Kauai Boat Rentals

Really enjoyed getting to do the experience without a large group - and at our own pace. The boards are fun and the river is mostly low traffic. The hike to the waterfall was slightly crowded, but mostly nice and a unique activity for the island. Alternated between standing and kneeling on the board due to wind, but both worked well.One note of caution. We're both decently fit (30's/40's) and had a VERY hard time on one section due to the strong winds. Literally pushing us backwards for a few minutes. The river doesn't really have edges to stop for a break, and you'll have to power through it. Kayaks were gliding easily at the same time, so if you have hesitations, go that route. Also, beware the tour boats, the wake is pretty intense and about dumped me off when standing.

Beautiful views and fun activity. Just be ready for the paddle back upstream and upwind. Also, don't stand on the paddle board when the barge comes by and leaves a wake. Unless, you want to take a little refreshing dip in the river :) Very friendly help at the office too!

Pickup was easy. Boe gave great customer service. He showed is where to go to park, path to kayak & hike. He even helped load and unload the kayaks on top of our vehicle. Would highly recommend this excursion & to support this business.

We rented kayaks from Stand Up Paddle and had such a great experience! The guy there was incredibly polite, friendly, and helpful. The kayaking was beautiful, and the hike to the Secret Falls was absolutely amazing. Everything about the day was fun and memorable. Highly recommend

This experience was perfect for my husband and I. We saw groups of people with tour guides. It’s a waste to pay someone for this experience since you can’t hear them on the water, they can’t paddle for you, and all they’re doing is wrangling people. My husband and I really enjoyed our solo to trip to the not-at-all “secret falls”. We took our time. We saw plenty of small children and older adults on the walk. It was not a challenging hike, but make sure at least one person on each paddle board can actually paddle. Oddly enough, going upstream was easy and downstream was challenging due to the winds. If you go early in the day, some of that can be avoided. The only slightly annoying bit was the parking lots where we unloaded our paddle boards charged BOTH for car parking AND a per person launching fee for using their dock. Ridiculous. You cannot leave things save the parking fee by having a party member drop you and walk back. Good luck finding street parking though (bring CASH for fees).

Checking in with the worker was easy and the set up was fast. We appreciated the detailed directions on where to go for our experience.

Great experience. Location is very close to the river. Quick and helpful getting the SUPs ready to go. Secret Falls is beautiful. Would definitely visit the shop and falls again!

What a fun day. Soany people did the kayaks and were complaining about there backs hurting. We were so glad we did the paddle boards. The river is calm accept when the boats go by and you can totally sit or kneel when they go by. Just when you get tired you are there and ready for the hike to the incredible falls. Our family consisted of myself, my husband and our three daughters 18, 15 and 12.

We paddle boarded out and back. The return trip was harder due to wind but still totally doable. If you’re unsure the kayaks are easier.

Such a great experience! This ended up being one of our favorite parts of our trip!

Great experience. Employee super helpful, and they provide foam and straps to attach to car. Just a heads up tho, if you plan to do Wailua River to Secret Falls, there is an admission fee for the state park ($10 per vehicle and $5 per person). Boards were a little beat up, but it's a rental so it's to be expected. Did not affect how the board floated and moved. Rental was for all day, but river only took us about 4 hours, give or take. River moves very slow though, so be prepared to paddle the entire time as there is not a noticeable current either direction. 10/10 experience though.

The most relaxed way to do the secret falls trail. The trail is amazing beautiful and fun, and the river section is a bit more challenging on a paddle board, but with the extra space and ability to stand up its a more relaxed and chill experience.I highly recommend

It was amazing and easy to navigate to the waterfall. If you are in shape I recommend paddle boards because kayak tours have so many slow people you’ll have to wait for on the tour. If your teenagers like to swim they can jump off whenever! So much fun!

This was a really fun experience. You travel the Waialua River to a beautiful landing spot where you get out and hike to Secret Falls. We enjoyed that it was a self guided tour so we could go at our own pace! We are pretty avid hikers from Utah and this was one of our favorite hikes of all time! Make sure you bring plenty of water at least two bottle per person. Also we strongly recommend some good hiking shoes or hiking sandals the trail gets pretty muddy and you do cross the river a couple of times. It will take you every bit of 4 hours to make this trip up, hike, and come back. I would recommend trying to do this first thing in the morning as parking is a little difficult. We fortunately did not have e to wait on long but it it is possible you will be waiting for a while depending on when people go up. The lot is small. Also parking (when we went 4/3/26) was $5 per person. When paddling to the hike you are going with the current is it is a little easier than coming out. We also had the wind kick up which made coming out even tricker. The SUP company was awesome they made sure we knew how to load the paddle boards and exactly were to go. They were very friendly and helpful!

This was so fun-from the beginning to the end this was a fabulous adventure and the owner of the beautiful shop is super nice. Kids called it the best day ever! I loved how uncomplicated and flexible it was

River is calm. There were quite a few people on the river and trail. Scenery is beautiful and lush. The waterfall itself is not the biggest but still quite nice. Of course that is coming from a spoiled perspective as we come from an area with many large beautiful falls. Boards were a little worn and could use new bungees but worked well. All in all a fairly good time with beautiful scenery.