Earth and Ocean Festival scheduled

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The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce invites the public to its Earth and Ocean Festival from 10 a.m.-4.pm. Saturday at the Makaeo Pavilion at the Old Kona Airport Park in Kailua-Kona.

The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce invites the public to its Earth and Ocean Festival from 10 a.m.-4.pm. Saturday at the Makaeo Pavilion at the Old Kona Airport Park in Kailua-Kona.

The event will showcase the unique treasures of Hawaii for the community by highlighting traditional Hawaiian cultural practices, ocean stewardship and conservation via booths, hands-on activities, presentations, entertainment and five new educational tours.

Tours — $10 for Kona Cloud Forest Sanctuary, Experience NELHA and Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast, and free for Coral Reefs and Tidepools, and the Makaeo Walking Path Morning Walk — are scheduled for various times. The exhibition tent opens at 10:30 a.m., with activities on the indoor stage starting at 10 a.m.

For more details about the schedule of events, call 329-1758 or visit www.kona-kohala.com.