Do you need a car on Oʻahu? Transit fares and parking at the big sights

What the bus and Skyline cost, and what parking costs at the attractions visitors ask about most.

By Chris Weaver, publisher · Visitor Guide

TheBus and Skyline

TheBus and Skyline share one fare structure. With a HOLO card, an adult 2-Hour Pass is $3.00 with unlimited transfers for two hours; a 24-Hour Pass is $7.50, a 3-Day Pass $20.00 and a 7-Day Pass $45.00. The card costs $2.00. (City and County of Honolulu DTS, Transit Fares, checked Oct 2026)

Cash works on TheBus only: $3.25 for an adult ride, exact fare, no transfers. (City and County of Honolulu DTS, Transit Fares, checked Oct 2026)

A HOLO card is required to ride Skyline. Adult cards are sold at the ticket vending machine at Lelepaua Station at the airport. (Hawaiʻi DOT Airports Division, HNL: The Bus and Skyline, checked Oct 2026)

Parking at the sights

Hanauma Bay: $3 for non-residents, cash only; a reservation does not include a stall. (Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation, Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, checked Oct 2026)

Diamond Head: $10 per vehicle for non-residents, credit card only, with a reservation required. (Hawaiʻi DLNR Division of State Parks, Diamond Head State Monument, checked Oct 2026)

Pearl Harbor: $7 a day, paid by QR code on the day. (National Park Service, Pearl Harbor: Fees & Passes, checked Oct 2026)

Lanikai: on holiday weekends the city has banned parking from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mokulua and ʻAʻalapapa Drives and the cross-streets between them. (City and County of Honolulu DTS, Lanikai parking restrictions (New Year's 2026), checked Oct 2026)

Renting at the airport

The Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility at the airport houses ten rental companies, across from Terminal 2 outside baggage claims 26 and 31; a shuttle runs from the other terminals from 4 a.m. to midnight. (Hawaiʻi DOT Airports Division, HNL: Car Rentals, checked Oct 2026)

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. Found something wrong? Tell us; corrections go up the same day.