Things to do in Oʻahu

Browse more than 350 shops and restaurants at an open-air Honolulu mall, with hula performances on Centerstage.

See the 184-foot tower that has stood over Honolulu Harbor since 1926, then eat and stroll at the marketplace below.

Watch expert surfers ride hollow, tubular waves breaking over a shallow reef off Ehukai Beach Park on Oahu's North Shore.

Board the 887-foot battleship where Japan surrendered in 1945 and stand on the Surrender Deck at Ford Island.

Explore Polynesian artifacts in Hawaiian Hall, a planetarium and a hands-on science center on one Honolulu campus.

Ring the three-ton peace bell, feed the koi and see an 18-foot golden Buddha at a temple in the Valley of the Temples.

Climb switchbacks, steep stairs and a lighted tunnel to old military bunkers on the crater rim.

Ride the Pineapple Express train, wander a giant garden maze and try Dole Soft Serve at this plantation stop in Wahiawa.

Snorkel over a coral reef inside a flooded volcanic crater on Oahu's southeast coast, a protected nature preserve.

Wander 32 galleries and six courtyards holding more than 55,000 works of art from Hawaii, Asia, Europe and the Americas.

See black rhinos, giraffes, elephants and native Hawaiian birds across 42 acres at the edge of Kapiolani Park in Waikiki.

Tour the throne room, state dining room and private royal suites of the palace of Hawaii's last reigning monarchs.

Shop and eat beneath a preserved banyan tree at an open-air shopping center on Kalakaua Avenue in the heart of Waikiki.

Tour a 4,000-acre working ranch on Oahu's windward coast by UTV, horse, zipline or bus past well-known movie locations.

Swim in calm, shallow turquoise water off a half-mile of sand facing the twin Mokulua Islands offshore.

Walk the visitor center galleries and shoreline exhibits that tell the story of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Walk through six Pacific island villages, watch the Huki canoe show and stay for the evening stage show Ha: Breath of Life in Laie.

Ride a Navy shuttle boat to the white memorial that spans the sunken battleship USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

Swim, take a surf lesson and stroll Honolulu's resort beach with the Diamond Head crater in view down the shore.

Swim and snorkel in a crescent-shaped North Shore bay in summer, or watch surfers ride towering waves in winter.