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Didgeridoo Crafting Immersion
Didgeridoo Crafting Immersion – Pūpūkea, O'ahu October 24 & 25, 2026
Join us for a two-day immersive experience at Hale Ānuenue in Pūpūkea, O'ahu, where you will learn to craft your own didgeridoo from locally harvested agave. This hands-on retreat combines traditional craftsmanship with modern guidance, giving you the tools and techniques to create a fully functional, personalized instrument. Over the course of two days, you will explore every step of the process—from preparing and shaping the agave to refining the instrument’s tone and resonance. Alongside the practical work, you will experience the natural beauty and tranquility of Hawai‘i, allowing space for focus, creativity, and deep engagement with the craft. By the end of the immersion, you will leave with your own handcrafted didgeridoo, as well as the skills and knowledge to continue exploring this ancient art on your own.
*No experience necessary.
Immersion Flow
Things included in this immersion:
- All materials to craft your own agave didgeridoo (Hawai’i agave piece, hardwood for mouthpiece, epoxy, wood lacquer, wood glue, sandpaper, everything you’ll need to craft a beautiful long lasting didgeridoo)
- Individual 5min didgeridoo sound healing
- Night time fire jam & community connecting (if there's enough time and firewood left)
- Water and fruit from the ‘āina (what’s ripe and available at the time)
- Overnight camping (Bring your own tent if you decide to stay the night)
- Optional camping on the Friday night before the immersion begins.
Things not included in this immersion:
- Tent, sleeping gear (please bring your own or sleeping in your car is also an option)
- If you have gardening gloves, please bring a pair in case you'd like to use them while hollowing your agave. Hands can get a little blistered from the process so always good to have in case.
- Food (Please bring any food or drinks you’ll need for the two days) *Hale Ānuenue is 5 minutes from a grocery store so if you need to leave to get something, it’s very convenient and quick
- Toiletries for showering (There is a facility to use the restroom and an outdoor shower to rinse off)
- Headlight for night time use around property
Immersion Schedule:
Flow is loose and just a general overview, all dependent on the timing it takes for each process.
Friday 11/27
6pm - Camp setup optional. Please let me know if you will be camping this night
Saturday 11/28
8am - Arrive, set up camp if needed, choose your agave piece if you haven’t when signing up
9am - Opening ceremony and lighting the fire
10am - Hollow agave (Most important step and one that needs the most attention and patience)
2pm - Break for lunch if needed
3pm - Epoxy inside of agave
4pm - Craft mouthpieces out of hardwood
530pm - Glue mouthpiece on top agave, tune didgeridoo
7pm - Dinner/Shower Break (Sunset at beach?)
8pm - Fire jam and share
10pm - Quiet hour
Sunday 11/29
9am - Gentle movement, yoga flow (optional)
11am - Sanding/aesthetics on outside of didgeridoo
1pm - Food/beach break
2pm - Didgeridoo Sound Healings
4pm - Closing ceremony and departure
*Please be aware that there will not be a class/workshop on how to play the didgeridoo in this immersion as your didgeridoo will take a little time to cure before being able to play. There will be tips and tricks shared during the immersion as a starting point. We may have a separate workshop all about learning how to play the didgeridoo some time after the immersion. When we figure out a date for a future playing workshop, we will reach out to everyone who participated in the crafting immersion. If you were apart of the immersion, you will receive a 50% discount on the playing workshop.
IMPORTANT - We are working with the natural elements, fire, wind, soft wood etc. so come without expectation of how your didgeridoo will turn out because roughly 3 to 4 out of 10 people will burn some holes through the agave stalk. This is totally normal and actually somewhat anticipated. We will be able to patch the holes so just know that your didgeridoo will be perfect in it's only way, shape and form. There may also be some life lessons that arise through the process of creating your didgeridoo. All is divine. We will be equipped with methods of how to best prevent burn holes from happening yet anything can happen. You will have the option to choose your agave stalk upon signing up with your deposit or you can choose from the ones that are available when you arrive at the immersion. Agave stalks with a big flare out bell shape will cost an extra $100 as they are harder to craft and take more material like epoxy. If you are choosing a stalk that is skinny with no big bell, it is included in the price of the immersion. Please note that the note/key of the didgeridoo is dependent on a few factors; (length & width of stalk, bell/no bell). We can always tune the didgeridoo higher in pitch so choosing the best agave stalk for the pitch/note you would like will need some assistance. Some people want to feel each stalk before choosing, some want a specific key because they have other instruments in the same key, and some just want to craft one leaving it up to the didgeridoo to choose the key/note for them. Either option is perfect, but if you’d like a specific key, it would be best to choose it at the immersion. If you would like an agave stalk with a big bell and a specific key, let’s hope on a call to see what you’re looking for. Send me a message with your name, number, and what you're looking for and we can schedule a call from there.
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Meet Your Facilitator
Kamalei Ah Chong
Me ke aloha nui. I am a kanaka maoli born and raised on the island of O'ahu. Music has always been an integral part of my life from little bebeh times until present day. I've found sound and vibration to be a huge part of my healing journey and over the years of build relationships with many different instruments, I've found the didgeridoo to be the most impactful on my exploration of self expression and healing. My love for this beautiful embodiment that our aboriginal elders would call 'Yidaki' has immense healing properties, not just in receiving it's vibrational sound medicine, but also playing it has a tremendous effect on your state of mind and breath capacity. And when you bring crafting one into that recipe, the expansion of growth is through the roof. I have been crafting didgeridoo's as long as I've been playing them, about 8 years. My first 3 I ever crafted were out of hardwoods; Allspice (from my uncles yard), Eucalyptus (from 2018 lava flow), and Hawaiian Kamani (a neighbor gifted me). These didgeridoos were the foundation of my connection and the inspiration to continue to create such beautiful healing tools. I then received my first agave fire hollowed didgeridoo from a brother, master craftsman and player I'o Wahki Owen, who has been an inspiration in my crafting journey with local agave. From then on, I've found that agave is the superior material to craft these instruments out of. It's lightweight and loud resonance makes it top tier. The other thing about agave is that it grows wild and in abundance here in Hawai'i and we only harvest the stalk once the plant has spread it's seed and is done with it's life cycle. So in a way, we are giving new life to something that would have naturally gone back to the 'āina.
The journey of creating your own didgeridoo using the method of fire hollowing is an alchemical process utilizing all elements and will activate you in so many different ways. Each persons experience will be unique and just right.
I am so pleased to be your guide in crafting your very own local agave didgeridoo and I;m excited to meet you all. Mālama pono & A hui hou.
Gallery from our last immersion in June 2026
