Pearl Harbor Tours From Maui
- Pearl Harbor naval base was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941.memory of war image by John Sfondilias from Fotolia.com
Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Maui have options if they want to add a tour of the American naval base, museum and memorial at Pearl Harbor to their vacation. Tour operators offer day trips to Pearl Harbor, which is on the Hawaiian island of Oahu 116 miles away. Daily jet flights cover the distance in 40 to 55 minutes. - Discover Hawaii Tours has a one-day sightseeing tour of Pearl Harbor. The flight leaves Maui at 5:15 a.m. and returns at 8:30 p.m. The tour includes a visit to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. It overlooks the sunken battleship, where the remains of 1,076 sailors and Marines killed aboard the Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941, are still interred. Visitors also can board the U.S.S. Bowfin, a submarine that fought in the Pacific in WWII. A tour of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri, on whose deck the Japanese signed surrender documents to end the war, is also included. The tour cost $299 in September 2010.
Discover Hawaii Tours
955 Waimanu St.
Honolulu, HI 96814
808-690-9050
discoverhawaiitours.com - Hawaii Activities offers a narrated, 11 1/2-hour tour of Pearl Harbor. Flights leave Maui at 8 a.m. The tour starts at the visitor center with documentary film of the attack. A Navy launch transports visitors to the Arizona Memorial. Tour participants also visit the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, where some casualties of Pearl Harbor are buried. The cemetery also contains graves of U.S. service members killed in other wars. The cost of the tour was $316 in September 2010.
Hawaii Activities
2255 Kuhio Ave.
Suite 795
Honolulu, HI 96815
808-690-9990
hawaiiactivities.com - Adventure Maui offer an unescorted day trip from Maui to Oahu that includes a rental car. Visitors can choose how long they stay at Pearl Harbor and visit other attractions on Oahu. Flights leave at 6:23 and 8:40 a.m. The first return flight is at 5:15 p.m. and the last is at 8 p.m. The tour cost $199 in September 2010, with the rate climbing to $249 between Dec. 15 and Jan. 4.
Hawaii Travel and Tours
Adventuremaui/Adventureinhawaii
17 Nana Pono Place
Kula, HI 96790
808-876-7777
adventuremaui.com
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