Hiring a Car on St Helena
The demand for car hire or to rent a car on St Helena is one of the top questions we get asked when clients are booking St Helena Accommodation.
Renting a car in St Helena is simple.
You can contact the car hire company owners and they will give you all of the simple information needed to hire or rent a car for your stay in St Helena.
Getting around St Helena by car gives you the greatest flexibility for discovering the island at your own pace.
When looking for car hire, there are not many automatic options in comparison to manual gearbox options, most cars have manual transmissions.
When hiring a car on St Helena you can then take to the roads at a relaxed island pace.
One of the benefits of renting a car is that most of the major tourist attractions such as Napoleon’s House. Napoleons Tombs. Plantation House, the Boer graves. High Knoll. Dianas Peak and the St Helena distillery etc are all on the public highway and easily accessible by car.
You can also park the car almost anywhere and enjoy some of the many great post-box walks.
There are no parking charges on St Helena but you have to park in the appropriate parking areas.
In Jamestown, you will find that it is always busy and parking is limited and very difficult especially on the weekends.
If you want to hire a car during your visit you will be required to present a full, driving licence and a photo ID before you can proceed to rent a car.
Driving on St Helena is fairly straightforward especially if you are used to driving on country lanes in the UK or on bending roads giving away to traffic approaching in the opposite direction.