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Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

River CRUISE/ Tropical Luau

Reviewed by: carlie

This is a must entertainment was awsome and the cruise up the river was great very relaxing weather couldnt have been better and the Luau is a must execellent food and drinks

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Packages: River Cruise & Tropical Luau Combo
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/10/07
Activity Date: 2014/05/01

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau & River Cruise

Reviewed by: Dean

A nice afternoon and evening with the cruise along the river to the waterfall with entertainment followed by a ride / walk thru the gardens, a good meal drinks and good entertainment. I enjoyed the evening Thankyou

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Packages: Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/10/05
Activity Date: 2014/09/11

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Wailua River Cruise

Reviewed by: Dean

It was a nice way to start the afternoon before the Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/10/05
Activity Date: 2014/09/11

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Participant

Reviewed by: Sharon Norris

I have attended this Luau and Show several times and highly recommend it to everyone! Even though it rained during the show this time, it was still very well done and the audience was very receptive of the dancing and entertainment! The food was wonderful, as always!!!

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Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/10/05
Activity Date: 2014/10/01

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Padricipant

Reviewed by: Sharon Norris

Very lovely experience and I would recommend everyone participate in this adventure.

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Packages: River Cruise & Tropical Luau Combo
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/10/05
Activity Date: 2014/10/01

カウアイ島 ワイルア川カヤック&熱帯雨林ハイキング <英語ガイド/昼食付き>

It's fairly hard. そこそこハードです

Reviewed by: せつこ

I participated without hotel pickup. The meeting place was a bit vague, but it was fine as long as I approached someone who looked like they were part of the group.

We launched the kayaks into the river for about 30 minutes. Since I wasn't used to it, I fell quite behind. After that, we walked for over an hour on muddy paths and through brush, although there weren't many ups and downs.

We had lunch while enjoying the view of the waterfall, and then we headed back. The lunch was quite substantial, making it tough to carry on the way there.

This tour allows you to truly experience the nature of Kauai.

ホテル送迎なしで参加。待ち合わせ場所はアバウト。こちらからそれらしい人に声かければ、大丈夫です。
カヤックを川におろして、30分程度のカヤック。慣れてないため、かなり遅れをとりました。
その後、アップダウンはそれほどないものの泥道だったり藪だったりの一時間超の歩行。
滝を見ながらお弁当食べて、帰ってきます。お弁当は往路は背負ってるのがつらいほどボリュームたっぷり。
カウアイの自然を肌で感じることができるツアーです。

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Packages: 送迎付きプラン
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/10/04
Activity Date: 2014/09/09

Wailua River Kayak, Rainforest Hike & Waterfall Swim Adventure with Lunch

Awesome

Reviewed by: Cody

Great kayak and hike tour. Our guide, Nick, was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. Lunch was better than expected. The swim at the end was cold but refreshing. Definitely worth the money and time spent.

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Packages: Wailua Waterfall Kayak
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/09/29
Activity Date: 2014/08/28

Deluxe Na Pali Experience Snorkel Tour, Breakfast & Lunch - Holo Holo Charters

Good Times

Reviewed by: Cody

Staff was friendly and very helpful throughout the whole trip. Lunch and beverages were adequate. Would definitely recommend this to anyone visiting Kauai.

Reply from activity provider

We couldn't be happier to hear it! Thank you so much for joining us and for sharing your phenomenal review! Mahalo and Aloha

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Packages: Until 12/31/2018
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/09/29
Activity Date: 2014/08/30

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: Eoka

We enjoyed the lush surroundings, however, it cannot compare to our previous trip which was many years ago. At that time we were able to actually walk into the Fern Grotto and listen to the singers in the grotto. We did enjoy the entertainment on our return trip back to the dock.

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/09/20
Activity Date: 2014/09/17

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

More than expected!

Reviewed by: MarshFamily

This tour is awesome! So much more than expected! The family/crew were all very nice and very entertaining! I would recommend this tour to anyone looking to learn a little bit of island history and relax on the comfortable boat!

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/09/20
Activity Date: 2014/09/17

Wailua River Kayak & Secret Falls Hike - Guided Kauai Adventure

Awesome trip

Reviewed by: Chad

This was one of the highlights of our trip. Great tour!! Our guide Kelly was awesome. He felt a little embarrassed when he wiped out in the mud, but what a great time. A definite must do in Kauai.

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Packages: Sacred Falls Paddle & Hike Tour
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/09/19
Activity Date: 2014/09/08

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Delightful!

Reviewed by: Felicia

Was definitely worth the time! I would have liked to be able to approach the grotto, but our guide was magnificent & the boat team made it a very enjoyable trip. Talented dancer & singers! We will cherish this memory!

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/09/13
Activity Date: 2014/08/18

Wailua River Kayak & Secret Falls Hike - Guided Kauai Adventure

Awesome Adventure

Reviewed by: NessaMarie

This tour was the highlight of our trip. My 13 year old son and I had an awesome time. Our tour guide Amos was very knowledgeable, friendly, and my son talked about Amos and the hike the whole ride home. We will definitely do it again!

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Packages: Sacred Falls Paddle & Hike Tour
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/09/10
Activity Date: 2014/09/06

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Luau

Reviewed by: redrobin

My thought was that a Luau was supposed to take place while eating the wonderful buffet food. At this Luau we sat down at long tables and did enjoy a delicious buffet. However, then we had to move to another location where they had bleacher seating, which was extremely uncomfortable. The show itself was just ok as it did not have a lot of spectacular associated with it. There was only one guy who did an act with fire. Most of it was just basic hula dancing and not what I would have expected. VERY uncomfortable seating and MEDIOCRE dancing. I would not recommend this Luau to any of my friends are family who may wish to visit Hawaii.

I was however pleased with Veltra tours and the professionalism and the call I received for verification of activities. Thank You.

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Packages: Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2014/08/26
Activity Date: 2014/08/11

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: Shirin Khosravinejat

It was fun. Polite, professional staff,
Enjoyable performance; however the stop was somewhat short at fern Grotto.

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/08/23
Activity Date: 2014/07/31

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Wonderful Luau

Reviewed by: Kelley

Smith's Luau was awesome! We have already recommended it to some friends of ours who are going to Kauai!

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/08/20
Activity Date: 2014/07/22

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Not so exciting

Reviewed by: Jim

River was calm. Performance was nice, but overall not so exciting. Won't do it again.

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Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/08/10

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau

Reviewed by: JimK

Smith's was wonderful. It exceeded our expectations!

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/08/04
Activity Date: 2014/07/31

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: Jackie

I was disappointed. I had been there about 4 years ago and the Fern Grotto was beautiful with lots of beautiful flowers to look at. It was so over grown you could hardly see the water fall. I also felt rushed, no time to admire the flowers that were there. I would not recommend this.

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/08/04
Activity Date: 2014/07/28

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Smith's Tropical Paradise Garden Luau

Reviewed by: Jackie

The Luau was excellent. The food was one of the best meals we had on the island. The show was extremely excellent. The grounds that the Luau was on are beautiful. Best of all the price was great.

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/08/04
Activity Date: 2014/07/30

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

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Reviewed by: Gladys Perry

I was disappointed that we could no longer go up to the fern area due to damage beyond the River Cruise control.

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/08/03
Activity Date: 2014/04/30

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Excellent!

Reviewed by: Kristin M

Smith's Luau was fantastic. As we entered, we took the tram ride around the grounds, during which we heard an excellent overview of information. We then had enough time to wander back through and read placards or take pictures of the beautiful scenery. Hearing about the imo and the roasted pig was really informative. The food at the luau was DELICIOUS! Especially the kalua pig. Yum! The show was also very good. Overall, a fantastic night. Highly recommended.

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/07/27
Activity Date: 2014/07/24

Hanalei River and Blue Lagoon Kayaking & Guided Snorkeling Tour - Kayak Kauai

Jessie was the BEST tour guide. The ultimate professional and extremely personalable.

Reviewed by: Portland, OR Couple

What more can we say? Jessie made our kayak tour the most exciting part of our Kaua'i vacation. He's 100% passionate about the island & maintaining it's splendor. Jessie know the island flora & fauna, as well as very interesting tidbits about the history. He is also an excellent kayaker, who remained calm throughout our outing. One of the 3 couples in our party had their kayak turn over and the wife, a non-swimmer panicked. Jessie made sure all were safe with life preservers securely fastened, despite the slight "adventure." This tour is worth doing again, and again. Thanks Jessie!

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Packages: South Shore Departure Package (Check-in at Wailua River Marina)
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/07/26
Activity Date: 2014/06/28

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

vacationer

Reviewed by: Gladys Perry

I went to this Luau 27 years ago. I enjoyed it then and the updates and changes are incredible.

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Packages: Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/07/22
Activity Date: 2014/04/30

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

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Reviewed by: R Flores

Actually seen something different from other luau's we been to in the past.

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/07/19
Activity Date: 2014/07/16

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

More than Worth the Money

Reviewed by: Kelly Crain

I really enjoyed this. The staff were friendly, but not pushy. Nobody tried to sell me something else or tried to get me to upgrade to something else. The boat ride was pleasant, scenic, and informative. The grotto is pretty, but I think the benefit is the boat ride, music, and hula demonstrations. I would definitely do this again.

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Solo Travelers
Posted on: 2014/07/19
Activity Date: 2014/07/12

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Awsome grounds...great food....so so show...

Reviewed by: Raslco

We have attended luaus on other islands and the show at this luau was not impressive. The grounds were amazing , beautiful picture opportunities ....and the food was delicious!!! We were not impressed with the show. The seating was stadium seating which was extremely uncomfortable. The show was not interactive with audience......I believe the "host" was pre-recorded?

Again.....we've been to other islands and have been to much better.

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Packages: Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/07/12
Activity Date: 2014/07/09

Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula

Fern Grotto Tour

Reviewed by: Love Kauai

Our tour had no enthusiasm and excitement in his voice. The crew seemed like this was a task. The Hawaiian dancers were good, the singer was good.
Had been on the Fern Grotto tour a few years ago and was much better.

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Packages: River Cruise Package
Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2014/07/07
Activity Date: 2014/06/10

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

Good food

Reviewed by: jbradem

We had a great time. Food was great and they fed the entire group quickly. Pork was excellent. Show was good as well. Highly recommend.

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Packages: Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2014/07/05
Activity Date: 2014/06/11

Smiths Family Garden Luau in Kauai - Authentic Hawaiian Dinner & Show

exceptional...would do it again

Reviewed by: Tracey

the Smith family luau was so much fun. The food was delicious and entertainment exceptional. Would definitely recommend for all ages.

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Packages: Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package
Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2014/07/04
Activity Date: 2014/07/01
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