Three machines, three quite different days, and one of them is much better with children.
All three go to roughly the same place — the mountains and Bedouin camps twenty-five to thirty kilometres inland — and the difference is entirely in how you get there.
A quad is one or two people on an open machine you drive yourself. It is the most physical, the dustiest, and the one people book to feel like they have done something. Children under about sixteen ride behind an adult rather than alone.
A buggy is a two-seater with a roll cage, a windscreen and side-by-side seating, which means you can talk to the person you came with and you finish the day rather less sandblasted. It costs noticeably more. For couples it is usually the better purchase.
A buggy is a two-seater with a roll cage, a windscreen and side-by-side seating, which means you can talk to the person you came with and you finish the day rather less sandblasted.
A jeep is driven for you. Nobody has to concentrate, small children are fine, and you arrive clean — which for families with a Bedouin dinner and a show afterwards is worth more than the adrenaline. The super-safari packages that combine all three exist precisely because groups rarely agree.
