Look! New Color Brochures!

April 23, 2013

Mahalo to the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s 2013 Natural Resources program, which is sponsoring the printing of color versions of the Makauwahi Cave Trail self-guiding brochure, and one more: a self-guiding brochure to the cave interior. A black and white version of the trail brochure is well-known to anyone who has walked the trail that winds its way from one end of the Makauwahi Cave Reserve to the other and read about the features at each of 19 numbered posts.

But the cave brochure has until now been somewhat “underground” (sorry). Entitled Welcome to Makauwahi Cave: An Underground Guide, this little brochure has been previously available only in a limited waterproof edition that quickly escapes the premises, and as a pdf download on this website under “Resources.” The new versions will still be available that way, so you can print your own, but thanks to HTA, now they will be available on-site in waterproof boxes along the trail and in the cave.

The new HTA grant will also help us make improvements to the trail and overlooks, including a new viewpoint overlooking Waiopili Stream and the lo`i pondfields. Another recent grant from HTA, through the County Product Enrichment Program, has allowed us to offer special events at the Reserve, such as the very successful Ni`ihau Day observance April 6, featuring music, hula, shell lei-making, mat-weaving, and other aspects of the culture of the people of Ni`ihau.