Kyoto Arashiyama Rickshaw Tour with Bamboo Forest
Description
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 or mobile phone ready to take pictures. You don’t want to miss this. After passing by the Nonomiya Shrine you will enter the second part of the bamboo forest, which is designed like a little park. Here we can take great group pictures with the stunning green bamboo in the background. On the way to the third and last section of the bamboo forest, you will pass by a well-kept scene from the Edo period The third part of the bamboo forest can only be accessed on foot, so our guide will park the rickshaw within walking distance and then guide you to the most famous and impressive part of the bamboo forest. (To avoid the crowds here, we recommend starting the tour before noon)
Tour Options
Itinerary
Get 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.
Shinto shrine nestled in the bamboo forest.
Pass through the bamboo grove for great pictures
Your rickshaw tour operator for the rickshaw tour in Arashiyama. Tour can be customized and choice of attractions possible depend on tour duration selected.
Cottage of a famous Haiku Poet. This cottage is built in the traditional pastoral style, with a straw thatched roof.
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- 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)
Reviews(404)
Our rickshaw ride was fantastic! The day was very hot and humid and it was so nice to be driven by our wonderful guide who had so much knowledge of the beautiful surroundings. Yuta was always smiling and made sure we were comfortable with ample cooling towels and water bottles. What a great way to enjoy the Bamboo Forest!
Fun experience, loved it. Yoppy was our guide and he was amazing. He had a lot of information to share along the ride, took great pictures and was just incredible to see his strength and endurance as he took us all around the forest. We felt very lucky to have gotten him as our guide. Highly recommend this experience and ask for Yoppy!!
Hajime was our driver and made the whole experience worth every penny. He took pictures of us in the rickshaw at every scenic viewpoint, was witty and efficient. The rickshaw was safe and comfortable; it had seatbelts and a protective blanket. He conversed in English with a good sense of humour. At the end of our trip, we were given discount coupons to use in different cities with the same company- will definitely use them as well worth it!
Very nice way for visiting the area and comes with a combo of guide and photographer. Yuki was our “driver” and did a fantastic tour with us!
It was very good. Kind and courteous response. I was able to ride with peace of mind. Thank you. I'll be back.
Find Mochida! He was an amazing guide for myself and my son. Very kind and took wonderful care of us in the blistering July heat. The pictures he took for us are our best ones from our trip. This experience is well worth the money.
We would thoroughly recommend this experience. the Arashiyama bamboo forest, lotus pond and surrounding area is beautiful and to see it in the comfort of a rickshaw is a treat! we had the pleasure of two guides Taikai and Daichi - both spoke excellent english and passionately shared with us their knowledge of the area, knew the names of plants and flowers and generously shared with us details of their work, life and culture. We saw things along the trip that we most certainly would have missed had we not done the tour. Daichi regularly offered to take photos and did so very skillfully
This was a wonderful experience. The bamboo forest and lotus ponds were awesome. Our Rick Shaw driver was Yuki and he was so kind andtook the best pictures that we’ve had so far since we’ve been in Japan. If you take this to her ask for Yuki. !
We had Shun and he was amazing. Spoke great English, was hilarious and such a kind young man. He took us to a nice private shrine and made our experience very pleasant. 100% would recommend.
Brilliant experience. Okishi was my tour guide and he is excellent. I highly recommend this tour to anyone.
