Buggy Tours in Bulgaria? We Run Quads Instead — Here’s Why

If you searched for buggy tours in Bulgaria and landed here, you're in the right place — but we should be straight with you about what we actually run. We used to offer buggies. We don't any more. Everything off-road-and-four-wheeled we do now happens on quads, and the swap was deliberate.

Why we moved from buggies to quads

Three reasons, in the order they mattered to us.

• Trail access. A buggy is wide. On the forest tracks and old logging roads above Bansko that width decides where you can and can't go — and the best sections here are narrow. A quad fits through them.
• Terrain honesty. We ride across three mountain ranges — Pirin, Rila and the Rhodopes. A lot of what makes those days good is single-width track with drop-offs on one side. That's quad terrain.
• Maintenance. A smaller fleet we own outright and service ourselves beats a bigger fleet we can't keep in condition. Every machine that goes out is one we know.

What you don't lose is the thing most people actually want from a buggy: two seats, no gears, and no licence requirement.

What a quad gives you that a buggy did not

The machines are 2026 CFMOTO 625s. Automatic — no clutch, no gear changes. You get a briefing before the first ride, and a guide in front of you all day.

No driving licence of any kind is required. That's the same rule that applies to our bike trips; the legal detail is on the no-licence page if you want it. The driver does have to be at least 16, and 16 and 17-year-olds need a parent's consent.

A quad carries two, which is the part people searching for buggies are usually really after. A passenger rides behind the driver. Children ride free — we only need to know how many are coming so the right kit is waiting.

Riding days, honestly

A day runs 80–150 km over five to seven hours, with lunch at a mountain restaurant somewhere in the middle. That is a real day out, not a lap of a field. The limiting factor is rarely skill — the machines are automatic — it's appetite. Guides shape the route around the group.

Which trip to look at

• Weekend ATV Blast — two riding days. The closest thing to what a buggy weekend used to be, and the easiest one to add to a short trip.
• ATV Mountain Explorer — five days, three of them riding, through forest tracks, river crossings and high passes.

There's also an off-grid trip with a night camping, and a full week with a rest day. All of them sit on the quad and ATV tours page with prices and durations side by side.

Or ride both

If some of your group want a bike and some want a quad, you don't have to choose — the combined packages split the week between the two. We've written about how that works in practice.

Still not sure?

The one-minute quiz will narrow it down, or just message us — tell us who's coming and what you had in mind, and we'll tell you honestly whether a quad week is it.