiian history, during which Kamachamaha in 1795 seized Oahu Island and united him under his authority
Oahu Island
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Oahu is the third largest and most densely populated island of the Hawaiian archipelago. Basic tourist area , here is the Honolulu - the most main city Hawaii.
Climate Oahu
On Oahu tropical, the marine climate for which it is characterized by warm and sunny weather all year round. In the summer, the thermometer's column here increases to 29 ÷ 32 degrees, and in winter - up to 18 ÷ 21 ° C. The precipitates are mainly falling out during the winter months. The Hurricanes Season on Oahu falls for the period from June to November. 
Beaches Oahu
Oahu hotels
Almost all Oahu hotels are located on Vaikiki Beach. Ten of them are located directly on the beach.
The most fashionable are 5-star hotels Kahala, Halekulani and Royal Hawaiian. According to readers of the influential tourist edition of Conde Nast Traveler, the best hotels in Oahu are: Halekulani, Jw Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa, Kahala Hotel & Resort and Moana Surfrider (Westin).
Attractions Oahu
- The Palace of Iolani is a fabulously beautiful Palace of the Hawaiian kings, which presents the richest collection of inlaid furniture.
- - US Naval Base, destroyed on October 7, 1941 by Japanese aviation. Today, a memorial memorial arizona is installed here, flooded during a plaque.
- The Polynesian Cultural Center provides tourists the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the culture and traditions of not only the Hawaiian Islands, but also other parts - Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga. For each region defined its pavilion. Here almost every hour are fascinating.
- The Bishop Museum, which has a huge collection of Hawaiian and Polynesian antiquities and works of art.
- The valley of the temples, which presents traditional Japanese gardens and Buddhist temple byodo-in temple.
- Hanauma Bay is a real paradise for scuba diving lovers. Numerous tropical species painted in all sorts of bright colors live here.
- The Aloha Tower is in the past, the highest building on the island is 68 meters (along with the spire). Today, Aloja Tower Market is located around the tower - a popular place of shopping tourists.
Accommodation
Tour on Oahu Island, Vaikiki Coast, 9 days 8 nights
Tour program
1 day - Oahu Island and Vaikiki Coast (Island of Oahu and Waikiki Beach). Welcome to Hawaii! Upon arrival in international Airport Honolulu will be met by a company representative in a traditional Hawaiian style with les, and spends you in the luggage issue zone. After receiving the baggage, you will be delivered to the hotel chosen by you on the famous Vaikiki coast.
2 day - Honolulu. Free time. Rest on the beach. Excursion program for an additional fee. Excursion around the island (Grand Circle Island Tour): visiting the most interesting places Oahu Islands.
3 day - Honolulu. Free time. Rest on the beach. Excursion program for an additional fee.
4 day - Honolulu. Free time. Rest on the beach. Excursion program for an additional fee. Pearl Harbor and the city of Honolulu (Pearl Harbor & Honolulu City Tour).
Hawaiian Islands Regardless - there is a chance for a day to see most of the island and many interesting places. It is good to do it on the rolling machine. We went on a tour of Oahu almost all day - ride on well-known tourist places And bathed with dolphins in the marine park.
It was planned to leave for 10 hours - there is time to slowly breakfast and swim. GoCtinitsa New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. In Honolulu - almost the perfect choice is relatively cheap, 15 minutes from the center on foot, with its beach and the lack of a crowd, which is condensed closer to the center of Honolulu.
In the morning there are few people lying on the beach.
Not everyone remembered and not everyone traveled, of course, but it turned out like that. How to drive around Oahu that day.
Crater DIAMOND HEAD from our hotel almost within walking distance. There is a tunnel in the crater itself - but there is nothing interesting on that side - just a field with trees and a slope. It is possible to climb up with a backpack - but we ignored this time.
I heard 2 versions about how the crater gained a name. The first one comes down to sailors, who from the raid saw the sparkling of the "Calcite" on the top of the mountain and called it "Diamond Hand". The second version is also about sailors, with the difference that they poorly understood the grandmother who traded the cabbage at the foot. Sailors wanted to know what is called the Mountain, and the bad grandmother, decided that they were interested in the cost of her cabbage and answered Daim E Head.
From the site near the tunnel - the panorama of the cheap area. There are people who in the pools swim their dolphins in the pools. According to the stories of local residents.
Coupled on looking platform. Characteristic such, "folded" mountain, which sometimes shown in the TV series "Police of Hawaii 5-0. You can go to a short rudder with backpacks.
There is also a charge at the entrance of Hanauma Bay (Hanauma Bay) at the entrance. It seems like more than the embankment in Honolulu underwater life and you can swim. This is Hanauma Bay Beach Park. There it makes sense to ride separately - swim and sunbathe. Especially if there is no one's beach near the hotel or there is an ordinary lava black shore.
Hanauma Bay Beach Park on the map.
Now every time "Police of Hawaii" watch these mountains are pleasantly remembered.
If you go along the coast on your car - nothing forbids stopping in beautiful places - to breathe out with sea air how much soul is not in a hurry and anywhere. It's farther on the highway - Lanai Lookout and a little further on Halona Blow Hole.
And it is on the other side. Classic Hawaiian landscape with black lava shore. Even before leaving, I was looking for a hotel for a very long time, near which the shore would not imagine these black collapse - it's not real there.
Paints in all this and the landscape itself for us are unusual - change of the situation - for me an important piece of rest.
District from Khanauma to these viewing on the map.
Makapu'u Point. And 2 protected islands for the peaceful life of birds and turtles.
A little more on this road and will be Sea Life Park in which we have an attraction in order to swim with dolphins.
On the slopes, local love to arrange such installations.
On the map of Sea Life Park here.
We wanted to swim with Dolphins - we ordered a tour of you already - on this special idea of \u200b\u200bthe process "How it happens" I did not have. The phrase "swim with Dolphins" itself seemed interesting.Everything is relatively simple. Dolphins live there in such headers / pools. Everybody issues life jackets (not to wear it is impossible). Well, the people are driven by groups to swim with these handsome, with personal participation in the pair-triple numbers.
One of the "numbers" - you need to grasp 2 fins and ride on two dolphini forces through the pool.
Dolphins are very pretty. I constantly smile - you can't remember animals positively.
I suggest kissing with them, for a snapshot for memory.
Very pleasant animals.
Another attraction. We must sail and lie on the water, waiting for them together together and, resting in the feet, pushing you forward. It turns out quite quickly in terms of driving and somehow nice and gently in terms of pushing noses :)
Raise the dolphin even in water is not possible. The whole attraction is primarily for those who love animals. I really liked it, I would have allocated yet without thinking. The staff shoots on video and photos - they offer to buy DVDs with the film - 50 stands, and photos. Cinema We bought - so far sometimes look - a lot of $ 50 for the disk is not completely sorry.
We drove on ordinary roads - who goes to work every day every day.
On the way there was a Buddhist temple byodo-in Buddhist Temple, sort of like a copy of Japanese. Not exactly Hawaiian entertainment, but if nearby - to not visit.
Standardly beautiful for something near Japanese.
The set of beauties for something in the Japanese spirit standard, including pig carps.
A bunch of birds that are taken to feed the special purchase of food. Birds 2 models - something similar to pigeons.
And something similar to black swans. I am not an ornithologist.
We drove past Hawaiian cemeteries. It is more like a beautiful green lawn without any ritual facilities. Is that, on the site of burial stuck (or grow) flowers bouquets. Without fences, benches, vodka and herring along a fur coat. Just go to visit sit. Animals they also want to not forget - for 30 meters from the road, the favorite animals are sleeping, to which you can also come to visit.
Local is so pleasant and happier to remember about those who left their loved ones.
Circular coffee ripes. This is coffee "Kona" - by the name of the area. It is not particularly noteworthy. This is on the plantation of coffee and walnut Makadamia - there they give it to try. It is not well brewed in my opinion - some kind of variation of American "filter coffee". Buy a pack of Hawaiian is a good idea "What to bring to gifts from Hawaii."
Local told about how the deceivers were attacked, which were scattered in the packs of ordinary Arabica and wrote on it "Kona Coffee". Caught / punished. Now there are special law prohibiting writing that it is a "confection", if the package does not contain a proper percentage of local grains.
There's a plantation of Makadamia nuts. Tropical Farms. These are still green and do not eat them, it seems.
It seems here.
It is necessary to dry and they will become suitable.
Makadamia nuts are growing everywhere in the district, you can beat them / try if you wish. Immediately resort some local chicken.
Makadamia nuts are faced in bags and supplied with different tastes - from cinnamon to garlic and bow. Those with garlic quite nothing - especially with beer. Again, a good idea for souvenirs from Hawaii.
Nature into the no-season is still violent.
We need further, we go past the island of the "Chinese hat".
Unusual nature, of course, will peel away from the fact that tired. Charismatic Hawaiian Mountains and Rain Tree Trees - do not see all this homeland. "Rainy" trees here it is possible to call due to their temples by cycaids. A lot of them. If you go to the tree, you get to the "rain" - you need to protect them all the same. It's good that there is no cycade on the harves.
Another attraction on the way is a rock with a hole. Oahu's North Shore. If I remember correctly - this is La'ie Point.
Rocks are picturesque as everywhere.
On the map.
On the way there are markets - fruits, vegetables. Good reason to stop and buy something unusual to try.
On the market everything is friendly.
Something familiar, something is not.
Cuffed fruits are called Brown Shugar. Sweetish.
Unknown pieces.
Granny disturbed old coconuts. Not tasty.
Bought a package of apples (at first glance). It turns out that this is the upper part of the fetus aqueous. Walnut itself hangs from the bottom of this apple. Did not know.
If you just stop next to the closed beach, you can meet a turtle that just got out to the shore.
Further went to plantations with pineapples. Dole Plantation. There can be seen "Christmas trees" and brightly red elongation soil, which likes pineapple. The place itself with plantations is included in the plant set, shown by tourists offices. In the center for visitors, nothing is particularly interesting - shops with souvenirs and ice cream from pineapple.
Pineapple fields there behind the horizon. You can go long along the rows.
In the very visitor center there are rows with different kinds. Porozovka, for example.
Other in shape.
Or size.
Curled to the Mormon Center. Mormon, like Bahaev in Israel, is beautiful.
Trees on the neck for me more interesting pineapple.
Coffee blooms.
So day and passes. If I do not want, or already bored sitting on the beach - spend a day in a sightseeing tour of Oahu Island - a very good idea in the plan "What to do in Hawaii."
In the evening they rested in the hotel - once again we were glad the correctness of choice. Local restaurant Pleasantly pleased with the local fish, which is Velikykna. And it is completely unclear why the local residents complaining that "fish in Hawaii is very small." Only that evening they were offered to fry and soar such about the instances:
Prepare from can in different ways, everyone chose the Cajun method:
- SAUTEED - Lemon Caper Beurre Blanc Sauce
- Bried - Citrus-Mango Sauce
- CAJUN STYLE - BLACKENED WITH SPICY CAYENNE RED PEPPER SEASONINGS
- Steamed - Oriental Style With Ginger, Scallions, Cilantro Seasoned With Soy & Splash of Peanut Oil On Topped of Tofu and Vegetables
Pan Fried - Fried With Potato Slices Simulating Fish Scales On Saffron Scallop Cream Sauce - Baked - (Add - $ 5) Crusted With a Mixture of Snow & Blue Crabmeat, Shiitake Mushrooms, Spinach and Bousin Cheese On a White Wine Dill Sauce
Oahu is an island in the Hawaiian Islands, here are the capital of Hawaii, the city of Honolulu, famous beaches of Vaikiki and Lankai, Pearl Harbor and Crater Daimon Head and the staircase Haiku. In addition, there are beaches, mountains, national Park with albatrosses and other interesting places.
I will tell about all these sights of Oahu and where they are on the map, about transportation in the island, how to get, where it is better to settle and show our photos.
What to look at Oahu Island
Crater Diamond Hed (Diamond Head)
Diamond Head (Diamond Head) is a crater for a long time of the Coleu volcano on the eastern edge of Honolulu. It is about 200 thousand years old, so it does not look like "volculcino", such as crater on or. Geologists believe that there will be no new eruptions here.
Indigenous Hawaiians called this place of Liiai (Lē "AHI).
Ticket price: $ 1 per person or $ 5 from a car with any number of passengers.
Track upstairs and back takes 1-1.5 hours.
At the entrance a lot of caution. On the whole track, many pointers with the slightest suspicion of the fork. Step left-right - shooting!
And this is a "trail." Above it has become more natural.
From the top is visible by the city of Honolulu and east coast Oahu Islands, including Vaikiki Beach.
There were a lot of birds in the park.
Honolulu - the capital of Hawaii
Honolulu (Honolulu) is the most big City And the administrative center of Hawaii, 400 thousand people live here.
Translated from Hawaiian Honolulu means "Protected Bay". Polynesians opened this territory in the 11th century, and the first Europeans (the British) appeared here as much as in 1794. At the beginning of the 19th century there was an attempt to establish a Russian protectorate here, but the United States intervened and annexed this territory.
The most famous place in Honolulu is vaikika beach (Waikīkī Beach). We looked at him from the crater Diamond Hed and did not understand why there is generally go, considering the crowd.
Sand here is a bulk, and because of the erosion it constantly blurs it.
Nearby is similar beach Kuchio (Kūhiō Beach).
In addition to the beach holiday, there are some more interesting places.
Sights of Honolulu:
1. Palace of Iolani (Iolani Palace, Gav. "Heavenly Hawk") - this is the ex-residence of Hawaiian monarchs and the only one royal Palace in the United States. Built in 1882.
2. Palace of Aliaolani (Ali'iolani Hale, Gav. "House of the Heavenly Kings") was built in 1874 by Hawaiian kings. Now in this place is the Hawaiian Supreme Court. Login free Mon-Fri from 8 to 16.
3. Tower Aloha. (Aloha Tower) is a lighthouse, an hour and observation tower, located on Pier No. 9 in Honolulu. Built in 1924. Its height is 56 meters, here 10 floors - it was the highest building in Hawaii for a long time.
The observation deck on the 10th floor is open daily from 9.30 to 17. It is better to come not at the rush hour, because its capacity is only 24 people.
4. Art Museum (Honolulu Museum of Art): It contains one of the largest collections of Asian and Pacific art in the United States, plus the work of American and European artists.
Opening hours: W-Sun 10-16.30, closed in national holidays. The price of a ticket $ 20. FREE: Third Sunday of the month.
5. Museum Bishop (Bishop Museum): Museum of natural science and the world's largest collection of Polynesian art.
Opening hours: Daily 9-17 except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. The price of ticket is 24.95 $.
7. Chinatown. - The usual Chinese quarter, as in other cities of the world.
8. Also in the city there zoo and aquarium.
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor (English. Pearl Harbor, Gav. Pu'uloa) is the harbor near Honolulu, where the current base of the Pacific Fleet of the US Navy is located.
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and this was the reason for the US joining the Second World War. About those events shot films "Torah! Torah! Torah!" And "Pearl Harbor", and now a memorial is open here.
- Monument (National Monument) - C 7 to 17.
- Missouri warship (BattleShip Missouri) - from 8 to 16.
- Submarine "BOUFIN" (USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE) - C 7 TO 17.
- Aviation Museum (Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum) - from 9 to 17.
The price of a ticket for all: an adult $ 72, children's $ 35. There are options for cheaper tickets if you want to visit only individual places.
Walk along the sea and Albatrosse (KA "ENA POINT STATE PARK)
Kaen Point (KA "ENA POINT STATE PARK) - this is the most western Cape Oahu.
The path goes along the sea and the mountains, starts from the end of the road 930. In addition, the place can be reached, going from the end of the road 93, but the local say that it is more dangerous to leave the car.
Looking in advance, we never met such parking, and we have never seen cars on the 4th islands of Hawaii, and we traveled a lot of cars there.
Seen huge albatrosovwho bathed right above us. There at the end of the way expected tyulena MONK SEALS, but there was no :(
People for scale :)
Then we rode on the island, we rushed it literally along and across. There was nothing superhax, but the landscapes are quite pleasant :)
Places very strong waves:
But some do not care:
Beaches on Oahu Island
All these beaches are marked on the Hawaii map, which I inserted at the end of the post.
For swimming: Pōka'ī Bay, Kaailua Beach, Lanikai Beach, Waimanalo Beach, Makapu'u Beach.
For snorkeling: Hanauma Bay, Kāne'ohe Bay.
For surfing: Banzai Beach, Sunset Beach, Mākaha Beach. The season of big waves - from December to March.
Turtles
Polynesian cultural center
Polynesian Cultural Center has a Polynesian village, a restaurant, day and night shows are held.
Prices for tickets from $ 90 (show + dinner), so we did not visit him.
Haiku Stairs
The haiku staircase is a cool path on Oahu Island. It consists of 3922 steps and leads to the top of the Kula Range. It begins as a simple wooden staircase attached to a rock on the south side of Haiku Valley (Ha'ikū Valley). Steps rise to a height of 850 meters above sea level and discover the view of the whole island. Sometimes this height is dense cloudiness, and the peak hides in the clouds. Therefore, sometimes this route is called the "stairs to the sky".
"Haiku" is not in honor of Japanese poetry, but by the name of the Flower Ha'ikū (Grevillea Benks).
Since 2012, the haiku staircase is officially closed for tourists: (for an illegal passage for thousands of dollars, but people still continue to break there and put on fines and arrests.
How to save on input tickets
Oahu sold Combined input tickets GO Oahu City Card:.
Also there is an option to compose yourself a card only from those places where you exactly want to get and thus.
- snorkeling, kayaking, rafting, surfing, sup,
- hiking, horseback rides, jeep and bicycles and other activities of outdoor activities,
- zipline, Yoga, Spa, culinary lessons, Faires and Polynesian dancing, photo shoot and much more for children and adults.
Where to settle on Oahu Island
Hotels, hotel and apartments
The island is small, but unlike Kauai and Maui, there are much more people and cars. In Honolulu, traffic jams.
If you are more interested in museums and night lifeIt will be more convenient to settle in Honolulu. If beach rest and nature, then in the south-east of the island.
Given the prices of food in the US restaurants, see options with the kitchen.
Top hotels with tourist reviews:
Hotels around the island:
Campgrounds on Oahu.
On Oahu, we stopped on Kauratsurfing and never spent the night on campsites, but the rules for living in them are the same as on Kauai, Maui and the Big Island. We have about Hawaiian campgrounds.
How to get
On the island there is one airport - Honolulu (Honolulu, IATA code: HNL). Airplanes fly here from other Hawaiian islands and some cities in mainland USA.
If you are going to visit all four islands in Hawaii, then.
How to find the cheapest tickets to Honolulu from any country
To find cheap flights, I usually compare prices with several aggregators. They have all the same principles - they are looking for tickets on the bases of hundreds of airlines, but their bases may differ, therefore the price will be better in one, then in the other - check everything at once.
- - Unrealistic flexible search, and there is a guarantee of docking, even if you fly by Lookestami and the first flight was delayed!
- - The best prices of tickets from Russia and Kazakhstan, a convenient calendar of low prices.
- - There are here good prices On tickets from Ukraine.
By the way, Kiwi gives coupons of 20 euros on flights to new users, but they can only be obtained by email. Who needs - I can send an invitation.
Get 20 € at kiwi.com ➜Low prices calendar for flights:
Lifehak: How we saved $ 80 in Hawaiian flights
In most Hawaiian flights, you can rush through 2 hand baggings of 8 kg per each, plus the so-called Personal Item, which can be a bag for a laptop or a small backpack (the size depends on the passenger's arrogance). Thus, we donated only a big backpack into the baggage, and everything else was dragged into manual jack. On other Hawaiian flights, we also took advantage of this rule, and in total 80 $!
Transportation on Oahu
Car rental in Honolulu
It is convenient to book the car and on it already ride the island. In Honolulu, there are often traffic jams, especially in the morning and in the evening on working days.
This is an analogue of rental sites only for two-wheeled vehicles and quad bikes. There is the same system: reservation, deposit, payment card, requires appropriate rights. In the kit goes a helmet (on motorcycles and mopeds two helmets), lock, case for things (if needed).
When renting, you pay 10-15%, the rest is already in place.
Public transport - buses
Oahu is single Island Hawaii's state, where there is a normal public transport. The island runs big buses of Thebus.
Schedule and map of routes: thebus.org/systemmap/thebussystemMap.pdf.
The price of a ticket is 2.75 $, traveling for a day 5.50 $. Payment is made in cash without surrender, money must be chosen in a special box near the driver.
To stop the host bus, you need to stand under the sign of the stop. Inside the bus, a stop signal is to pull for a cord that hangs through the entire bus.
You can cross bicycles if there is a place. They are attached ahead of the bus outside.
Tours in Honolulu
There are no batch tours on Oahu. But you can safely book a flight and a hotel and rent a car on your own, taking advantage of my tips above.
Mobile and Internet in the USA
There are local operators in the US, but the minimum package is $ 42 with all taxes and fees. We use the sim card for travelers drimsim: there are low tariffs in most developed countries, the outside of the Internet and is very easy to connect and use without tambourine. And SIM card does not burn, even if it does not use it year.
Tariff Drimsim for mobile Internet in the USA - € 0.015 per megabyte. It comes out even cheaper than the local provider.
Oahu Island on the World Map
Oahu is part of the state of Hawaii in the USA and is located in the northern part Pacific Ocean. In the screenshot, a red point.
See all the sights of Oahu and other Hawaiian Islands on an interactive map. It can be moved, increase, reduce, as well as download yourself points in the smartphone.
When to go on Oahu - weather and climate
All Hawaiian Islands are good all year round :)
High season: December-April and June-August. Many people. Housing prices are growing by 50-100%, especially between Catholic Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Winter is wet, but it best timeTo see whales and for surfing. Summer is hotter.
Transition season: from May to September. The air and the sea is pleasant, mostly sunny. Crowds and prices are reduced, except for the periods of school holidays.
Low season: October and November. The least of all people, flights and hotels are the cheapest. The weather is dry and hot - hiking is bad.
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