
Bicycle
and Rickshaw Tours
Miami Beach Bicycle Center
601 5th St., Miami Beach
(305) 674-0150
Cost: $5-$10
A
2-hour bike tour of the Art Deco District leaves
from the Bicycle Center at
10 am on the third Sunday of each month.
It costs $5 if you ride your own
bike or $10 if you rent one of theirs.
Everglades
National Park Bicycle Rental
40001 State Road, Homestead
(305) 242-7700
Cost: $3.25 hour for bicycle rental
You
can rent a bicycle here or bring your own. The Shark
Valley tour by bicycle,
foot, or tram is the best way to see the "River
of Grass, " the nation's
second largest national park.
The tour follows a flat, paved15-mile looped
road. Here
you will see word storks, egrets, osprey,
cormorants, herons in ponds, and alligators sunning
themselves in the road.
At
the half-way mark of the bike tour there is a
50-foot observation tower with a spiraling
ramp.
Coconut
Grove Rickshaw
Coconut Grove Village Center
(305) 669-9509
Cost: $5-$10
The
two-person rickshaws operate along Main Highway
nightly from 8pm to 2am.
They are parked throughout the Village Center
or at the major entertainment complexes.
Prices
start at $5 per person for a 10-minute ride through
Coconut Grove or $10 per person for a 20-minute
moonlight ride to Biscayne Bay.