An eight to nine hour Oahu day built around the warships: the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, the Navy boat crossing to the USS Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, plus Punchbowl National Cemetery and historic Honolulu. From $116.99 adult, $89.99 child.
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Battleships of WWII at Pearl Harbor from Waikiki: An eight to nine hour Oahu day built around the warships. The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, the Navy boat crossing to the USS Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, then Punchbowl National Cemetery and historic downtown Honolulu.
Price: $116.99 adult (12+) · $89.99 child (3 to 11) · infants under 3 free.
Duration: 8 to 9 hours, pickup 6am to 7am, departing 7am daily
Island: Oahu
Best for: Visitors who want the ships and the cemetery without an inter-island flight
Booking: instant confirmation.
WHERE THIS SITS AMONG THE WAIKIKI OPTIONS
This operator runs three Pearl Harbor tours out of the Waikiki area, and they form a clean ladder:
– The five to six hour tour at $69.99 covers the Visitor Center, the USS Arizona Memorial, and historic Honolulu
– This eight to nine hour tour at $116.99 adds the Battleship Missouri, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, and Punchbowl
– The ten to eleven hour tour at $174.99 is the longest of the three
The distinctive part of this one is the two stops the shorter tour has no time for: the USS Oklahoma Memorial and Punchbowl. If you have a real interest in the crews rather than the hardware, they are the reason to choose it.
WHY THE OKLAHOMA MATTERS
The Oklahoma capsized during the attack and 429 of her crew were lost, second only to the Arizona. Her memorial on Ford Island sets white standards in the formation of a ship’s company, one for each name. Most visitors arrive having never heard of her and leave remembering her better than anything else that day.
Punchbowl closes the tour. It is the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, held inside an extinct crater above Honolulu, and it holds thousands who served across the Pacific. Hawaiians named that crater Puowaina, the hill of sacrifice, centuries before a single grave was cut into it, which is the sort of coincidence that stops a group mid-conversation when a guide explains it. The harbour itself they called Puʻuloa, prized for pearl oysters long before the fleet. E lawe i ke aʻo a mālama, a e ʻoi mau ka naʻauao, take what you are taught and hold to it, and wisdom will keep growing.
HOW THE DAY RUNS
Pickup is between 6am and 7am from the Waikiki area for a 7am departure, which is early but is what secures the morning memorial slots before the site fills. The Visitor Center comes first, with exhibits and the documentary on December 7, 1941. The Navy boat then crosses to the USS Arizona Memorial, standing directly above the sunken hull where oil still rises in slow droplets and a marble wall names the 1,177 still aboard. Ford Island follows for the Battleship Missouri and her surrender deck, with the Oklahoma memorial nearby. Punchbowl and a circuit of historic downtown Honolulu close the day.
PRICING
$116.99 adult (12+) · $89.99 child (3 to 11). Infants under 3 travel free. This is the Oahu ground version, so no airfare is involved, which is why it costs a fraction of the Kauai and Big Island departures of the same itinerary. Verified against FareHarbor, August 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
– Early pickup between 6am and 7am from the Waikiki area
– A government-issued photo ID is required for every guest
– Bags are not permitted at the Visitor Center or on Ford Island
– Punchbowl is an active cemetery and quiet conduct is expected
– Navy boat operations to the memorial can be suspended for weather
WHO IT IS FOR
Staying in Waikiki, interested in the war rather than a highlights reel, and unwilling to give up eleven hours. Eight to nine hours reaches both headline battleships plus the Oklahoma and Punchbowl, and returns in time for an evening. All ages are welcome, though the pre-dawn pickup asks something of small keiki.
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More Oahu Pearl Harbor tours are here, alongside the wider Oahu collection. Planning ahead? Read Pearl Harbor tickets, timing and what to book. Planning ahead? Read our guide to whether a circle island tour is worth a full day. Flying in from another island? Read what a Pearl Harbor day trip from another island costs. Visiting with children? Read our family guide to Pearl Harbor. Also see our guide to self-guided vs guided Pearl Harbor visits.
Confirm the operator current cancellation window at booking. If the Navy suspends boat operations to the USS Arizona Memorial, the Visitor Center, exhibits, film, and park monuments remain open.
It sits in the middle. The five to six hour tour at $69.99 covers the Visitor Center, the Arizona Memorial, and historic Honolulu. This eight to nine hour tour at $116.99 adds the Battleship Missouri, the USS Oklahoma Memorial, and Punchbowl. The longest runs ten to eleven hours at $174.99.
A memorial on Ford Island to the 429 crew lost when the USS Oklahoma capsized during the December 7, 1941 attack, second only to the Arizona in lives lost. White standards carry their names, set in the formation of a ship’s company.
Punchbowl is the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, set inside an extinct crater above Honolulu that Hawaiians named Puowaina, the hill of sacrifice. It holds thousands who served across the Pacific and completes the story the harbour begins.
Because this is the Oahu ground departure and no airfare is involved. The same itinerary from Kauai or the Big Island includes round-trip inter-island flights, which is why those run at $459.99 against $116.99 here.
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