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Open at Last - and they loved it!

Jana in Lava Tube Opening Day

Jana in Lava Tube Opening Day

Grand Opening crowded in to see

Grand Opening crowded in to see

First kid down the Lava Tube w/Jana

First kid down the Lava Tube w/Jana

Kahu Puna Dawson offers blessing

Kahu Puna Dawson offers blessing

Steve Dubey and keiki

Steve Dubey and keiki

Kimie, Director Susan Little, Jana

Kimie, Director Susan Little, Jana

Kimie singing pule (prayer) blessing

Kimie singing pule (prayer) blessing

The Water Cycle Wall Ball Drop

The Water Cycle Wall Ball Drop

From atop at Wai'ale'ale, one of the wettest places on Earth, kids drop balls that fall through waterfalls into rivers, into reservoirs, into streams, ponds, and eventually into the ocean.

Ooozing down the Lava Tube Slide

Ooozing down the Lava Tube Slide

From the atop Wai'ale'ale, kids could time travel back 5 million years through a Lava Tube slide and be spit out in ancient Kauai.

Climbing "Hot" Lava Wall

Climbing "Hot" Lava Wall

Kids could climb up the "hot lava" wall to the top of the volcano. On the side of the wall, they could touch chunks of lava rock called "pohoehoe".

Calcite Crystal Cave Exploration

Calcite Crystal Cave Exploration

Kauai's limestone and calcite form on the south shore to make calcite crystals.

Look Mom, I'm a Goat!

Look Mom, I'm a Goat!

Peek through the wild goat from atop Koke'e State Park in Waimea Canyon.

Inside the Calcite Crystal Cave

Inside the Calcite Crystal Cave

Here, kids could crawl into the cave, touch the real crystals and even see pictures of the endangered Wolf Spider, also known as the Big Eyed, No Eyed Spider that is only found on Kauai.

The Lave Tube spits out kid hot kids

The Lave Tube spits out kid hot kids

Families love the Water Cycle Wall

Families love the Water Cycle Wall

Who, Who, Who is that??

Who, Who, Who is that??

Jeb's in the fern box!

Jeb's in the fern box!

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