Beach Wheelchair

A wheelchair that works on sand and in water
User on beach wheelchair. Photo from the tipster’s archives
User on beach wheelchair. Photo from the tipster’s archives

Wheelchair with wide wheels can be driven on the beach without sinking into the sand and tolerates chlorine and salt water.

Various models of beach wheelchairs can be rented at some beaches in Sweden, such as Halmstad’s Handikappbad Östra Strand and Stora Sköndalsbadet in Stockholm.

Users comments
There are many different models of beach wheelchairs, see photos below.

Editors comments
One model is the Hippocampe from Vipamat, which is foldable and can be taken along when traveling on vacation. The Hippocampe is also available with a skid solution for use in winter see vipamat.com (last checked January 2021).

The wheelchair in photo far below has pontoons and can float in the water.

Another possibility is ‘Freedom Trax’, se freedomtrax-europe.com (last checked January 2021).

Hippocampe beach wheelchair. Photo from www.mincrosser.se
Hippocampe beach wheelchair. Photo from www.mincrosser.se
Beach wheelchair with floating pontoons, Alvar beach, Portugal. Photo from takeventure.se
Beach wheelchair with floating pontoons, Alvar beach, Portugal. Photo from takeventure.se

Author: Sebastian

Sebastian bor ihop med sambo i en lägenhet. Han arbetar heltid delvis med rehabilitering och delvis med förmedling av anpassade hotell, se welltrips.com. Han skadade sig 2003 och har en komplett paraplegi.
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Type of disability

Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

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