Visit Niihau

bought from the Sinclair family

NEE-EE-HOW is the smallest of the populated islands of Hawaii. Niihau is about 4.9 million years old, and consists of an extinguished vulcano that had a big landslip in theheast. Hometown of untouched shores, where few Hawaiians, even from other isles, have ever settled on the Isle of Niihau.

Niihaus repute is well-earned. It has been taboo for almost a hundred and a half centuries for private property by the outside world, which has earned it the epithet "Forbidden Island". Elizabeth Sinclair bought the Isle, together with parts of Kauai, for 10,000 dollars in golden from King Kamehameha V. for the purposes of bovine and ovine breeding.

Thinking that Niihau was luxuriant and verdant, Sinclair Niihau opted for Niihau over other choices she had contemplated in Oahu, which included the former marshes of Waikiki and Pearl Harbor. After two years of strong rainfall from the Kona storms, Niihau seemed the ideal place to found a new outpost.

But the Sinclair dynasty did not know that the king was really selling them lands in the Kauai shelter. It was an islet that had been exposed to long droughts and was not at all suited to run a farm. Sinclair', he made it clear that the local Hawaiians were now their people.

Elizabeth Sinclair and her offspring, the Robinson familiy, are committed to preserving the country's ancient civilization and languaIg. Niihau, the Prohibited Isle of Hawaii. Since the 1800' and before Niihau has retained its pristine Bawaiian style of life, the Kahhiki one. Although the islands are under immense external pressures to transform, the local population is working to conserve this pristine segment of its Hawaiian population.

Outerworld has become an undesirable visitor. Niihau at that period had less than 200 inhabitants, almost all of the Hawaiians living in the principal town of Puuwaii. The inhabitants still talk the Hwaiian as their first tongue as part of the initial treaty with the Sinclair family to maintain the Hwaiian civilization and traditions of the Canaries.

Today Niihau is the only English-speaking mainland of Hawaii, the only English-speaking country in the hemisphere. In the 18th century, when the islands were bought, the Niihauer lifestyles were similar to those of the other islands in Hawaii. Until today the inhabitants of Niihau are living from the countryside.

Pisces are an important part of the Niihau-Diät. On Niihau you are not permitted to smoke or drink. Aware that Niihau has taken on some incomes that generate alleys to be able to afford their tax to the state of Hawaii and buy their supplies in an attempt to conserve a way of life other than somewhere else in Hawaii.

The sale of the esteemed Niihau Shell Leis is one of these ways. The Niihau mussel has become a well-preserved part of the traditional Malawian civilization, an artwork that can't be found anywhere else in the game. The origin of the Niihau mussel shell hire has been erased over the years, but there is proof of its existance that dates back to the arrival of Captain James Cook in Hawaii in 1778.

Today, the Niihau shell is a token of Hwaiian style carried by both men and woman. A few intricate Niihau clamshells are estimated at tens of thousand bucks. The Niihau beach is known for its minute mussels that are washed on land during the cold seasons. Niihau wives gather mummy, kahlelani and Laikis mussels to make sophisticated underwear, pierced ears and wristbands that are available in selected Kauai gifts stores.

A bill to prevent counterfeiting of the Niihau mussel was drafted in 2004 - a symbol of Hawaii's great affection and appreciation for these portable works of work. Snorkelling near Niihau. Sinclair' s grandchild, Aubrey Robinson, shut Niihau down for the public in 1915. Its grandchildren and present co-owners of Niihau, Keith and Bruce Robinson, have maintained this choice.

Members of the Niihau residents can only be visited with prior authorisation. Until today only very few persons come to the isle. But it is no secret to be able to visit Niihau. An unspoilt and unspoilt destination with one of the most sought -after tourist attractions in the underworld.

Helicopters ( "Niihau Helicopters"), another financing option for landowners, offers half-day chopper and sea trips to the isle. This tour is intended solely to give the visitor an insight into an unspoilt Hawaiian Isle. It is forbidden to have any kind of contacts between local people and the tourist in order to protect their private sphere and their wish to remain intact.

Other ways to visit Niihau are the Na Pali Coast and the Niihau Super Tours. The only Kauai cruise to visit the islands, you will be taken to Niihau to take a look from the decks, tell a little history and go snorkelling close by. The Robinsons have worked as guardians of Niihau to save the Isle and its inhabitants.

You kept the 1864 pledge to the Emperor to look after the Niihau tribe and still do so today. Because of this pledge and this devotion, the Niihau remains one of the cleanest places in the underworld.

You ever been to Niihau? During 2012 she designed and co-ordinated her own do-it-yourself marriage venue on the lovely Isle of Maui and hosted the online celebrity The Knot. Her passion is travelling to discover new culture, snorkelling in the world's water and she reads with her feet in the sands.