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Smith's Tropical Paradise

Four generations of one family running the Fern Grotto.

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The Smiths have run boats up the Wailua River since 1946, with songs and stories the whole way to the fern-draped grotto. Riverside gardens and a garden luau round out the operation. Corny in the best way, and completely sincere about it.

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