TOUR GUIDE FOR
-------------FIVE-0 Hot Spots -------
Aloha tower -- airport
Ilikai hotel -- where JL stands in
the credits
Palace Grounds
King Kamehameha
statue
YMCA building across the street
from Palace (where assassin waited to kill SM in Vashon2)
Aloha Tower – ANYBODY CAN
BUILD A BOMB
Ala Moana
Mall
Seen in Just Luck I Guess
when S&D run across street
ILIKAI -- credits
Steve’s condo
Zoo
Dan’s Condo
Interior
STUDIO
Back of DH - 18th
and DHRoad
Kahala
Tony Alika
estate - formerly owned by JL
JL condo
Kahala Hilton
Waialae golf course
Kahala Mall - JL memorial
Aina Haina - beach house - no
longer visible because of a huge brick wall blocking the highway
Robin’s Nest -
Windward coast -- various
episodes -- Wainmanalo/Sherwood Forest episodes
Valley of the
Pali lookout
Surf shops - Haleiwa - (Tall
on a Wave)
Middle of the island
Dole pineapple fields (worlds largest maze -- very fun)
Here’s some highlights you can’t
miss for
AIRPORT –
When you first arrive you will not the huge ALOHA sign on the tower.
5-0 shot!
Inside, gate 12 is where they
filmed the amazing and traumatic ending of DEADLY COURIER where Steve talks Dan
out of shooting him.
FREE
You can rent a car or take
an organized group that will drive you over there. The Bus will also get you there. Make sure they give you enough time to
explore the museum.
***** MUST SEE
5-0 link – Several episodes,
but the only one where you will be able to follow in Steve’s
footsteps is the
NOT FREE
Across the harbor is the
battleship USS MISSOURI, also a must see.
There are trollies that take you from the
NOT FREE
Polynesian Cultural Center
The Church run and operated
attraction is expensive, but worth it. An all day event. Go
when it opens in early afternoon. Go to all the Polynesian villages. Eat at the top luau dinner show they offer
and stay for the spectacular night show.
Again, lots of money, but it is so worth it and you are supporting BYU
students, too. *****
MUST SEE
5-0 LINK – While they never filmed
here, the elvis movie BLUE HAWAII was shot here.
NOT FREE
TOUR THE
--Requires car rental or
tour group --
Drive up the windward coast
and catch the greatest beaches. Sand, surf and palm trees.
The main coast road (King Kamehameha Highway)
will take you – all day if you want – up to the Temple and North Shore (surfing
paradise), then you can go down the middle of the island though the pineapple
fields. Dole still has a tourist spot
there.
5-0 LINKS – I WILL START GOING
WINDWARD FROM
Diamond Head – cement bunker on
the side of the hill is where Danny shoots the crazy sniper
AND I WANT SOME CANDY AND A GUN THAT SHOOTS (turn out overlooking the
ocean is where Steve made his HQ there).
Black Point – neighborhood –
where Danny nearly gets shot in STRANGERS IN OUR OWN
LAND and there is some gunplay with Duke, Chin and Ben in JOURNEY OUT OF LIMBO
Going down the street to the Kahala Mall they filmed several
scenes at the circular Bank of Hawaii there, including A LONG TIME AGO. The back of the mall was
used in THE LISTENER. And the Jack Lord memorial is there at the mall.
Down at the
Also, JL’s
condo
Then the Kahala
Hilton where the guest stars of the show stayed. Also filmed here were several episodes –
DEATHWATCH, SIX KILOS.
Aina Haina
– Steve’s beach house – SING A SONG OF SUSPENSE
Going around to Hawaii Kai, Koko Head Marina was used for TARGET: THE LADY,. We saw that Steve
kept his boat here in OLDEST PROFESSION LATEST PRICE
Waimanalo – Cathi Ryan’s house from MAN IN A STEEL FRAME/ also Robin’s
Nest from Magnum.
Kahuku/Turtle Bay Hilton – FLIP SIDE
IS DEATH
NOT FREE
SNORKEL
5-0 link – FACE OF THE DRAGON
filmed here. Also the end of BEAUTIFUL
SCREAMER
FREE
Go to Nuuanu Pali. It is a fantastic
view, a breathtaking cliff with amazing winds.
5-0 - ELEGY IN A RAINFOREST, BIG KAHUNA
PUNCHBOWL CEMETARY - need to drive a car or
join a tour group -- that will not be free
5-0 – COCOON
FREE
HIKE DIAMOND HEAD!
Rent a car or take a tour
bus to the interior crater of
You’ll start out at the base of
the interior volcano crater. You hike up
dusty, dirt trails for a while and reach a set of about 55 steps. Then more hiking, through a
dark tunnel where you have to kind of hunch over and crawl through the cement
(old gun emplacement). It is
completely dark at one point so that is where the flashlight comes in
handy. Then you are confronted with 99
steps up!! Keep
climbing. When you get to the top you turn left to an overlook and can see an amazing
panorama from far over in Koko Head to way over at
the airport.
5-0 -- Inside DH crater is
Around the other side at
Across the street is a cemetery
used in several episodes including HOOKMAN
Zoo -- small cost - in
5-0 – GUN FOR McGARRETT
DRIVING
When you drive on your own
– traffic within
THE EPICENTER OF FIVE-0 –
Within
5-0 – across the street from the Palace,
judicial building CLOCK STRIKES TWELVE, DEATHWATCH, SAMURAI
Ewa side of the Palace the
apartment building where a sniper waited for McGarrett in V FOR VASHON
H-3 freeway --
The ONLY way to do th8is is
by renting a convertible! As you are
driving into the hills, you see and experience the most magical, mystical
adventure on earth! As you enter the
multi-layered hills, you see they are misted with
rain. The sun shines down and creates
little rainbows inside the deep, fluted canyons. As you drive, you DRIVE THROUGH the rainbows, mist and
rain! Awesome! ***MUST EXPERIENCE
SHOPPING
A shopping mecca!
Shave ice is everywhere!
Ukelele and hula lessons for free at the
Don’t miss International Market
Place – a bunch of shops where you can get deals on jewelry, luggage, shirts,
etc. It’s in
the middle of
At night
the big hotels have a torch lighting ceremony in most places where guys in lava
lava (skirts) run along and light the beach
torches. You can also walk along the
sand and listen to all the live bands in the night clubs
without going in and spending big money on cover charges.
DAY –
fantastic place to grab a beach mat and soak up sun. Or walk. There’s surf lessons
in front of most of the hotels, outrigger canoes you can ride in, catamarans,
and cruises.
5-0 – too many sites to mention
but the Ilikai was the hotel where JL stands at the opening shots of the credits. It was used all the
time to film. The marina there was frequently filmed, too.
JOKER’S WILD MAN, ALONG CAME JOEY
Steve’s apartment building is
at the back of
FREE
At night, all along
ALA MOANA MALL –
At the very end of
5-0 – JUST LUCKY I GUESS – Steve
and Dan have a great foot chase from here to the marina across the street.
FOOD ---
There are tons of restaurants
everywhere. We discovered a wonderful
treat called plate lunch. It is usually two scoops of the world’s best
macaroni salad, two scoops rice, two filets of your
choice of meat and cheap and filling.
The best is of course mahimahi --
a local fish that you can get grilled, fried or breaded and even in sandwiches.
There was a great place by our hotel on
Lewer’s Street Fish Market – exceptional fish but not
cheap. Only the plate lunches are cheap
in
DUKE’S –
across from the
Shorebird restaurant, Beachcomber Hotel I think, down by Lewers
again, fairly cheap breakfast buffet and again, right
on the beach. We went there often cause it was across the street from our hotel.
At Ala Moana Mall
they have a food court. Patty’s Kitchen, the best Chinese food I’ve ever had anywhere.
Also there’s a Hawaiian food place with plate
lunch and poi and haupia, a coconut type
pudding. And
sushi. Chinese and Japanese restaurants everywhere – but you have
to search for good sushi for a good price.
Best place for that is ALA MOANA MALL -- in the food court.
The best poi we had – freshly
ground and like lumpy mashed potatoes -- at the
There are brochures along
every street corner giving you coupons and ideas and maps and advertising shows
and anything else you will want to do.
Most of all have loads of
fun and relax and take some time to enjoy