Hello,
I am wondering if anyone has suggestions for things to do in Honolulu and places to stay on a budget.
I am not against camping or hostelling as I want to be as cheap as possible.
As far as activities, I am really interested in seeing the wildlife and birdwatching around the island, I just need to be able to get to the places with public transit.
TIA

I did a shark cage dive. There is turtle bay u can see turtles. We did airbnb and for 8 nights was 1200 canadian. Habanama bay or however its spelled was amazing. There is a pretty cool blow hole near there. I did a bus tour kf the coty and then pearl harbour was amazing. I paod a little extra and walked through the submarine.

James I saw something about that I'll look into it. I plan on camping, 6 nights on Kauai camping is $18. So hopefully I can find something similar on Oahu.

James where did you stay in the air b and b?

Kelly cannot remember address. It was by a food truck and a red store along the coast.. we walked out the house and walked across the road and we were at a beach and ocean

Look into camper van rentals. Cheaper than a hotel plus car rental.

Ruth which company did you use?

Lisa getting info from my son. He did this in Sept, with wife and a 2 yr old.

They were in Maui, but there must be others on the other islands also. Maui Camper and Van Rentals LLC. 2676 Wai Wai Place. Kihei HI 96753 (855) 671-1122.

They were in Maui, but there must be others on the other islands also. Maui Camper and Van Rentals LLC. 2676 Wai Wai Place. Kihei HI 96753 (855) 671-1122.

Ruth thank you. Looking forward to your response! We did a camper can in ice,and and it was

Ruth I heard this was a good option on Maui. Honolulu is a different bread. Still prob a good option I just found hono in general more money then Maui. (altho I did find a cheap skety hotel) compared to what I paid in Maui.
Geocaching is always a good free activity when traveling, and the spin off adventure labs can really tour you around a place.

Heather thank you geocaching is a great idea

I suggest you stay inside a bank because you’re gonna need all that money if you’re going to Hawaii! Lol! 

Wes agreed Hawaii is not budget friendly. Food even at the grocery store is expensive.

Christy I just watch something on that the other day they were Sean grocery store in Hawaii Safeway. I believe eggs were seven dollars a dozen.  That’s the only one I remember.

Wes Bread was 7-12 dollars a loaf. Pop was $12 a case. Beer was the only think that was reasonable at $1 a beer for bud on sale.

Wes bread on the Big Island, in the local grocery store was $9 a loaf!

Wes we have found ways to save $. We do not eat out!!!! We stay in an airbnb or vrbo. But yes Hawaii is expensive. But worth it. We have stayed in Maui for a month and, for a month it was cheaper than spending a week at an all inclusive in Mexico. Just depends on what you are looking for

Lisa we’ve done that a few times. Get off the plane and go to Costco, and then to Walmart. We also took a small suitcase of spices, ketchup, mustard etc for the kids. We hardly ate out. BBQ’d on the beach and at the pool area.

Laura exactly what we do!!!!

Budget friendly bahaha but beautiful place we do Hawaii once a year, but even with airbnb, groceries shopping, , flights, car rental roughly 5-8g

Andrews do you have any good airbnb recommendations?

The Sunset Stories show at international marketplace in Waikiki is better than a luau and free (no food): https://shopinternationalmarketplace.com/.../internationa...
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Public transit is reasonable and you can go all the way around the island on the bus. Takes all day but is a fun way to see the island.

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We stayed at the end of Waikiki close to Diamond head at the Diamond head apartments. Transit right outside.

Thank you for all the info.
I was able to find some reasonably price camping spots along with very very cheap spots. I think if one really tries to keep it cheap it is more doable than some may think.

I am late to post but we just camped on the big island this past February . We chose to rent a jeep and use a tent because this allowed us to go some places with 4WD that we wouldn’t have been able to with. Camper van.
We used a site called Hipcamp - it’s like vrbo but camping! Camped in some amazing locations!
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