Hawaiian Marketplace

You step off the plane in Hawaii and are greeted with leis and the heavenly smells of the Islands. All around you will information on sightseeing tours, tour guides, and tour buses and you will be overwhelmed. Perhaps you did your homework before you flew to Hawaii and likely have a list already of things to do and places to see. For some people lounging on a sandy beach all day is the ideal vacation. For others, the sightseeing tours can be anything imaginable.

There are professional tours, commercial tours, customized tours, big tours, little tours, long tours, casual tours. There are sightseeing tours that travel by foot, horse, bicycle, car, bus, boat, catamaran, sail boats, yachts, helicopters, paragliders, parasails, kayak, and just about anything else you can name. You can mix and match tours by mode of travel or by theme of the tour. If you are intrigued by volcanoes, a helicopter tour of any or all the volcanoes. Dolphins? You can even go swimming with them. An ideal spot is at the Sea Life Park at Makapuu Point.

As mentioned you can mix and match your sightseeing tours. Many sightseeing agencies offer more than one sightseeing tour. Some specialize. The hardest task you as the sightseer will have is not overwhelming yourself. When you can do anything you want, it is hard to make a choice. Sometimes your body will make it for you. For instance, if you have not been on a horse in a while, you could come home a little stiff and sore if the horseback sightseeing was a long tour. Planning a stint waterskiing the next morning may call for more flexibility than you are capable of at the moment. Intersperse your physical activities with museum activities. And do not forget to take time to enjoy the sandy beaches.

If you are a quiet soul, then you can rent a car and choose your own sightseeing path. Or you can choose a small tour such as offered by E Noa Tours. E Noa will take you a short tours places that you might not otherwise see such as downtown Honolulu. E Noa guides will also take you to places such as the Arizona Memorial. Of course they can also take you on longer tours around the island.

Regardless of what you choose to do, the guides are friendly and knowledgeable. You cannot choose a bad tour. You can only choose some that are better than other but they are all incredible.