Oahu July 2021 Day 5

Oahu Island Tour Day

Beautiful beach in Oahu

Usually we avoid the big tour bus but this time it's the easiest to see most of Oahu in the Circle Island tour.  The tour brought us up the east side up to the north before coming down south again. Our guide is call Bk and he's pretty nice and informative.

Tour details

Took a total of 9 hours, leaving at 7am and coming back at 430pm. Fortunately it's a well sync group and well organized tour so we enjoyed it.

Tour details with wait at Hilton village bus depot

Blow hole

They provided a poi malasada for breakfast that they hand out at the blow hole. 

First stop: Blow hole with poi malasada

We bypassed the Hanauma Bay as it's closed to big tours now and went to 2nd stop. 

Nu'uanu Pass  

Very windy and great view here at the pass. The guide pointed out the importance of the war at this pass to uniting the islands under one king. 

Nu'uanu Pass sights

Chinaman's hat along the way (imagination required)

Byodo-In temple

This is easily my favorite spot on the whole trip. 

Love the mountain and the temple tucked in the trees. It's not big but i certainly enjoyed the ambience

Spot the temple!

Japanese temple in the mountains

Different corners of the temple

Haleiwa

The tour then went to a macadamia farm but it's so crazy that we didn't stay too long. And after that we stop at Haleiwa which is a beach town near north shore. 

Camaron: Garlic shrimp food truck at Haleiwa.. Yum

We had fun poking our heads into art galleries in the little town and shopping before heading back to Waikiki

cute sightings in Haleiwa

Dole plantation

Yes, tourist trap and we had dole whip. Bill say pineapple ice cream is better  =)

Dole whip in the cheesy dole plantation

Waikiki downtown 

BK gave us a tour of the Iolani palace where the coronation of the first king and queen took place. The palace is now supreme court. 

And there's a church that's a miniature size west minister abbey and missionary quarters. 

We didn't have a chance to go back to visit the places but maybe next trip. 

Waikiki downtown iconic places

How many picture-perfect beach photos can u take in Hawaii???!!! 

Going to the beach!