With this audio guide ticket, you'll gain an insight into the attack on Pearl Harbor and, as an optional extra, you can also visit the USS Arizona Memorial—a must-see in Honolulu.
Why Travellers Choose This Tour
Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona are Hawaii's number one tourist attractions. Each year, a huge number of tourists visit the memorial to learn first-hand about the attack on Pearl Harbor, which would lead to the United States' entry into the war.
With this ticket, you'll enjoy an audio-guided tour narrated by actress Jamie Lee Curtis. Over the course of the tour, you'll gain insights into the background behind the attack on Pearl Harbor, what happened as a result, the state of the area today, and much more.
This fascinating tour brings to life the events that changed the Pacific forever. You'll hear the stories of the survivors of the USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor, and gain an insight into what they experienced on 7 December 1941.
Description
Once you arrive at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, you'll be directed to the counter, where you'll be able to pick up your audio guides. From there, you can begin to enjoy this tour of Pearl Harbor.
The first thing you'll do is watch an introductory video at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. After this short screening, you'll have the option of taking a ferry to the USS Arizona Memorial to continue the explanation of what happened in this bay on the island of Oahu. Visits to this memorial require advance booking by email, the address for which will be provided on your booking voucher.
Once there, you can make use of the audio guide in English for as long as you have booked.
After this time has elapsed, you take the ferry back to Pearl Harbor National Memorial.
Opening Times
The Pearl Harbor National Monument opens 7 days a week from 7:30 am to 4 pm. Please keep in mind that these opening times are subject to changes and modifications.
Ticket Options
During the booking process, you can choose between several different ticket options, depending on how long you would like to enjoy the audio guide.
- 30-minute audio guide: with this option, you'll discover the history of 15 of the 28 stops at Pearl Harbor.
- 1-hour audio guide: if you choose this option, you'll be able to visit 23 of the 28 stops.
- 1.5-hour audio guide: this option will take you through all 28 stops
- 1.5-hour audio guide + 1 virtual reality experience: you'll explore all 28 stops and enjoy one virtual reality experience (you can choose your favorite from the 5 available).
- 1.5-hour audio guide + 5 virtual reality experiences: you'll explore all 28 stops and enjoy all 5 available virtual reality experiences.
All options include a screening of a 23-minute documentary.
Regardless of the option chosen, you can stay in Pearl Harbor for as long as you want.
Virtual Reality Experience
Si reserváis una de las modalidades con realidad virtual, estas son las 5 experiencias que hay disponibles:
Air Raid Pearl Harbor
This amazing virtual combat experience catapults you back in time, providing an exciting and deadly timeline of the attack on Pearl Harbor. You're placed on the deck of the USS Utah, one of the three battleships destroyed on that Sunday morning, December 7, 1941. Three minutes after the first wave of Japanese warplanes arrived at Pearl Harbor, a message was sent that would resonate through history: "Air Raid Pearl Harbor, This is no Drill."
Skies Over Pearl
This provides an amazing experience of the timeline of the attack and starts by placing you inside the cockpit of a Japanese fighter aircraft launching from the flagship Akagi located 1241 ft (230 mi) north of Oahu. You'll then be taken on a flight of the attack on Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning, December 7, 1941.
Aleutian Skies: The B-24 Survival Mission
In this exclusive Pearl Harbor Virtual Reality Theater Experience, you'll explore the Aleutian Islands and take flight on a 1942 reconnaissance mission, witnessing the crash and survival of a B-24 Bomber.
Walk the Deck of the USS Arizona
This amazing experience allows you to travel back in time and walk on the deck of the world's most famous battleship and inspect the USS Arizona as she was in all her grandeur before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941.
Explore the USS Arizona Today
This amazing underwater virtual reality exploration allows you to see the USS Arizona as she rests today in the hallowed waters of Pearl Harbor. The experience allows you to dive around the vessel and see the turrets, inspect the remaining guns, and see the memorial as she sits above the ship today.
