16 to drive, ID to prove it
The rule is simple and it is absolute: to take the handlebars or the wheel yourself, you are 16 or over. Bring an ID card, a passport, or a clear photo of one on your phone. It is checked as proof of age and nothing else — this is not a licence check, and no driving document is asked for.
A 16 or 17 year old who wants to drive goes through exactly the same process as everyone else: the briefings, then the test drive, then the guides' decision.
Riding as a passenger instead
A guest who is not driving rides with a driver, over the same route, in the same group, for half the driver price. Nobody sits the safari out at the base.
This is also the answer when a driver turns out not to be ready on the day. Our guides make that call after the test drive, and the passenger seat is always there.
Travelling with children
We have not published a minimum age for passengers, and we are not going to invent one on a web page. What works for a young child on an off-road route depends on the child, and it is a conversation, not a policy line.
So message us on WhatsApp before you book if you are travelling with small children. Tell us their ages and who would be driving, and we will tell you honestly what we can arrange — including when the answer is that this is not the right day out for them.
Groups with mixed ages
The half-price passenger rule is what usually makes a mixed group work. The adults who want to drive drive; anyone else rides along with them.
Tell us the full make-up of your party in the booking form — how many drivers, how many passengers — and we will confirm the arrangement with you before the day.