Bonaire Golf Cart Alternative - Twizy

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Just back from an 8-day on the Vista and wanted to share a great experience. We booked 2 weeks before sailing on a last minute casino deal, which was great, however the late date caused limited excursion choices. All golf carts were fully booked on Bonaire. When looking for a golf cart by email, Hans from Roadrunner explained that no carts were available, but suggested the Twizy tour. Being a car-guy, I checked out the Twizy (made by Renault) and it looked appealing. (It's an EV with 2 inline seats, not side by side.) We booked a week prior to sailing and the entire process was seamless. We met Hans & his wife, Mandy at the dock, as per their instructions. Hans had another tour to tend to and Mandy was our guide for the day. Mandy is very pleasant, knowledgeable, professional and quite fun. She took us by van to their house, which has a connected workshop. (5-minutes from the ship) The Twizy's were lined up, charged up, clean and ready to go. My girl got in the back seat, I got in behind the wheel and after a briefing by Mandy, we were off. Mandy led and we followed. We stopped at 1000 steps, the flamingo bay, a bluff overlooking the ocean, the oil tanks, a distillery, a small but interesting museum and Mandy offered to take us to a beach or 2. (We got plenty of beach-time the day before in Aruba, so declined the beach trip.) We then returned to their residence and Mandy drove us right back to the ship-walkway, where we exchanged goodbyes and walked back onto the ship.

 

Had we been able to book a golf cart - we never would have known about this tour. Now that we know about it - we will definitely do it again. Highly recommended...