Transportation can be a big problem on Andros. If you have to go somewhere, try to use one of the local taxi drivers, though this can be a pricey undertaking.
The few rental cars available are in North Andros. These are scarce, owing to the high costs of shipping cars to Andros. The weather also takes a great toll on the cars that are brought in (the salt in the air erodes metal), so no U.S. car-rental agencies are represented. Your best bet is to ask at your hotel to see what's available. It's not really recommended that you drive on Andros because roads are mainly unpaved and in bad condition, and gasoline stations are hard to find. Outlets for car rentals come and go faster here than anybody can count. Renting a car is less formal, and less organized, than you might be used to, and you won't find organized links to any toll-free company stateside. The concierge at Andros's most upscale hotel, Kamaleme Cay, will arrange a cab or a rental car for you, but frankly, it's all word of mouth and terribly unlicensed and informal, with no options for purchase of additional insurance. Taxi drivers and owners of a handful of battered cars that can be rented will be at the airport in time for the landing of most flights from the U.S. mainland or from Nassau. You can negotiate a car rental on-site or -- perhaps more safely and conveniently -- you can hire one of the local taxis for access to wherever you want to go. Rates go for between $85 and $100 (£45-£53) a day, plus gas. Be warned that signpostings and road conditions are horrible, but it's hard to get lost because the only road is the north-south much-rutted thoroughfare known as Queen's Highway.
You may want to rent a bike, but you'll experience the same bad roads you would in a rental car. Guests of the Small Hope Bay Lodge, Chickcharnie, and Mangrove Cay Inn can rent bikes at their hotels.
