Premium Pearl Harbor Small Group Tour with Lunch
Description
Experience Pearl Harbor’s most exclusive tour with our Premium Tour, a luxury, small-group journey offering unparalleled access to history. Travel in comfort aboard a deluxe touring vehicle, where your driver shares insights into Hawaiian history and wartime events en route. Inside Pearl Harbor, explore at your own pace with included tickets to the Ford Island Control Tower, the Arizona Memorial, and the Battleship Missouri. Enjoy a delicious lunch at the Hangar Cafe at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and premium amenities throughout your experience. With seamless transportation and priority access, this is the ultimate way to explore Pearl Harbor’s legacy.
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Itinerary
Active military base with wayside exhibits and memorials. A clear view of the Arizona Memorial can be seen from the shore. Bookstore offering gifts and historic memorabilia.
The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and commemorates the events of that day. If tickets to the Navy boat launch tour out to the Arizona Memorial are available by the National Park on the day of your tour they will be provided. Otherwise, the Arizona Memorial can be seen from the shoreline at the Visitor Center.
Explore on your own, the last battleship commissioned by the United States which is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan, which ended World War II.
Experience history from new heights on the Ford Island Top of the Tower Tour. This exclusive guided tour takes you to the summit of the historic Ford Island Control Tower, offering unparalleled 360° views of Pearl Harbor, Battleship Row, and the USS Arizona Memorial. Learn about the events of December 7, 1941, and the role Ford Island played in World War II. Hear compelling stories of bravery and resilience.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The tour times provided reflect the start and end of the tour, but not your exact pickup and drop off time. Whether or not you've provided your hotel/lodging at the time of booking, you are required to contact the tour provider no less than (2) days prior to your tour date to receive your exact pickup time and location. The tour provider will advise you of the specific area at the hotel/lodging you should wait; for example "at the front entrance." Please be there at least 5 minutes before your pickup time. Please allow a 10-15 minute grace period, as the driver will be picking up other guests in your area. If your hotel/lodging is not included on our pickup schedule, you'll be advised to meet at nearby location. Please note that we are prohibited by certain properties to pickup non-hotel guests and we do not pick-up at private properties such as AirBnB's and residential areas.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This tour does not operate on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day and December 7th.
- Please contact the tour provider at minimum of 7 days prior to the tour date for ADA and all special requests.
- On occasion and due to external factors outside of our control (including inclement weather, closure of the Memorial by the National Park Service and/or shortages of boat launch tickets), there is the possibility of not being able to visit the Arizona Memorial during your visit. You will still be able to visit the many exhibits at the Pearl Harbor Visitors Center and view the Arizona Memorial from the shoreline.
- Shirt and shoes are required to board the Arizona Memorial, swimsuits are not permitted. Strollers are not permitted in the theater or shuttle boats.
- NO BAG POLICY: The US Department of the Interior has declared a “no bags” policy at Pearl Harbor. Passengers may not carry any concealing items including purses, handbags, backpacks, diaper bags, etc. Small cameras are permitted but must not be in a bag. No items are allowed to be left on your tour vehicle. When going over to Ford Island to visit the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and/or the Battleship Missouri, guests are required to carry government issued photo identification and NO BAGS are allowed on the vehicle. Ford Island is an active military base and guests may be asked by security personnel at any time for their identification to ensure a safe environment for all. It is recommended to bring on tour only vital items like your identification and wallet as long as these items fit in your pockets.
Reviews(206)
The whole day was excellent, and the family really enjoyed it. Mo was a wonderful and knowledgeable guide and driver.
I booked directly with Pearl Harbor and the tour is operated by Polynesian Adventure. For about $250, you get to see just about everything: naval ferry to the USS Arizona Memorial grave, multiple Pearl Harbor Visitor Center exhibits including a virtual reality video, actual film footage of the attack in a movie theater, go inside the WWII Bowfin Submarine, Stroll the grounds with guided audio and visit the Remembrance Circle, Japanese Kaiten “suicide sub”, a 35 minute Guided deck tour of USS Missouri battleship with time to explore inside the ship as well, including locations of WWII surrender ceremony, office and crew quarters, artillery, kamikaze aircraft crash, and also halfway through the tour around 12:00 there was Delicious buffet style lunch (pulled pork, bbq chicken, salad, rice, juice, water) at Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum and exploration of two hangars with so many helicopters, trucks, and airplanes. You can go inside the cockpit of one of the airplanes at no extra cost. You can meet the CEO of the aviation museum who is a retired Blue Angels pilot and ask him questions. There is, for an extra fee of $11, an option to ride a flight simulator at the aviation museum and for $10 an option to go up into the flight tower maybe 10 stores high so you can see the entire Pearl Harbor all at once from above. The tour guide bus driver Chelsie was awesome, fun, helpful, very very very informative of Hawaiian culture, and provided complementary shortbread snacks and cold water for everyone throughout the 8 hour long trip. Make sure you eat breakfast, wear sunscreen, close toed shoes for 5 miles of walking (most of the trip is handicap friendly if you have a cane or walker but obviously not the exploration of the submarine and battleship due to tight spaces with ladders), and have your phone fully charged for many photos. Make sure you have your ID just in case they ask for it. Do not bring excess items; read the rules of what is/not allowed. This is a must do while in Oahu.
Chase was great he knew lots of history on the island. Good to have access to so many places and well done on avoiding the crowds. A very moving and interesting experience. Definitely recommend it. Lunch was good.
We started our tour on 1st May and not really knowing what to expect - then we met with “Mo”, our driver and tour guide for the day… Mo made us feel very comfortable and at ease from the very moment we met - she even brought banana bread and chilled water - we hadn’t had breakfast and this was a very welcome treat. Mo is a very talented lady and her knowledge of Hawaii and Pearl Harbour was amazing, it was delivered with flair and humour, this kept us entertained and informed. The Pearl Harbour is a very special site, loaded with enormous history and, when explained through the other tours guides on the watchtower and the Missouri & the Arizona battleship, it can become a deeply emotional experience. We were delighted and humbled to experience this tour with Mo. Declan & Bernadette Walsh Ireland
Carnival cruise line passenger.....Kimoke'o was fabulous with his history and comical narration. Best of Honolulu tour....
This was a great tour. We enjoyed it a lot. Our tour guide was Mo and she was very knowledgeable and did a great job. My kids loved hearing the history from her and the lunch food was very good. I highly recommend this tour
Went on the top of the tower tour. Got a good view of Ford Island from the observation deck. Hawaiian buffet lunch, Been to the Missouri and the Arizona before, so just did a simple walk-through.
Good good and knowledgeable.
Rey was exceptional! Great tour! He was very knowledgeable and kept the whole day interesting. 10/10 recommend this tour.
The Pearl Harbor tour was a deeply moving and unforgettable experience. Everything was well-organized, and the guides shared powerful stories that brought history to life. It’s a meaningful visit that I highly recommend to anyone coming to Hawaii.
