17-Mile Drive Electric Bike Guided Tour
Description
17-Mile Drive offers the ultimate experience to explore the peninsula. You will ride from our bike shop in downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea. Your guide will take you to all of the best spots in Pebble Beach. You'll pass iconic landmarks such as The Lodge at Pebble Beach, The Lone Cypress, Bird Rock, Point Joe, Spanish Bay, and Crocker Grove, which is home to the largest and oldest Cypress trees in existence. The minimum for a non-private tour to operate is 4 riders. We reserve the right to cancel the tour with full refunds, or convert you to a private guided tour (additional rates apply), or combine your booking with another at a different time and/or day, or convert the tour to a standard rental reservation (no tour guide, freedom of route and timing). As necessary, these options will be reviewed with the customer for their approval 24 hours before the reservation. For parties of 1 or greater than 10, with dogs or children, or any other special requests, please call to inquire and book.
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Itinerary
Explore one of the most famous and prominent golf resorts in North America.
Home to many restaurants, beautiful views, and a world famous golf course.
Point Joe is the 5th point on 17-Mile Drive. Its coastline is made of Granite rocks formed 65 million years back and it gives this coastline a rugged look. The place had several shipwrecks in history due to its rocky shares and its location near to Monterey Bay. The place has ample parking and sitting benches to relax. There are several information boards to read about the place. About the origin of the name Point Joe, there is debate over that for years now. Some historians believe that there was a Chinese man who lived in a driftwood structure here in the early 1900's that sold goods to explorers. It is unclear whether Point Joe was named for the Chinese man or if the man was named after the location. A great place to look out for everyones favorite marine mammal the Souther Sea Otter.
See the place where an old, Chinese fishing village used to sit.
We take a restroom break here and watch sea lions play in the water. Your guide will help you identify the wildlife that you see and share some fun facts...both about the animals and the rock.
Enjoy the beautiful view.
Stop to look for sea otters at this beautiful lookout. Learn a bit about the Cypress Point Country Club from your guide. Note: in the Spring this stop is closed to protect the Harbor Seals pupping on the nearby beach.
Stop to look for sea otters at this beautiful lookout. Learn a bit about the Cypress Point Country Club from your guide. On a clear day you can see the Point Sur Lighthouse in Big Sur.
Home to the oldest and largest of our Monterey Cypress trees, we will cover some of the issues facing this environment.
This tree is famous for historically being the half way mark along 17-mile drive. In 1919 it became the logo for Pebble Beach Golf Links.
The views of Point Lobos and Carmel Bay are amazing.
This will be the longest stop of the tour where guest our free to roam on their own for about 30 minutes. Take in the beauty of Still Water Cove, learn about the golf history and the course, get you a souvenir, or just sit and relax with a snack and warm beverage.
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Important Information
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(438)
We have driven the 17 mile drive before and loved it! Doing it on the bikes gave it a completely new spin and we loved it! Our guide, Leslie, was super friendly and knowledgeable and gave us great talks at each stop! We enjoyed the rides and all of the great info and photo ops at all of the spots. Thank you! Highly recommend — even my husband LOVED IT! :)
Incredible bike ride. Enjoyed the scenery and Leslie was so informative and made it a great experience.
Leslie was an amazing guide for our family of 5, 3 teens and two parents. The biking is very easy and the views and experience were a fun start to our trip to Carmel. It was fun to experience Pebble Beach on a bike and we saw tons of wild life; sea otters, sea lions in the waves, and deer.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. Leslie does a great job of highlighting points of interest. The tour covers a variety of stops. Highly recommend!
Absolute blast and can't wait to do it again. Very professional, friendly etc...I am highly recommending Mad Dogs
Electric Bike made this tour exciting. We stopped while our tour lead gave us history and showed old pictures of places on the 17 mile drive. I came with my son for a Father’s Day treat. Loved it.
What an awesome experience! This tour is a must if you’re visiting the Carmel area. Leslie was such a friendly, warm and knowledgeable guide, and you can really feel her love for this beautiful place. Getting around on the electric bikes felt comfortable, especially since Leslie guided us so well even when it got busy around some of the more touristy spots. We saw so many things and learned so many things along the 17 mile drive that we wouldn’t have if it weren’t for the tour. So glad we did this, thank you Leslie for a really lovely afternoon!
Mad Dogs & Englishmen bike shop was very accommodating to cancel our reservation because of rain and offer a full refund. I would be happy to book with them again because of how well they took care of us. Prior to the unexpected weather, they communicated well and seemed to be organized and professional. I was looking forward to the experience and disappointed it didn't work out on our trip.
Wonderful tour despite having some young people who couldn't keep up on an e-bike. Leslie was a good guide. Easily the best way to sight-see, as being in a car would make things difficult, especially along the road back in front of the beachfront homes.
Absolutely gorgeous views with the perfect amount of stops and bathroom/snack breaks. A wonderful way to see Pebble Beach for the first time!
