CinderellaMouse
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2012
This is quite a bit more "west" than California, but this seemed like the best place to post this. I'd like to get some DIS-er feedback.
My mom and I (ages 58 and 23) are tentatively planning a trip to Hawaii next May. If it were just a trip to Hawaii, we would be staying at least a week and definitely seeing multiple islands. However, we are actually only stopping there on our way to Australia. (We're using frequent flyer miles to get to Australia, and we discovered we could break up the trip over the Pacific and spend several days in Hawaii for no additional miles.) We want to budget the majority of our money and time for Sydney, so we only plan to stay in Hawaii for 4 nights.
We know we are flying into Honolulu and spending at least some of our time on Oahu. Pearl Harbor is our only must-see, but there appear to be enough other attractions there that would interest us to fill all our time. However, I've heard that many people find Oahu the least interesting and the least Hawaiian of all the islands, so I'm wondering if we should see Pearl Harbor and then fly off to Maui or Kuaui. Thoughts? We're more interested in the unique landscape of Hawaii than in museums and shopping in downtown Honolulu. We'd also prefer to avoid renting a car, if that makes a difference in people's recommendations.
My mom and I (ages 58 and 23) are tentatively planning a trip to Hawaii next May. If it were just a trip to Hawaii, we would be staying at least a week and definitely seeing multiple islands. However, we are actually only stopping there on our way to Australia. (We're using frequent flyer miles to get to Australia, and we discovered we could break up the trip over the Pacific and spend several days in Hawaii for no additional miles.) We want to budget the majority of our money and time for Sydney, so we only plan to stay in Hawaii for 4 nights.
We know we are flying into Honolulu and spending at least some of our time on Oahu. Pearl Harbor is our only must-see, but there appear to be enough other attractions there that would interest us to fill all our time. However, I've heard that many people find Oahu the least interesting and the least Hawaiian of all the islands, so I'm wondering if we should see Pearl Harbor and then fly off to Maui or Kuaui. Thoughts? We're more interested in the unique landscape of Hawaii than in museums and shopping in downtown Honolulu. We'd also prefer to avoid renting a car, if that makes a difference in people's recommendations.