The most populous of the Hawaiian Islands, Oahu is also the most diversified. Home to Waikiki Beach, perhaps the most famous beach in the world, Pearl Harbor, incredible hotels, and enough shopping options to satisfy a power-shopper, Oahu's major tourist destination is filled with excitement. A short drive to the North Shore of the island offers a completely different experience. With its jagged cliffs and long, green valleys, this more tropical side of paradise offers such attractions as Waimea Bay, the Bonzai Pipeline and the Polynesian Cultural Center. The cultural and economic center of the islands, Oahu must be experienced first-hand to appreciate its lure.