• ✔ Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve + Hanauma Bay is the most popular snorkeling beach on Oahu.
• Lyon Arboretum
• Botanical Gardens --Hoomaluhia Botanical Gardens
• ✔ Polynesian Cultural Center Luau + Breath of Life Performance (fun)
• Chinaman’s Hat --is a small island near Kualoa Ranch. It is accessible by kayak or a short swim.
• From Lanikai or Kailua Beach a kayak to the mokes --will take about thirty minutes
• Cockroach Cove is right next to Halona Blowhole
• Makapu’u Lighthouse Venture down the cliffs to the tide-pools on the water’s edge OR...
• ✔ Tide Pools & Beach directly across from Sea Life Park nearby (baby Makapu’u).
• Zipline - Kualoa Ranch
• Good resource
• Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii
• ✔ Jet Skis (not great, gotta do obstacle course outside Waikiki)

BEACHES (near Kailua)

• Laniakea Beach (sea turtles beach)
• ✔ Kailua Beach (bathrooms and showers - calm, most beautiful in oahu)
• ✔ Lanikai Beach (beautiful calm waters - park in neighborhood.)
• Kalama Beach (secluded section of Kailua Beach. There are bathrooms and showers, good for bodyboarding.)
• Electric Beach (sea turtle spot)
• Beach on left on the way to Waikiki after Sandy Beach Park (beautiful bay looking down on it from freeway, parking lot)

North Shore:

• Waimea Bay (beautiful expanse of beach, not for swimming in the winter)
• Sunset Beach

HIKES:

• Diamond Head Trail
• Kilauea Volcano
• Waimea Canyon & Waterfall hike --easy family, 30 mins to falls
• Stairway to Heaven
• KA'AU Crater Hike (5 hrs 5 mi) with waterfall
• Waimano Falls - kids, easy, 1 hr to falls, shaded
• ✔ Kuliouou Ridge Trail (2 hrs up 1.5 hrs down 4 mi) + this one :)
• Waiakeakua Falls (4 hrs 4 mi) --guide needed
• Maunawili Falls (by adrienne's - family friendly)
• Lulumahu Falls - cascading waterfall in the middle of the forest is a peaceful spot to enjoy the afternoon. The hike is right next to the Pali Highway and only takes about 30 minutes. You can swim in the pool below the waterfall.
• Misc: koko crater, pill box > staircase hikes to lookouts
• Guide