Oʻahu Visitor Guide

Reservations, fees, hours and getting around, each fact tied to the official source and checked in October 2026.

By Chris Weaver, publisher · Visitor Guide

• Hanauma Bay: reservations, closed days and what to expect
• Diamond Head: reservations, fees and parking
• Pearl Harbor: free USS Arizona Memorial tickets and what costs money
• Do you need a car on Oʻahu? Transit fares and parking at the big sights
• North Shore in winter: surf safety and where to watch
• Oʻahu hurricane season: what visitors should know
• Kualoa Ranch tours: what to know before you book
• Oʻahu lūʻau: what three operators list
• Kailua and Lanikai: parking, rules and crowds
• Where to stay on Oʻahu: Waikīkī vs. the rest of the island, by the numbers
• From the airport (HNL) to Waikīkī: bus, Skyline, taxi or rental car
• Rainy-day Oʻahu: indoor places and their hours

The Visitor Guide is separate from the Ledger's news coverage. Every fact on these pages was checked against the official source named beside it in October 2026; the source's page governs if it has changed since. Anything we could not verify was left out.