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

Perfect for first timers!

Reviewed by: The Anchondo's

Our first time to Kauai and we decided to try the Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto and we absolutely loved it! it was kinda slow but very relaxing, and such beauty surrounding you how could you not like it..
I know its got some bad reviews and I cant understand why, if you appreciate the beauty of Kauai then you will love this short and sweet experience and you can get some really great pictures too.

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Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2010/08/23

Waimea Canyon Sightseeing Tour & Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

Fast but Nice

Reviewed by: Donald

The tour is a bit rushed as expected because of all the area covered. However, you get to see a lot, but for a small amount of time. Waimea Canyon is most definitely the highlight of the tour. The river trip and fern grotto weren't too exciting. The tour is a good way to get an overview if you just have one day on the island (like we did).

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2010/07/27

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

Great time!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Our group enjoyed the music as we cruised the river. The scenery was outstanding and the staff provided good service.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2010/06/04

Kauai Island Tour - Hanalei, Kilauea Lighthouse, Chocolate Tasting & Movie Sites

An Interesting Tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

When I found out that parts of Jurassic Park were filmed on Kauai I had to visit the film locations. The tour guide was very informative and showed us movie clips to refresh our memory of what the scene looked like in the movie. The scenery of Kauai is just stunning, and you can see why people filmed at these locations.

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2010/05/18

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

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Posted on: 2010/02/11

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

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Reviewed by: Marilyn

This was my second trip and I loved it as much the second time as I did the first. I will highly recommend it to anyone who is coming to Kauai.

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Posted on: 2010/01/24

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

Fern Grotto is beautiful!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

We thought the Fern Grotto was beautiful and the river cruise scenery was spectacular. Entertainment on board was so so.

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Posted on: 2009/11/22

Waimea Canyon Sightseeing Tour & Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

This is a great tour if you want to see the island and learn about the culture. This was our first trip to Kauai, so we took the all day tour (11 hours from the time we were picked up.) Very long day but it was EXCELLENT and well worth it.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/07/23

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Reviewed by: David

A very informative excursion. Truly relaxing and the staff were insightful and fun. Would highly recommend this to anyone.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/07/21

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

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Reviewed by: sara926

The employees were very friendly. The Grotto was not all that I expected it to be in my imagination, but it was still very beautiful and I would recommend to check it out

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/07/11

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

Splendid!

Reviewed by: Jen

The Smith family embraces you with their Hawaiian charm as soon as you meet them! The river trip to the Fern Grotto was a beautiful experience. We were celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary so when the singers sang the Hawaiian Wedding Song it was very special! The Hula dancer on-board was not only beautiful, but very talented as well. Even my husband participated in the learning of the Hula dance - much to my delight! I would do this trip again if ever given the chance. Truly memorable!

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Posted on: 2009/06/26

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

This was a relaxing river ride. Our guides were knowledgable. We enjoyed the singing and dancing on the boat. We rode this tour into the Luau. Overall It was a great 1st day on the island. We would all do it again!

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2009/06/26

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Reviewed by: So Cal Beaches

The Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto was enjoyable. I recommend taking the last cruise and then going to the Smith Luau.

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Posted on: 2009/06/10

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

Pretty good stuff

Reviewed by: Daniel & Christine

The boat is kind of boring, but also very scenic. The grotto does make it worthwhile. I suggest doing the Smiths luau right after this, they are right together, so why not!

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Posted on: 2009/06/02

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

Smith's Laua

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Better than expected, best laua I've been to. The gardens are beautiful, go early so you can spend some time walking around the beautiful location.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/05/28

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

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Not what I expected, could have skipped it to spend more time at the Smith's laua.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/05/28

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

Good time

Reviewed by: Good Time

We had a good time

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Posted on: 2009/05/22

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

Unique Experience

Reviewed by: John Osheka

Great experience. Enabled us to see a unique part of the Island which we would have missed. Staff was great and made the experience very enjoyable.

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Posted on: 2009/05/18

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

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Fern Grotto was absolutely beautiful.

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Posted on: 2009/04/07

Waimea Canyon Sightseeing Tour & Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

I love Kauai So much

Reviewed by: Kauai Lover

I and my husband enjoyed a lot. Our guide has very much knowledge about Kauai, and Hawaii's history, too. Even the tour was long, we never got bored!
That was our First trip to Kauai, and we didn't know where should we go. But this tour gave me so much experience in Kauai.
If you go to Kauai First time, you should join this tour!

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Posted on: 2009/04/04

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Reviewed by: don

Very informative, interesting and enjoyable. Would recommend to everyone

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Posted on: 2009/03/22

Waimea Canyon Sightseeing Tour & Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto

It was cool!

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

The tour itself was very informative and the weather great. I enjoyed the island very much.
Thanks!

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Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2009/03/05

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

A lovely way to see the river

Reviewed by: HBaxter

We enjoyed this lazy trip down the river and learned a lot about the river on the way from the captain. The fern grotto was beautiful, though not quite as lush as it had once been (so don't expect it to look like the postcards you see! I guess the hurricanes did some damage). The entertainment at the grotto was also lovely - hearing the traditional Hawaiian wedding song (in Hawaiian) with beautiful harmonies was enchanting. I also love that this is a family run business, putting money back into the traditions of Hawaii and the families that reside there. We took our seven year old boy and nine year old girl, and grandma, and everyone enjoyed the trip.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/02/22

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

Fern Grotto Trip

Reviewed by: Betty Kaszula

This is the first time we took the boat trip up the river. I was impressed with the family involvement in every aspect of the luau and boat tour. They are very gracious people and must answer the same questions thousands of times yet they show an interest each time to make everyone feel special and not like some

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2009/02/14

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

We had a great time.This is worth the money.

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Posted on: 2009/02/10

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Enjoyed very much.If you have never done it you should.

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Posted on: 2009/02/10

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

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Reviewed by: Aaron

Our guide was excellent. I'm not sure anyone other than a local could have given us a tour as insightful or interesting.

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Attended as: Couples
Posted on: 2009/01/30

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

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Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

I don't regret doing this, however, I would not do it again. Decent activity for first timers.

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Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2009/01/05

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

Relaxing cruise on the Wialua River

Reviewed by: S. Denning

The cruise is vary relaxing, vary beutiful, and the staff is vary informative and the hula dancer was wonderful. But be warned the cave at the Fern Grotto is now closed, but you can still see it and take pictures of it wich is beutuful. recomended to first timers.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2008/11/22

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

A very pleasant experience!

Reviewed by: Mary

This cruise is great for older people who are not able to walk very well - the staff is very friendly, the entertainment is fun and relaxing, the river is beautiful, and the walk to the Fern Grotto was very nice also. We did this before going to the luau at Smith's. It was a wonderful combination!

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2008/11/15
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