Kyoto And Nara Day Tour With Fushimi Inari Arashiyama & Nara Park

It’s not a guided tour as such you are left to find the places by yourself once you get to location area.

This review was a must for our wonderful tour guy MAI. she was soo sweet , funny and was very detailed about how long will be meet , spend time at the site and has drawings and maps that she made herself . She had the best personality and you could tell that this was her passion and dream to share with us her beautiful county . We couldn’t have been more happy with this well organized tour and especially “ Mai” our tour got meade it deliteful . You are awesome Mai! Thanks for everything .

Nick was a fantastic guide! Super informative, funny, and really knew how to entertain! The day was packed full of different activities, and I thoroughly enjoyed and would recommend this tour!

The instructions how to join the tour were disappointingly poor, relying on us already knowing where or else being online with live GPS navigation. The description was borderline misleading (out of date photo of the office exterior) and the map was unhelpful - a very simple diagram from Kyoto station is singularly simple to produce and send, why not provide it. Happily we nevertheless made it just in time. The tour was well worth it and the young lad who was the guide was very pleasant. On the other hand, we were charged again after we had paid in advance in order to get "full details" of how to get onto the tour. Viator chose to ignore my request for a refund and I am waiting for my card issuer to refund the overcharge.

It was a good and insightfull tour. Especially deers in Nara park and Red gates in the last stop. I recommend this tour to all people.

We booked this tour prior to leaving for Osaka in July 2025. It's a fairly long tour as described. Upon approaching Nara which was our first stop, our tour guides encouraged us to go see the temple in Nara. We paid extra to go see the temple along with 80% of the bus. Our guides said we have plenty of time to see the deer feed the deer etc, unfortunately it wasn't the case. We were left with 5-10 minutes only in Nara deer park which was extremely disappointing. We departed the tour at the first stop effectively paying $370 for a 1 hour bus trip. All my other tours in Japan were outstanding, unfortunately not this one.

The guide Amanda had no leadership and was unable to maintain a full group. Bus seating was arranged with assigned seats (she had a whole pdf of the map), yet she chose to enforce it for only some groups. As I was sitting, amanda made me get out because of where i was seated because of this map, yet then did not accommodate for me to sit in my assigned seat. She made my group separate, even though we were the first to be there upon this bus’s arrival. She was unable to be a leader and enforce the proper seat assignment map that she had on her phone, and let others experience hinder. She seemed to be scared of the older adults and perhaps she thought because we were younger, she didn’t have to accommodate the same respect and attention to us. Tour was of low quality, you are basically paying for the transportation to the spots and not an actual tour guide. Air conditioned vehicle is an overstatement, it was a stuffy bus with barely any air circulating.

This tour was a good way to see the major sites when you are limited on time We enjoyed everything! Our only disappointment was that our guide did not know that the monkey area closed at 4 so we went able to visit.

A perfect blend of culture and nature! Fushimi Inari’s endless red torii gates were breathtaking—go early to avoid crowds and enjoy the peaceful hike. Afterward, Nara Park was a fun and relaxing experience. Feeding the bowing deer and visiting Todai-ji’s giant Buddha were unforgettable highlights. Super easy to do both in one day from Kyoto!

The tour was amazing! There were so many places to explore and the views were amazing! One drawback would be that we can't spend enough time in each places, but this is perfect for newcomers who don't know where to visit. It's a perfect tour for first timers, and they can decide to revisit later to explore the locations on their own if needed. The tour guide, Mr.Gary was really polite and knowledgeable, and explained things very well. I am hoping to revisit the locations on my own at some point so I can spend more time in each place.

We booked Kyoto & Nara Day Tour: Golden Pavilion, Fushimi Inari & Deer Park, on the 05th April 2025. When we enter in the bus, we wanted to seat in the front. But the guide, called Panda, was very rude and told us we could not seat there. And if we seat, she would call the police. We also noticed she was drunked and smell alchool. After, she told everyone that they didn´t wait for no one, if people were delay. The problem here is that there were to many places in a short time. We had to run everytime we stopped. When we were in the Deer Park, the guide was doing parallel business, sellling food for deers. We thought that wasn´t a good example for the tour. She left two couples behind, because they didn´t arrive at time, to the bus. But in the first stop, she waited 15 minutes for another couple. Terrible experience, and we request a refund, and the company said nothing. It seems Japan is trying to be terrible in tours as America or Europe.

The guide was very rude at the beggining of the tour. I wanted to seat in the front, and she told me I couldn´t, and if I didn´t move the seat, she would call the police. It seems she was drunk, since she smelled like alchool. I booked an English Tour, and the lady didn´t speak well. We didn´t understand anything she told us. People were complaint about, not only because she was walking to fast, but also her stick for us to see her in the middle of the crowd, was always down. At the beggining, she left 2 people behind, because they were late, but after, during the tour, she was always waiting for late people. In the bus, instead of teaching us something Japan, she was talking about herself and scholl kids holidays. Terrible tour and a WASTE of money for us.

This day trip definitely was a check all the boxes tour. The guide used WhatsApp to communicate or confirm instructions and encouraged us to also send any additional questions this way

Highly recommended. Its just a best fit if you wanna enjoy in peacefull guide and fun ever lasting moments catchupppp. I would recommend to everybody here

I am upset, felt cheated and disappointed that trip to Arashiyama not included. They change it into trip to Kyoto (Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine) and Nara Park only without informed us at advance and SHOULD REDUCED THE PRICE! They cost me $114, where actual trip only cost around $79+ (other tour company). The local tour guide said that Arashiyama NOT included because starting April the government didn’t allow them extend time using the bus? Btw I bought the tour on April 5th. Their reason doesn’t make sense at all, and what worst is same trip offer still on viator website.

I loved being immersed in the bamboo forest in Kyoto and I appreciated the Fushimi Inari shrine despite the crowd. I fell in love in the deers and the big Buddha in Nara. A really good experience!