Pearl Harbor Hawaii Duck Tour
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Come on board the Duck, an amphibious vehicle (can drive both on land and in the water), and head out to Pearl Harbor. Here you have the choice to visit one of three popular visitor attractions. You can either visit the Arizona Memorial, the USS Missouri or the Pacific Aviation Museum. Besides touring Pearl Harbor, this Duck tour takes you through downtown Honolulu where you will see many historic locations. This tour also includes a water segment at Keehi Lagoon.
Arizona Memorial Tour: This Pearl Harbor tour starts with the documentary about the attack on December 7th. After that, you will join other visitors on the Navy launch across to the sunken Arizona where the memorial was built on top of the ship that still lies at the bottom of the ocean bubbling up oil.
USS Missouri Tour: Start with a shuttle ride from the Visitor Center to Ford Island for this Pearl Harbor tour. Once you arrive a staff member will give a short briefing on the exhibit and then you can go through the exhibit there.
Pacific Aviation Museum: Explore the exhibits at the Pacific Aviation Museum.
After the Pearl Harbor tours are conducted you are taken back to the Duck tour vehicle to continue on.
There are no recorded translations available in other languages on Duck Tours.
Tour Highlights:
- Kalakaua Avenue
- Ala Moana Shopping Center
- Ward Center
- Ala Moana Beach Park
- Aloha Tower
- Chinatown/Downtown Honolulu
- Iolani Palace
- Kamehameha Statue/Hawaii State Capitol
- Keehi Lagoon (Sand Island) *water segment
- Pearl Harbor/Hickham Joint Military Base (final stop varies based on chosen tour option):
- Pearl Harbor USS Arizona Memorial
- Pearl Harbor Battleship Missouri
- Pearl Harbor Pacific Aviation Museum
USS Arizona Memorial
USS Arizona
Black Tears of the Arizona
- Where and When:
- Pick-up is available from a set number of Waikiki area hotels. (If your hotel is not a pick-up point you will be picked up at the closest pick-up point to your hotel.)
Check-in is at the Hilton Waikiki Lagoon area in the back parking lot which can be seen from the lagoon. It is marked by a stationary Hawaii Duck Tours bus. View Map
- Requirements:
- There are 6 regular steps that must be taken to get in the vehicle. There is also a hand rail for assistance. There is room to store one or two folding wheelchairs on the bus if needed.
- Restrictions:
- There are 6 regular steps that must be taken to get in the vehicle.
There is also a hand rail for assistance.
There is room to store one or two folding wheelchairs on the bus if needed.
- Special Notes:
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- Operation Days:
- Operates Sundays and some holidays. Closed Thanksgiving, December 7, Christmas and New Year's Day.
- Duration:
- Approximately 5 hours
- Vendor:
- Duck Tours
- Equipment:
- The DUKW (D-model year 1942, U-amphibian, K-all wheel drive, W-dual rear axles) is boat-like vehicle with a hollow airtight body. It was designed to carry 25 soldiers and their equipment, an artillery piece, or 5,000 pounds of general cargo and ammunition. On land, it can go up to 50 miles per hour - fast enough for touring purposes. The United States produced 20,000 DUKWs during World War II, and they first saw use in the invasion of Sicily in 1943. Later, they played an import role in the invasion of Normandy.
Newer vehicles have been added to the fleet called Hydra-Terras. These vehicles feature a positive buoyancy foam filled compartments and v shaped hulls to cut through water and all vehicles have been retrofitted with soft cushioned seats.
There are no restrooms aboard the vehicle.
There is no air-conditioning, but the vehicle is open to the air (it has a roof still) and allows for the Hawaiian tradewinds to breeze through the vehicle.