Rafters Calatagan

A highly recommended place to visit this summer! The guides are very helpful and very nice. A lot of cottages to choose from. Price is very reasonable as well. Perfect for big groups! All you need is already in the floating cottage and the guides are happy to assist. You can also transfer locations as well. I had so much fun here. 5/5 would highly recommend this place. Advance reservations are highly suggested as there are many people booking. Definately would try again and work the try for anyone who seems interested.

Wide parking space available. Clean place. Best for family outing/activities. Staffs are excellent in assisting customer.

Good place !

love the place!

The floating balsa is great. The guides are very helpful, and the tour around the sand bar and coral reefs is awesome.. the kids enjoyed it. You can also ask the guides for water, it is also advised to bring your own drinking waters, otherwise you can still ask the guides to get it from the stores on the shore. The only take away for me, is that they can build their own toilets and shower room. You have to use and rent from a different balsa renter.

The path to the rafters port/shore is clean and lined with plantations of sugarcanes, it is paved but a little bit bumpy. The parking area is not paved but spacious. After parking, guests may contact the resource person so the appointed guides/porters can assist in the guests' registration and transport; there's a parking fee of 100 Php per car, be sure to prepare an ECO fee of 30 Php per head.

The guides/porters will do their best to efficiently transport all of the guests' baggage (they'll bring a vehicle if one is available); helping the guides/porters to make the whole process of transporting stuff to hasten things would also be a good idea. Guest luggage will be piled on a separate boat which will be towed by the motorboat that will take the guests from the port/shore to the raft.

The motorboat will ferry the guests to their designated raft/cottage which is already anchored at the sandbar. In the evening, the entire raft will be moved out of the sandbar and will be anchored closer to the shore for safety reasons, no need for the guests to get off the raft at this point, the guides will tow the raft/cottage while the guests are aboard the cottage raft.

While the shoreline is a bit muddy, it doesn't reek of fish or mud so guests are assured to spend the night on the raft/cottage comfortably. The cottage is equipped with a kitchen that is complete with gas burners, cooking wares, mugs, plates, and cutlery.

There is also a washroom but it's only intended for peeing and bathing (not designed to hold solid waste), for obvious sanitary reasons, guests are to use the toilets on land. Should the guests feel the urge to heed the call of nature while on the raft, they can immediately alert the guides who will be on standby most of the time, if guides are not around, guests can call the contact number and they will immediately be fetched to the shore where paid toilets are available.

No need to worry about communication as the coverage for all networks is excellent even along the sand bar area. All cottages are fitted with solar panels and battery storage for powering the raft at night.

In case there's a need to buy food or other necessities, guests can request the guides to purchase them.

Each cottage has a viewing deck that the guests can utilize any time. Depending on the type of cottage rented, the viewing deck could range from a simple one without a roof which is excellent for stargazing to the more lavish which includes a swing and a third level with mesh beds.

Life vests for both small children and adults are also provided to guests. Several hammocks are also installed in strategic spots which the guests can immediately use. The assigned guides will always take you through the safest route and navigate through the shallow areas to ensure safety of all the guests. Included in the package is a trip to the area where the sands are very very fine.

Simple place for spending time for loveones.
Good and helful staff making us feel safe as well as our personal things.
A place that you can enjoy the beautiful sun set.
A place that even small kids can swim nearby clear seawater, starfish everywhere.
Fresh catch like fish, octopus, squid, oysters and sea shell are available from fellow fisherman on sight.
Not to expensive cottage to stay overnight at sea, fresh air , No insects so you can sleep well without mosquito net.

Thumbs Up for the Rafters staff who really help us make it enjoyable from very beggining to end.

Surely making us to comeback for more.

Ang ganda ng view, good service yun nga lang wala masyado rules and regulations kasi late night na may nagvivideoke pa din umabot ng madaling araw. Pumunta pa naman kami dun for relaxing kaso napuyat ang karamihan but the service was very good. Mababait sila sobra.

Kakaiba ang trip dito. Merong mga bagay dito na parang hindi ka komportable. Gaya ng CR sa rafters. Nasa gitna ka ng beach. Kaya hahatid ka naman ng mga nagbabantay sayo dun.