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Kauai Backcountry Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour with Lunch
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4.88
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Exhilarating Mountain Tubing Adventure in Lihue
Reviewed by: Ryan H. , 2024/05/24
The 3-Hour Lihue Mountain Tubing Adventure is an absolute must-do in Kauai! The friendly staff got us geared up quickly with helmets and headlamps before we headed up the mountain, where our guide shared intriguing island tales.
Entering the water on our personal tubes, we were immediately swept up by the gentle flow of the historic irrigation canals. The open-air sections offered stunning views of the lush mountains, and the excitement ramped up as we approached the tunnels. The darkness was exhilarating, and our headlamps revealed the fascinating contours of these subterranean passages.
Our guides were terrific, ensuring safety and adding to the fun with their engaging personalities. The adventure wrapped up with a delicious picnic, giving us a chance to chat about our shared experience. This mountain tubing adventure was the highlight of my Kauai visit – an unforgettable mix of natural beauty, history, and thrill.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2024/05/22 |
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Super fun!
Reviewed by: MLee, 2024/05/11
We really enjoyed the tubing adventure. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon and cool off.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2024/04/21 |
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Tubing fun!
Reviewed by: Nancy-Jill, 2024/05/07
My girlfriend and I had a blast! We will recommend to others visiting the beautiful island of Kauai! Thank you Tia. She was awesome. Very entertaining.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2024/05/02 |
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Loads of fun!!
Reviewed by: Kara, 2024/04/25
What a morning, more than you think when you think of river tubing, they have a great pathing set out on this traiL!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2024/02/10 |
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Super fun activity
Reviewed by: Jenny, 2024/04/13
Really fun activity- my whole family loved it. Highly recommend.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2024/03/21 |
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Fantastic people and a fantastic experience!
Reviewed by: Mike P. , 2024/03/10
Kanoe and the rest of the team were amazing: Very enthusiastic, very funny, and very informative! Plantation tubing is an experience I would definitely recommend to anyone who's visiting Kaua`i. Thank you so much for making our vacation trip so memorable!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2024/03/06 |
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Great experience
Reviewed by: wallatom, 2024/02/11
We were reassured that the tour would be a "go" even though rain was threatening. The group was a bit hesitant but the trip went without a hitch, even when the skies opened up and we got dumped on. The tubing portion was great and a lot of fun for all. Kiersten was a great lead guide, and her team made sure that everyone was safe. Lunch was good, but dampened by the downpour. Overall, I believe that everyone in the group had a wonderful time. We highly recommend this adventure. Special kudos to Kiersten.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2024/01/21 |
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Kauai Backcounty Adventures Mountain Tubing Tour
Reviewed by: Miguel Huert, 2024/01/30
Excellent!! We like it so much. Only the drink that you gave is not good. But all was amazing.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2024/01/28 |
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Best Part of the Trip!
Reviewed by: Kara, 2024/01/28
So Much Fun!!! Upspeed Lazy River with Adrenaline rushes!!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/10/29 |
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The BEST!
Reviewed by: The Tooleys , 2023/12/17
Our entire family had an absolute blast, especially our (5) year old daughter. Pat our tour guide and everyone else that assisted along the way were exceptional, fun and made our experience so fun. Would highly recommend and hope to be back soon again.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2023/12/15 |
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Great day with Back country Adventures
Reviewed by: Earl Stroud, 2023/11/18
We had an amazing time with back country adventures. Would do it again and recommend it anyone. More fun than we expected, great guides
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/10/23 |
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Mountain tubing adventure
Reviewed by: , 2023/10/22
Mason was an awesome tour guide and the whole experience was great!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/10/20 |
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Tubing Adventure
Reviewed by: Kristy Burns, 2023/10/21
Everyone in my family had a great time. Fun staff and well organized business.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/10/19 |
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Awesome time!!
Reviewed by: Lisa L, 2023/10/13
Tour guides, Nala and Marissa were awesome!! Nice, relaxing fun time.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/10/10 |
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Inner tube Blast
Reviewed by: Mike and Barb , 2023/10/09
Seth and his crew were awesome. Very knowledgeable about the history of the island, It’s vegetation and wildlife.
A most return outing with Kauai Backcountry Adventures.
He expressed Safety was first. And his crew were very helpful in keeping us together. Lunch was great and plentiful. Great location and a ton of fun. Thanks Mike and Barb ♂️
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/09/12 |
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Amazing tubing adventure
Reviewed by: Sean Alferink , 2023/10/01
First and foremost very welcoming, definitely worth the price. My main tour guide Mason was the best ever as well as our safteys Megan and Ben. I was entertaining as can be. And the other people in my group were so nice. Great time would definitely recommend.
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| Attended as: | Solo Travelers |
| Activity Date: | 2023/09/06 |
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Great time!
Reviewed by: Coloradogirl, 2023/10/01
It was fun and interesting! The employees are great and really added to the experience with their information and humor! We will definitely go back and will recommend to family, friends and anybody visiting Kauai!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/09/29 |
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Bubu’s Amazing Tour
Reviewed by: Alexis, 2023/09/17
We booked the Tubing Tour as a part of our honeymoon, and had an amazing time. Our tour guide was Bubu, and she was knowledgeable and helpful about the history of Kaua’i as well as giving us helpful suggestions on where to go while we were here. The tour itself started with a bus ride through the Kaua’i scenery while Bubu entertained us with interesting facts and stories.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/09/16 |
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I did a lot of excursions on Kauai, and this is in my top 2
Reviewed by: BKST, 2023/09/17
I probably experienced this excursion in the one of the worst ways possible: it was overcast and rainy, it had torrential downpoured right when we arrived at the canal, I was just wearing a one-piece bathing suit (no shorts or sleeves), I'm a freeze baby, the tour guide wasn't too friendly (probably because he was called into work last minute), but despite all those things, I TRULY LOVE AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ACTIVITY! I was really nervous I would be cold, but I was comfortable the whole time. Just my butt touched the water unless my husband splashed me lol. The downpour didn't last long either and the majority of the ride was under tunnels. The ride was so much fun. Our tubes sort of acted like bumper cars as the water pushed us this a way and that a way. Not only was it a fun ride, the number 1 reason why I love this activity is because it isn't just a lazy river or crazy river manmade for the purpose of tourism. The canal and tunnels were made in the late 1800s for the sugar cane plantations (now defunct). (Tunnels are checked every year ensuring safe operation!) I think it is a great way to optimize a resource that no longer has its original purpose. Of the paid excursions I did in Kauai (boat tour, helicopter tour, hula show, spiderman/superman ziplining), this mountain tubing excursion is in my TOP 2 MUST DOs.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/16 |
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Tubing Tour
Reviewed by: Deirdra, 2023/09/09
This is something that is different and fun! Very relaxing. Jules was a great guide.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/09/06 |
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Mountain Tubing
Reviewed by: Jim, 2023/09/09
Our guide Mason was fantastic! Great ukulele! Interesting history of the Hawaiian Islands and how they became port or the US. Scenery was great. Tunnels were fun!
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/21 |
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Awesome
Reviewed by: Brock, 2023/09/02
One of the highlights of our trip. Would highly recommend.
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| Attended as: | Couples |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/13 |
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SOOOO FUN
Reviewed by: K.A., 2023/08/25
Tubing was our favorite adventure. the drive out there was beautiful and our guide shared a lot of history and info about the island. Then the tubing was so fun. I thought i would be afraid of the caves but it was fun. Lots of spinning around and bumping into each other. The pictures turned out great.
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/22 |
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Great time!
Reviewed by: Debra Cooper, 2023/08/18
This is a great experience. They have improved it a lot. It was better than when we did it in 2013. Our guide Jordan was very personable and knowledgeable.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/10 |
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Unique, fun and exciting adventure
Reviewed by: Jeanne-Marie, 2023/08/03
Had a great time on this tubing trip with my 5 year old. Thought it would be more of a kids thing but it was really fun for the adults too. Beautiful scenery on the drive up and lots of interesting history. Tubing was exciting and tunnels were fun.
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2023/08/01 |
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Everyone can participate
Reviewed by: Gladys , 2023/08/01
It was fun and everyone in the family can participate. Staff were so nice and informative especially our tour guide Mason. Ben and Natalie was great! Very knowledgeable of the passageways. Thank you
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| Attended as: | Families with Young Children |
| Activity Date: | 2023/07/30 |
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I personally think it's a bit overrated
Reviewed by: Chuang, 2023/07/31
The tour guide (a Hawaiian teenage girl, very energetic) is super awesome and nice, the safety tour guides also works super hard. It's the tour itself that I gave this rating. The tube would keep spinning and spinning which made me dizzy and created minor headache. I really hope that there is a way to force the tube to alway look forward. Some sort of a "1-person" short floaty canoe or kayak would have made this tour much more enjoyable. Thanks!
relaxing but watch out for spinning
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/07/08 |
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Super Fun Adventure
Reviewed by: Pam, 2023/07/21
The first time I went on this tour a friend booked and I wasn't sure about it. I had so much fun I took my daughter the next time we were here. This time I have recommended it to multiple friends who will be tubing with me for the third time! Great family fun!
Lights On
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| Attended as: | Friends |
| Activity Date: | 2021/10/29 |
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Fun River Day
Reviewed by: Kara, 2023/07/07
The river tube tour was awesome almost half of it was in caves. Definitely worth the cost and time to add it to your trip
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/05/25 |
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Amazing time!!
Reviewed by: Arthur Longobardo , 2023/06/02
The whole Family had a great time! Jacob, Griff and Jess were amazing! So much fun.
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| Attended as: | Families |
| Activity Date: | 2023/05/31 |
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