Evidence of ancient Chamorro settlement four millennia ago and subsequent settling by Carolinians is still evident today in latte stone ruins, pictographs, and place names. The island’s turquoise lagoon hides wrecks and remnants of the Pacific War and is a snorkeler’s and scuba diver’s paradise found. Towering cliffs and a pristine jungle lures hikers with caves still filled with the detritus of a war now remembered by ceremonies held at inspiring peace memorials built by many nations.

Indigenous Maritime Traditions – Indigenous maritime traditions are practiced in both traditional and modern ways today. Canoes are fashioned from both traditional Carolinian methods passed on continually through the generations by oral tradition and historic design specs of the Chamorro “flying proa” documented by early European explorers.  With the unbroken Carolinian traditions of open ocean seafaring and celestial navigation now widely taught, The Marianas is in a renaissance of its indigenous maritime traditions.