Buggy & Quad Rental in Cyprus: Prices, Licence Rules and Where to Rent

For the full dated price reference, including the excess tiers by engine size, safari-per-tour pricing and a per-town table, see the buggy rental prices guide.

• Whose licence works: the same recognition rules as for cars: EU/EEA licences are fully valid, UK and many others accepted for visits, and an International Driving Permit helps if yours isn't in the Latin alphabet. Details in the driving in Cyprus guide.
• Automatic or manual: almost every rental buggy and quad here is automatic (CVT): twist or pedal and go. If you can drive a car, the controls take five minutes.
• Helmets and gear: operators provide helmets and require them on open machines; police do stop riders. Closed sunglasses or goggles matter more than people expect, because the trails are dusty.
• On the road: buggies drive on public roads to reach the trails: same left-side traffic, same limits, and the same road rules as any car. Motorways are generally off-limits to quads; stick to the coastal and trail routes operators map for you.

Four places have a real buggy-rental market; everywhere else is a detour. The season runs roughly April to October, and many operators shrink or close their fleets in winter.

If your plan is more road than trail (coastal towns, mountain villages, luggage), a car serves better and costs less per day. The car hire guide covers that side.

• Safari pros: zero navigation stress, the photogenic spots are on the route, mechanical problems are the guide's problem, and two people share one machine's price.
• Self-drive pros: your schedule, your route, sunrise or sunset timing, and a full day often costs little more than a half-day tour.
• Either way: the sun is the real hazard. Long sleeves, sunscreen and water outperform bravado by mid-afternoon.

• Deposit terms in writing: the amount (€300-600 is normal), card block or cash, and exactly what damage it covers.
• Photograph the machine at pickup: panels, tyres, lights, seat, the way you would a hire car.
• Ask what's excluded: tyres, rollover damage and 'off designated trails' clauses are the usual deposit-eaters.
• Confirm the licence and age rules for YOUR driver before paying anything online.
• Check the fuel arrangement: full-to-full is fair; 'bring it back empty' pricing rarely is.

The Paphos operator on this page is our own company, Rentals in Cyprus, based in Chlorakas, whose own fleet is exactly this page's subject: buggies, quads and scooters, plus cars. The terms that matter: a real booking flow with no prepayment and no booking fee (you pay at pickup, in cash or by card), buggy routes agreed in writing before you set off, and no cash deposit with a valid credit card, subject to approval, which removes the most common dispute in this market before it can start.

Buggies and scooters stay in Paphos, handed over at the Chlorakas office, in Kato Paphos, in Coral Bay or at Paphos Airport, and the 2-seat buggy is capped at 100 km a day with extra kilometres charged. From their own price list, read on 26 August 2026: 150 euro for one day on the 2-seat buggy, 80 euro a day on hires of 7 days or more, and 40 euro a day for a scooter. Anywhere else on the island, the five-point check above works on any operator.