Buggy Hire

Hamilton Island’s iconic golf buggies offer a convenient and fun way to get around the island - at your own pace.

What you’ll love about hiring a Hamilton Island golf buggy:

Take a self-drive tour of the island, or simply hire a buggy to get between your accommodation and points of interest across the island.
Easy to drive - no training required.
4-seater buggies available (maximum 4 people per buggy).
All golf buggies have a canopy for shade, headlights for night driving, and drink-holders for refreshments.

If you would like to pre-book your buggy please complete our online Buggy request form. 72 hours notice is required to guarantee a booking (subject to availability) and Hamilton Island Buggy Hire will be in contact with you to confirm this.

Reserve Your Buggy

To reserve your buggy, please complete the below booking form. We recommend you provide a minimum of 72 hours notice when making your booking. Hamilton Island Buggy Hire will respond to your request promptly confirming your booking request, subject to availability.

Passengers under four years of age are required to be restrained in an approved child seat or capsule. To ensure Buggy Hire has the required child restraints fitted for your rental, please include the number of children under the age of four travelling with you on the booking form. A maximum of two restraints per buggy can be installed. If you are travelling with more than two children under the age of four, additional buggies should be booked.

For full details, please see terms and conditions below.

At the time of booking your buggy, please advise the age of any children travelling with you during your stay on Hamilton Island and our staff will be able to assist with securing the appropriate restraints.

A friendly reminder that all reservation requests for a buggy rental are not finalised until you receive a confirmation email from Hamilton Island Buggy Hire.

Please Note: Please Note: Due to the large amount of reservations received for Resort Buggy Hire we are now fully booked until 6 July. Bookings outside this period are not confirmed unless a confirmation email is received from our administration team.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and we thank you for your understanding.

Details at a glance

Opening hours

Airport Buggy Hire
Closed from the 27th of January until further notice.

Resort Side Buggy Hire
Monday - Sunday: 8.00am - 5.00pm

Pricing

$59 – 2 Hour
$69 – 4 Hour
$70 – Overnight 3:00pm to 9:00am
$87 – Per 24 Hours

Child restraints
Child restraints for buggies are provided at a cost of $4 per seat, per day to all Hamilton Island Hotel and Holiday Home guests. Guests staying in a privately owned accommodation may hire child restraints at a cost of $15 per day and will be charged to a maximum of 4 days and subject to availability. We do not take any bookings for this so please ask our buggy hire staff at our front desk when you arrive on island and we can have this installed to your buggy. For example, if you hire the seat for 7 days, the most you will have to pay is $60 (4-day hire)
Please Note: We do not offer any discounts on long term rentals or refunds for early returns.

Damage Waiver
There is also an optional $12.00 per day damage waiver that protects against any accidental damage while the buggy is in your possession. This can be added to your booking at time of pick-up

Relocation Service Now Available
You may choose different pick up and drop off locations. A $10 service fee will apply. If returning to the Airport Buggy hire, please return between 8.30am and 2.00pm.

Please Note: As of 1 July 2021 the following changes in price will take effect.
$72 - Overnight Rate
$89 - 24 hour Rate
$10 - Damage Waiver
$6 - Baby Seat per day (HIE Rental)

Sights and highlights

4-seater buggies available

Easy to drive - no training required.

All buggies have a canopy for shade, headlights for night driving, and drink-holders for refreshments.

What to bring

Valid driver's licence.
Credit card required for security deposit.

Booking information

Bookings essential, subject to availability: Please complete our online booking request form (click here) and the buggy hire team will respond to your request via email.

Terms and Conditions

Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads have set out the following condition for use for all buggies operating on Hamilton Island:

Authorized drivers must be a minimum age of 21 years old and hold a current drivers license to drive the vehicle.
A passenger less than six months old must be restrained in a rearward facing infant restraint, located in the front seat and secured to an engineered anchor point and fitted seatbelt.
A passenger at least six months old, but less than four years old must be restrained in an approved forward facing child restraint and secured to an engineered anchor point and fitted seat belt.
Children are not permitted to travel on the lap of another passenger.
A passenger at least four years old, but less than seven years old must be restrained in an approved forward facing child restraint or by a seatbelt.
A passenger four years old and above must not occupy the front passenger seating position if there is another passenger who is less than four years old.

The information above should be used as a guide only. Activity/tour details, prices and timings are subject to change at any time.

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What you’ll love about hiring a Hamilton Island golf buggy:

Reserve Your Buggy

Details at a glance