The Ilikai
From outsideWaikīkī & Diamond Head
The Ilikai hotel at the Ala Wai end of Waikīkī. The opening zoom on to its top-floor balcony is the best-known shot in either series.
- Time there
- 15 minutes
- Best time
- Morning, with the sun on the tower
- Cost
- Free
- Good to know
- The balcony is on the top floor; look up from the Ala Wai harbor side.
Filmed here
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Jack Lord turns to camera on the penthouse balcony in the opening titles.
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
The remake repeats the shot with Alex O’Loughlin.
Hawaii Five-O (1968) · Season 7, “Bomb, Bomb, Who’s Got the Bomb?”
Uses the driveway, rooftop and glass elevator.
Private land or a working building. Look from a public spot; please don’t go in.
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