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All Reviews for Things to Do in Hawaii for Families in Kauai

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Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

1st timers

Reviewed by: Jcutch

Before the show, my kids enjoyed getting their first Jagua skin art (similar to henna) from a local artist. Some of the show's performers had booths selling jewelry and crafts as well. The drinks were stiff, however, the food was on the mediocre side. The show itself was great and was enjoyed by all. The dancers were very friendly and welcoming. Overall great experience!

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Packages: Hawaiian Package: Standard Seating
Attended as: Families
Posted on: 2013/08/03
Activity Date: 2013/07/08

Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Luau Enjoyed

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

Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Great Time

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

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

Great!

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

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

Fern Grotto Tour

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

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

Beautiful

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

Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Great Evening

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

Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

Luau Kalamaku/Plantation Owner's Evening

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

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

Great Job

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: 2013/03/04

Luau Kalamaku at Kilohana Plantation - Polynesian Dinner Show & Fire Knife Dance

had a great time

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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Posted on: 2013/03/04

Kauai Movie Sites Tour - Film & TV Sets, Hanalei Bay, Opaekaa Falls & More

Fabulous Time!

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
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Posted on: 2013/03/04

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

Disappointing

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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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Beautiful

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

The Grotto is beautiful. A must see for all visitors.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Great fun

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: 2013/01/03

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

Okay not great

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: 2013/01/03

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

Fern Grotto - June 2012

Reviewed by: ANDRA

Loved the staff, they were great, fun, and informative. However, was not what I expected. I am not sure what would have made it a better experience. The Fern Grotto itself was beautiful, but there were too many people on the deck to enjoy it. Made it crowded and uncomfortable.

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Packages: Test Package
Attended as: Friends
Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

WE HAD A GREAT TIME !!!

Reviewed by: BETH

Six of us just returned from Oahu and Kauai!! Had a WONDERFUL time!!! And the Fern Grotto boat ride was just really nice!! The staff was WONDERFUL, and they made us all feel so welcomed!!! We just really had a GREAT TIME!!! I would recommend this to anyone!!!! The walk to the fern grotto was EASY, and the photo ops were priceless!!! Just alot of fun with my friends!!

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Enjoyed the cruise ... Thank you

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

cruise

Reviewed by: Scott

Thanks.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

River Ride

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Good for families with small children.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

River Tour

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

Great for kids.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

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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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Slow paced enjoyment

Reviewed by: Mike B

The wailua river cruise is very unique, we saw a lot of Kauai we didnt know was there, and learned a lot from our guide. The pace of the tour is slow and relaxed.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

very enjoyable

Reviewed by: connie

We totally enjoyed the river cruise and the fern grotto. We were a little disappointed we could not actually go into the grotto but totally understand. It will be good to come back and see it again after a few years and some more fern growth.

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Attended as: Families with Young Children
Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Fern Grotto

Reviewed by: Karen S

We loved the pace, entertainment and narration. Our entire family had a good time. Thank you!

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Even less than I expected

Reviewed by: Barry

The staff was very nice and the boat ride was relaxing but the Fern Grotto itself was less than I expected, and I wasn't expecting much.
You don't go inside the cave. You just look at it from a distance.
You can see ferns growing from the face of a rock cliff where the cave is located. You view it from a platform where weddings are performed these days. You can't go inside to see the area where 100 people can gather.

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

no comment

Reviewed by: Mr. Anonymous

no comment

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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

Author

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: 2013/01/03

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

fern grotto

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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Posted on: 2013/01/03

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

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: 2013/01/03
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