USS Arizona Memorial Tours from Waikiki

QUICK ANSWER
Half-Day Reverence Tour of Pearl Harbor: A four-hour chauffeured private tour for up to six guests, built around the USS Arizona Memorial itself: the Navy boat crossing, a visit aboard the memorial, both Arizona museums, the documentary, and guided coverage of the USS Bowfin and Battleship Row.
Price: $899 per private tour, up to 6 guests.
Duration: 4 hours
Island: Oahu
Pickup: Honolulu and Waikiki hotels, Ko Olina resorts, cruise ships
Booking: instant confirmation.

WHY A HALF DAY RATHER THAN A FULL ONE
Because not every visit needs six hours, and some are better for not having them. This tour keeps the parts that matter most to first-time visitors, the memorial and the museums, and leaves out the optional Ford Island add-ons that stretch the longer tour past five hours. Four hours, one vehicle, one guide, and you are back at your hotel or ship with the afternoon still yours.

If you want the Mighty Mo walked properly, or the Bowfin toured from the inside, book the longer five to six hour limousine tour instead, which carries those as paid options. This one gives you close-up guided views of the Bowfin and Battleship Row rather than boarding them, and spends the time saved on the Arizona.

WHAT THE FOUR HOURS COVER
1. Chauffeured pickup from your Honolulu hotel, cruise ship, or the airport
2. Private transfer to Pearl Harbor
3. Guided entry into the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
4. The Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial and the USS Bowfin, the Pearl Harbor Avenger, with guided commentary
5. The USS Arizona Memorial presentation by the United States Navy, and the documentary film
6. Navy boat crossing and a visit aboard the USS Arizona Memorial
7. Guided views of Battleship Row and the USS Missouri
8. Chauffeured return to your pickup point

WHY IT IS CALLED A REVERENCE TOUR
Because the USS Arizona is a war grave. The remains of 1,177 sailors and Marines are still aboard the ship beneath the memorial, and survivors of the crew have chosen to be interred there since. It is not a museum piece with a viewing deck; it is a cemetery you reach by boat. Hawaiians have an ʻōlelo noʻeau for exactly this obligation: Mai kaulaʻi wale i ka iwi o nā kūpuna, do not carelessly expose the bones of the ancestors. The harbour itself they called Puʻuloa, and it was a place of plenty long before it was a place of loss.

WHAT IS INCLUDED ON BOARD
Bottled water, and a wet bar on ice with Hawaiian beverages, soft drinks, and snacks, which sounds like a small thing until you have spent a morning in the Honolulu sun. Your guide holds a Commercial Use Authorization permit from the National Park Service, which is what permits commercial guiding inside the memorial areas.

PRICING
$899 per private tour for up to six guests, charged per vehicle rather than per person. Verified against FareHarbor, August 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.

WHO IT IS FOR
Cruise passengers with half a port day, families who want the memorial without a full-day commitment, and anyone travelling with young keiki or kūpuna for whom six hours on the harbour grounds would be too much. With a full vehicle of six the per-person cost lands close to a mid-range coach seat, with none of the queueing.

QUICK ANSWER
Pearl Harbor Remembered B: A seven-hour Pearl Harbor tour with a later 7:30am Waikiki pickup, covering the Visitor Center, the Navy boat ride to the USS Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri, and a drive through downtown Honolulu.
Price: $143 adult (12+) · $115 child (3 to 11) · lap child under 2 free.
Duration: 7 hours, pickup 7:30am to 7:50am, return about 2:30pm
Island: Oahu
Best for: Waikiki visitors who want both headline ships without a pre-dawn start
Booking: instant confirmation.

WHAT MAKES THE B DEPARTURE DIFFERENT?
The pickup window. Tour 66B leaves Waikiki between 7:30am and 7:50am rather than at first light, and has you back around 2:30pm. You see the same two headline ships as the earlier departure, the USS Arizona Memorial and the Battleship Missouri, without setting an alarm for 5am on holiday.

Pearl Harbor carries two names. Long before the fleet arrived, Hawaiians called these waters Puʻuloa, and the pearl oysters that once filled them gave the harbor the name it now answers to. The moʻolelo of this place runs deeper than 1941, and the kūpuna who fished this shoreline would still recognize its shape. As the ʻōlelo noʻeau has it, I ka wā ma mua, ka wā ma hope, the future is found in the past.

WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE
The day opens at the Visitor Center, where exhibits and multimedia displays set out how December 7, 1941 arrived and what followed. From there a Navy-operated boat carries you out to the USS Arizona Memorial, which sits directly above the sunken battleship and the 1,177 crew still aboard. The Battleship Missouri follows, and its surrender deck is where the war formally ended in Tokyo Bay in 1945. The return leg through downtown Honolulu takes in the civic landmarks that shaped the islands well before the attack.

PRICING
$143 adult (12+) · $115 child (3 to 11). Lap children under 2 ride free. Verified against FareHarbor, August 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
– Bags are not allowed at Pearl Harbor. Storage is $8 per bag
– A government-issued photo ID is required
– Comfortable shoes and clothing; swimsuits are not permitted
– Reconfirm your tour by phone at least 24 hours ahead
– Construction and lane closures near Pearl Harbor can cause delays

WHO IT IS FOR
Visitors staying in Waikiki who want the Arizona and the Missouri in one day and would rather start at a civilised hour. Seven hours is a full day but not a punishing one, which makes it workable for older keiki and for anyone travelling with kūpuna who would find a 5am start hard going.

QUICK ANSWER
Pearl Harbor Remembered Tour from Waikiki: A 7-hour E Noa tour covering the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center exhibits, the USS Arizona Memorial, the Battleship Missouri, and a downtown Honolulu drive-by.
Price: $143 adult (12+) · $115 child (3 to 11) · lap children 2 and under free.
Duration: 7 hours, with 6:30am and 7:00am departures
Island: Oahu
Best for: Adults & children
Booking: instant confirmation.

WHAT DOES THE PEARL HARBOR REMEMBERED TOUR COVER?
It covers the war from both ends. The USS Arizona Memorial marks the morning the United States was pulled into the Second World War, and the Battleship Missouri, moored across the water on Ford Island, is the deck where Japan signed the surrender four years later. Seeing both in one day is the point of the 7-hour format.
The tour runs twice each morning as Tour 66A and Tour 66B, half an hour apart, with the same route and the same price either way. The Visitor Center comes first, with multimedia exhibits that set up the events leading to December 7 and what followed. The boat crossing to the Arizona follows, then the Missouri, then a drive through downtown Honolulu on the way back. Long before any of it, this harbor was Puʻuloa to Hawaiians, a name still carried by the land the memorials sit on, and the moʻolelo of the place is older than the ships. As the ʻōlelo noʻeau has it, “ʻAʻohe pau ka ʻike i ka hālau hoʻokahi,” all knowledge is not taught in one school.

PRICING
$143 adult (12+) · $115 child (3 to 11). Lap children 2 and under ride free. Bag storage at Pearl Harbor is $8.00 per bag and is not included. Verified against FareHarbor, August 2026. Confirm current rates at booking.

WHAT IS INCLUDED
– Admission to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center
– USS Arizona Memorial entry and boat ride
– Battleship Missouri tour
– Downtown Honolulu drive-by
– Round-trip transportation from Waikiki

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
– 7-hour day, returning to Waikiki or Ko Olina. Two departures run daily: Tour 66A at 6:30am and Tour 66B at 7:00am, identical itineraries at the same price
– Security is strict: no large bags, iPad cases, or clutch wallets. Storage is $8.00 per bag
– A government-issued ID is required
– Swimsuits are not permitted
– Construction and lane closures around Pearl Harbor can cause delays
– The Navy can suspend boat operations to the Arizona at any time, with no refund. The film, exhibits, and monuments stay open
– Cancellation: 24 hours advance notice required for a refund

WHO IT IS FOR
Adults and keiki with a real interest in the war rather than a passing look. The 7-hour length and the 6:30am start make it a full day, so it suits travelers who would rather do Pearl Harbor once and properly than split it across two trips. Guests needing a wheelchair or scooter should notify the operator in advance, and kamaʻāina hosting mainland relatives often pick this one for the Missouri.