Private Tour
Carriage Ride in Central Park (VIP - PRIVATE) Since 1964™
Overview
Available languages
50 minutes
Mobile ticket
World famous Central Park horse and carriage ride!
HELLO! My name is Anastasia!
I immigrated from Ukraine 12 years ago and fell in love with the horses in Central Park. After working a couple years I opened my own business and built my own team. Huge success!! Thanks to our valued customers! We are the HIGHEST RATED carriage company in New York now!
We determined to give you the best carriage ride experience. You should not leave the Big Apple without seeing Central Park from back of our VIP carriages!
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Travelers need to be climb steps to get in carriage We can help
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Wollman Rink • Carousel • Chess & Checker House • The Dairy • Plaza Hotel • Upper East Side • Literary Mall • Balto Statue • Summer Stage • Boat Pond • Loeb Boathouse • Bethesda Fountain(photo stop) • Bandshell • The Lake • Cherry Hill(photo stop) • The Bow Bridge • Upper West Side • Strawberry Fields(extended ride photo stop) • Dakota Building •Sheep Meadow • Tavern On The Green • Heckscher Playground • Columbus Circle • And More…
What‘s Included
Tax , Blankets, Photo stops, Carrots for the horse
GRATUITY NOT INCLUDED. You can tip cash or card accepted. Thank you again!
Options
per person
VIP BEST DEAL RIDE (50 min)
Duration: 50 minutes
Short Ride
Duration: 20 minutes
VIP Valentine`s Day Carriage
VIP
1 HOURRIDEw/PhotographyService
Photography Session: Driver has a pro-camera. He will take your pictures during the picture stops and give you with a SD memory card.
VIP CARRIAGE RIDE: Driver has a pro-camera. He will take your pictures during the picture stops and give you with a SD memory card. You keep it.
Duration: 1 hour
Carriage Ride in Central Park
CARRIAGE RIDE
CHRISTMAS VIP CARRIAGE RIDE
VIP
Duration: 45 minutes
CENTRAL PARK VIP RIDE
HORSE AND CARRIAGE
VIP EXTENDED RIDE (55 min)
Extended Ride (55 min) : This Option gives extra time for more photo stops and access to Strawberry Fields ( John Lennon`s Memorial)
VIP
Duration: 55 minutes
VIP CARRIAGE RIDE
Central Park VIP Tour
VIP ROMANTIC CARRIAGE RIDE
VIP
Duration: 45 minutes
Roses and a box of chocolate
Reviews
1,070 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Book Matt! Awesome tour
jordandD6857IB,,Jan 8, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Matt and Grace were awesome on our tour. Lots of knowledge on different locations throughout the ride. Stopped at a few different locations for pictures.
Great way to see the park...
michele r,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Great way to see the park especially in the cold weather. Guide very knowledgeable about the park. Thank you
I recommend if you are...
Guadalupe S,,Jan 7, 2026
- Review from Viator
4.00I recommend if you are taking carriage ride for evening Christmas light stroll dont do Central Park carriage ride. The park has no lights and rink was closed, so was small souvenir shop. Recommend going with more daylight. Driver shared lots of details and history that made ride nice though. Do plan on dressing warm, blanket (which was provided was soaked with drizzle and cold winds through ride.
Amazing
sugarcane05,,Jan 6, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Alexis and Starlight were amazing. Most friendly and helpful .Really good tour of all the places of interest lots of laughs along the way.They did us proud. Thank you
Fantastic! Thank you Matt!
solongs2022,,Jan 5, 2026
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Fabulous!!!!!!! Loved every minute!!!!!!! Matt knew a lot about the city and wonderful details about what we were seeing from our ride. Plus he was very happy to take photos of us wherever we wanted. Thank you Matt, and thank you to our horse Strawberry!
Highly recommend
Amy P,,Jan 5, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It was a beautiful ride through park! Enjoyed seeing and learning all about it! Driver was very knowledgeable and friendly.
Central park wasn't lit...
Edward M,,Jan 5, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Central park wasn't lit up as much as we had hoped. Next time we book a carriage ride, we will go during daytime hours
Beautiful experience. The Misses loved it!!
Chaquon M,,Jan 4, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00It was a wonderful experience. It was a tour of Central Park. The tour guide was very nice and gave us the history of everything in and around the park, he also allowed us to feed the horse and stopped for a photo op at no extra charge.
Paid a lot of money for nothing
Brandy H,,Jan 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
1.00I accidentally booked pm instead of am which we would have swapped to but we were flying out late that afternoon. I asked the company if we could do an earlier time and they just directed me to sending a message through the app for a refund. When I messaged Viator through the app they acted also as if thy supported the refund. We then paid someone else for two carriage rides for my family of 5 adults as the law states that what they sold me is illegal anyways because that is too many passengers per carriage. Then to my surprise today they told me that they would not be giving me any money back with no reason why. Sad that they will just take your money and run when no service was provided. I own a business and would never treat people this way. You can’t tell me on New Years Day that you didn’t rent that time out to someone else. Just sad that some people don’t care more about others. I’m also curious as to what would have happened anyways since thy sold me an illegal ride through Central Park.
Recommend!!
Theresa R,,Jan 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Great way to see some of Central Park. Oscar, our guide,and Strawberry, our driver (horse), did a wonderful on a very chilly New Year's day. Definitely recommend!
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