Pearl Harbor Visitor Center; two indoor museums, outdoor display, 23 minutes documentary movie with real footage of the attack, and boat ride reservation to USS Arizona Memorial
The North Shore visit includes a stop at the Dole Plantation, a drive by beautiful Hale’iwa, a laid back historical surf town and along the coast past the most famous surfing beaches in the world. A North Shore tour wouldn’t be complete without a stop at our popular shrimp and food truck. Our tour continues along the scenic route toward Kualoa Ranch, Hollywood’s favorite backdrop for movies with a stop by Chinaman’s Hat and the macadamia farm. We work with you about the prefer stops on the way, we can combine on touristic places, off the beaten path orr a combination of those. You will enjoy a day of history, beauty, good food and the spirit of aloha. This tour is ideal for groups, that want to explore the island, but are not spending a lot of time on Oahu, or one of your first excursion, to get a big idea of the endless opportunities. *** Our tour offers either North Shore Oahu or southeast coast depending on the customer preferences***
A southeast coast tour starts with stop at the beautiful Diamond Head Lookout then a drive by Oahu’s most expensive real estate on Kahala Avenue heading east towards the unspoiled and beautiful Ka Iwi Coast. We will drive by Koko Crater, Hanauma Bay and stop at Lanai Lookout – where on a clear day you can see Molokai and Maui. Just beyond we stop at the Halona Blowhole and Halona Beach Cove, made famous in the movie “From Here to Eternity”. Passing Sandy’s Beach we round the corner to the Makapu’u Lookout with views of Rabbit Island and the beautiful turquoise Waimanalo beaches. We will stop for lunch in the charming town of Kailua, and then visit the breathtaking Pali Lookout, where King Kamehameha united the Hawaiian Islands. *** Our tour offers either North Shore Oahu or southeast coast depending on the customer preferences***
Exceptional service. Great communication with the company and driver. Our tour driver/guide Noilani continually strived to ensure we had the best experience ever.
Excellent tour guide with so much wonderful history and information to share about the beautiful island. We had a wonderful tour of Pearl Harbor and a lovely day with lunch and multiple stops per our Interests and requests. Highly recommend!
We booked the Pearl Harbor and island highlights tour expecting a knowledgeable, engaging guide who would bring the history and surroundings to life throughout the day Unfortunately, that’s not what we experienced. While Rich was friendly and accommodating at times, the actual guiding was very underwhelming. There was little proactive narration, and I found myself having to ask most of the questions just to get even basic information. That’s not what you book a guided tour for. A guide should lead the experience not rely on guests to prompt them. Even when passing or discussing key sites like the USS Missouri and the submarine, there was no effort to provide any meaningful context beyond “that’s not part of your tour.” Regardless of inclusion, a professional guide should take opportunities like this to educate and enhance the experience, especially for first-time visitors. The return drive was also uncomfortable, with erratic driving in traffic that didn’t make for a great passenger experience. What disappointed us most, however, was the company’s response. Rather than acknowledging the lack of engagement, they deflected responsibility , focusing on what was “included” and blaming weather conditions that didn’t reflect our experience. There was no real accountability. To put this into perspective, since this tour we’ve had several guides across Maui and the Big Island, and every one of them delivered continuous, informative, and engaging commentary throughout the journey while driving. That’s the standard we expected here. I appreciate not every guide will be a natural entertainer, but a baseline level of consistent information, engagement, and professionalism is essential. Sadly, this tour fell well below that standard, and the response from the company only reinforced that impression. I would not recommend.
The tour operator never showed up!!!! Said they never got the reservation from Viator. Seemed sus to us but who knows. Should get a full refund but sure started out our vacation inauspiciously!!!
People should know how much time they want to spend at Pearl Harbor. For us it was perfect timing. Our tour guide Handsome/Jacob, can’t remember his 200 character full name!
Billy is very informative and personable. He is a retired park ranger. You can't get better information other then reading a brochure. But who wants to do that when Billy will drive you straight to the destinations and share stories of the site. A fantastic memory for the ending of our vacation.
We had a great day. Very personalized trip. Billy did an awesome job showing us the island. Would highly recommend.
Since we had a rainy and cloudy day, the views were not spectacular as they normally would be, Noelini gave us wonderful information about the area, history and culture. She was an engaging and enjoyable hostess. A drive to Punchbowl was an interesting and meaningful bonus.
Tour guide Jacob a local was extremely knowledgeable & awesome. Saw a ton & several things off the beaten path.
We had a great time. We liked the personalized attention, the ability to cater our tour to what we wanted to see and learn things we would have never experienced in a larger tour. Highly recommend and well worth the price!!
Our guide Greg was amazing. Very knowledgeable and attentive!. We had the best time n the south east shores. Would strongly recommend you this experience!
Great knowledge and an enjoyable day!! Noelani was an excellent guide and knew how to show us so many parts of the island. Her knowledge of the history was incredible and I would book this again in a minute. Pearl Harbor, like many national monument tours is self guided but you're equipped for success and it is a somber but very enjoyable and moving time. Thanks for the amazing day!
EXCELLENT PRIVATE TOUR - Richard Kiessling was our driver/tour guide for our Pearl Harbor and scenic Oahu private tour supplied by Personalized Hawaii Tours. Our Pearl Harbor tour was excellent from start to finish with Richard supplying an audio recording whilst driving to the Pearl Harbor site giving us information and a very good insight of all we were about to see. Richard answered all of questions and directed us to all the places we had to visit within Pearl Harbor. After this we spent the rest of day visiting photo spots of landmarks and viewing points along the east and west coasts of the island. He also took us to a lovely restaurant for lunch. Throughly interesting and enjoyable day.
Girls trip to Hawaii. Booked a private Pearl Harbor island tour. We thought we knew what we wanted. Yolanda enhanced that experience. She took photos and created scrapbook pictures for us. Taught us so much about Hawaii and where to go on the island on our own. Expensive—yes. Worth it—absolutely. We would do this 100% again. Visiting Hawaii? Do it right the first time. Splurge a little and we promise you won’t be disappointed! So so worth it! Don’t be wishing you should have. Do it!!
Rich was great! Nice guy! Knows a ton about Oahu! Outstanding tour! I recommend this trip!! Family loved it. Great food too!
Seeing the memorial was an unforgettable experience. So many souls lost and forever remembered. Our tour guide, Antonio, was outstanding.
Very interesting and informative trip. Rich was very friendly and helpful to make our trip wonderful. Great tour guide.Awesome trip!
The service, personal attention to our tour was great. This is the 3rd tour I have taken with Victor Tours. Two in Canada and this one in Hawaii. No problems and they go above and beyond to help selecting tours that will fit time schedules!
Our tour guide, Antonio, was AMAZING!! Incredibly knowledgeable about Pearl Harbor and Hawaii. The private tour is SO worth the money and time.
Noelani was perfect as a tour guide and driver. She was raised in Oahu and knew the history of the island very well. She drove us to beautiful places and was just amazing with her knowledge and personality. She clearly enjoys sharing her knowledge with visitors. She was also very patient with my 80 year old mother in law who was with us and walks slow. We absolutely enjoyed the experience.
Our guide Antonio was actually early. Our tour was very comprehensive. Our only problem was that, at times, it was difficult to understand the guide. He was very nice and would repeat himself when asked, but between his accent and mask there was some difficulty. Also some additional picture taking spots along the North Shore would have been nice. The overall experience was very positive. Our stops at coffee plantation, Dole, shaved ice and macadamia nuts really added to the experience.
Was exactly as we thought it would be. I love that the sea life has made a home on all the existing structures, Living on for our brave men who lost their lives. I especially loved touring the sub. It’s kept up impeccably (bowfin)
Yolanda was right on time picking us up. She was very informative and personable. I’d highly recommend Yolanda for your next tour.
This tour was fantastic! We had a private tour with Yolanda and she was fantastic! Highly recommend this!
We did the private tour in Spanish with Yolanda. Excellent professional with deep knowledge of Hawaiian history and specifically Oa’hu. We visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the southeast coast of the island. Experience we won't forget. Mahalo!
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