Battleship Missouri & Helicopter Tour

Most Oahu visitors split Pearl Harbor and a helicopter flight into separate days. Go Tours Hawaii's Battleship Missouri & Helicopter Tour Honolulu combines them into one 9-10 hour run, with hotel pickup from Waikiki at 7:30 AM and a return around 5:00 PM - no rental car, no Pearl Harbor parking lot.

The morning is all Pearl Harbor. A documentary film at the Visitor Center walks you through the context before a boat crosses the harbor to the Arizona Memorial, which sits directly over the sunken battleship and serves as the final resting place for over 1,100 Sailors and Marines. From there, the tour moves to Ford Island to board the Battleship Missouri - the ship where Japan formally signed its surrender, ending World War II. Worth knowing before you go: both the Arizona Memorial boat ride and Ford Island access depend on Navy and Army operations and can't be guaranteed on any given day.

By 3:00 PM you're airborne - a 45-minute helicopter circuit circling O'ahu, passing over Pearl Harbor, the National Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl Crater, Downtown Honolulu, Waikiki, and Diamond Head. Having stood above the Arizona Memorial on the water earlier that morning, seeing it again from altitude hits differently. It's a perspective that's genuinely hard to get any other way.

A few practical notes on this Battleship Missouri & Helicopter Tour Honolulu experience: it runs seven days a week and is a guided group tour, not private. Minimum age is 3 years. Motorized wheelchairs, scooters, and car seats aren't permitted, and fold-up strollers aren't recommended - they're also not allowed on the Arizona Memorial boat ride. Meals and gratuity aren't included. The tour is weather-dependent, so conditions on the day may affect operations. Free cancellation is available up to 96 hours before your tour date. Pricing starts from $532.99 per person.