The answer, product by product
A seat is sold and priced per safari, so the same question has three answers:
- Buggy Safari — adult seats only, €30 per person. Drivers are 16 or over; an 11- to 15-year-old rides along beside one for the same €30.
- Quad Safari — €25 for everyone aged 11 and over, at the handlebars or behind them; €15 for a child aged 6 to 10 riding with an adult.
- Family Buggy Safari — €30 per adult, €18 for a child aged 6 to 10 in the passenger seat, and at least one child of that age per booking.
- Under 6 — no seat on any of the three, at the wheel or beside it.
Why the Buggy Safari has no child seat
A 6- to 10-year-old joins the Quad Safari or the Family Buggy Safari, because those are the two safaris that carry a child fare; the Buggy Safari sells the adult seat and nothing else. A family with a child that age books the Family Buggy Safari instead: the same automatic buggies, the same private off-road course inland from the Side coast, €30 per adult and €18 for the child beside one of them. Its one condition is what defines it — at least one adult and at least one child aged 6 to 10 per booking. If your youngest is already 11, the plain Buggy Safari is the right booking.
The 11-to-15 gap: adult fare, passenger seat
The child fare ends at 11; driving begins at 16. In between sits a five-year stretch where a guest pays the adult fare and still cannot take the wheel: €30 in a buggy, €25 on a quad, riding beside an adult driver. The fare follows the seat, not the steering: an adult who would rather not drive pays what the driver pays.
Nothing shortens that wait. A driver is 16 or over, shows ID at the base as proof of age, takes both briefings, the vehicle briefing and the practice drive, and is cleared by the guide. No driving licence is required — the safari runs on a private off-road course, not on public roads. Nothing else on that list is waived.
What a passenger's day includes
Nothing is cut from the programme for the person who is not steering. The round-trip hotel transfer is included from all nine pickup zones, and at the base a passenger registers with the group and sits through both briefings: following the guide, distance, stopping rules, speed, emergency procedures.
The helmet is included and worn for the whole safari, in the passenger seat as at the wheel, and insurance is included where applicable under the operating policy. Goggles and a bandana are extras bought at the base. Only the vehicle briefing and the practice drive belong to drivers alone. Showers and changing cabins come afterwards, inside the approximately 4 to 4.5 hours door to door, with the 18 km off-road route at its centre. 08:00, 11:00 and 13:00 are departure times; your hotel pickup is earlier, depends on your hotel and the route, and is confirmed with your booking.
Where a passenger sits
A passenger — child, teenager or adult — rides beside or behind the adult who drives. Beyond that we publish no seat count for a buggy or a quad, here or anywhere on this site: a number we cannot stand behind is worth less than an arrangement we can confirm with you before the day.
When the passenger seat is the better seat
For guests with back or neck problems the operator's own guidance is the passenger seat rather than the wheel, and it is half a solution: the vehicle still shakes over forest tracks, dirt roads and uneven ground. Riding along removes the steering, not the terrain.
Some things rule out both seats. If you are pregnant, have had recent surgery or have a heart condition, ask us before booking. Anyone who has been drinking alcohol or has taken drugs does not take part at all, and children under 6 cannot take part in any of the three safaris.