smith's luau and fern grotto tours

We had done this about 2 years ago and it's nice traveling upriver on a boat and anchoring at a dock and walking into the Rainforest there in Kapaa, Kaui, Hawaii. Everything was okay and the captain of the boat tour gave us a presentation on the way to the rainforest where we dock. Then we got off the boat but I realized quickly that even though the wooden steps were okay to walk on up into the forest you could easily fall through some of the wooden rails. So, if you go on this cruise be careful because you cannot rely (at least for now) on any of the wooden handrails because they are rotting away on shore because of the incredible amount of rain that they get there. 

Also, they said that it had rained heavily the two nights before and they had to get county workers out with fire hoses to wash down the cement parts of the trail to get all the mud and debris of them too. So, there was a slight film of mud still on some of the cement trails into the rainforest.

However, once you are there for example, I saw more wild Ginger and tropical plants in one place than I have ever seen before in my whole life. Then when you return to the boat you are entertained on the way back to the main docks in Kapaa with a Hawaiian traditional band playing Hawaiian Music and teaching you to do the Hula and stuff like this as you travel back to the main dock in Kapaa.

So, basically you can have a really wonderful experience as long as you realize that the cement can be slippery from the rain at night because we are now beginning the rainy season on Kauai which lasts until about March I believe most years. So don't count on the wooden rails to keep you from falling off boardwalks either. However, much of the boardwalks are made with teak Wood which does really well in the rain sort of like Redwood does too on the mainland.

So, if you are careful this can be a wonderful and remarkable experience. There were even some people who are older on walkers on this journey and others with Canes so it can be wonderful for people of all ages from small children to really old adults.