Rap, Raft 'N' Rock

Rap, Raft 'N' Rock

Waitomo

43 Rankers Reviews

1 Caving

16 Waitomo

Maps

Details

Feature Value Info

Organisation

Rap, Raft 'N' Rock Waitomo

Commercial organisation

Location

North IslandWaikatoWaitomo

Categories

  • Activity__rope_worksRope Works
  • Activity__cavingCaving

Directions

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Reviews

    • Great trip, Brendan was an excellent guide.
    • Awesome!
    • Nice little groups but need more action.
    • Excellent value for money.
    • Excellent guide who really knew his stuff!
    Rating Count Percentage
    10/10 13
    30%
    9/10 10
    23%
    8/10 13
    30%
    7/10 3
    7%
    6/10 2
    5%
    5/10 1
    2%
    4/10 0
    0%
    3/10 0
    0%
    2/10 1
    2%
    1/10 0
    0%
  • 5.0/5

    Awesome!

    I usually don't like guided activities but I wouldn't have been able to do this otherwise. Worth the $ for all the parts.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Ashley Mckenney's avatar

    Ashley Mckenney

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome day......

    all of everything, rafting, caving and abseiling.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    SWITZERLAND
    Yves & Sylvia's avatar

    Yves & Sylvia

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Good value caving experience, great staff and a brilliant caving experience including abseiling, glowworms, tubing and climbing.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Ali Hendry's avatar

    Ali Hendry

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Days caving including abseil, caving, zoobing and a climb = all with glowworms which were spectacular.

    Facilities and grear were poor but guide was excellent. Loved it!!

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Ed Trucie's avatar

    Ed Trucie

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Very good day out.

    Varied. Guide offered options of squeezing through different pot holes/holes. Great floating through caverns looking up at glow worms.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in February 2011

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Tamlin Barton's avatar

    Tamlin Barton

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Best value for only $160 - still a lot of money, but cool experience.

    Cool guide.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Louisa's avatar

    Louisa

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    I was after some remarkable water based activities during my recent self drive tour of the north island and this excursion certainly filled the bill!

    However, I happened to arrive at the office enquiring shortly before a group was to leave and quickly included without a lot of briefing.....what I thought was a 'black water rafting' experience soon had abseiling, caving and sheer rock climbing added by stealth!

    I took it under my belt, having gone through the experience of kitting up, but found my helmet didn't fit me even after adjustment and my battery powered light was poor. Although a fit 53year old dragon boater, my knees did not fare well with all the wading through a rocky water bed where it was impossible to see where to step.

    The crawling through some minor cavern tunnels to get a photo taken at the end of the crawl, seemed a bit 'set-up' to me, but they were reasonably done and available on CD only at the end of the trip.

    The guide Rudi was great, especially as he had to come back down to rescue me when I froze half way up the 20m sheer rock face. I'm short sighted, and was encouraged to leave my glasses behind, so when he went first and I was to follow, I couldn't see which foot and handholds he used, so really only got up as far I had been able to observe before I lost my nerve. Rudi came down on the same rope and encouraged me to use my knees more to hoist onto smaller distances (which would have been hepful to know before I set off). I felt safe enough....it was just my frustration with not being able to ascertain where to go and my knees were killing me by that stage.

    I can look back on it as an achievement, but would suggest they include a statement fully outlining the challenges to the declaration that you sign, and include any phobias for heights or confined spaces to the health risks checklist of pregnancy, high blood pressure etc which I did sign for.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    chippies5169's avatar

    chippies5169

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Five hour tour through the Waitomo Caves.

    You have to face your fears. Climbing through holes. Amazing.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    GERMANY
    Isabel Winkow's avatar

    Isabel Winkow

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Guide was awesome - best guide ever.

    We saw some nice eels down there, and the absail was great. The cave itself wasn't all that much to talk about: Just a basic underground tunnel with a stream. The rafting was silly and the crawl-throughs were only short optional ones where (2-3 meters).

    Reviewed over 14 years ago

    DENMARK
    Peter Schmidt's avatar

    Peter Schmidt

    Customer

  • 1.0/5

    Hated this trip!

    The guide was rude and obnoxious! The wet suits smelled like wee! I also stayed at the hostel which was rank, mouse traps clearly visable! Agree with earlier point that the photos taken were crap! I've given 2 points because 1. When the torch was turned off to see the glow worms they were nice (and the guide didn't talk) 2. There was chocolate!

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago and experienced in November 2009

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Brit_Chick's avatar

    Brit_Chick

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Very good day out.

    Varied. Guide offered options of squeezing through different pot holes/holes. Great floating through caverns looking up at glow worms.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in February 2011

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Tamlin Barton's avatar

    Tamlin Barton

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Days caving including abseil, caving, zoobing and a climb = all with glowworms which were spectacular.

    Facilities and grear were poor but guide was excellent. Loved it!!

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Ed Trucie's avatar

    Ed Trucie

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Good value caving experience, great staff and a brilliant caving experience including abseiling, glowworms, tubing and climbing.

    Reviewed about 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Ali Hendry's avatar

    Ali Hendry

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Five hour tour through the Waitomo Caves.

    You have to face your fears. Climbing through holes. Amazing.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in March 2012

    GERMANY
    Isabel Winkow's avatar

    Isabel Winkow

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome day......

    all of everything, rafting, caving and abseiling.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago and experienced in February 2012

    SWITZERLAND
    Yves & Sylvia's avatar

    Yves & Sylvia

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    I was after some remarkable water based activities during my recent self drive tour of the north island and this excursion certainly filled the bill!

    However, I happened to arrive at the office enquiring shortly before a group was to leave and quickly included without a lot of briefing.....what I thought was a 'black water rafting' experience soon had abseiling, caving and sheer rock climbing added by stealth!

    I took it under my belt, having gone through the experience of kitting up, but found my helmet didn't fit me even after adjustment and my battery powered light was poor. Although a fit 53year old dragon boater, my knees did not fare well with all the wading through a rocky water bed where it was impossible to see where to step.

    The crawling through some minor cavern tunnels to get a photo taken at the end of the crawl, seemed a bit 'set-up' to me, but they were reasonably done and available on CD only at the end of the trip.

    The guide Rudi was great, especially as he had to come back down to rescue me when I froze half way up the 20m sheer rock face. I'm short sighted, and was encouraged to leave my glasses behind, so when he went first and I was to follow, I couldn't see which foot and handholds he used, so really only got up as far I had been able to observe before I lost my nerve. Rudi came down on the same rope and encouraged me to use my knees more to hoist onto smaller distances (which would have been hepful to know before I set off). I felt safe enough....it was just my frustration with not being able to ascertain where to go and my knees were killing me by that stage.

    I can look back on it as an achievement, but would suggest they include a statement fully outlining the challenges to the declaration that you sign, and include any phobias for heights or confined spaces to the health risks checklist of pregnancy, high blood pressure etc which I did sign for.

    Reviewed over 12 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    chippies5169's avatar

    chippies5169

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Best value for only $160 - still a lot of money, but cool experience.

    Cool guide.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    NETHERLANDS
    Louisa's avatar

    Louisa

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Awesome!

    I usually don't like guided activities but I wouldn't have been able to do this otherwise. Worth the $ for all the parts.

    Reviewed almost 14 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Ashley Mckenney's avatar

    Ashley Mckenney

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Nice little groups but need more action.

    Reviewed about 13 years ago and experienced in March 2011

    GERMANY
    Philip Gierke's avatar

    Philip Gierke

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Waitomo caves, glowworm with abseiling, walking glowworms and tubing was very nice, good guide.

    Reviewed over 13 years ago

  • 5.0/5

    Excellent value for money.

    Brendan was a great guide who always gave you confidence in all the pursuits.

    Really enjoyed the trip, despite being a 57 year old virgin in abseiling and rock climbing! Highly recommended.

    Reviewed over 14 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    AlisonB's avatar

    AlisonB

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Guide was awesome - best guide ever.

    We saw some nice eels down there, and the absail was great. The cave itself wasn't all that much to talk about: Just a basic underground tunnel with a stream. The rafting was silly and the crawl-throughs were only short optional ones where (2-3 meters).

    Reviewed over 14 years ago

    DENMARK
    Peter Schmidt's avatar

    Peter Schmidt

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Good value for money.

    Very good instructor. Cheap pictures.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    DENMARK
    Mathias Skov's avatar

    Mathias Skov

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    waitamo caves all singing all dancing tour got to do a bit of everything.

    geat fun with an excellent guide.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago and experienced in November 2009

    Chris Leach's avatar

    Chris Leach

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Excellent guide who really knew his stuff!

    We had the chance to experience a bit of everything (rock climbing, abseiling and caving). Glow worms were amazing - really good day (even in the rain).

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Hannah Clark's avatar

    Hannah Clark

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Good value for money.

    I had a great guide and DC with lots of pics for a reasonable price.

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago

    AUSTRIA
    hermine Petz's avatar

    hermine Petz

    Customer

  • 1.0/5

    Hated this trip!

    The guide was rude and obnoxious! The wet suits smelled like wee! I also stayed at the hostel which was rank, mouse traps clearly visable! Agree with earlier point that the photos taken were crap! I've given 2 points because 1. When the torch was turned off to see the glow worms they were nice (and the guide didn't talk) 2. There was chocolate!

    Reviewed almost 15 years ago and experienced in November 2009

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Brit_Chick's avatar

    Brit_Chick

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    Really the best value for money considering the 5 hours it takes, and is a combination of 5 different activities.

    Really awesome!

    Reviewed about 15 years ago and experienced in April 2009

    NETHERLANDS
    Robert Wolf's avatar

    Robert Wolf

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    One of the best things we did!

    Excellent, personal service that was not at all rushed or hurried through. Was an awesome challenge just dont expect a huge amount of rafting (you have too much fun doing everything else anyway)

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    jaie rayner's avatar

    jaie rayner

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This was an awesome trip!

    Our guide, Simon, was really cool and showed us a lot. Wasn't quite sure what to expect at first when we went through a field of sheep but once we got to cave it was awesome. One of the highlights of our trip (after skydiving).

    A lot cheaper than other companies and well worth it.

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

    UNITED STATES
    Diana  Spaulding's avatar

    Diana Spaulding

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Great trip, Brendan was an excellent guide.

    Small group, good gear and good location with no queuing.Excellent venue in caves with good mix of activities and bruises to show for it. We would of liked more tubing but overall balance was good.

    Reviewed about 15 years ago

    hilary hale's avatar

    hilary hale

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Rafting, climbing, abseil etc in caves.

    It was fun!

    Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in March 2009

    GERMANY
    Amelie's avatar

    Amelie

    Customer

  • 3.0/5

    Piss taking guide.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in March 2009

    JasonL's avatar

    JasonL

    Customer

  • 4.5/5

    We went to Waitomo caves with them and it was fab!

    Would defently recommend it.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in February 2009

    UNITED KINGDOM
    EmmaL's avatar

    EmmaL

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Good fun, lots of glow worms and optional mud-bath!

    Complimentary soup and chocolate at the end really good photos on the dvd.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago and experienced in April 2009

    UNITED KINGDOM
    BeckieM's avatar

    BeckieM

    Customer

  • 3.5/5

    Guide was a bit 'hap hazard' - didn't even notice that my climbing rope was caught on a rock - he just kept trying to pull me up.

    Great, exhilarating trip overall though.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    emmah's avatar

    emmah

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Friendly staff, able to answer all questions.

    Very interesting trip through Waitomo caves. Only downside - Paying for very unproffesional photographs.

    Reviewed over 15 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Steve's avatar

    Steve

    Customer

  • 4.0/5

    Good guidance but can't count.

    $110 less 10% = $99 not $100.

    Reviewed almost 16 years ago

    BELGIUM
    Jows's avatar

    Jows

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    Amazing!

    Reviewed almost 16 years ago

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Richard's avatar

    Richard

    Customer

  • 5.0/5

    This tour was the highlight of my trip to New Zealand.

    Our guide Neil was highly amusing and entertaining. He also made sure our experience was very safe. The glow worms are spectacular and abseling into the cave was exhilarating. Floating down the cave in tubes with our helmet lights off was a really memorable experience. Try to remember some of the things that Neil or your guide tells you and you'll get more chocolate.

    Reviewed almost 16 years ago

    AUSTRALIA
    Betty  Kenny's avatar

    Betty Kenny

    Customer