![]() That said, I won’t be wearing them again. Long story short, Crocs are the right kind of footwear for this activity. If you know me or have been reading for awhile, you’ll know that I loathe flamingoes. However, pushed with needing shoes for the excursion, I caved and picked out a pair with flamingos. I associate them with the worst time of my life. When my mom was having her cancer treatments, all of the doctors in the oncology units wore Crocs. It’s not that I was worried about Crocs being a fashion faux pas ( which they are) but that I have a painful association with Crocs. We didn’t want to get our sneakers wet, so we went to the mall and splurged on Crocs for the whole family. MaUnited States We Tried Floating the Big Island of Hawaii Kohala Flume, Here’s How it Went In doing my Big Island trip research on Pinterest, I stumbled across pictures of this place in Kohala where people have turned an old flume system into a water slide. The weather was warm, but the water was icy.Ĭlose-toed shoes are required. Our guide playfully used his oar to splash us with water and we walked around the flumes a bit, about knee high. It’s not like we got soaked, but we did get wet. ![]() (to wear? We decided to put on our bathing suits under shorts/cover-ups. There you will be able to change into your dry clothing and take some souvenir photos with your guides before bidding everyone a fond Aloha and Mahalo for this amazing and unforgettable experience. ![]() A 15 minute drive through a macadamia nut plantation and a working-class village built by the sugar plantation for their employees (each lot originally sold for $1), you will arrive at headquarters. The long, dark tunnels whose quiet is disturbed only by dripping water from the ceiling the flumes that soar over murmuring streams and cascading water falls and the open ditches that carry you through emerald green light filtering through the forest canopy.Īt the end of your float you will step back into your waiting van to complete your journey back to civilization. A life a month, a life a mile.Īs you cruise along 3 miles of The Ditch, your guide will share with you his knowledge and the folklore of this much storied masterpiece. Sadly, it also cost the lives of 17 Japanese laborers…lives lost to falls, explosions, and other accidents. O’Shaugnessy the system’s initial 13-1/2 miles was completed in a mere 18 months. That solution was an engineering masterpiece of hand-built tunnels, flumes, ditches and intakes to bring the abundant water of the rugged windward canyons to the thirsty fields of Kohala. Once underway in your floating time machine, you’ll glide back to the early 1900’s when the sugar plantations of Kohala, desperate to stave off the devastating effects of unreliable rainfall, sought a solution. ![]() A short hike across a 150′ flume, over a beautiful waterfall, and besides the flowing waters of The Ditch brings you to your waiting kayak. Here you will find world-class vistas, plentiful water falls, wide open pastures, and finally… the much storied Kohala Ditch. Once you leave the paved highway, through locked gates and past No Trespassing signs, you enter lands that are forbidden to all except those with permission from the Kohala Ditch Company. Floating in a kayak along the Kohala Ditch is a fascinating trip through some of the most beautiful and remote land in Hawai‘i. Secondly, the great engineering feat that is The Ditch itself a 22-1/2 mile long system of irrigation tunnels, elevated flumes, and open concrete channels hand-drilled and blasted out of solid rock. First-amid the gentle sound of dripping and cascading water-its natural, wild and largely undisturbed up-mountain beauty. Once used to irrigate vast fields of sugar cane, The Ditch provides a unique means of experiencing two great wonders of Hawai‘i. On a leisurely kayak float through 3 miles of the system, you will have the rare opportunity to access lush private lands, streams, waterfalls and other natural and man-made wonders kapu (forbidden) to all except guests of Flumin’ Kohala.įlumin’ Kohala has exclusive access to the Kohala Ditch Company’s century-old irrigation system: the Kohala Ditch. There you will explore the much storied Kohala Ditch, a 110 year old system of hand-wrought tunnels, elevated flumes, and concrete channels that once supplied millions of gallons of fresh water to the vast sugar cane plantations of Kohala. KOHALA, HAWAII - Flumin’ Kohala offers a unique and exclusive adventure deep in the historically rich and verdant mountains of Kohala. Flume In Hawaii, Kayak Hawaii, Kayak Through Time
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