Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26760
Title: Naihehe Cave, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Contributor(s): Metcalfe, Ian  (author)
Publication Date: 2018-10
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26760
Abstract: I recently had the opportunity to visit Naihehe Cave ("a place to get lost") located in SW Viti Levu Island, Fiji. The limestone cave is located on private land and is visited regularly by tourists on "off-road cave safari trips". Access to the cave is granted by local owners following a Kava Ceremony (Fig. 1) at which an offering of Kava and subsequent drinking of Fiji's national drink is undertaken. The Kava beverage is made from Piper methysticum, a plant native to the western Pacific islands, and is a popular social drink, similar to alcohol in Western societies. The Kava drink is bitter and rather earthy tasting so there is an aesthetic cost to its mildly narcotic effects and claimed health benefits! The young caves of Fiji are in a very different tectonic, geological and cultural setting to those of northern England and will hopefully interest our CPC members.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Craven Pothole Club Record, p. 5-10
Publisher: Craven Pothole Club Limited
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1463-6131
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 040399 Geology not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 370599 Geology not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 900302 Socio-Cultural Issues in Tourism
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 110402 Socio-cultural issues in tourism
HERDC Category Description: C3 Non-Refereed Article in a Professional Journal
Publisher/associated links: https://www.cravenpotholeclub.org/index.php/about-us/publications
Appears in Collections:Journal Article
School of Environmental and Rural Science

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