3,173 reviewsRated 4.8
75 minBerlin: 75-minute Trabi Safari
★ 4.8 · 3,173 reviews
- 1 h 15 min, Drive a Trabant yourself
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$88$70.40 / hour
Check availability→ Two Trabant drives, two VW buses and a Hotrod
Berlin Trabi tour: Trabant safaris, the VW Samba bus and the Hotrod, compared
A Berlin Trabi tour puts you behind the wheel: the $88 safari is 75 minutes driving a Trabant, the official car of the GDR, past the sights, and it comes with a Trabant driver’s licence. It is rated 4.8 across 3,173 reviews. The $110 Wall Ride is 2 hours 15 minutes in a Trabant along the route of the Berlin Wall. Prefer to be driven? Two hours in a classic VW T1 Samba bus past almost 50 sights is $49, rated 4.9 across 1,031 reviews. A Mini Hotrod you steer yourself on a guided tour is $99 for 90 minutes. Starting points are on each listing.
Quick answer
The short answer. To drive a Trabant, book the $88 safari: 75 minutes, 4.8, and 3,173 reviews against 194 for the longer $110 Wall Ride. To ride in a classic without driving, the $49 VW Samba bus is the cheapest listing on this page and the best rated, 4.9 across 1,031.
Berlin Trabi tour at a glance
- Listings compared
- 5two Trabant drives, two VW buses, one Hotrod
- Cheapest
- $49VW T1 Samba bus, two hours
- Cheapest Trabant
- $8875 minutes, you drive
- Most reviewed
- 3,173 reviewsthe 75-minute safari, 4.8
- Best rated
- 4.9both VW buses, 1,031 and 194 reviews
- Longest
- 2 h 15 minthe Wall Ride, $110
- You drive
- 3 listingsboth Trabants and the Hotrod
- Private
- $329a 1965 VW T1 Samba, two hours
- Reviews across the five
- 4,723on the live listings
Five listings
What each drive covers, and who is at the wheel
Three you drive, two you ride in.
75-minute Trabi safari, $88. You squeeze behind the wheel of a Trabant and drive through the city past what the listing calls the most interesting sights, and get a Trabant driver’s licence. 4.8 across 3,173 reviews, by far the largest sample on this page.
The Wall Ride, $110. The longer Berlin Trabi tour: 2 hours 15 minutes in a Trabant through the capital along the original route of the Berlin Wall. The title calls it a guided tour and the description says you drive. 4.7 across 194 reviews.
Classic VW T1 Samba bus, $49. Two hours as a passenger past almost 50 sights, the Berlin Cathedral and the Brandenburg Gate among them. 4.9 across 1,031 reviews, and $24.50 an hour.
Private VW bus, $329. The same kind of vehicle, an original VW T1 Samba from 1965, on a private two-hour tour of famous and lesser-known sights. 4.9 across 194 reviews. Check the listing for how many people the price covers.
Mini Hotrod, $99. You drive a Mini Hotrod on a guided 90-minute tour past the best-known sights. 4.8 across 131 reviews.
One thing no description settles is the unit of the price on the three self-drive listings: per person or per car. The answer changes the sum for a couple, and it is stated on each listing before you pay.
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Every Berlin Trabi tour and VW bus ride on this site
Five listings from 75 minutes to 2 hours 15 minutes. Live prices and review counts.
Likely to sell out194 reviews
2.2 hBerlin: The Wall Ride Guided Trabi Tour
★ 4.7 · 194 reviews
- 2 h 15 min, Trabant drive along the Wall
- Guided tour
- Likely to sell out
- Free cancellation
$110$48.89 / hour
Check availability→ 
Rated 4.91,031 reviews
2 hBerlin: Sightseeing Tour in Classic Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus
★ 4.9 · 1,031 reviews
- Two hours, VW T1 Samba bus, 50 sights
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$49$24.50 / hour
Check availability→ 
Rated 4.9194 reviews
2 hBerlin: Private Sightseeing Tour in Iconic Oldtimer VW Bus
★ 4.9 · 194 reviews
- Two hours, Private 1965 VW T1 Samba
- Private tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$329$164.50 / hour
Check availability→ 
131 reviewsRated 4.8
90 minBerlin: Self-Drive City Sightseeing Tour in a Mini Hotrod
★ 4.8 · 131 reviews
- One and a half hours, Self-drive Mini Hotrod, guided
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$99$66.00 / hour
Check availability→ Which one to book
Which drive to book, by who wants the wheel
Every figure below is the listing’s own.
- You want to drive a Trabant
$88 for 75 minutes, 4.8 across 3,173 reviews, with the Trabant driver’s licence the listing promises.
- You want the Wall as the route
$110 for 2 hours 15 minutes along the original route of the Berlin Wall, 4.7 across 194 reviews. On foot, the Wall is covered on its own page.
- Nobody wants to drive
The $49 VW T1 Samba bus: two hours, almost 50 sights, 4.9 across 1,031 reviews.
- You want the bus to yourselves
$329 for a private two-hour tour in a 1965 VW T1 Samba, 4.9 across 194 reviews.
- You want something louder than a Trabant
The $99 Mini Hotrod, 90 minutes, self-drive on a guided tour. The description promises you will be an attraction yourself.
Every trip, current fare
All five, priced by the hour
All five have a fixed length, so each has a figure per hour: from $24.50 on the shared VW bus to $164.50 on the private one.
| Tour | Length | Price | What you get | Cost per hour | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin: 75-minute Trabi Safari | 75 min | $88 | Drive a Trabant yourself | $70.40 | 4.8 · 3,173 |
| Berlin: The Wall Ride Guided Trabi Tour | 2.2 h | $110 | Trabant drive along the Wall | $48.89 | 4.7 · 194 |
| Berlin: Sightseeing Tour in Classic Volkswagen T1 Samba Bus | 2 h | $49 | VW T1 Samba bus, 50 sights | $24.50 | 4.9 · 1,031 |
| Berlin: Private Sightseeing Tour in Iconic Oldtimer VW Bus | 2 h | $329 | Private 1965 VW T1 Samba | $164.50 | 4.9 · 194 |
| Berlin: Self-Drive City Sightseeing Tour in a Mini Hotrod | 90 min | $99 | Self-drive Mini Hotrod, guided | $66.00 | 4.8 · 131 |
The honest answer
Is a Trabi safari worth it?
Expensive by the hour, and well reviewed by the people who wanted the wheel.
At $88 for 75 minutes it costs $70.40 an hour, almost three times the hourly cost of the $25 one-hour boat that is this site’s top pick and well above the $20 walking tour that sets the from price. You are not paying for sights per hour. You are paying to drive the car, and 3,173 reviews at 4.8 say that people who wanted that got it.
The Wall Ride is the better hourly price of the two Trabant drives, $48.89 against $70.40, and gives the drive a theme. Its evidence is thinner: 194 reviews at 4.7.
If the car is not the point, the $49 VW bus is the stronger buy on the numbers: $39 cheaper than the safari, two hours instead of 75 minutes, 4.9 across 1,031 reviews, and nobody has to drive. Other ways to be driven around, rickshaws and private cars, are compared on the private page, and all 57 tours sit in the price bands on the home page.
Rather use your own legs? The bike rides, from a 2-hour highlights route to a full day with a beer garden stop, are compared on their own page.
Bike rides, compared→Common questions
Berlin Trabi tour, answered
Do you drive the Trabant yourself?
On the $88 safari, yes: the description puts you behind the wheel and includes a Trabant driver’s licence. The $110 Wall Ride description also says you drive. For licence and age requirements, check the listing; the descriptions do not state them.
Is a Trabi safari worth it?
For the drive, the numbers say yes: 4.8 across 3,173 reviews. For sightseeing per hour it is expensive, $70.40 an hour against $24.50 on the VW Samba bus.
How much does a Berlin Trabi tour cost?
$88 for the 75-minute safari and $110 for the Wall Ride of 2 hours 15 minutes. Whether that is per person or per car is on the listing.
How long is the drive?
75 minutes on the safari, 2 hours 15 minutes on the Wall Ride, 90 minutes in the Mini Hotrod. Both VW bus tours are two hours.
What is the difference between the two VW bus tours?
Price and privacy. $49 buys a seat on a two-hour tour past almost 50 sights; $329 buys a private two-hour tour in a 1965 VW T1 Samba. Both are rated 4.9, on 1,031 and 194 reviews.
Can the VW bus go to Potsdam?
A separate listing does that: a five-hour tour of the parks and palaces of Potsdam by VW bus for $424, rated 4.5 across 19 reviews. It is compared with the other trips out of the city on the day trips page.
Can I cancel?
Each listing shows its own cancellation terms and deadline before you pay. All five on this page are marked Free cancellation.
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