Private USS Arizona and USS Missouri Pearl Harbor Tour
Description
We are committed to providing the best possible service to our customers by offering only personalized experiences to small groups. During this tour you will gain valuable knowledge of Pearl Harbor at the beginning the tour by listening to an historian's in-depth, recorded lecture explaining the attack, plus a short personal and professional presentation by your tour guide at the visitor center. With our knowledge and experience of Pearl Harbor we can provide you with the best insights, tips, and details about how to navigate the visitor center and the USS Missouri to get the most out of your visit. Book with us and let us make your experience memorable!
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Itinerary
Make a date with history and visit Pearl Harbor, one of the most historic places in the world. We will learn from the excellent displays in the visitor center, view a film on the day “which will live in infamy”, and visit the USS Arizona Memorial by crossing the harbor aboard a Navy vessel.
Visit the USS Missouri located on Ford Island, an active and restricted military base. Upon arrival to the USS Missouri, you will feel the power of America; This is where the official surrender of the Japanese took place, you will stand on the deck where general McArthur signed the peace treaty on September 02, 1945, see the official document on a beautiful display, listen to the USS Missouri tour guides orientation, see the bend area where the Kamikaze pilot hit the USS Missouri, look the powerful cannons and visit the interior of the ship.
You will learn about the Hawaiian History by visiting the grounds of Hawaii’s most popular & landmarks such as the Statue of King Kamehaha and Iolani Palace
Our tour guides would drive you through Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific known as the" Arlington of the Pacific" where you will enjoy the view of Honolulu and learned where this peaceful and beautiful place where our soldiers rest.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
If your pick-up location is in the area of Ko Olina or Turtle Bay on the North Shore, please email us or call us for booking information. Pick-up time varies from 7:30 am to 10:30 am depending on the availability of tickets to the USS Arizona. You will receive a text message the evening before your tour with your finalized pick-up time and additional important information about visiting Pearl Harbor. If your pick-up location is the airport please send us your flight number prior to your tour date.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- PEARL HARBOR PARKS DEPARMENT DOES NOT ALLOW TOUR GUIDES TO TOUR THE VISITOR'S CENTER OR USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL WITH GUESTS THEREFORE, ON THIS PORTION OF YOUR TOUR, YOUR TOUR GUIDE WILL WAIT FOR YOU.
- Visitors should expect moderate walking across memorial areas, exhibits, and pathways.
- Our vehicles can accommodate collapsible wheelchairs only; they are not equipped with wheelchair lifts.
Reviews(106)
Guide was fantastic. Timely, full of knowledge about the location. We really enjoyed our tour. Would definitely book again.
Excellent private tour. Riley our tour guide was excellent. We went at our pace and enjoyed every minute.
Guide was on time , with a comfortable vehicle, knew the island landmarks and history, was a gracious host. Full of information and knowledge
We had a wonderful day exploring Pearl Harbor, Dole and the North Shore. Our guide, Riley, was sensational! She had tremendous knowledge of our stops and of Hawaii, in general! She was very enjoyable and accommodating to our requests!!
Noelani was our amazing tour guide! She was very friendly and informative. We learned so much from her!
Our guide, Riley, was top notch! There were 6 of us and we had ample room in the vehicle and were all impressed by the history that Riley shared with us. She made our trip to Pearl Harbor carefree and enjoyable, stopped at a great local restaurant for lunch and then drove us through the Punch Bowl. We would highly recommend this tour.
Block off a whole day to do this excursion! A great way to preserve the history and share the remembrance of the memorial with others.
Our tour guide, Riley, was fantastic. She was friendly, extremely knowledgeable, and accommodating. Highly recommend her company
Riley was an excellent guide. She was conscientious and adjusted our tour to my wife’s walking limitations due to arthritis. She was very knowledgeable and thorough with the information she shared about the events leading up to World War II and the significant details for the historic monuments we were going to see. We saw the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific first, visiting these national cemetery’s always makes me thankful that my Great Uncles who served made it back home, although they did carry emotional scars that troubled them throughout their lives. Visiting the Arizona was a very moving experience, thinking about the men who died there and the families that lost them made me both sorrowful and proud of the sacrifices that the American people made so that we are able to live the way we do today. I served in the Army National Guard, but never did anything close to what was asked of these men. The Battleship Missouri was an amazing piece of history. Walking the deck and standing on the same boards that were stood upon to end WWII was an honor. The tour through the crew quarters, dining facilities, and recreation areas, including a snack shop and library, of the ship amazed me. The commitment made to use precious space on a ship to have areas that brought a little bit of normality to the servicemen’s lives was unexpected. I have worked in food manufacturing for over 40 years and the equipment used in the kitchen areas would not look out of place in a modern processing facility. Obviously the guns, size and military might of the ship are awe inspiring. Sixteen inch guns that can fire a more than 2000lbs shell 26 miles every 30 seconds from 9 separate rifles and not move the ship because of the masterful recoil system is unimaginable for those of us who never experienced it. This is a private tour that I feel privileged to have gotten the opportunity to experience. There was much more to see and experience, I only touched the surface of the experience.
Noelani, our guide, was outstanding. She was friendly, pleasant to be with and very knowledgable. In addition to the Pearl Harbor tour, she gave us a quick tour of the other side of Oahu as well as several historical and cultural sites in downtown Honolulu/Waikiki.
