Kyoto Arashiyama Rickshaw Tour with Bamboo Forest
This tour covers every part of the bamboo forest. By rickshaw and on foot! The first stop after cruising through the bustling main street is the bamboo forest. Enjoy the vivid green bamboo as your guide pulls you along the path reserved for rickshaws only, away from other visitors. Have your camera
📍Meeting point: Come to our main rickshaw stand located on the sidewalk along the river, a few meters West from the North-West end of the Togetsukyo Bridge. Let us know in advance if you need directions.
What To Expect
Stop 1
⏱ 30 minGet off the rickshaw and walk to the most famous part of the bamboo forest which can not be accessed by rickshaw. The walk includes going up and down a steep slope.
Stop 2
Pass byShinto shrine nestled in the bamboo forest.
Stop 3
⏱ 10 minPass through the bamboo grove for great pictures
Stop 4
Pass byYour rickshaw tour operator for the rickshaw tour in Arashiyama. Tour can be customized and choice of attractions possible depend on tour duration selected.
Stop 5
Pass byCottage of a famous Haiku Poet. This cottage is built in the traditional pastoral style, with a straw thatched roof.
What’s Included
- ✓use of rickshaw
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓All Fees and Taxes
What’s NOT Included
- ✗Admission fees for temples and shrines
- ✗transportation to and from meeting place
What to Bring
- •Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- •Public transportation options are available nearby
- •Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- •Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- •Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- •Not recommended for pregnant travelers in the first 16 weeks
- •Children of 6 years and older are required to have a seat and will thus pay the same price as an adult.
- •Our seats measure 74cm (29. 1in) in width and can accommodate up to two adults side by side.
- •Children 5 years and under can ride for free provided that they will sit on the lap of an adult (one child per adult = max 2 adults & 2 children per rickshaw)
- •If a child 5 years will be using one of the two seats of the rickshaw, it must book as an adult.
- •Infants must be able to hold up their head by themselves.
- •The amount of time you will be late will be deducted from your tour duration (delay of 10min or more results in automatic cancellation)
- •our tours take place, rain or shine.
- •Time changes on the day of the tour can not be accommodated.
- •Any time changes/rescheduling requests sent after 5pm the day before your tour can not be accommodated
- •finishing locations other than our rickshaw stand may be subject to an additional drop-off fee (payable on the day of the tour)
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