ka do ha indian village

E4331HLsusans

A lot of history, artifacts, and fun place to dig for arrowheads and quarts, for the family! Love the gift shop and the employees were friendly and helpful! We always stop here when we go on vacation!! I have recommended Ka Do Ha Village to everyone traveling to Arkansas!!

reginab230

fun to dig with the family, educational, lots of artifacts and history for the kids and adults to enjoy and they have a good gift shop. the staff are great

KSmamaof3

While my boys had exhausted every effort to find sometime at the diamond crater they found sweet redemption at Ka Do Ha Indian Village. The pit in the back where you could hunt for rocks and arrowheads made my kids day! They found all kinds of things that they were giddy all the way out of Arkansas. The place was interesting to see and read about the artifacts found on the site. The area was quite and clean. The employees helpful. I would really recommend this attraction to anyone.

Adkhs3333

We have shopped and enjoyed the well packed gift shop here, but have not gone into the Indian museum part yet. This is an older attraction, but that gives it character. What really makes it different and fun for the kids is the running water sluice box in front of the building. You can buy (for various prices) a bucket of gravel in the shop which has been "seeded" with "diamonds" ... some supposedly real. Our grand kids LOVED going out to the sluice and "mining" for diamonds in the running water!!!

bigbangman

Neat little stop. Bought my son a dinosaur tooth very helpful staff a fun place to break up the day. Not far from the center of town has a place to dig your own arrow heads

Dagymnast1

We had a great time looking at the past and looking at burial sites. The children found at least 8 arrowheads and had a great time looking!

joycet580

It was unfortunate for this place that we had been to Crater of Diamonds before going here. It is a one room, cramped gift shop and you are invited to purchase artifacts (some real, some fake) actually digging seemed secondary. Who wants to find or buy fake artifacts......this might be a fun place for small children but not for adults. I do have to say we did received great customer service, but that was the only redeeming thing. I wouldn't waste my time again, but to be fair, do some on line research before going there and decide if it is worth your time.

amyd921

We visited here after Crater of Diamonds because the kids were excited after seeing the brochure. The museum is one room with artifacts in glass cases. The mounds are dug out and have man made replica bones in them. There are signs explaining what you are seeing. The mounds are neat, but there were wasp nests in all of them. It would be nice if they removed the nests so there weren't wasps flying around you the whole time.The field was just a small plowed circle. We found quartz and a few interesting rocks, as well as, small man made arrowheads. For the price, my husband and I wished we had just stayed at the State Park longer, but the kids enjoyed finding the "arrowheads". If we are in the area again, we would skip this site and just visit the Crater of Diamonds State Park.

392kindral

Went there after going to the diamond crater, we should have gone there first we had so much more fun there and walked away with beautiful gem stones and great memories I would highly recommend it the staff are super friendly and very knowledgeable and will answer all your questions and have excellent advice

dkiss76

We stopped into Ka Do Ha just before they closed. We had 30 minutes and my kids wanted to search for arrowheads. The employees were very nice and did not charge us full price for our 30 minutes of dig time. We actually did very well in our time. We found one authentic arrowhead and 2 manmade ones. We walked to the two closest burial sites and then our time was up. It was a quick trip in and out but I would definitely go visit again.

Metrobabe

We visited the Ka Do Ha Indian Village but unfortunately we only made it to the gift shop area because it rained so hard. We didn't make it outside to search for treasure (arrowheads, diamonds, crystals etc.) or see the village. Make sure to check the weather if you're coming from out of town...there is not much to do in this pretty little town at all if its not sunny. All digging trips in this area are cancelled if there is lightning or heavy rains.

Brianwagnon

We got to the "village" at 5:15 PM because the webpage said they stayed open until 9. When we got there we discovered that they close at 6. We still paid (too much) to go in and look around. The "museum" is very small and the outside tour is unguided and basically several pits full of fake bones and artifacts. The field for arrowhead hunting was more packed down and muddy than plowed and I am doubtful there are any authentic arrowheads left, especially on the top of the ground. I am from Tahlequah, OK, the Capitol of the Cherokee nation. We have a village and several museums that are well maintained and much more extensive and informative. Had we had more time this place may have come close to being worth the cost, but I doubt it.

Lilwrenn74

Absolutely loved it and will be a regular. Other ppl. had issues with the $100 bucket! ? It's the luck of the draw... Stop Whining! !! Also you're not guaranteed to get a arrowhead on the tour. And to "SPRUCE IT UP A LITTLE! ?" REALLY? PAY ATTENTION TO THE SOIL... I'M A AVID GARDNER - THE IDEA OF SPRUCING IT UP- IS A BIT HARD...LITARALLY. I loved it and I will be back. Take Care Sister Karen" aka Valerie Burtonelli" ;-)

mnilaoi

the pits dug in the mounds show burial customs of the ancient people.The place where we dug for arrow heads and chrystals has been salted with the same but the kids did not know this and so had a great time finding them. The gift shop is full of Indian crafts and I did most of my Christmas shopping there.

BarryB108

I was recommended to here because it was educational and rewarding for my granddaughter. It was not far, but interesting to get there. From the outside of the place, there didn't seem to be much. Inside was an archeological dig still active. This was separate from the rest of the building. The main building had a gift shop with Indian objects and polished stones. The best surprise were the buckets of sand and stones. The buckets were in different sizes from $25, $50, and $100. Each had polished stones and a chance to get a diamond or two. My granddaughter was so excited to get a bucket. Then went to the tables outside to sift through the sand and stones using the screens provided. When she found the first stone, I thought she was going to quit. Was I wrong. She searched for about an hour or so. She found a lot of nice stones, but no diamonds. All the stones were put in a bag. It was the reward she expected. The trip was a great success. Everyone had a good time. KaDoHa was worthwhile and rewarding.