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Honolulu: Duke's Beach to Haleiwa North Shore
East Honolulu, Hawaii, US · 9 stops · 46.5 mi (75 km) · about 1 h 18 min driving · 15 spoken stories
For surfers and beach lovers, this 78-minute drive from Waikiki to Haleiwa strings together the island's surf heritage, Hawaiian food stops, and North Shore breaks. Start at Duke Kahanamoku's statue, detour through Liliha for kalua pig, then climb through pineapple fields to watch the waves at Waimea Bay and Haleiwa Alii.
Photo: Travisthurston, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Waikiki Beach to Haleiwa, North Shore
The stops
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1
Statue of Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory's admission as a state and became a United States citizen.
“Here he is, nine feet of bronze with his arms spread wide and fresh lei around his neck.”
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2
Leonard's Bakery
Leonard's Bakery is a Portuguese bakery in Honolulu, Hawaii, known for popularizing the malasada. The fried pastry, slightly crispier and chewier than a doughnut and with no hole, is known as a cuisine of Hawaii.
“That pink and yellow sign has been pulling people off Kapahulu Avenue since nineteen fifty two.”
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3
Helena's Hawaiian Food
1240, North School Street, Liliha
“This is the real thing.”
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4
Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument
Kūkaniloko Birth Site, also known as the Kūkaniloko Birthstones State Monument, is one of the most important ancient cultural sites on the island of Oʻahu. In 1973, it was first listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its boundaries were increased in 1995, after 5 acres (2.
“Out here in the red dirt of central Oahu, surrounded by pineapple fields, sits one of the most important cultural sites on the island.”
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Haleiwa Town
lunchHaleʻiwa is a North Shore community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Waialua District of the island of Oʻahu, City and County of Honolulu. Haleʻiwa is on Waialua akanmuth Bay, the mouth of Anahulu Stream.
“Welcome to Haleiwa, the heart of the North Shore.”
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6
Matsumoto Shave Ice
66-111, Kamehameha Highway, Haleiwa
“If there is one ritual on the North Shore, this is it.”
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Haleiwa Alii Beach Park
Haleʻiwa, Honolulu County, Hawaii
“This is the gateway to the North Shore.”
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Laniakea Beach
attraction · Kamehameha Highway, Honolulu, Hawaii
“People call this one Turtle Beach, and for good reason.”
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Waimea Bay
Waimea Bay is a crescent-shaped natural bay located in Haleʻiwa on the North Shore of Oʻahu in the Hawaiian Islands, widely known for its big wave surfing. It lies at the mouth of the Waimea River, with the Waimea Valley extending east of Waimea Bay. Waimea means "reddish water" in Hawaiian.
“Waimea Bay is the crescent that changed surfing.”
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