"[3] The nickname "Seven Sacred Pools" came from the owner of the Travaasa Hana hotel nearby in the 1940s, as it helped with advertising the isolated area to tourists.

In 1960, many locals, including Sam Pryor, feared that the falls would be negatively affected by the tourists visiting the pools.

Pryor was friends with philanthropist and conservationist Laurance Rockefeller, whom he asked to buy a part of the area to protect.

[4][5] Visitors are not allowed to swim in the pools as they contain numerous rocks that have fallen from the nearby cliffs.

[6] Despite the many signs, jumping in the pool is rarely enforced and many tourists have jumped into the pools, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.