08 Mar 2023
Mixed reviews mostly because it was a lot of rush-rush with little direction / explanation given as to the plans for the day. I like to know what is going on and not just get in a car with strangers and limited info sun a foreign country.
Driver and guide picked us up on time and were friendly. Felt like it was a personal vehicle and not the cleanest feeling but the air worked and we arrived safely. They just had limited info to provide us on the day ahead.
We went to an atv place in Rizal about an hour outside of BGC in metro Manila. We felt like it was bottom line atv rentals. They seemed to be scrambling to find a couple good running atvs for us to even use and we were the only ones there.
Driver and guide stayed at the atv office while my mom and I went with a different atv guide and drove around for about 6 hours. It included a lunch at a beautiful overlook restaurant (500 pesos was given towards lunch). The atv experience overall was great with the exception of multiple breakdowns with both of our atvs. Our guide was well versed and handy to fix the issues each time, but it then would happen again and again. Not his fault - he certainly was trying his best but the atvs were just older seeming. The chain kept falling off one atv whenever we went up a rough incline and the horn didn’t work so I couldn’t signal for help and I was in the back. The guide was attentive to keeping an eye on us but we were going up a steep include and around a curve so he lost sight of me briefly. The other atv would shut off as we cruised down the hills, causing whoever was driving to fall behind because you had to come to a stop to restart it. The atv adventure was beautiful just frustrating that it felt like we were to an atv junk yard to get the atvs. For the price, I expected better quality.
Our atv guide was amazing and he took my phone without me even asking for the entire trip and was taking videos and pictures along the way. I had well over 175 photos and videos that are amazing memories!
Would definitely recommend. Just wish the atvs were better quality as we had past other rental places that were in much better looking condition!