Mālama ka Aina Tour at Kualoa Ranch Nature Reserve
Kualoa Ranch Nature Reserve, Oʻahu
Photography: Nanuku Resort Fiji
The immersive Mālama ka Aina Tour at Kualoa Ranch Nature Reserve highlights the significance of sustainability and watershed management. It emphasises the need to ‘mālama’ (care for) these vital resources that nourish our entire natural ecosystem, from the mountains to the sea, ultimately sustaining us as beneficiaries of this thriving environment.
Participants gain insight into the cultural and nutritional importance of ‘kalo’ (taro) to the Hawaiian people, not only as a source of sustenance but also as a symbol of Hawaiian cultural identity, closely tied to Kualoa. Depending on specific needs, activities may involve hands-on tasks such as traditional Hawaiian hale (house) thatching, cleaning, planting, harvesting kalo, or tending to the ‘māla lāʻau lapaʻau’ (Hawaiian medicinal plant garden).
