One fare, and nothing you can take out of it
The fare is per person, and it does not come apart: round-trip hotel transfer from the nine pickup zones around Side, the buggy or quad, the helmet, three briefings, the practice drive, a guide on the route, insurance where applicable under the operating policy, changing cabins and showers at the base. There is no vehicle-only rate that leaves the transfer out, and no cheaper seat for someone who rides along instead of driving: everyone aged 11 and over pays the adult fare either way. Nothing is charged online; you pay on the day of the tour and cancel free of charge up to 24 hours before departure.
- Buggy Safari — €30 per person; adult seats only, from 11
- Quad Safari — €25 per adult, €15 for a child aged 6–10 as a passenger
- Family Buggy Safari — €30 per adult, €18 per child aged 6–10
The second price: half a day of your holiday
The fare is the smaller of the two things this costs you. The other is time, and it is easy to confuse with the driving: approximately 4–4.5 hours door to door, around an 18 km off-road route.
Judge the money against the 18 km of driving and your day against the door-to-door figure; mixing the two is how people end up disappointed on both counts. The hours you are not driving go on the transfer, the ID check at registration, three briefings, the practice drive the guide watches before anyone is cleared for the main track, and the showers at the end — none of which can be dropped to get you home sooner. Which half day you spend is yours to choose: of the three departures, the 08:00 one leaves the rest of your day intact and the 13:00 one leaves you the morning. How long the 18 km takes shifts with group size, conditions, weather and season.
Who has a good half day here
This half day is made for guests who came to drive, not to be shown something.
- A first-timer: the buggy is automatic, a wheel and pedals; the quad has handlebars and a thumb throttle.
- A couple or friends wanting one active half day and the rest of the day free.
- A family with a child aged 6–10, as a passenger on the Family Buggy Safari or the Quad Safari.
- Anyone who treats dust and mud as the point rather than the price.
- Guests who would rather drive before the afternoon heat, on the 08:00 departure.
Who will be disappointed — and we would rather say it now
You want a long scenic drive. This is a convoy on a private off-road course — forest tracks, dirt roads, uneven ground, small stream crossings, water-splash stops — at the guide's pace. No viewpoint, no waterfall and no village stop belongs to it, because none of that is in the route we can stand behind. Mostly you watch the track and the vehicle in front.
You cannot be around dust. Dust is the surface you drive on, not a side effect of it, and mud and spray come with it. Contact lenses, breathing trouble, pale clothes, a camera you care about: reasons to think twice. Goggles and a bandana help, but they do not make the course a clean one.
You want a full day out. This one ends after approximately 4–4.5 hours by design and does not stretch on request. Nor does it suit everyone physically: the operator's guidance rules out pregnancy, recent surgery and heart conditions, and sends guests with back or neck trouble to the passenger seat, where the vehicle still shakes. After alcohol or drugs nobody takes part, in any seat.
You are set on driving, whatever the day decides. A licence is not among the requirements — the safari runs on a private off-road course, not on public roads — but four other things are: 16 or older with ID, the three briefings, the practice drive, and the guide's go-ahead after it. If that go-ahead does not come, the day is not over: you ride the same route as a passenger.
The extras: optional, paid at the base, unpriced here
Four things sit outside the fare, all optional: goggles, a bandana, food and drinks at the base, photos or video from the base team. The helmet is not one of them — it is in the price and worn throughout.
What they cost we do not publish: the base sets those prices, we have not been given them, and a guessed figure about money is worse than a gap. Bring a little cash and decide on the spot; your own goggles and bandana cost nothing. No surcharge appears for anything you thought was in the price.
What we cannot show you — and what to check instead
This page carries no star rating and no review count, deliberately: no approved reviews exist for these three safaris, so a score would be invented. Judge the offer on what is checkable.
- The fare is per person, and the booking form reads it from the operator's own system as you look — it is not a number typed into this page.
- Nothing charged online, no card details taken, free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure.
- An included list from the operator's own record, and a named list of what is not in it.
- Durations as ranges, because ranges are what the operation can honestly hold.
- 08:00, 11:00 and 13:00 are departure times at the base; your hotel pickup time is earlier and is confirmed with your booking.