Grenada Island Getting there & around

Getting around

Car & motorcycle

Car

Grenada Island has numerous rental agencies. Local ones can offer you a better deal on prices, but the international chains have better insurance deals. Cars cost from around US$45 a day; 4WDs US$80. Optional Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) insurance, which limits your liability in the event of an accident, starts at an additional US$12 per day.

Grenadian agencies:

Dollar (444-4786; Point Salines International Airport)

Gap Rentals (438-4098) They’ll pick you up from the airport or hotel.

Indigo Car Rentals (439-3300; www.indigocarsgrenada.com) Offers free coolers for the car.

Sanvics 4x4 (444-4753; www.sanvics.com) Specializes in jeeps.

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Bus & tram

Bus

Buses are a great way to get around the island; they are inexpensive and fun. These privately run minivans run a series of routes crisscrossing the island.

Although larger destinations are posted on the front of the bus, you may need to ask the conductor or driver which bus is best to get to smaller places outside town. There are stops along all the major routes, and you can flag down a bus pretty much anywhere.

The central terminal in St George’s is the place to find more information and to catch a bus to anywhere. Fares in the greater St George’s area and to Grande Anse are EC$1.50. From St George’s, fares are EC$3 to La Sagesse, EC$3.50 to Gouyave or Grand Etang, and EC$5 to Grenville or Sauteurs. Depending on passengers, it takes about 45 minutes from St George’s to Grenville and 1½ hours to Sauteurs.

Buses run frequently all day from around 7am. They start getting hard to catch after 6pm, so head home early enough so as not to get stuck. A few buses run on Sunday, though they are much more infrequent.

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Local transport

Taxi

Taxi fares are supposedly regulated by the government, although sometimes you have to negotiate a bit. From the airport to Grand Anse or Lance aux Épines costs EC$25; to St George’s EC$30. From central St George’s it costs EC$8 to other parts of the city, EC$25 to Grand Anse or Morne Rouge and EC$35 to Lance aux Épines.

Elsewhere, taxis charge EC$4 per mile up to 10 miles and EC$3 per mile after that. The waiting charge is EC$15 per hour. Taxis can be hired for a flat EC$40-per-hour rate for sightseeing. An EC$10 surcharge is added to fares between 6pm and 6am.

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