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Hawaiian Airlines Flights from Hilo (ITO) to Honolulu (HNL)
Orbitz is pleased to offer airline tickets on Hawaiian Airlines, which operates 9 regularly scheduled daily non-stop flights from Hilo (ITO) to Honolulu (HNL), departing between 9:05am and 8:25pm. Usually a Boeing 717 is flown for this route. The average travel time from Hilo, HI to Honolulu, HI is 47 minutes.
During your Honolulu vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Ala Wai Municipal Golf Course
The Guinness Book of World Records lists this as the busiest golf course in the world; some 500 rounds a day are played on this 18-hole municipal course within walking distance of Waikiki's hotels. For years, we've held off recommending this par 70, 6,020-yard course because it was so busy (tee times taken by local retirees), but a recent scandal, involving telephone company employees tapping into the tee time reservation system to get tee times for themselves and their friends, has shaken up the old system, and visitors now have a better chance of playing here. It still is a challenge to get a tee time, and the computerized tee reservations system for all of Oahu's municipal courses will only allow you to book 3 days in advance, but keep trying. Ala Wai basically is a flat layout, bordered by the Ala Wai Canal on one side and the Manoa-Palolo Stream on the other. It's less windy than most Oahu courses, but pay attention to the 372-yard, par-4, first hole which demands a straight and long shot to the very tiny green. If you miss, you can make it up on the 478-yard, par-5 10th hole -- the green is reachable in two, so with a two-putt, a birdie is within reach.
Puu O Mahuka Heiau
Go around sundown to feel the mana (sacred spirit) of this Hawaiian place. The largest sacrificial temple on Oahu, it's associated with the great Kaopulupulu, who sought peace between Oahu and Kauai. This prescient kahuna predicted that the island would be overrun by strangers from a distant land. In 1794, three of Captain George Vancouver's men of the Daedalus were sacrificed here. In 1819, the year before New England missionaries landed in Hawaii, King Kamehameha II ordered all idols here to be destroyed.A national historic landmark, this 18th-century heiau, known as the "hill of escape," sits on a 5-acre, 300-foot bluff overlooking Waimea Bay and 25 miles of Oahu's wave-lashed North Coast -- all the way to Kaena Point, where the Waianae Range ends in a spirit leap to the other world. The heiau appears as a huge rectangle of rocks twice as big as a football field (170 ft. by 575 ft.), with an altar often covered by the flower and fruit offerings left by native Hawaiians.
National Cemetery of the Pacific
The National Cemetery of the Pacific (also known as "the Punchbowl") is an ash-and-lava tuff cone that exploded about 150,000 years ago -- like Diamond Head, only smaller. Early Hawaiians called it Puowaina, or "hill of sacrifice." The old crater is a burial ground for 35,000 victims of three American wars in Asia and the Pacific: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. Among the graves, you'll find many unmarked ones with the date December 7, 1941, carved in stone. Some will be unknown forever; others are famous, like that of war correspondent Ernie Pyle, killed by a Japanese sniper in April 1945 on Okinawa; still others buried here are remembered only by family and surviving buddies. The white stone tablets known as the Courts of the Missing bear the names of 28,788 Americans missing in action in World War II.Survivors come here often to reflect on the meaning of war and to remember those, like themselves, who stood in harm's way to win peace a half-century ago. Some fight back tears, remembering lost buddies, lost missions, and the sacrifices of those who died.
Make your reservations for discount hotel rooms in the
Honolulu area, including:
Diamond Head Bed & Breakfast
Hostess Joanne and her longtime housekeeper, Sumiko, offer a quiet, relaxing place to stay on the far side of Kapiolani Park, away from the hustle and bustle of Waikiki. Staying here is like venturing back 50 years to a time when kamaaina (native-born) families built huge houses with airy rooms opening onto big lanais and tropical gardens. The house is filled with family heirlooms and Joanne's artwork. One of the two rooms features the beyond-king-size carved koa bed that once belonged to Princess Ruth, a member of Hawaii's royal family. You'll feel like royalty sleeping in it.
Turtle Bay Resort
This property has recently undergone a management change (for years it was a Hilton) and just completed a $35 million massive renovation. When the resort was built 30 years ago, there was hope that it would become a "gaming operation" (i.e. Las Vegas-type gambling), but that never materialized. With the renovations, the lobby is open and airy with floor to ceiling windows to the dramatic ocean shoreline view. The resort is spectacular: an hour's drive from Waikiki, but eons away in its country feeling. Sitting on 808 acres, this place is loaded with activities and 5 miles of shoreline with secluded white-sand coves. It's located on Kalaeokaunu Point ("point of the altar"), where ancient Hawaiians built a small altar to the fish gods. The altar's remains are now at the Bishop Museum, but it's easy to see why the Hawaiians considered this holy ground.All the rooms have ocean views and balconies. The renovated rooms feature marble floors and counter tops in the bathroom, good reading lamps over the beds and comfy bedding. The 42 separate beach cottages have been renovated (hardwood floors, poster beds with feather comforters, even a personalized butler) and have their own check-in and private concierge (like a hotel within a hotel).The biggest change is the new Zen-like spa with six treatment rooms, a meditation waiting area, an outdoor workout area, plus complete fitness center and a private elevator to the rooms on the second floor, reserved for guests getting spa treatments.Facilities: 4 restaurants (from a terrific Sun brunch to casual local cuisine); 2 bars (live entertainment Thurs-Sat at the Bay Club Lounge, plus a poolside bar for sunset cocktails); 2 outdoor heated pools (with 55-ft. water slide); 36 holes of golf; 10 Plexipave tennis courts; spa with complete fitness center; 3 Jacuzzis; watersports equipment rentals; concierge; activity desk; business center; shopping arcade; salon; room service; babysitting; coin-op washer/dryers; laundry service; dry cleaning.
Outrigger Waikiki on the Beach
The same value and quality that we've come to expect in every Outrigger hotel are definitely in evidence here, only multiplied by a factor of 10. Even the standard rooms in this 16-story oceanfront hotel are large and comfortable. And the prime beachfront location and loads of facilities help make this one of the chain's most attractive properties. The guest rooms are big and comfortable, all with huge closets, roomy bathrooms, and plenty of amenities, plus a spacious lanai; the price is entirely dependent on the view. Among the hotel's restaurants is Duke's Canoe Club, a wonderful spot right on the beach where great island-style seafood and steaks are complemented by Hawaiian entertainment.Facilities: 5 restaurants; 3 bars; showroom with nightly entertainment; giant outdoor pool; fitness center; Jacuzzi; watersports equipment rentals; year-round children's program; concierge; activity desk; car-rental desk; business center; large shopping arcade; salon; limited room service (7am-2pm and 5-9:45pm); babysitting; coin-op washer/dryers; laundry service; dry cleaning; concierge-level rooms.
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