Reviewed by: Angela
Been to Luaus' before, just dancing, music, and food/drink. But this was so enjoyable because of the story they told through the dancing, music and song. Even my husband enjoyed it. Our daughters couldn't get over the fire dance, and the way the dancers engaged audience members through out the show. The food was really tasty, we even enjoyed the Poi with everything. The Plantation grounds were spectacular too. This is on our "To-Do List again in Kauai".
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Packages: | Hawaiian Package: Standard Seating |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2013/07/05 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/21 |
Reviewed by: Lee Hanley
Great, food, drinks and entertainment. What more can I say. Well worth going to for an evening of fun.
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Packages: | Hawaiian Package: Standard Seating |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/06/29 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/07 |
Reviewed by: Rebekah
free shuttle picking up, great river scenery, live music, magic grotto, great service!
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Packages: | River Cruise Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/06/18 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/06 |
Reviewed by: Rebekah
The garden is beautiful, food tasted great, and great service!
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Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/06/18 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/07 |
Reviewed by: Dave
The evening started with a tram tour around the gardens, time to walk and photograph the gardens, traditional Hawaiian meal (buffet style) followed by a presentation of the various hula styles influenced by the various people that came to the islands. All in all - recommended.
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Packages: | Jun - Aug (Mon - Fri) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/06/13 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/03 |
Reviewed by: Dave
The Smith's Fern Grotto tour was a good way to see the fern grotto and understand some of the history. There was a 20 minute boat ride to the fern grotto landing, time to take pictures, presentation of a Hawaiian Wedding song, complete with hula interruption and demonstration of various hula dances on the boat ride back. All in all - recommended tour.
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Packages: | Standard |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/06/13 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/03 |
Reviewed by: Sixto
A relaxing experience with beautiful views and great entertainment.
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Packages: | River Cruise Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/06/07 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/04 |
Reviewed by: Sixto
Great time, great fun, great entertainment and great food.
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Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/06/07 |
Activity Date: | 2013/06/04 |
Reviewed by: Dawn H.
The service, food and show was great. We enjoyed dinner at Gaylord's.
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Packages: | Plantation Owner's Evening |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/05/27 |
Activity Date: | 2013/05/21 |
Reviewed by: gomezdouglas
The food was great. One of the few places that offers authentic island food still. The performances were cool...offers a good quick history lesson. The grounds are pretty...peacocks were really cool...you can stand very close to them.
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Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/05/20 |
Activity Date: | 2013/05/15 |
Reviewed by: Ginger & Rick Winn
Our air tour was the very best way to begin our exploration of Kauai! Our pilot was very informative and we were able to get some amazing photos and video with him as our guide. We highly recommend the tour and hope to take it again soon!
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Packages: | Private Kauai Air Tour |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/05/15 |
Activity Date: | 2013/05/11 |
Reviewed by: Georgia Larry Kopka
The dinner at Gaylord's was wonderful. Later we were greeted by our torch carriers, who were friendly and informative. Pulu (Sean) was especially attentive and made us feel welcome. The very best part of the evening was the show and the story they told. It gave us a true feeling of 'being there' as the Polynesean's made their journey to Hawai'i. This was truly a gift from the actors & dancers in the show.
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Packages: | Plantation Owner's Evening (Show with 4-course Dinner) |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/04/29 |
Activity Date: | 2013/04/23 |
Reviewed by: Sarah
It was a great experience. Bruce and Ellen were exceptional. Very friendly and accommodating. The pictures were a nice touch. It was beautiful and Bruce was very knowledgeable.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/04/05 |
Reviewed by: Michael
we had 6 adults and an 11/mo old. Prompt shuttle pick up and drop off from our hotel. the Luau was great...friendly service, all you can eat food and drink (beer, mixed drinks) beautiful grounds and an entertaining post dinner show. I would def recomend this to anyone wanting to experience an Hawaiian luau
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/02/26 |
Reviewed by: Salt Lake City
Smith tours did a great Job with the boat ride.
The grotto.
The entertainment was a nice touch and very well done.
Would recomment this trip to all
One of the good values exploring Kauai
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Friends |
Posted on: | 2013/02/14 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
Everything here was very nice, the planatation was gorgeous and the entertainment fanastic. Would definitely recomend to anyone wanted a luau experience!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/02/14 |
Reviewed by: Drew Climer
This was a great experience. The Smith's Paradise offer some great photo opportunities, great food, excellent cocktails, and some great entertainment. Very awesome.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2013/02/01 |
Reviewed by: Tom & Brenda
When Sam, our guide for the day, picked up my wife and I at our hotel, on time, we thought he was taking us to another location to meet up with a busload of other people for our movie tour. Instead, he said it was just the three of us on today's tour, off on a day of movie magic.
After sharing some of our favorite Kauai filmed movies with Sam, he made sure he highlighted several of the filming locations along the way. My wife and I never knew there were so many movies filmed on Kauai and so many spectacular locations to see. Sam was involved in pre-production scouting of locations for "The Descendants" and so was very knowledgeable about scenes from that movie and scores of others.
Sam personalized our tour for us, even fulfilling my request for a Bubba Burger and shave ice. He was a ukulele master musician and serenaded us at several stops along the way.
This tour made for a day in paradise that we will never forget!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2013/01/31 |
Reviewed by: Dave Woehrman
Arriving on the island of kauai with so many things planned was so exciting but the garden tour before the luau and touring the grounds was fantastic. Everthing about the whole show was very exciting from the necklace greeting all the way to the spectacular fire dance at the end of the show. My family and I found this adventure to be one of our favrorites while on our stay on Kauai.
The staff along with all the people in the show were just great it was plain to see that the ALOHA spirit was alive and well.
The food was unbeatable the colorfull costumes and the show priceless !! Smith's tropical paradise luau is best discribed as the Big Kahuna. If your planning a trip to Kauai put this at the top of your list of things to do
Mahalo Smith's tropical paradise
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2012/11/11 |
Reviewed by: jcaruthers
My new husband and I went on this River cruise as recommended by our travel agent as the most romantic thing we could do for our honeymoon.
The only romantic thing about it was the Hawaiian wedding song while we stood on a deck with 100 other people. This would not be my idea of romantic. Maybe it used to be a romantic place to go when you could go inside the cave but now it just looks like a rock wall with some ferns in it.
We didn't get the best start to our boat ride but we were both disappointed when we arrived to our location. The entertainment was fun and were really the only reason the trip was worth it. I wouldn't recomend it to anyone as a place to see on their honeymoon. The only thing that redeemed it was that it was probably the cheapest thing we did while we were there.
Since this site won't let me pick wouldn't recommend it to anyone. I chose families.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/11/05 |
Reviewed by: jcaruthers
This was a fantastic first timer luau experience. You get so much for your money with this luau! You get to spend time roaming the grounds which are a lovely tropical garden paradise. We got some lovely pictures and were able to have some alone time while attending the luau.
The one disappointment for us being that it was our honeymoon, was that it was a very large crowd and didn't have a very intimate feel. We would have liked to experience a luau where we were a small group and get to have more of an interactive experience with the hosts than you can have with that large a crowd.
The food wasn't my favorite but it was good. The service was wonderful and the host (commentator) was wonderful at describing what was going to happen and entertaining for our meal. The show was fantastic and very worth the wait.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/11/05 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
The Grotto is beautiful. A must see for all visitors.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/10/12 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
We had a great time. We would definitely recommend this to others.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/10/12 |
Reviewed by: Donna
Our family had never been to Hawaii before and a friend at work suggested the Luau at the Smith Planatation and we were so excited. We had a really great time and the staff are so friendly. I would definitely go back.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families |
Posted on: | 2012/10/11 |
Reviewed by: David and Donna Kirk
Great food, beautiful area and great enternainment
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/09/11 |
Reviewed by: Peggy - World Traveler
This was amazing !!!
The Smith family really know how to put on a show!
Pros: Great food, awesome gardens, great fun time, plenty of time to have fun and take pictures. Easy fun experience. Great for ANYONE! Lots of peacocks to take photos with. Great staff. The after show was AMAZING cultural world tour far beyond my experiences at othe Luau's. It could easily compete with a Lav Vegas show!! You have to see to believe! Iwon't share more to avoid giving too much away. Smith's is one of the best Luau in Kauai. Even my teenager had a ball ! She was grinning ear to ear. PRICELESS!
Con: Its a really BIG CROWD becauses they seat so many, there's lots of people you eat with etc but not overwhelming. Just alot.
What to take with you. SunGlasses, mosquito spray, camera of course, easy dress (Where something comfy, pretty or fun). Hawaii dress or whatever. Its easy and nice.
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/08/11 |
Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous
This was our first vacation to Hawaii. The Smith's Tropical Paradise Luau was our first luau (and let me say the only luau we will ever go to). This place is amazing. The greeting with the shell lei's by the staff in their outfits felt very welcoming. The tram ride around the grounds was short, but very sweet. The food was excellent and authentic. The music during dinner was fun and entertaining, BUT the music and dancing during the luau ceremony was awesome! I went out and bought a book on the Fire Goddess Pele because of it. Would suggest this to anyone!!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2012/08/06 |
Reviewed by: Peggy - Global Traveler
20 years ago this was a really great trip as you were able to go inside the cave and the water fall there was more than a trickle. Since the Iniki Hurricane in the 90's that is no longer possible. The landslide that happened ended the cave tour part and ended the waterfall being as it was.
I would recommend this to any one who has just landed in Kauai, older couples perhaps, who have never seen a fern grotto of any kind. For kids it is boring. Heard that a few times :)
As for a wedding... I would honestly not recommend this particular trip as it is average or just okay. The boat trip up and back in the boat was the best part. For wedding parties I would honestly recommend arranging something with the Smith Family or one of the local Resorts and doing it as part of a Luau. That would be better. Hawaii Activities can help you find many other events that would be better for a wedding. They rock!
This is a nice easy trip and okay to see. But if you have limited
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2012/08/06 |
Reviewed by: Fran
The Fern Grotto and the Tropical Paradise Luau was excellent.
No short cutting
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Couples |
Posted on: | 2012/07/24 |
Reviewed by: Carl O
We thoroughly enjoyed this informative and beautiful cruise. The Captain shared much information and was very entertaining. On the way back, the entertainment was excellent. Good time!
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Packages: | Test Package |
Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
Posted on: | 2012/07/21 |
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Hi Sarah, thank you so much for your kind words, means everything to us!