Past Bethesda Terrace, along the Lake, under the elms of the Mall — with a licensed driver who's run this route for years and will tell you what you're looking at.
Free cancellation to 24 hrs · Instant confirmation · Licensed & insured drivers
A private pedicab, a driver who has told this story a thousand times, and a canopy over your head. It covers far more ground than walking, stops wherever you point, and the price is agreed before you sit down — not worked out on a meter afterwards.
per pedicab — not per person
one hour · fits 2 adults and 1 child · 2-hour tours $250
Fixed price, agreed upfront · No meter · Free cancellation to 24 hrs
The number you see is the number you pay. No meter running, nothing settled on the kerb afterwards
Not per person. Two adults and a child ride for one price, so a family of three pays $150, not $450.
Your driver, your pedicab, your route. Point at something and you stop at it.
Cancel or move up to 24 hours before and get everything back. No form, no argument.
Pedicabs have the worst pricing reputation of anything in the park, and it is entirely earned — but by the walk-up trade, not by booked tours. The difference between the two is enormous, and nobody explains it before you’re already sitting in one. Here’s the whole picture, including the part that isn’t in our favour.
$3–$5 per minute
= $180–$300 an hour
Legal, metered by the minute, and the rate is on a card you’re shown after you’ve agreed. An hour costs up to double a booked tour, for the same ride.
Negotiated on the spot
You have no idea what the going rate is and the driver knows it. This is where the horror stories come from.
Tour rate + booking fee
+ card fee
The same pedicab and the same driver, with a middleman’s margin stacked on top.
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$150 for one hour
$250 for two
Per pedicab, agreed before you sit down, with a named driver who confirms the meeting point by message. Up to 60% less than the walk-up meter.
Your total
per pedicab · 1 hour · 2 adults and 1 child
60 minutes
per carriage
The southern park done properly — the Mall, Bethesda, the Lake and Strawberry Fields, with time to get out at two of them.
Your route, your times
priced by route time
Start at your hotel, finish at a restaurant, or run the park between two appointments. Tell us the two ends and we’ll price the middle.
per carriage
The one people write reviews about. Everything in the one-hour, then north past Belvedere, the Great Lawn and the Reservoir — the half of the park most visitors never reach.
MOST BOOKED
All prices are per pedicab, not per person. One pedicab carries two adults and one child under 12 — that’s a legal limit, not a preference. Larger groups ride in convoy at the same per-pedicab rate; call +1 (929) 483-7420 and we’ll arrange it. Gift certificates available for any tour.
Most sites list landmark names and leave you guessing. This is the standard two-hour run, in order — and unlike every other tour on this site, you can change it halfway.
This is a private hire, so the route is a suggestion rather than a timetable. Want longer at the terrace and to skip the Reservoir? Say so. Want to see where a particular film was shot? Your driver almost certainly knows. Routes also shift for road closures, races and film shoots — you’ll be told at the start, not halfway round.
Your driver is waiting with your name. Blanket out if it's cold, canopy up if it's not.
The park's only straight line, with the largest stand of American elms left in North America arching overhead.
You get out, and the driver comes with you — that's the bit reviewers keep mentioning. Angel of the Waters, the tiled arcade, the Lake behind.
Cast iron from 1862, rowboats below, the Dakota's gables over the treeline.
The Imagine mosaic, then up the West Drive with the Upper West Side on your left.
The castle, the Great Lawn and the best skyline in the park, doubled in the water.
Down the East Drive past the Met, out at 59th, five minutes from Columbus Circle.
Central Park is two and a half miles long, and an hour on foot buys you about a mile of it. In an hour on a pedicab you cover the Mall, Bethesda, the Lake and Strawberry Fields, and still get out at two of them. It is the single most park you can see in the least time, and it’s why people book it on the last morning of a trip.
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Sore knees, a bad hip, a late stage of pregnancy, or simply a day that has already involved eleven thousand steps — none of that should cost you Central Park. You sit, someone else pedals, and you still get out at the terrace because the driver stops wherever you want. There is a step up into the cab, so a folded chair travels but a wheelchair doesn’t.
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The problem with a park this photogenic is that one of you is always holding the camera. Pedicab drivers take the pictures — it is the single thing reviewers mention most, more than the history or the route. They know which side of the terrace the light is on, and they will walk you down the stairs to get it.
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Ninety degrees and humid turns a two-hour walk into an ordeal. A pedicab gives you a canopy overhead and a breeze from the motion, which is why this is the busiest tour on the site in July and August. You arrive at the photo stops looking like someone who wants their picture taken.
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Tell us at checkout and we’ll brief your driver before you arrive. Roses waiting in the cab, a stop at Bow Bridge or the top of the terrace, and someone who knows to hang back with a camera at the right moment. Add the custom route if you want to finish at the restaurant rather than back at 58th Street.
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Added to any tour at booking, at a better rate than extending on the day.
Waiting in the pedicab when you board — not handed over afterwards.
Meets you at the gate, shoots the ride and every stop, files within 48 hours.
Your driver collects you from the door, within twenty blocks of the park. Above 34th St only.
Add any of these at checkout, or tell us on the phone and we’ll brief your driver before you arrive. Add-ons are subject to availability on the day — booking ahead guarantees them.
Tours depart from and return to West 58th Street, a block from Columbus Circle and ninety seconds from the Merchants’ Gate entrance. Your driver messages you before the ride to confirm the time and the exact spot — so you’re not walking a line of pedicabs hoping one of them is yours.
A B C D 1
59th St–Columbus Circle · 3 min walk
N R W
57th St–7th Ave · 4 min walk
F
57th St · 6 min walk
BUS
M5 M7 M10 M20 to 58th St
Prefer to start somewhere else? Custom pickup and dropoff is quoted by route time — tell us both ends and we’ll price it. Running late? Call the desk on +1 (929) 483-7420 and we can usually hold your driver ten minutes.
Per pedicab. $150 covers the whole cab for up to two adults and one child under 12 — about $50 each for three people. You should never be charged per person for a pedicab tour in Central Park, and if someone quotes you that way, walk on.
Two adults and one child under 12. That’s a hard limit set by the cab’s design and by city rules, not a preference — a fourth passenger will be refused at the kerb. For four or more, we run pedicabs in convoy at the same per-cab rate. Call and we’ll arrange it.
Yes, and it’s legal. The going rate is $3 to $5 a minute, which works out at $180 to $300 for an hour. The rate card has to be displayed, but almost nobody multiplies it out before getting in. Booking ahead is the same ride at a fixed price, which is where the “save up to 60%” figure comes from.
Yes — this is a private hire, not a fixed circuit. There’s a standard route because most people want the famous parts, but you can change it before you set off or halfway round. Longer at the terrace, skip the Reservoir, find a particular film location: just say so.
At every stop, and the driver comes with you and takes the pictures. It’s the thing reviewers mention most often. Two stops on the one-hour tour, four on the two-hour, and more if you ask.
Better than walking in both. The canopy gives you shade and the motion gives you a breeze, which is why this books heavily in July and August. In winter there’s a blanket, and in rain the cover comes down over the front.
Light rain, the tour runs with the cover down. Heavy rain, ice or high wind and we cancel, and you get a full refund automatically. You can also move to another day free of charge in a bad forecast.
Free cancellation and free rescheduling up to 24 hours before — use the link in your confirmation or call the desk. Inside 24 hours we can usually still move you, but it depends on the driver’s day.
Not really, and we’d rather say so plainly. There’s a step up into the cab and no securing point for a chair, though a folded chair travels fine and drivers will help with the step. If mobility is the reason you’re considering a pedicab, the horse and carriage has a lower, wider entry and is usually the better answer.
It can, above 34th Street — Fifth Avenue, Columbus Circle or a hotel pickup are all possible on the custom option. Below 34th Street is prohibited by New York City law regardless of what you’re willing to pay.
Slower and lower to step into, also priced per carriage. The classic, and the easier one to get in and out of.
Cheaper per person for four or more, and you cover the whole park. You do the pedalling.
Less ground, far more detail. The right choice if you’d rather stand still and listen.
Departures throughout the day, year round, from West 58th Street. Priced per pedicab for two adults and a child, with free cancellation right up to 24 hours before.
