Activities
Pick your Saturday
Saturday morning splits three ways. Tell us how many of you are coming on each one so the committee can plan — reservations, rides, and how many hands show up at the loʻi all depend on these numbers.
Saturday
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Everything wraps up by about 2:00 PM so there is time to rest and change before the hoʻike at 5:00 PM back at Na Kūhiō ʻIke.
A paved walk up to the lighthouse lookout, about two miles round trip. No scrambling, no trail shoes needed — most ages can do this one at their own pace.
- Paved the whole way, roughly 2 miles round trip.
- Bring water and sun protection — there is no shade on the climb.
What to prepare for
- Closed shoes. Paved, but it is a steady uphill the whole way out.
- Water, hat, sunscreen. There is no shade and no water up there.
- Go early — it gets hot and crowded later in the morning.
- Anyone can turn around at any point. The lookouts start well before the top.
Working the loʻi with Nation of Hawaiʻi. Hands in the mud, giving back to the ʻāina for a morning. Keiki are welcome to come and play in the loʻi while the adults work.
- You don't have to stay the whole time — come and go as you need.
- Keiki are welcome — playing in the loʻi counts.
- The heavier work — moving rock and coral, filling buckets, hauling barges — is ages 12 and up.
What to prepare for
- Our hosts decide the morning's work when we get there — planting, clearing, maybe moving rock and coral — so come ready for mud and we'll find out together.
- Clothes you don't mind ruining. Loʻi mud doesn't wash out. Quick-dry beats cotton, and a long-sleeve rash guard beats sunscreen alone.
- Footwear you can afford to lose. Most people walk down in slippers and go barefoot in the loʻi — shoes and tabis get sucked off in deep mud. If you end up on the heavier work, closed shoes and work gloves are good to have in the car.
- Water, hat, sunscreen, bug spray. More than you think — it's hot, wet work.
- A change of clothes, a towel, and a rubbish bag for the muddy stuff and your car seat.
Kōnane9:30 AM – 1 PM
The Hawaiian stone game.
Lei making9:30 AM – 1 PM
Kukui nut and pīkake beads.
Genealogy9:30 AM – 1 PM
The banner, the books, and sheets to fill in your line.
ʻOhe kāpala9:30 AM – 1 PM
Bamboo stamping on tea towels or canvas.
Lauhala weaving9:30 AM – 1 PM
Weave something to take home.
Stay at the HallAll day
Ulu maika, Portagee horseshoe, talk story with kūpuna — or nothing at all. The beach is right across the street. Come and go all day, no schedule to keep.
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