Oahu

Offering both the buzz of modern living in Honolulu and the allure of slow-paced island life on its northern and eastern shores, O‘ahu is, in many ways, the center of the Hawaiian universe. O‘ahu is home to Waikīkī, the most famous Hawaiian beach, with some of the world's most famous surf on the North Shore; and the Islands' best known historical site, Pearl Harbor.

Encompassing 597 square miles, O‘ahu is the third-largest island in the Hawaiian chain. Even so, it's incredibly diverse. O'ahu is looping mountain trails and monster waves breaking on the golden beaches of the North Shore. It is country stores and beaches where turtles are your swimming companions. O'ahu, with its knife-edged mountain ranges, verdant green valleys, territorial-era architecture, and ring of white-sand beaches, is just the Hawai'i you came to see.