7km White Water Rafting Adventure Tour From Phuket

Driver showed 45 mins late, no answer to phone calls or messages ( tried ringing 3 times) operator then annoyed at me for cancelling. Avoid if possible

Well let’s start at the beginning. I was told 7:00 am pick up, and to be there at 6:45. So we were there at 6:45, at 7:10 I called them and they said my pick up was at 7:45 and I should have got an e-mail which I had not. We then drove for other pickups which were spread far and wide making the whole journey time 3 hours. Of course I appreciate it takes time to get places but the direct journey could have been 2 hours if pick ups were better arranged. Then we arrived at the rafting place for 11:00 start. The start of the rafting itself was a 10 minute drive away from the drop off location so we had to get kitted out then drive back down to the raft place. We sat there for a while until we were given instructions. The rafting was in 3 sections 5K, 7K and 9K for extra $. They had a reservoir that they used to flood the river and create the white water. The first section was ok if a little tame. Section 2 was good fun and as expected. The last section was disappointing, we expected a lot more white water and thrills but they did not let enough water out so the raft was beaching in almost every rock. We had to help the paddlers keep the thing going which was hard work and not much fun at all. The paddlers worked like legends to pull and push the raft along but they had no control on the water level. Then back up the road to the meeting place for a nice lunch. There was a waterfall for swimming and relaxing but it was dirty and very rocky. So no one went in the water. Then 30 minutes to an ATV ride that was not even part of our tour, so we had to sit around and wait while others did that part of their trip, or we could pay to join in. Another 30 minutes in the bus to get to feed some monkeys which was good fun. Then back in the bus for a three hour ride give again. All in all it was a 12 hour day that contained approx 2 hours of fun stuff and a nice lunch. Very poorly planned overall. I would recommend rafting but there has to be a better way to do it than with this tour.

Zipline is more like children's playground not to expect too much. Rafting is done with 50 others and the water comes through a dam. Can only recommend the 7 km are quite fun and the tour guides are really moody. The monkey/buddah cave was also beautiful. Has already been very crowded both rafting and the cave.