Location: Honiara
Top Things to do in Honiara
Top 8 Sights & Landmarks in Honiara, Guadalcanal Island
Located on the island of Guadalcanal, Honiara was built on land that saw some of the bloodiest battles of WWII. Now the capital and base of tourism to the beautiful Solomon Islands, this city offers something to satisfy the desires of history junkies, nature lovers, shoppers, and everyone in between. Spend your days picking up crafts at the outdoor markets or exploring the Botanical Garden's orchid collection, and your nights eating coconut crab and playing Pacific Poker, two local specialties.
Restaurants in Honiara
1. Tetere Beach WWII Museum
2. Holy Cross Cathedral
3. Solomon Scouts & Coastwatchers Memorial
4. Guadalcanal American Memorial
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 44 reviews
The US War Memorial is located at Skyline Ridge. Tales of the historical happenings on the Battle of Guadalcanal during WWII are written on the stone wall monuments. A great way to learn about the involvement of the US forces during WWII. Organized tours can be arranged with local tour operators or one can easily get there by taxi or mini vans.
Reviewed By grandad88 - Clitheroe, United Kingdom
Although quite hard to get to it is well worth the effort. From the memorial you get wonderful views over Iron Bottom Sound across to Tulagi and also the other way into the hills behind Honiara. The memorial itself has a lot of interesting information about the battles on Guadacanal and throughout the Solomons and explains a lot of the history of the campaign in Solomon Islands. While it is big and impressive it is not over militaristic being a memorial to people rather than a celebration of war.
5. Bonegi I and II
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 89 reviews
Two popular dive sites off the coast of Honiara.
Reviewed By debbieconwell - Honiara, Solomon Islands
The Bonegis are lovely dives. We dived Bonegi 1 today and it has something for every diver - easy shore access, garden eels on the sand, masses of fish, a wreck full of mystery and history running from the surface - 2m - down past normal diving depths - 60m. The surrounding reef has other fish and invertebrates - beautiful little flasher wrasse ... a large Spanish mackerel swam calmly past. Always worth a dive, plus they are working on security and amenities. Very enjoyable!
6. St. Barnabas Anglican Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By T897FKpaula
Awesome. The place is clean tidy and has lots of history. It was great to be able to take part in the Sunday worship. Singing hymns brings a lot of high school memories and to make things even better the person officiating is actually me school mate form high school. It was a great experience indeed.
