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All Reviews for Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto in Kauai
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Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Perfect adventure
Reviewed by: Alexandra
The staff was amazing and I feel so lucky they shared this magic of their island with us.
The performance on the boat was incredible. We learned so much and just loved every minute
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/08/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/08/26 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fern Gritto
Reviewed by: Debbie
We had a fun time! Good storytelling, singing, and hula dancing! Would recommend!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/08/14 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/08/12 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great experience.
Reviewed by: Karen
It was our second time after 12 years and still is a great experience. Warm welcome to all the staff and very knowledgeable.
Worth the price too.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/08/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/08/04 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Smith’s River Cruise
Reviewed by: Alex Hernandez
Great excursion to share with family, friends of all ages.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/08/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/08/01 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
40 Years Later
Reviewed by: MEB
While on this trip, we celebrated our 40th anniversary. We took the Wilua river cruise to the Fern Grotto 40 years ago on our honeymoon, and I'm happy to say that the best parts of this experience have not changed.
We were happy with the new decking in the Grotto, I only wish that they had wheel chairs available at the Grotto. My wife was unable to make it all the way to the main platform, so she missed out on the best part. Our main goal was four our three daughters and our grandson to see it, and they did!
Thank you for another great experience!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/04 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fern Grotto Fun
Reviewed by: Diane G
We've been to the Fern Grotto many times and love it every time.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/18 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fun cruise with a short walking tour
Reviewed by: Laura
Lovely cruise provided by great staff with hula, singing, music, story telling, walking tour, and an overall great time. Bring water, sunscreen and possibly bug repellent. Will do this again next time we are on the island.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/26 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Smith’s Wailua River cruise to fern grotto with live entertainment/River cruise package
Reviewed by: Carolyn
Great trip for any one that has problems walking or doing large hikes. Nice boat ride as you see nature along with kayakers . The more adventurous people would probably prefer that method of seeing the area. On the boat they taught a hula dance. Gave some interesting info on the walk. It is an easy trip.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/23 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/27 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great Experience
Reviewed by: Grandpa
My family went on this excursion to the Grotto because it looked so good in the brochures. The boat ride up and back was the best part in my opinion. The workers on the boat were very entertaining and told the history of the river and the Grotto.
On the way back they let us place our flowers in the river and tell a little about our mother who had passed away just a few days prior to this part of our trip.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/22 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Best ever tour for the money
Reviewed by: Lorraine and Vikki
My wife and I enjoyed this tour more than all of the others. It was a beautiful, leisurely trip down the river to Fern Grotto. The scenery, and entertainment was wonderful! $30 per person is the best deal on the entire island. Don’t forget to tip.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/20 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/18 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fern Grotto was beautiful
Reviewed by: Jaszmine
The cruise was okay. Due to the roof on the boat, it was difficult to see much. You walk a paved path to pretty scenery. Lots of people.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/19 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/11 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Very scenic
Reviewed by: Mr. Pat
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/07/08 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Wailua River Cruise
Reviewed by: Lina Aquino
The river cruise was fantastic! Last time we did this was 2007. This June 2022, took my children and grandchildren and they had a good time. A little suggestion, maybe next time, take the cruise a little further down where at least we can get a glimpse of the water fall, that will be awesome!!!!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/08 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Very glad we did this!
Reviewed by: Niveen
Fun cruise exploring the river and history as told by the cruise captain. The walk through the “jungle” leading to the fern grotto was very enjoyable. The cruise back was fun - included song and dance. Recommend!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/14 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Just book it!
Reviewed by: Kristin Wolf
This was such an enjoyable boat tour! The captain and crew were friendly, funny and talented. The fern grotto was beautiful and the music and hula were so fun! Our kids enjoyed it too!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/07/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/29 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Pleasantly Surprised
Reviewed by: Jamersham
I was pleasantly surprised by this tour. The entertainment was really great! The woman who sang the songs has a great voice and fun banter;) Overall, a very fun affordable experience. Probably my favorite part was when they taught us the hula :)
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/27 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/24 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Boat ride was so relaxing!
Reviewed by: Mary
The tour was so nice and relaxing! Skipper and the rest of the staff was amazing. The waterfall at the end was breathtaking!The walk in to the fall was 10-15mins and along the path are different plants natives to Hawaii. Would definitely do again! Mahalo.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/19 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/17 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Loved it!
Reviewed by: Becky
Very friendly staff. Relaxing boat ride with great entertainment. I would highly recommend it.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/14 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Nice Relaxing Adventure
Reviewed by: Tim
The Fern Grotto cruise was nice and relaxing, plus the description of sites along way was interesting. we had a couple in our group that was actually married in the Grotto back in the day. Kewl!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/05/20 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Not worth it if you have to get transportation there…
Reviewed by: Nicole & Thomas
The tour was nothing to write home about. The captain had corny jokes; from the boat, you couldn’t see anything but the hau trees that lined the river; once you get to the grotto, it’s a pretty view but you’re 50-100yards from the cave entrance. The family sang but with all the people there, you could barely hear.
The taxi ride from Poipu was $70 each way. Add that to the cost of 2 tickets($60), this tour was not worth $200. Had we been located closer to the harbor, we might have been able to justify the cost.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/12 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/06/10 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
River Cruise to Fern Grotto
Reviewed by: Cindy
The experience was okay, and easy for most. The river cruise was relaxing and walk to the Grotto was not strenuous. However, the Fern Grotto was disappointing. It did not look like a "grotto" at all. The musical entertainment was okay but nothing to rave about. Something to do for seniors and children; otherwise, the tour is nothing to be excited about.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2022/06/05 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/05/09 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great experience
Reviewed by: Grace
Absolutely beautiful cruise, nice easy walk to grotto. The crew was fantastic, great music and history told throughout the cruise. My elderly mother really enjoyed the cruise.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/05/05 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/05/03 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Beautiful grotto with fun entertainment while on the river
Reviewed by: OneHauteMom
This was a fun shorter excursion with a relaxing boat ride to the grotto and live entertainment onboard. A cute experience.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/05/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/30 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great family activity
Reviewed by: Hannah
Perfect length to keep young kids entertained, fun captain stories and singing.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/04/29 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/04/25 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
We were here 50 yrs ago on our honeymoon. Not the same but it was still beautiful. Thank you
Reviewed by: OBrien’s
Nice boat ride to the Fern Grotto. Driver & dancers were awesome. The singers were exceptional. They sang the Hawaiian wedding song just like they did for us 50yrs ago on our honeymoon. We weren’t able to go inside as before. But it was still magical all the same. Thank you. Carl & Terri OBrien
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/04/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/04/26 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Rush to get an edge seat!
Reviewed by: Familywithkids
The grotto was beautiful, the dancing and singing was great. The overhead boat speakers were really hard to hear- we couldn't make out the stories they were telling well. If you get stuck in the middle, you can't see anything. Overall, it's not something I'd do more than once.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/04/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/04/14 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Smith’s river cruise
Reviewed by: Beverly Kramer
Once again the Smith family didn’t disappoint us with this river cruise. Telling us a little bit about the Smith family and the 5 generations who have worked there. Told us about the plant life on the island. We were treated to a Hawaiian song at the end of our short hike. My 81 year old father had no problems walking this short walk. On the way back to the dock we were given hula lessons and told what each hand gesture meant. Then we all did the luau while the song was being sung. It was awesome!
When we arrived to the island I thought I booked the cruise on the Wednesday but it was on Tuesday. I was called because we weren’t there and told it was no problem and that they would be rescheduled for the Wednesday.
Wonderful experience! I HIGHLY recommend is cruise!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/03/22 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/15 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fern Grotto
Reviewed by: Louis
Wonderful and beautiful experience. We had a great time. Friendly and informative staff.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/03/17 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/15 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Awesome beyond words!
Reviewed by: Tiffany
We could not have imagined how beautiful the scenery would be. The singing and dancing was an added bonus. The Smith family really did an amazing job providing a fun filled adventure.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/03/16 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/03/14 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Entertaining and Informative
Reviewed by: Chris Matishak
We enjoyed the Wailua river boat cruise. It was very efficiently run. The entertainment was delightful; entertaining and informative. Enjoyed the walk to the fern grotto and the history there. Loved the scenery.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/03/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/02/25 |
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