Eco Buggy & Camel Dunas
Eco Buggy & Camel Dunas
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4WD, ATV & Off-Road ToursNature & Wildlife Tours
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
About
Eco Buggy , Quad and Safari Camel. Fun and unforgettable safari among breathtaking landscapes. The standard Safari goes on the track between a series of six volcanoes – with a short break on the edge of a crater to shoot photos – to the Wild West looking area called ' Arizona' the through the lava fields it reaches the sand dunes of the Jable desert, and the high cliffs of Flag Beach in El Cotillo. The north shore is next, starting from the white sand beaches around the lagoons and the stunning black volcanic bays on the way to fisherman's village Majanicho. 45 minutes break half way for lunch (not included in the price) or to visit the town of El Cotillo. Road 3%, cross county 97%.Total Tour Time 4 hours. Also 2 hours and 2,5 hours with camel safari across the dunes of corralejo. This tour is availeble only by the electric eco buggy twizy.
Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Spain

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Trevor S
Ipswich, UK72 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2013 • Friends
We chose to do the four hour trip with some friends. We had opted for the buggy, and they for two 250cc Quads.

We arrived at 9:30 (ready for 10 start) to be told that the guide was still at Puerto del Rosario. So The chap offered us all a free drink over at the Cafe over the road. Very nice offer of them as he said we would be around 30 mins late leaving. We were very grateful of the offer.

At 10:30 we were called back over and the photographer offered for us the chance for pictures to be taken. €30 for the first vehicle and €10 thereafter for the group. We did want pictures so we paid. (Receive a disk the following morning which you can collect at the same start place).

The vehicles were in good condition considering the hammering they got daily but would have looked better if they just spent a short time fixing things like indicators lights and gears so that they worked!

Still the guide was not here nor answering his phone so we set off with the photographer and the mechanic instead. One of the quads was a little dodgy and the Lady on it had no experience so they went at a very steady pace which was fine and very considerate. We stopped for 2 sets of photographs whilst the photographer also burnt off ahead so he could capture some more shots of us driving by with great views behind the shots. They suggested the lady swap her quad with a more experienced rider to help.

The terrain was variable some rocky and bumpy, some was sandy and slippy. Very good fun and the sights were amazing.

We made it to el Cotillo and had been amazed at how much fun we had had.

THIS IS WHERE FOR US IT ALL FAILED!

We stopped for lunch (also a lovely place to stop had already driven here before)

At this point the Guide finally arrived and the other chap left.

The guide was obviously trying to make up time (which was his fault not any of us)

He was pushing people to go faster and faster than they could handle and the lady we had agreed to go with crashed into a bush. The guy told me to leave the buggy and take over I was happy to do this but the lady wanted to carry on as she had paid for the quad! Please bear in mind that we had been told the 4 hour trip was not a Rally or fast trip. This guy was pushing for them to ride at 40-50 kph according to the one speedo that actually worked on one quad???

He was also very rude to the lady. He kept stopping for her to catch up then telling her she had to swap with me calling me her son (funny as we were not related lol) in the end he swapped the group so I was at the back and the lady in front. Then he left with the rest of the group and photographer at speed and left us to try and keep up. Whilst I was able to the lady just couldn't manage it so we stayed with her in case she had any other problems.

This ruined our day to be honest as we felt very isolated in case there was a problem. They did wait at the Tarmac road ready to get back to the office but I am sure this was more so his boss didn't see him arrive minutes before us!

To recap I want to say I believe this was a one off and do not want the companies name to be ruined by one mans incompetence however I cannot give five stars that would otherwise have been given.

I hope the Management take note of this and re-evaluate the guides standards as we wanted to do the six hour a couple of days after on the big quads but were put off by the lack of respect for safety? I will reiterate that the other Chap and Photographer were amazing.

We only had two stops where they spoke about anything and that was the Photographer stepping in for the missing guide to explain which again we were very grateful to him.

I would love to see any comments the owners can give on the above.

Written November 15, 2013
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malanlin
Duror, UK15 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2015 • Couples
only went on the 2 hour trip on a buggy, mainly on rough tracks, dusty noisy bumpy, absolutely great fun for all ages I am 64 and would highly recommend it, wish we had gone on the 4 hour trip
Written April 12, 2015
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Dave W
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2013 • Couples
My wife and I took the 6 hour tour on a 500 Quad, we were very fortunate as when we booked we were the only people on the tour so we got the private tour with Dax without paying extra. We have done this type of tour many times in different locations and can honestly say this was by far the best. We would like to thank Dax for making the tour an experience we will remember for a long time. ps if you do take this tour be sure to take some food for the chipmonks!!
Written March 24, 2013
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Adamistravelling
Phuket, Thailand3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2014
After seeing xquad claimed full insurance we booked a 4 hour tour. Less than 10 minutes into the tour despite a crash free 20+ year history of motorcycling, I was unable to control the bike when the steering failed (at a relatively low speed), firing us off the road into a 6ft ditch. I was lucky to survive, after months and months in hospitals in Fuertaventura and the UK I am still unable to walk 6 months later.
X Quad do not have "full insurance at all, they have no medical insurance whatsoever. Owner Ian Gadd will not assist you, you will need to sue the company for injuries, which is expensive and difficult. My tour was adrenalin pumped as I lay in a ditch with a broken leg and knee for 40 minutes then an hours ride to hospital, the most extreme day of my life. This could have been avoided if they maintained their vehicles and used the correct wheels and tyres and hadn't "modified" the brakes to the point of failure.
Written February 13, 2014
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J. L
5 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2015 • Friends
We had a really bad experience with x-quad! First of all, people from the staff are a punch of jerk people, a loud manner has been reserved during all the tour. We spent 70€ for a 4 hours tour. Nobody tell us about more then 1 hour and half break. Basically we paid for 2.30 hour tour. This is absolutely not correct! The avarage speed is of 5km/h (too slowly) and breaks every 10 minutes.
The itenerary is easily travalable with a car! We were expected to drive onto the sand, but most of the way is on asphalt!! That's crazy! RENT A CAR IS MUCH BETTER!!
To sum up i will not recommend x quad company even to my worst enemy!
Written January 12, 2015
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LouisVuittonFan
Colchester, UK7 contributions
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So where do we start...
Background, I grew up on a farm so have been around ATV's since childhood right back to the early 80's and the old Honda ATC trikes!
Since then I've imported quads myself from the Far East to the UK for many years so I'm not exactly a stranger to quad bikes and off roading.

Anyway I'll stop waffling on and get down to the review.

We booked a 2 hour trip on the Monday and travelled up from Caleta de Fuste by car on the Friday for the trip/excursion and had mixed expectations as to what to expect. My other half has been on a similar excursion in the past in Egypt, but as for me even though I've grown up around ATV's I'd never been on a "holiday excursion" on quad bikes.

We were greeted and shown to our quad bikes and after a quick rundown of what to do and what not to do we set off in convoy. Our guide on a quad leading, two buggies, and me and my other half on quad bikes.

A short road trip to the outskirts of Corralejo and we hit gravel and hills which was pretty good, and continued off road to the base of the volcano and surrounding area. Lovely views, and so far so good. That's when it went downhill, and not the roadway we were driving on either.
The guide decided to let the buggies follow him which left us behind them and unable to see anything due to the amount of dust and grit that they threw up. Surely it would have been sensible to have the buggies follow the quads for this reason alone!

As we continued about 45 mins in we arrived at a pre planned stop which was obviously some kind of friend/family of the guide and greeted with roaming dogs, stinking donkeys and animal excrement everywhere! We were told that it was a 10 minute break so we declined photos with the stinky donkeys and the offer to buy any refreshments in the shop/lean to and waited by the quads for us to leave. 10 mins turned into 25 and we eventually moved on towards the coast again. This is where things went from bad to seriously worse.

One of the buggies broke down which left us both behind it and the guide and the lead buggie a good km up the road totally oblivious to what had happened. My other half went ahead to tell the guide and a short time later I followed. Half way up the road my quad lost all drive and just ground to a halt, I stopped and was stranded so had a look and knowing these quads very very well I knew immediately what had happened. The main drive in the gearbox had snapped and the quad was rendered useless. This is a common problem with kymco quads as they use the same generic engine and gearbox that all of the Taiwan/Chinese quads use, and if they aren't maintained properly they just fail time after time. The amount of warranty claims I had when I sold the very same quads for the same reason was astronomical and one of the reasons why I stopped selling ATV's!
Anyway, the guide obviously got the buggy running and came back to me. Spent 30 seconds looking at my quad and said we tow you, then magically produced a tow rope which he attached to my quad and my other halfs and told her to tow me then set off and left us!
So they all bomb off and we end up crawling along on tow. We then get to the coast and change to off road and the guide who has now stopped expects us to tow my quad over terrain and up and down hills, not exactly safe considering the brakes on any of these quads aren't exactly a1. Speaking of brakes, when we were greeted back at x quad hq and shown the quads, the chap there said they disconnect the footbrake because people wear them out. Alarm bells should have been ringing back then!
So we head off into the sand dunes and hills again on tow whilst the others have a fantastic time... Until the same buggy breaks down yet again and we have to wait for them to get it running again.. Admittedly that gave us time to catch up.

So we are now within spitting distance of Corralejo and can see the town and the chap from x quad hq turns up with another quad and we swap over, and the guide tows my broken quad in. So literally I have the last 10 mins on a running quad and have missed the majority of the tour because I was being towed.

We returned to x quad hq and the guide jumps off his quad and starts giving everyone high 5's and smiling and laughing. I can't say we felt the same enthusiasm and excitement after such an experience.

Literally feeling like I've just set fire to 4x €20 notes, I went into the office/shed to say how disappointed we both were and that we felt we deserved a refund as the trip was totally spoilt and ruined to which the chap deliberated then said you can have €15 euros back but you'll have to go down to the booking office down the other end of town and get some of that from them. Immediately expressing my discust, I decline and walk away to which he offers €20 instead which I don't even acknowledge and walk away with my other half in discust.

In a nutshell this is a shoddy, badly run, half baked kind of company that are using damaged and unsafe quads that regularly brake down.

My advice is read previous reviews with similar experiences and stay away. It'll no doubt end in tears!

Written December 13, 2013
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Mary E
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Please BEWARE THEY DO NOT HAVE FULL INSURANCE, even though they claim to have it. We came with a group of friends, we are all adventurous and have been on quads many times before. We went on a 4 hour tour. It was terrible. The quads we were given looked very shoddy and unsafe. The tour guide had a spanner in his hand and was constantly adjusting things on the quads. There were a number of mechanical problems with a few quads whilst on the tour. To top it all off one of the other quads came off the road into a ditch as his steering seized.....ambulance was called! I DO NOT recommend this dodgy company. They charge alot of money and have no concern for peoples safety and their quads and buggys are not maintained properly. Use at your own risk!
Written February 13, 2014
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Phönsie
Muri, Switzerland8 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2019 • Friends
Summary: Absolute rip-off, disorganization throughout the scheme, scam concerning the advertising — but in reluctant manner willing for refund.

Long story:
Upon arrival at the stand on the day of the excursion, we were greeted and kindly asked to conclude legal formalities. Driver‘s licence numbers were registered, everything seemed fine. Then, the experience took off south.

After a 10-minute walk from the stand — following our tour guide, who didn‘t make any effort to introduce himself — to what appeared to be the buggy depot/„garage“, we were in for another waiting session in front of the gate without instruction as to what was happening. Finally inside, the guide welcomed us to the establishment and gave rudimentary instructions to the handling of the buggies. We hopped in, wanted to buckle up ... and had to realize that several belt buckles were in a demolished state. A short glimpse of the buggy interior later, we noticed the situation to be much more precarious: Pretty much every cable inside the buggy had been stripped out of its socket, the fire extinguisher, although present, was tied to the back of the buggy, out of reach of the passengers. Busted front and rear lights. Broken (or deactivated) hand breaks. Dysfunctional dashboard. No radio. Battered profile on the tires.

After a further 30 minutes of waiting with running two-stroke engines fuming in full, while some of the buggies had to be jump-started (any ordinary individual would assume the engines to be ready at least), the tour began. An electric Renault Twizy in the front, one extra replacement buggy in the back. Whether all this wait is part of the three hours advertised everywhere in town remains unsolved.

Just five minutes after, one of our buggies suddenly had serious problems with its pedals: Gas pedal stuck on full, its breaks stopped responding, sending the buggy flying uncontrollably into the vehicle in front. Our tour guide took action and replaced the dysfunctional buggy within minutes. We thought the bad luck was over, but the seriousness had only deteriorated further: The replacement buggy showed oil leakage in its rear motor part, just above the combustion chamber, with oil drops impulsively igniting every couple of seconds on impact. With no more replacements on sight, the only choice remaining was to abort our excursion. One buggy because of oil leakage, four others because of serious safety concerns regarding above-mentioned flaws.

What followed were several attempts of negotiation with the tour guide. Although shown clear evidence as to why we decided to stop, he denied refund except for the two girls with the oil leakage buggy. Only when we ordered to summon the tour guide‘s superior, he approved our request. A brief moment later, his henchmen arrived with a wrecker truck, struggling to load the broken buggies onto its bed. Back at the depot, we received full refund and death stares from the employees.

While we had signed up for a fun, enriching, three-hour buggy tour through the dunes, we encountered a walking-pace ride to a photo spot on a state road just south of Corralejo in dangerous vehicles that hardly meet basic requirements for road admission. Even if this photo spot was only a stop before heading for the dunes, it cost almost two hours of the three-hour tour. Not sure how the last 60 minutes should have compensated this.

We, a group of 20-y/os, like risky activities, but when it comes to transportation, we prefer not to blow ourselves up on the road.
Written September 8, 2019
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317jille
Greater Manchester, UK20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2015
A fantastic fun day out took the 4 hour tour. We got to experience volcanoes, desert and beutiful unspoilt coastline.
Saw beaches we would otherwisenot have experienced.
Guides were very helpful and happy to answer questions during the stops on the tour.
Written October 7, 2015
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matthewhed
12 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2014
me and my partner did the buggy safari and we both highly recommend it . The views are amazing it's Excellent value for money
Written December 15, 2014
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