You will also hear about the founding of the venerable Canoe Club.Īfterwards, you will ease into a double-hulled outrigger canoe and paddle into the harbor. Their journey is an epic tale of perseverance and discovery, and to more fully understand it you will hear about the Polynesians’ navigation techniques based on star compasses and ocean currents. Incredibly, they paddled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean in open canoes about 600 years before the Europeans began to sail across the oceans.
Gain an understanding of the epic Polynesian migration to the Hawaiian Islands in canoes centuries ago and then paddle around the historic harbor in one of these iconic outrigger canoes.Īfter a short walk to the Canoe Club, you will settle in under a traditional thatched hale and learn about the volcanic formation of the Hawaiian Islands and how the Polynesians migrated here.
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