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Reviews
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Refreshing Awesome
Reviewed by: Stevens Family
We did this in the morning and it was so refreshing. Water was great and guides were amazing! Great for the family!!
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/11/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/11/27 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Awesome!
Reviewed by: Franziska
Great introduction of group to each other - being ohana! The ride with the tubes was awesome! And the water was warmer that expected; very enjoyable. I strongly recommend it.
Further, the guides - Kat, Jessica / I forgot the name of the other two - explained a lot about the area and were very helpful and friendly.
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Posted on: | 2014/11/24 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/11/23 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
Excellent luau
Reviewed by: Gordon Edmonton
This was an excellent luau. Very well organized and a great venue for the event. It was great for all ages. We had a 16 year old and two 80 year olds with us. All enjoyed emensly. Thank you
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| Packages: | Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/11/17 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/11/12 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
Smith's Garden Luau is wonderful!
Reviewed by: Mary
We truly enjoyed the luau at Smith's Tropical Paradise! Beautiful gardens, many picture opportunities, great food, excellent show! I love the family atmosphere at this luau and the hospitality that is extended to everyone. The show teaches about the many different people who settled in the Hawaiian islands. We always recommend this luau when we meet other travelers. It is an enjoyable and well-paced evening of great food and entertainment!
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| Packages: | Smith's Luau & Fern Grotto River Boat Tour Combo |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/11/17 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/11/12 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
Garden Luau
Reviewed by: Marsha
Great food and drinks. Show was really nice. However, I suggest not to go on a rainy day. Can't enjoy the beautiful grounds like I would have liked. Tables a little too close together, couldn't move or relax easy like a luau should be.
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| Packages: | Test Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2014/11/04 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/10/30 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
Surprised!
Reviewed by: Just me
Short and sweet ... the tour of the grounds was lovely; the food and mai tai's were superior; but the dances needed some umph! That was a sad ending to an event that started great.
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| Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2014/10/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/10/08 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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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| Packages: | Test Package |
| Attended as: | Couples |
| Posted on: | 2014/10/05 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/10/01 |
カウアイ島 マウンテン・チューブ・アドベンチャーツアー 浮き輪に乗って大自然の中を川下り＜英語ガイド／昼食付き／リフエ地区＞
楽しくのんびり
Reviewed by: sada
集合場所まではレンタカーですんなり行けました。
やはり、日本人は私達夫婦だけでした。ジープで移動中自己紹介的なことがありカタコトで話楽しかったです。水路に行くまで歩いてガイドもありました。大きなチューブに乗りぷかぷかと水路を浮いて下るだけですが、途中トンネルがありヘルメットのライトをつけて浮いていきました。スリル的なことはないですが、ぷかぷかと流れに任せるのも変わっていて、楽しかったです。
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| Packages: | 基本プラン |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/08/28 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/05/21 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Kipu Ranch Kauai ATV Tour with Waterfall Swim - Triple Trail Expedition
ATV tour
Reviewed by: Jennifer
Had an amazing time on the tour! Our guides, Marlin and Justin were great! Very funny and super nice! My nephew has autism and Justin was wonderful with him!
Loved swimming in the waterfall and the kids loved the rope swing!
Highly recommend this tour!
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| Packages: | 5 to 6 Passenger UTV - (Until Dec 31st, 2017) |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/08/21 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/08/18 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Awesome Fun
Reviewed by: Mark
This was a very relaxing and fun float trip! Water was great, not cold at all! Tour guides were great too!
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/21 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/06/28 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
smith's family luau in kauai
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 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
AWSOME ADVENTURE
Reviewed by: Jeannie
Me and my 10 year old duaghter had a wonderful time tubing. I would recommend this adventure to anyone. Spence, our guide, did a wonderful job.
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/19 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/02 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Kipu Ranch Kauai ATV Tour with Waterfall Swim - Triple Trail Expedition
Great experience
Reviewed by: Lora Keller
This excursion was originally booked for my daughters 17th birthday celebration, as your description states that you only have to be 16 to drive with a valid drivers license ,however apon check in it was discovered that this policy changed over 2 years ago.
Rules are rules, and she was not allowed to drive.....HOWEVER......everyone bend over backwards to correct the situation and make my daughters day still special. It was hard
to stay upset as everyone did what they could do and did so quickly. While still on the ride, I got a voicemail from VELTRA apologizing for their error and that it was taken care of before we even returned .
The staff and guides were the nicest people and made the whole experience a wonderful one. Thank you to VELTRA for correcting your error so quickly....she can't wait till next time to be old enough to drive, and thank you to the staff for being so awesome!
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| Packages: | 5 to 6 Passenger UTV - (Until Dec 31st, 2017) |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/02 |
Kipu Ranch Kauai ATV Tour with Waterfall Swim - Triple Trail Expedition
Only single rider on the trip!
Reviewed by: Lora Keller
Family review is posted separately, my single rider experience was AWESOME!!!!
It was an amazing experience and the guides were very good at giving direction on how to handle sticky situations. The only thing that would have made the experience better would have been MORE MUD!
The lunch was fresh and delicious, and we even got to share it with some wild pig.
The guides were very informative and couldn't have cared more about you if you were their own family.
I ended up being the only single rider on this trip, and I loved every moment of it!
Aloha Lora,
We are pleased to read that you had an awesome time! We would like to thank you for coming out with us & for including us on your vacation to Kaua'i.
Mahalo,
Management
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| Packages: | Teryx 4x4 UTV |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/09 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/02 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Fun but too short of a tube ride for the cost.
Reviewed by: Travel4fun Group
This is a good adventure but it's only a 45 minute tube ride. We started with a drive to a scenic spot for pictures then back in the vehicle for a ride to the ditch. We did a short nature walk then got our safety instruction. Finally, we got into the ditch for our ride. It was a lot of fun and going through the tunnels was great. The water moves you along pretty good so you will not need to paddle anywhere. It was just too quick of a ride! After the ride we had lunch. The meal was basic but good. We had a short ride back to the warehouse/office. If you want a relaxing excursion, then this is it, but not your best bang for your buck.
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/05 |
Kipu Ranch Kauai ATV Tour with Waterfall Swim - Triple Trail Expedition
Excellent adventure
Reviewed by: Travel4fun Group
What a blast! We rode in the Teryx 4 seaters and everyone had a fantastic time. The staff was great (James and Marlon). They were very knowledgeable about the ranch and history of the island. It had rained heavy the night before and still a little rainy when we started out which made the adventure even more fun in the mud. We enjoyed it so much we went back the next week and did their 'Teryx and BBQ tour' with James, which was completely different from the waterfall tour. We saw other parts of the ranch plus the food was great. This tour is only on Wednesdays for no more than 6 Teryx and not advertised. On our second tour the roads were dry and DUSTY. It was still fun but you will get dirty. If You only had time for one tour, I recommend the waterfall tour. It's a 4 hour tour (the BBQ tour is only 3 hours) because you will see more parts of the ranch and will get to swim under a waterfall towards the end of your adventure.
We are pleased to hear you had a great time out on tour! When you come back next time we hope you have a chance to come back. Thank you for including Kipu Ranch Adventures in your vacation to Kaua'i.
Mahalo,
Management
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| Packages: | 5 to 6 Passenger UTV - (Until Dec 31st, 2017) |
| Attended as: | Friends |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/07 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/06/26 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Mountain Tubing Adventure
Reviewed by: Jodie Harrison
Had an amazing time! Such funand a great guide. Thank you Spencer!
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/06 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/02 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
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 |
Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
Fun with the kids
Reviewed by: The Bowmans
My 10 yr old niece talked about this excursion for days after it was over! She had lots of fun and our guides were lots of fun.
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| Packages: | 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2014/07/04 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/07/02 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
best luau
Reviewed by: Bernie
This was such a nice experience, the family is very friendly. Food was excellent!!!!! The show gave a variety of cultures to the audience.
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| Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Posted on: | 2014/06/30 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/06/26 |
Smith's Family Garden Luau - Polynesian & Fire Show, Dinner and Open Bar
Great food
Reviewed by: Jeff
Overall I would say this event was a positive experience. The food was very good. The tour of the property was very enjoyable, this is a magnificent setting for a luau. In my opinion, the after dinner show, however, needs to be updated. I'm sure there are those who appreciate the cultural and artistic emphasis on which the show was based, however, from an entertainment perspective, this show fell considerably short of other luaus I have attended. Most of the music was very slow paced, some of it seemed to drag on forever. I expected a more fast paced performance, one which would ellicit more enthusiasm, more excitement within the audience. The slow paced, historic theme just didn't get it done for myself and the people with which I attended this event.
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| Packages: | Tropical Paradise Garden Luau Package |
| Attended as: | Families |
| Posted on: | 2014/06/13 |
| Activity Date: | 2014/06/10 |
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We are glad to hear that you folks enjoyed your time out on the Ranch with us. We hope to see you guys out again in the future!
Mahalo,
The Kipu Ranch Team