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Smith's Kauai Wailua River Cruise to Fern Grotto with Live Entertainment

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Great river tour and reasonably priced

Reviewed by: sid, 2022/12/13

Great River Tour , excellent entertainment and a good price, highly recommend!

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Activity Date:2022/12/08
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A river cruise you will always remember!

Reviewed by: Hawaii Ray, 2022/12/12

Reasonably priced river tour. There are some great views and the crew sings wonderful Hawaiian music. If your visiting for the first time bring your family and take the grotto tour.

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2022/12/10
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Fun Day

Reviewed by: Kara, 2022/11/21

Beautiful natural scenery! Good little quick filler!

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Activity Date:2022/11/14
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Janice

Reviewed by: Janice, 2022/11/18

This was a great tour. The guide was knowledgeable as well as humorous. I also enjoyed the music and dance. Great tour for the price!!!

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Attended as:Friends
Activity Date:2022/11/16
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Smith’s Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: BarbW, 2022/11/05

This boat ride was amazing. The entertainment was very good with Hawaiian hula dancing and singing. When we got to the grotto it was a short easy walk and once again we were entertained at the grotto where Elvis sang in the movie Blue Hawaii. On the trip back down river one of our guides gave us lots of history of the area including places where movies had been filmed.
It was a very pleasant morning and would recommend Smith’s Fern Grotto tours to everyone.

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Attended as:Couples
Activity Date:2022/10/10
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Fern Grotto River Cruise

Reviewed by: John, 2022/11/05

Very Nice, Relaxing Cruise for anyone too take. Everyone should do it one time, while Visiting Kauai.

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Activity Date:2022/10/10
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Beautiful scenery, fun staff

Reviewed by: Gayle , 2022/10/22

Pleasant boat ride with interesting history and fun staff. Fern Grotto beautiful and unique. I would recommend to my friends.

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Activity Date:2022/10/20
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A relaxing time

Reviewed by: Greg & Susie , 2022/10/15

A relaxing time to check out the river and the grotto. The live entertainment in the boat was too and the history telling.

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Activity Date:2022/09/23
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Grotto Tour

Reviewed by: Grotto Gang, 2022/10/15

It was a beautiful tour, so much fun and I learned a lot.

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Activity Date:2022/09/22
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Highly Recommend

Reviewed by: Joanne, 2022/10/14

We had an fun time one the short river cruise. Learned some history, saw beautiful views, heard wonderful live Hawaiian music and watch hula dancing. Very fun.

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Activity Date:2022/10/12
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Fun and easy adventure

Reviewed by: Tami Lake, 2022/10/08

This cruise was so much fun. It started off with the tour guide walking us through so interesting facts. The staff was really funny. They made you feel comfortable. The hula dancer was really good. When the boat landed at the trail, it was really easy. It’s a good tour for elderly or those that are physically challenged. I say this because the hike is more like a short walk on a maintained path. It was great and very inexpensive.

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Activity Date:2022/09/12
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fun, relaxed, scenic trip

Reviewed by: Ellen, 2022/09/25

Easy excursion for anybody! Pleasant entertainment and beautiful walk through manicured path to view Fern Grotto Cave. The help was very friendly to me - especially the guy who kept calling me Mrs. LaRusso since I have a strong NY accent.

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Activity Date:2022/08/30
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Awesome tour for family!

Reviewed by: Pranee , 2022/09/24

Very nice tour and staff. Me and my family enjoyed it.

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Activity Date:2022/09/02
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Fun and educative few hours on the river - amazing scenery and we learnt the hula too

Reviewed by: Pete and Shelley , 2022/09/17

This was an amazing afternoon on a river cruise x the scenery was so beautiful. Smiths team were entertaining and amazing historians they taught us loads about the river and the area round it the Ukelele plying and traditional dance including Hula felt so special. This was worth every dollar spent .

  • Fern grotto

  • Hula dancing

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Activity Date:2022/08/26
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Great Fun!

Reviewed by: Vmp, 2022/09/11

My second river cruise and enjoyed the commentary and musical entertainment. The last time I was here, the barriers hadn't been put up around the Groto, though.

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Activity Date:2022/09/05
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Fern Grotto River cruise

Reviewed by: North Idahoans, 2022/09/11

Very relaxing cruise up the river. Beautiful scenery. Very friendly and helpful staff. Also enjoyed the witty sense of humor on the commentaries. The trail is not the best for the elderly and spots on the trail were difficult to maneuver a walker so highly suggest a wheelchair instead, but the scenery was well-worth the trip.

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Activity Date:2022/09/08
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Fern Grotto in Kauai, Hawaii

Reviewed by: CDM, 2022/09/10

The large deck for viewing was definitely a plus from when I was there back in 2007. Just a little disappointing that the frems were so few. I guess that hurricane did more damage to the environment then I thought.
Music was wonderful as always.
Boat ride also pleasant. Guide giving information about the area along the river was very helpful.

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Activity Date:2022/08/15
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Beautiful area, but nothing spectacular.

Reviewed by: Matthew , 2022/09/09

Overall we enjoyed the Fern Grotto tour but nothing spectacular about it. Entertainment coming back was light and fun. Grotto itself was just OK.

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Activity Date:2022/09/07
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Beautiful area to see

Reviewed by: Tammy, 2022/09/04

Good knowledgeable staff. Friendly. Shorter than what we expected. We read it would be 2 hours and we felt rushed out of there because another group was there waiting.

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Attended as:Families with Young Children
Activity Date:2022/09/02
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Beautiful hidden spot

Reviewed by: Laura J, 2022/09/02

This is a short tour of the Wailua River to get to the fantastic fern grotto, surrounded by beautiful trees, plants, and flowers. The entertainment was particularly good on our way back, where we learned some hula moves and danced to live music.

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Activity Date:2022/08/30
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Lovely tour

Reviewed by: Spiker Family, 2022/08/31

Informative cruise given by The Smith family. Bring sturdier shoes than flip flops because the jungle mixed with sporadic rain showers make a slippery path. My daughter loved the live interactive entertainment. Overall good time.

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Attended as:Families with Young Children
Activity Date:2022/08/29
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Relaxing, but go earlier.

Reviewed by: Brenda, 2022/08/29

It was a relaxing activity and great for littles, but I could sense the tiredness in the crew because we took the last tour of the day. Best to go earlier in the day. Also, be warned to bring bug spray with you on the jungle walk to the fern grotto! Fern grotto was beautiful, but hard to hear explanations over arguing children. Haha. Maybe it would be easier if thye had a loud speaker or megaphone at the fern grotto?

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Attended as:Families with Young Children
Activity Date:2022/08/26
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Perfect adventure

Reviewed by: Alexandra , 2022/08/28

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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Activity Date:2022/08/26
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Fern Gritto

Reviewed by: Debbie, 2022/08/14

We had a fun time! Good storytelling, singing, and hula dancing! Would recommend!

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Activity Date:2022/08/12
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Great experience.

Reviewed by: Karen, 2022/08/08

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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Activity Date:2022/08/04
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Smith’s River Cruise

Reviewed by: Alex Hernandez, 2022/08/03

Great excursion to share with family, friends of all ages.

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Activity Date:2022/08/01
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40 Years Later

Reviewed by: MEB, 2022/07/30

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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Attended as:Families with Young Children
Activity Date:2022/07/04
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Fern Grotto Fun

Reviewed by: Diane G, 2022/07/28

We've been to the Fern Grotto many times and love it every time.

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Activity Date:2022/07/18
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Fun cruise with a short walking tour

Reviewed by: Laura, 2022/07/28

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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Activity Date:2022/07/26
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Smith’s Wailua River cruise to fern grotto with live entertainment/River cruise package

Reviewed by: Carolyn, 2022/07/23

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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Activity Date:2022/06/27
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