La Digue - Transport

Transport

It used to be a very interesting specific of La Digue that it was not allowed to own a car. This has recently changed, but the main means of transportations are still bicycles. Tourists are requested to adapt to this lifestyle and so it is possible to rent bicycles right near the pier. There are a few personally owned vehicles, but most cars and busses belong to hotel companies. Driving a large car or even a bus can turn out to be a quite hard task, because the roads on la Digue were originally designed for bicycles and so two cars going against each other must slide off the road with two wheels in the sand. The lucky people who own a car on La Digue usually have many seats built in so that it can accommodate their whole family. Another method of transport on La Digue is using an ox-cart, but most tourists avoid those because of the unpleasant smell.