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We have been in Hawaii for almost 4 months and I’m just getting around to posting our Schofield Barracks and Hawaii Bucket List. Even though I started making it before we ever left Texas!
Our Fort Liberty and Fort Cavazos Bucket Lists were super fun and helped us never run out of things to do at those duty stations. That is why I’m making a bucket list for Hawaii too.
So many people complain that they get island fever and get bored here, but honestly, this Hawaii bucket list is already huge and I know it will only grow as time goes on! We’ll never have a reason to be bored on the island.
Like last time, I’ll mark off items as we finish them. I’ll also post pictures of the completed items to my Instagram as we complete them if you want to follow along there!
The Hawaii Bucket List begins with things on Oahu and expands to the other islands, which we hope we are able to visit while we’re here.
On Post at Schofield Barracks
- hike the Kolekole Trail
make something at the Arts & Crafts Centergo to the library- visit the Tropic Lightning Museum
- go bowling
Oahu
- pay our respect at the Pearl Harbor Memorial
- get a Dole whip at the Dole Plantation
- hike the Lanikai Pillbox Trail
- paddle out to the Na Mokulua Islands
- see the Halona Blow Hole
- see ‘Jurassic Park’ at Kualoa Ranch
- visit the Kaneohe Bay Sandbar
- snorkel at Hanauma Bay
- visit the Byodo-In Temple
- watch the waves crash at the Spitting Caves
- see the Mermaid Caves (Zablan Beach)
hike the Makapu’u Point Lighthouse trail- snorkel at Electric Beach
visit a botanical garden- watch the sunset at the Ko’olina Lagoons
- drive down H3 in the rain
- paddle out to Chinaman’s Hat & hike to the top
- go to a hula festival (Prince Lot Hula Festival or Na Hula Festival)
- find the lava tube at Cockroach Bay?
- see the petroglyphs at Nuuanu Memorial Park on the way to Kaena Falls
- spend the day at the Polynesian Cultural Center
Honolulu
- hike to Manoa Falls
- see the Kaka’oko murals
- hike the Koko Crater Railway Trail
- visit the Iolani Palace
shop at the Ala Moana Center- get a malasada from Leonard’s Bakery
- explore the Honolulu Zoo
- climb to the top of the Aloha Tower
- visit the Honolulu Museum of Art
- explore Chinatown
- go to Sea Life Park
Waikiki
- hike Diamond Head
- see the tree house at the International Marketplace
- go window shopping at the Royal Hawaiian Center
- have a meal at Duke’s
- visit the Waikiki Aquarium
spend the night at the Hale Koa Resort
North Shore
- watch a surf competition at the Banzai Pipeline
- snorkel Sharks Cove
- cliff jump at Waimea Bay Beach
- visit the Polynesian Cultural Center
- swim under Waimea Falls
- test out some of the shrimp trucks
- zipline at CLIMBworks
- try shave ice from Matsumoto
watch the sunset at Turtle Bay Resort- look around the shops in Haleiwa
- hike the Kaunala Trail
- get some banana pie at Sunny Side Bakery
- go whale watching at Kaena Point State Recreation Area (November – March)
- eat banana pancakes at Cafe Haleiwa
- swim with the sea turtles at Turtle Beach (mornings are best)
- spend the afternoon at Sunset Beach
Kauai
- go to glass beach
- visit the Napali Coast State Wilderness Park
- see the Grand Canyon of the Pacific (Waimea Canyon)
- hike the Kalalau Trail
- kayak to Sacred Falls
- visit the Queen’s Bath
- hike to Wailua Falls
- visit Glass Beach
- relax at Polihale State Park
Molokai
- visit the Kalaupapa National Park (leper colony)
- post-a-nut (mail a coconut to Gigi & Pop)
- Halawa Valley Cultural hike
- try the hot bread at Kanemitsu Bakery
- hike to Moalua Falls
Lanai
- see petroglyphs
- visit the Garden of the Gods
- explore Shipwreck Beach
Maui
- drive the Road to Hana
- hike the Pipiwai trail
- visit the black sand beach
- hike at Haleakala National Park
- visit the red sand beach (Kaihalulu Beach)
- snorkel at the Molokini Crater
- try the shave ice at Ululani’s
Hawaii (the Big Island)
- explore Volcanoes National Park
- see a lava tube
- visit the Suisan Fish Market
- visit the green sand beach (Papakolea Beach)
- hike to Akaka & Kahuna Falls
- see Hawaiian snow on Mauna Kea
- stop by the Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut factory
- warm up over Kilauea’s steam vents
- visit a black sand beach (Punaluu, Kaimu, or Pohoiki)
Misc.
cool off with some shave ice- take a picture of a sea turtle
- go snorkeling
- take surfing lessons
- see a waterfall
- wear a real lei
drink a Mai Tai- go whale watching
- see real lava
- go to a luau
see a monk seal
This is a huge Hawaii Bucket List!
Will we do everything on it? I highly doubt it, but we sure are going to have a good time trying!
Eventually, I’ll get around to updating my Travel Bullet Journal to include our Hawaiian adventures (but first I’ll have to catch up on the Texas ones)!
