Cultural Tour Guide Lily Dudoit gestures toward the "Menehune Tree" as she shares the legend of the tree with visitors at Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa. (Photo courtesy of Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort)

MEDIA RELEASE

Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa now is offering complimentary twice-weekly guided tours of the cultural preserve area adjacent to the 22-acre oceanfront Big Island resort. The guided tours are offered in addition to self-guided tours of the area.

Culling through archives of cultural surveys conducted in the area years ago and utilizing the knowledge and wisdom of people including Aunty Lily Kong, a kupuna (elder) of Keauhou, Sheraton Keauhou Bay is able to provide explanations for many seemingly strange and random rock formations that line the bay side of resort grounds.

“We wanted to expand beyond the self guided tour offering which provides guests the flexibility to view the area at their leisure but may leave them with unanswered questions,” said Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa general manager George Reed. “By offering complimentary weekly guided tours guests can ask questions that my executive assistant Lily Dudoit, who did most of the research on the area and is the tour guide, is able to answer.”

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Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa: www.SheratonKeauhou.com