Two different questions
"How long is the safari?" and "how long will I be out?" have different answers, and most pages you will read blur them. The ride — the part you came for, on the vehicle, off-road — is the short route: 18 km. We state it as a distance, not a time.
The day around it is longer. How much longer depends on where your hotel sits on the transfer route, and that is exactly the part we cannot honestly turn into a single number.
What sits on top of the ride
Four things, and none of them is dead time you could skip.
The briefings and test drive are the reason a first-timer rides the same trail as everyone else, and the transfer is how you get to ground that is nowhere near a main road.
- Hotel pickup and the drive inland
- Information briefing and safety briefing
- Instruction on your own vehicle
- A test drive before the route — then the ride, then the drive back
Why the answer comes in kilometres
Because the route is the thing we can state exactly. The safari booked on this site is the short route, 18 km, the same for quad and buggy. A long route of 28 km is also available on request — ask us on WhatsApp rather than through the booking form.
If you find this tour described anywhere with a ride time or a different distance, that description did not come from us.
Planning your day around it
The morning session starts at 08:00 and the afternoon at 13:00 — those are session starts, not pickup times, and your collection is earlier than that. We confirm your exact pickup after you book.
The practical version: if you take the morning session, plan the rest of the day loosely rather than booking something immediately after. If you take the afternoon, keep the morning free enough that an earlier-than-expected pickup does not catch you out.