Local Information

Getting to UH Mānoa: There are various options available to get to the conference location from your place of lodging. For those lodging at Lincoln Hall in the East -West Center, you can walk to campus. For those lodging in Waikiki, you can get to campus via one following means:

• Bus: The 13 bus goes between Waikiki and campus (TheBus). The fare is $2.75/ride (cash, no change is given). Holo Cards are available in most retail stores on the island of O`ahu and will enable you to load cash and pay for the bus electronically. With the Holo Card, after your second charge of the day ($5.5 total), you can ride TheBus free for the rest of the day. More information about the card can be found here.  To get from the airport to UH Mānoa, you can take the 20 bus and then transfer to the 13.

• Biki Bike: There is an option of bike rental services. A popular bike rental service for tourists and locals in Honolulu is the Biki bike. There are many Biki bike stations around Honolulu including one beside Hamilton Library close to the conference hall. Biki bike fares can be found here. 

• Taxi/Ride Share: Uber, Lyft, TheCabHawaii all operate in Honolulu.
  
  

Parking info: For those driving, there are various parking options on campus. The closest visitor parking to the conference location is the parking lot behind Kennedy Theater -- note that it is very expensive, the rate is $3/half hour. The lower campus parking structure has a much more reasonable rate of $5/day. More information about on-campus parking can be found here. 

Things to do:

There are so many fun things to do while on O`ahu. Here are some of our favorites:

• Renting a surfboard at Waikiki Beach

• Hiking Diamond Head (Reservations are needed)

• Kailua Beach (if you have a day or a half a day, rent paddleboards or kayaks at Kailua Beach Adventures and paddle to Popoiʻa Island -- go on a day with little wind, i.e. less than 12mph)

• Hike to Manoa Falls 

• Hike to Makapu`u Lighthouse

• Iolani Palace

• North Shore (a good North Shore day for us usually includes some of the following things: a stop at Green World Coffee Farm, a stop at Laniakea beach to see the turtles, snorkeling at Shark's Cove, shaved ice at Matsumoto Shave Ice, swimming at Waimea Beach(There is a 30 foot rock jump for adventure seekers), a stop at the shrimp trucks, poke at Foodland followed by sunset on the beach)

• The lagoons at Ko`Olina (there are no waves, so these are a hit among the youngest swimmers)

• Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay (must make reservations)