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All Reviews for Sightseeing / Guided Tours in Kauai
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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 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Friendly staff.
Reviewed by: Annalisa
The staff was very friendly and they try really hard to be sure you have fun even if the cruise itself can be a little bit boring.
I didn’t appreciate that they don’t say anything to people who don’t wear a mask even if it’s still mandatory. That part was really annoying.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2022/02/23 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/02/21 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
A lovely, peaceful boat trip along a beautiful river
Reviewed by: Ginger from Kansas
The Smith's Wailua River Cruise was very good. The open windows were fantastic for taking pictures. We cruised at a relaxing speed. It was fun to watch the people in Kayaks and on paddle boards along the way. There is a roof on the boat so it's very shady & the padded bench seats are comfortable. We were entertained with interesting history about the river and area.
It was easy to get in & out of the boat. The Fern Grotto was a very lush & beautiful area. There were no mosquitoes or flying insects when we were there between 11 A. M & 12:30 P. M.
At the Grotto & on the boat, we were entertained with singing and dancing. It was a very enjoyable time for all.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/02/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/02/11 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Good Trip!
Reviewed by: Debbie
This was a good trip. The boat was clean and well-kept-up, and everyone was very friendly. Fern Grotto is pretty, and the local entertainment makes the event fun. It's a relaxing, quiet trip and a good way to see some of the beauty of Kauai.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/02/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/02/04 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Always my favorite!
Reviewed by: Sonja Newton
Every time I come to Kauai, I do this River Cruise and it never gets old. It is entertaining, educational, beautiful and just plain fun for all ages. I especially appreciate that the staff and crew always seen to be enjoying themselves as well!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/01/31 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/01/06 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
beautiful peaceful and entertaining
Reviewed by: sebastian
i whole experience was amazing. The employees greeted guests with enthusiasm and personality, very happy and entertaining. the boat ride took us giding down the river providing beautiful sites and emotions. the fern grotto and short walk were great as well. all around a+ adventure.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2022/01/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2022/01/06 |
Ultimate Kauai Private Guided Island Tour - Waimea Canyon & South Shore
Orlando was awesome
Reviewed by: Lee
First, our driver/guide Orlando was simply amazing. He was quite knowledgeable and helpful. Orlando’s sense of humor kept us relaxed and laughing. Orlando picked us up right on time. We mentioned to him we would need frequent restroom stops. Not only was he accommodating but he was very picky about where he stopped being conscious of cleanliness. Speaking of cleanliness, our vehicle was spotless and very comfortable. We loved his guidance and took him to lunch. I cannot recommend this tour more highly. When you book, be sure to ask for Orlando!
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| Packages: | Kauai Private North & East Tour: See Hanalei Bay & Wailua and Opaekaa Falls |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2022/01/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/12/30 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Rich in culture, beauty, and Aloha! Everyone should do this when visiting Kauai. Worth it!
Reviewed by: Colleen
The Smith’s Wailua River Cruise was a beautiful way to spend our morning. Start off by learning some island history and geography by a native guide from the Smith Family. Ours was Wade.
Once you arrive at the Fern Grotto, you’ll walk a beautiful path to get there and learn about its natural history and cultural significance as well as anything you’d like to know about it. We learned so many fascination facts and it was so beautiful and peaceful.
On our way back, we were treated with professional musicians and a top notch dancer. Everything about the small group of performers was beautiful from the sweet sounds of the musicians to the graceful display of cultural dance. You couldn’t get better quality and for the price!
It was an honor and gift to ride with the Smith Family. Looking forward to coming back with the kids.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/12/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/12/03 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Awesome experience.
Reviewed by: Justin T
Wish it didn’t rain the whole time but they can’t control that obviously. I recommend it.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/12/24 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/12/22 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great family fun time.
Reviewed by: Umar
It's a nice way to spend an hour on the water with some fun Hawaiian music. It's relaxing and a calm way to just chill. The actual fern grotto was an incredible sight to see and enjoy. That was the best part. Just a couple of minutes of walk from the dock to the main area where you see and appreciate the phenomenon.
Fun!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/12/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/12/10 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Tired
Reviewed by: Sharon
The building where we pay and gather is very depressing. The boat ride was uneventful, the grotto was a beauty of nature. We music was okay, we could tell the performers were tired because it was the last trip of the day, but they were nice and accommodating.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/12/11 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/11/17 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
River Excursion
Reviewed by: Arizona
Good way to spend a couple of hours meandering down a river.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/11/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/11/24 |
Shaka Guide App - Kauai Self Guided Audio Driving Tours
Great fun
Reviewed by: Glen Klassen
The Shaka self driving g tours are great we can do them at our own pace and they give lots of great stories, history a d legends.
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| Packages: | Kauai Driving Bundle Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/11/17 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/11/15 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great family tour
Reviewed by: :-)
We have two toddlers so this was a nice adventure to take with little ones. The fern grotto is beautiful.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/11/14 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/10/18 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fun. Sort of hokey!
Reviewed by: CurlyQ
Nice boat ride and walk to the fern grotto. The customers on board got into the group songs and their hand movements. A good family outing.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/11/10 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/11/08 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Great Value nice trip with the kids and grandkids.
Reviewed by: mitch
Nice cruise, lots of fun info and entertainment and a great trip for the value.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/10/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/10/06 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Excellent crew and talent, Fern Grotto not truly accessible
Reviewed by: Michele
Our group of 4, aged 50s to 70s, very much enjoyed the entertainment and river history. One of our group was in a wheelchair. Bathrooms were accessible but the ramp to see Fern Grotto was so steep that 2 of us chose bathrooms over seeing that trip endpoint. This excursion is the best value on the island. Book it!
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/10/17 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/10/13 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Relaxing with good humor
Reviewed by: Linda
Captain on cruise was very informative and relaxed. He made the cruise more enjoyable. The young man who sang had excellent humor and a great voice for the songs he sang. The ladies were doing their job. Hula was beautiful and graceful
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/10/03 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/29 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
So worth it!
Reviewed by: Catharina
Great short cruise for the money, even includes entertainment. We loved it! We would do it again.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/27 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/22 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Very enjoyable river cruise
Reviewed by: Lisa
Great opportunity to sit back, relax and enjoy and hour and 20 minutes on the Wailua River and “getting married” at the Fern Grotto. The music and hula dancing on the journey up the river added a wonderful ambiance and the history and information on movies filmed on and around the Wailua on the way back was very informative. All in all a wonderful addition to our trip to Hawaii.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/21 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/16 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
Waimea Canyon and the south and west side sightseeing on/off tour with lunch!
Reviewed by: Cara Christy
This experience is a really good sightseeing tour. We covered about 1/2 of the island Kauai from the south, the west, and the north side from about 9a-4p.The places we stopped were great and the were plenty of bathroom breaks! I did think there would be more hiking involved because of the description. There is a nature trail at Koke’e State Park that is nice. Our guide was a native Hawaiian with great stories to tell!
The shops in Hanapepe were fun to shop at! We loved the swinging bridge there! And, the stop at the coffee farm was great with amazing coffee to be taste tested and purchased. You could also see the coffee beans being grown on the trees! It was a fun trip!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/08 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/09/06 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Lynsan
Reviewed by: Lynn M
We had not been to the fern grotto in 25 years. It is more beautiful and serene then we remember. The staff a Smith's are welcoming and deliver a fun trip. We like the music and the Capitan's narrative explaining the area.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/30 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
Spent little time at main sights and hours waiting for food!
Reviewed by: NomadeYogini
I had the worst experience on this tour, had to wait about an hour and a half for the driver to do a food pick up and then wasted an extra hour plus just idling at a pic nic site after everyone had finished eating their lunch, while we speeded through all the main sights and barely had time to take photos of the breathtaking Waimea Canyon!!!!! Poor timing would be an understatement. It was my last day on Kauai and wish I had found another tour company to see Waimena Canyon!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/04 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/09 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Aloha ! Remarkable performances by the musicians and Aloha dancers
Reviewed by: Hazel De Leon
Aloha ! Remarkable performances by the musicians and Aloha dancers. A very entertaining group! My family was amazed all througout the river cruise. The walk to the Fern Grotto was a unique experience because the beauty of the lush and large tropical plants was amazing and beautiful. Overall, an exciting experience to see a beautiful garden ( Fern Grotto) . It is very well recommended to have the river cruise and if we come back to Kauai, we will do the Wailua river cruise again.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/02 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/02 |
Smith’s Fern Grotto River Cruise with Live Hawaiian Music & Hula
Fun and Friendly
Reviewed by: Monica
We went with our 22 month old baby. They are family friendly and fun. Made the boat ride easier to handle with a toddler with the hula dance and jokes. They seemed authentic. The cave was beautiful as well. Good to take kissing pics.
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| Packages: | River Cruise Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/09/01 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/23 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
Perfect tour for a first visit to Kauai!
Reviewed by: Charisse Palaad
This tour was absolutely wonderful! It was my family’s first visit to Kauai and it was overwhelming seeing all the activities that are available on the island. We settled for this as a way to see a lot of the main sights and it was the PERFECT way to spend the day! We had Kana’e (sp?) as our guide and she was absolutely a joy to spend the day with. She talked stories with us, shared her culture with us and told us all the places to go for our trip! The sights were gorgeous and we recommend this to anyone who is visiting for the first time!!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/08/15 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/13 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
Excellent tour!
Reviewed by: John - NJ
The tour was at an easy pace and covered the West side of the island concluding with spectacular views and vantage points of Waimea Canyon. Our driver Rosario was thorough with explanations, local trivia, and very personable to everyone. The pickup and drop offs from the hotels were punctual. The lunch was also good as were the local stops in Hanapepe and Waimea. Each stop including those of Waimea Canyon allowed for plenty of time to use the facilities, investigate the area, and take plenty of photos. The tour bus had plenty of space, and was air conditioned and comfortable. I would recommend this tour for any visitors to the Garden Isle!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/08/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/08/04 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
We couldn't have asked for a better tour guide!
Reviewed by: JC, SW Florida
Our tour guide was one of the best parts of the entire trip. She was so informative and had such a deep love and respect for her island and also for the tourists that are visiting here and falling in love with it as well. She provided us with so much useful information and history to help us appreciate this beautiful place and took us to the best stops along the way to see the amazing canyons!
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/07/31 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/07/29 |
Waimea Canyon Guided Sightseeing, Kokee State Park Nature Walk & Coffee Tour
A must do!
Reviewed by: J C
The experience was excellent. Dan is very knowledgeable and super nice! He was excellent with time and engaged our group the entire trip. He drove carefully. The food was delicious. Glad we did it! Beautiful views.
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| Packages: | Kauai Waimea Canyon & Kokee Trail Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2021/07/23 |
| Activity Date: | 2021/07/21 |
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