Jenolan Caves is poised to boldly go where no other tourist attraction has gone before with the launch of the first cave tour in the world to be available in the Klingon language.
In the Star Trek universe, Jenolan Caves was first immortalised in the Next Generation episode Relics, through the naming of a Sydney Class Starship, the USS Jenolan. Now this relationship will be developed further when Jenolan Caves adds the language of Star Trek’s great warrior race, the Klingons, to a tour of their most popular cave.
Visitors can currently hear the self-guided tour in eight different languages but from August 22 it will be available in 11 languages, one of which will be Klingon — the first genuine tour available on planet Earth for Klingon speakers.
Klingon scholars Michael Roney Jr (aka naHQun) and Tracy Canfield flew in from the United States in July to finalise the translation and to record the commentary in a Sydney studio. Tracy and naHQun also experienced the amazing Nettle Cave first hand, with naHQun exclaiming ‘lH, qar’a’? (for Terrans, he was remarking on the beauty of the cave).
Jenolan Caves staff will officially launch the cave tours before a group of Trekkies at an international Star Trek convention in Sydney on August 22.
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