Optional Activities/Tours

Hawai‘i Music Festivals offers a wide variety of activities and tours to enhance your trip. Below is just a sample of the many fun things to see and do while in Paradise!

View from the Arizona Memorial

Saint Charles West Choirs
Missouri

Arizona Memorial Tour

Relive the day that will live in infamy. The tour starts with a movie presentation of the attack on Pearl Harbor and is followed with a boat tour to the Memorial, which sits atop the sunken hull of the U.S.S. Arizona.

Hawaiian Luau

Kick off your shoes and go native! Take a scenic bus ride outside of Waikiki and enjoy an all you can eat buffet, filled with delicious Hawaiian cuisine. Live entertainment provides hours of non-stop fun.

USS Missouri Tour

The tour marks the end of World War II. The "Mighty Mo" was last deployed in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War. You can tour this impressive battleship and relive the signing of the Japanese surrender, which ended the world's bloodiest war.

On the deck of the USS Battleship Missouri

Sunset Dinner Cruise

Enjoy dinner while sailing along the beautiful Waikiki coastline. Evening entertainment and dancing included.

Fergus Falls Community College Choir
Minnesota

Hanauma Bay Nature Reserve

Take a snorkeling trip to Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve. After a brief orientation and film about the ecology of the park, you will enjoy one of the best snorkeling sites in Hawai‘i . The experience is like swimming in an aquarium.

Polynesian Cultural Center

Meet the actual natives from seven Pacific Island Nations. At the Polynesian Cultural Center you will have the opportunity to learn the cultures and traditions that make the people of the Pacific unique. Learn to husk coconuts from a Samoan, swing poi balls in New Zealand, and play in a Fijian band. Pound drums in Tonga, watch poi get pounded in Hawai‘i and much more. Transportation, admission, dinner and evening show included. The Polynesian Cultural Center is the number one visitor attraction in the entire state.

Circle Island Tour - O‘ahu

This is a tour of O‘ahu, including all of the highlights that are a "must see". Visit the Diamond Head lookout, exclusive Kahala estates, Hanauma Bay, Halona Point - Hawai‘i's "Old Faithful", Pali Lookout, pineapple fields, North Shore surfing beaches and more.

At the Pali Lookout

1-Day Outer Island Tours

Choose from Maui, Kaua‘i or the Big Island of Hawai‘i! Visit Haleakala Crater on Maui, the world's largest dormant volcano, rising over 10,000 feet above sea level. On Kaua‘i, visit such sites as the Waimea Canyon - the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific." On the Big Island, visit Volcanoes National Park, home of the Kilauea Volcano - the world's most active volcano. Deluxe motorcoach transportation and inter-island airfare included.

Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park

This water-themed amusement park has been designed to appeal to all ages and features a unique variety of age-appropriate rides and amenities in a resort-like atmosphere. The park includes the following features: a football field-size wave pool suitable for body surfing and boogie boarding; a 65 foot high free-fall slide; water-toboggan bullet slides; two and three person inner tube slides; a continuous river where guests float in inner tubes in a three mile an hour current; group picnic areas and barbecues. Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park is one of the largest water parks in the nation.

Diamond Head Hike

See O‘ahu's beautiful southern coastline from atop one of Hawai‘i's most famous landmarks. Diamond Head was created about 300,000 years ago during a single, brief eruption. The broad, saucer-shaped crater covers 350 acres with its width being greater than its height. The trail to the summit was built in 1908 as part of the U.S. Army Coastal Artillery defense system. From the trailhead to the summit of Diamond Head Crater, you will cover 0.7 miles one way and climb 560 feet from the crater floor. Portions of the trail go through dark tunnels- a flashlight is suggested. The hike will take you through World War II bunkers on the way up to the summit. Don't forget to bring a camera!