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Oahu honeymoon activities: one North Shore day you'll both remember

Most honeymoon lists are 40 things. This is one perfect day, in order, plus a second day for the other side of the island.

What travelers ask

Oahu is an easy honeymoon island. Waikiki for the hotel and the dinners, then one or two days out where the island gets quiet. The day below is the one we would build for two people who want to remember something specific, not just a beach. It starts in the air, because the morning is when the air is smoothest and the light is best, and it ends with the sun going down at a beach named for it.

Honeymoon planning

What should we do on Oahu for our honeymoon?

Answered by Hawaii Glider Rides

The answers

  • Start in the airMorningAsked most

    A glider ride for two from Dillingham Airfield at the west end of the North Shore. No engine, no other passengers, and the whole coast turning under you. The 30-minute flight is the one we point couples to, and the 60-minute flight if you want it to be the centerpiece of the day. Book the first slot.

  • Haleʻiwa for late breakfastMid-morning

    Fifteen minutes east. Coffee, a food truck or the bakery, then the shops and the harbor. It is a small town and it is best before noon.

  • Turtles at LaniakeaLate morning

    Ten minutes east of town. Green sea turtles rest on the sand most days. Keep the distance the volunteers mark and take your time.

  • Waimea BayAfternoon

    Swim and jump off the rock in summer. In winter, sit on the sand and watch some of the biggest surf in the world. Either way, it is the bay everyone talks about.

  • Sunset at Sunset BeachEvening

    Named for a reason. Bring a towel, sit, and watch the sun drop into the ocean. Then drive back over the middle of the island once the evening traffic has cleared.

  • Day two: the windward sideSecond day

    Sunrise at Lanikai Beach, a morning at Kailua Beach, Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples, and a sandbar afternoon on Kāneʻohe Bay. It is the green, quiet side of the island, and it is the opposite of Waikiki.

The North Shore day, in order

  1. 7:00 AM

    Leave Waikiki

    Before the traffic. H-1 to H-2, then north through Wahiawā.

  2. 8:30 AM

    Fly together at Dillingham Airfield

    The calmest air of the day. Thirty or sixty minutes over the coast, just the two of you and the pilot. Add the photo and video package so you are both in the pictures.

  3. 10:00 AM

    Haleʻiwa

    Late breakfast, the harbor and the shops. Shave ice if the line is short.

  4. 11:30 AM

    Laniakea turtles

    Ten minutes east. Park across the road and cross with care.

  5. 1:00 PM

    Lunch from a truck

    Garlic shrimp at a picnic table. There are trucks in Haleʻiwa and along the coast road.

  6. 2:30 PM

    Waimea Bay

    Swim in summer, watch in winter. Sharks Cove next door is the snorkel spot on calm days.

  7. 5:30 PM

    Sunset Beach

    Stay until it is done. Dinner back in town or in Waikiki.

Just married

Start the day in the air

A flight for two over Oahu's North Shore with no engine running. Thirty minutes, just the two of you. Free reschedule up to 48 hours before you fly.

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  • One North Shore day built around a morning flight for two, then Haleʻiwa, the turtles, Waimea Bay and Sunset Beach. One windward day for Lanikai, Kailua, Byodo-In and the Kāneʻohe sandbar. Waikiki for the evenings.

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