HONOLULU VACATIONS - National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Reviews

Extremely impressive and emotional.  
What a beautiful place. My family and I enjoyed the walk to the top of the stairs, the chapel at the top as well as viewing the maps of the various battles. The view from the top is amazing.

Honorable  
This is a very pretty place for are honored men and women a definite place to see. this is a place you should go on your own if this is in a tour the bus driver will not stop to let you walk around...

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl, Honolulu  
We went up here after hearing about this at the USS Arizona memorial. The drive was really nice, with views all along the way. It was November and the flowers were in full bloom. The cemetery was...

A beautiful memorial and interesting backdrop  
This cemetary is beautifully set in an extinct crater of a volcano. You arrive there and cannot believe that this place is in fact a cemetary. The monuments there are terrific and the view from...

Very Moving experience  
I was in the U.S.Navy when I visited the punch bowl. My ship the USS Sterett CG-31 was doing upgrades to the weapons systems while we were there for six weeks. My mother had 2 cousins that were...

awesome  
A touching memorial to our veterans. Almost as moving as Arlington. There is a computer in the ofice which can search for graves by name. Take time to study the memorial itself. The mosiac maps...

Brings back memories  
My wife and I went there the first time because I remembered seeing it on a news show years ago. What we saw there was more moving than I could have immagined. My wife's father served in the...

What a wonderful experience!  
Our trip to Punchbowl was one we will never forget. We saw friends and family members drop off beer and food (sushi, blueberries, chex mix etc.) at their loved one gravesites located at the beautiful...

A Great Respect to the Soldiers....  
This is a great place to pay respect to those that gave the ulimate sacrifice of keeping a free world. A second benifit is the view of of Honolulu. I will garentee it to be second to none and...

A must see!  
The view is absolutely breathtaking! Best time to visit is early morning/late afternoon, as there is a lot of walking. Anyone interested in American history will find this experience moving.