One activity Matt was dying to do was go on an ATV tour. We decided on booking with Kauai ATV for a couple reasons--it was a recommended tour group through Wyndham Resorts with the best discounted rate and they provide clothing to put over your personal cloths so you don't need to worry about getting your clothes stained and dirty from the red dirt. When I was booking the tour, I was silly enough to ask, "there's a chance of rain on Wednesday, would the tour be cancelled?" The lady laughed and said tours aren't hindered by rain. We like the mud. So I booked us for a 2-person Mud Bug. Although it wasn't an ATV, I don't think Matt minded. He just wanted to get me dirty! And from the looks of it, the bugs (Mud bug or Ohana bug) are both much lower to the ground than the ATV's and are easier to get dirty.
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| Heading off in our Mud Bug |
We geared up early in the morning and headed out for our tour, the Waterfall Mauka Tour. We gathered up our goggles and clothes--cargo camo pants and a Kauai ATV t-shirt. Don't worry, they will fit over your clothes because we were swimming in ours. A rope was used as a belt to keep everything up. Didn't really matter to me, as long as my personal clothes stay relatively clean. We also purchased bandanas from the store at check in ($2 ea) to protect our mouths from on coming dirt and debris, which is a good plan if you are in one of the bugs. Our tour consisted of 6 ATV's, 3 Mud Bugs and 2 tour guides. One of the guides had a camera to take pictures of our journey, but I came well prepared. My little Olympus point and shoot was dressed in its generic underwater casing with its lens well protected from the mud to come.
First, they took us on a short loop track so the group could get used to their vehicles. Surprisingly, Matt let me drive the first leg of the trip to the private waterfalls where we had lunch. You would think Matt's more Asian then me by how quick the camera shutters kept going! You could tell how bumpy parts of the ride was by how blurry the pictures were, but there were some good shots too.
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| Wilcox Tunnel |
Once around the short loop, they opened the yellow gates and we were on our way. First, we drove past the old Sugar Mill Plantation to a 1/2 mile tunnel. We stopped briefly to chat about the tunnel and the history of the plantation we were driving through. The funniest part was that Matt had trouble getting out of his seat belt. He was trying so hard that his face turned red and looked like the veins in his arms were going to pop! It gets better... Both of our tour guides had to come over and help him... to the point where they had to lubricate him.. uh the seatbelt... with white cream, otherwise known as sunblock. Finally, he was free! We had a good laugh, especially with all the innuendos flying around. ha ha ha!
Back on the road, we flipped on our head lights to make our way through the tunnel. While we were at the tunnel pit stop, there was a passing shower, which means mud puddles! The road took us into more of the jungle with some muddy turns. I drove through some muddy puddles and Matt tried to capture a picture of the mud splashing. It was so much fun splashing mud on Matt's side. heehee.
After about an hour drive, we arrived at our picnic location, a waterfall swimming hole. We got to swim and take pictures at the falls while lunch was getting ready. There was even a spot that was deep enough for you to jump into off a small ledge. The water was cold, but refreshing. Lunch consisted of sandwiches, chips, cookies and variety of soda/juices. Pretty good overall and filling.
We got back into our bug and it was Matt's turn to drive. A short ways down, we stopped off at another waterfall for more pictures. We each took our turn and I sat down with Matt standing next to me waiting to have our picture taken. "Aaah!" A piercing scream rang through the jungle. Matt tried to push me in! Thankfully, he also tried to catch me, too. And the tour guide caught it all on film. What a brat!!
The rest of the way back Matt made sure NOT to avoid any mud puddles. In fact, he gunned for them as much as he could. We both got covered, including our goggles. We were so muddy to the point Matt had to wipe off one side of the goggles just so he could see the rest of the way home. lol... it was so much fun. We would highly recommend touring with Kauai ATV and getting down right dirty! ;)
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| Who won? Us or the dirt? |
We geared up early in the morning and headed out for our tour, the Waterfall Mauka Tour. We gathered up our goggles and clothes--cargo camo pants and a Kauai ATV t-shirt. Don't worry, they will fit over your clothes because we were swimming in ours. A rope was used as a belt to keep everything up. Didn't really matter to me, as long as my personal clothes stay relatively clean. We also purchased bandanas from the store at check in ($2 ea) to protect our mouths from on coming dirt and debris, which is a good plan if you are in one of the bugs. Our tour consisted of 6 ATV's, 3 Mud Bugs and 2 tour guides. One of the guides had a camera to take pictures of our journey, but I came well prepared. My little Olympus point and shoot was dressed in its generic underwater casing with its lens well protected from the mud to come. First, they took us on a short loop track so the group could get used to their vehicles. Surprisingly, Matt let me drive the first leg of the trip to the private waterfalls where we had lunch. You would think Matt's more Asian then me by how quick the camera shutters kept going! You could tell how bumpy parts of the ride was by how blurry the pictures were, but there were some good shots too. 
Back on the road, we flipped on our head lights to make our way through the tunnel. While we were at the tunnel pit stop, there was a passing shower, which means mud puddles! The road took us into more of the jungle with some muddy turns. I drove through some muddy puddles and Matt tried to capture a picture of the mud splashing. It was so much fun splashing mud on Matt's side. heehee. 
We got back into our bug and it was Matt's turn to drive. A short ways down, we stopped off at another waterfall for more pictures. We each took our turn and I sat down with Matt standing next to me waiting to have our picture taken. "Aaah!" A piercing scream rang through the jungle. Matt tried to push me in! Thankfully, he also tried to catch me, too. And the tour guide caught it all on film. What a brat!!
The rest of the way back Matt made sure NOT to avoid any mud puddles. In fact, he gunned for them as much as he could. We both got covered, including our goggles. We were so muddy to the point Matt had to wipe off one side of the goggles just so he could see the rest of the way home. lol... it was so much fun. We would highly recommend touring with Kauai ATV and getting down right dirty! ;)
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