Kyoto Early Bird Tour
Overview
Here we offer a luxurious tour that enables you to visit three of the most famous tourist attractions in Kyoto with fewer people in half a day till noon. After this tour there is time for you to spend on other activities.
This tour is a walking tour. Please remind that you'll take about 15, 000 steps through this tour.
Inclusions
- Guide fee
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-0882 Kyoto Prefecture
The beautiful tunnel of thousands of vermilion torii gates is so famous and picturesque. These torii gates are offered by worshippers in appreciation for the good fortune they received from the deity enshrined here. Why don’t you, too, offer a prayer and change your luck?
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kinkakuji Temple, 1 Kinkakujicho, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8361 Kyoto Prefecture
This famous Zen temple is an icon of Samurai culture. You enter this venerated temple right after it opens in the morning, when few people visit. At this hour it is possible to get a good look at the gilded building and its beautiful appearance reflected in the pond and to take pictures at your own pace.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Arashiyama, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 616-0007 Kyoto Prefecture
In the fresh early morning air, we walk through the renowned bamboo forest before the site gets busy. The beauty of the bamboo grove in the morning sun is exceptional. Let's stop and close our eyes. We can hear the bamboo trunks and leaves touch each other in the morning breeze and making sounds that heal our heart tenderly.
Duration: 1 hour
Additional information
- Infant seats available
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Stroller accessible
- Wheelchair accessible
- Accessible for those with limited eye sight
- Accessible for those with limited mobility
- Animals or pets allowed
- Infant seats unavailable
- Not recommended for people with heart conditions
- Not wheelchair accessible
- comfortable shoes for walking; quite a bit of walking required
- We recommend to wear masks in crowded buses or trains.
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Really enjoyed these top sights early in the day to avoid the crowds. I also liked exploring the city on public transportation like a local. Kazuo was very professional and knowledgeable.
Really enjoyed these top sights early in the day to avoid the crowds. I also liked exploring the city on public transportation like a local. Kazuo was very professional and knowledgeable.Naoko is a great guide. She is very knowledgeable, accommodating, and a wonderful human. Naoko went above and beyond to make our day special and even assisted my now fiancé in surprising me with a proposal in the Fushimi Inari Shrine. We ended the day feeling like Naoko is family. ❤️❤️❤️ We hig...
Naoko is a great guide. She is very knowledgeable, accommodating, and a wonderful human. Naoko went above and beyond to make our day special and even assisted my now fiancé in surprising me with a proposal in the Fushimi Inari Shrine. We ended the day feeling like Naoko is family. ❤️❤️❤️ We highly recommend booking with her.This tour took us by bus and train to 3 of Kyoto's iconic places. Tomako was very knowledgeable, friendly, experienced and considerate, finding for us the best vantage points and taking us aside to appreciate the deeper cultural aspects of Japan. It would best suit people who are active and fai...
This tour took us by bus and train to 3 of Kyoto's iconic places. Tomako was very knowledgeable, friendly, experienced and considerate, finding for us the best vantage points and taking us aside to appreciate the deeper cultural aspects of Japan. It would best suit people who are active and fairly fit, but the physical effort was appreciated by us. Unfortunately our visit coincided with Golden Week, so the crowds on public transport and at the locations was a slight setback.My tour guide Steven spent the time providing so much history of Japan. I'm a solo traveler and he was nice enough to take amazing pictures of me in front of all the sites we visited. I highly recommend this tour. We were lucky to avoid the crowds with with this tour.
My tour guide Steven spent the time providing so much history of Japan. I'm a solo traveler and he was nice enough to take amazing pictures of me in front of all the sites we visited. I highly recommend this tour. We were lucky to avoid the crowds with with this tour.Haru (tour guide) was one of the loveliest people we have ever met. He was extremely knowledgeable, having answers to all of our questions. Everything ran very smoothly and we genuinely had so much fun with our guide. We would highly recommend booking this tour. At first we booked it because we t...
Haru (tour guide) was one of the loveliest people we have ever met. He was extremely knowledgeable, having answers to all of our questions. Everything ran very smoothly and we genuinely had so much fun with our guide. We would highly recommend booking this tour. At first we booked it because we thought it would be interesting, it turned out to be one of our favourite days! (All thanks to Haru)Originally we were scheduled with a different tour operator, but something came up and the company was very prompt in letting us know of the change. It’s nice that the company communicated this. Anyways, we booked the 8am tour and had Saori as our tour guide. The meeting location was pretty easy ...
Originally we were scheduled with a different tour operator, but something came up and the company was very prompt in letting us know of the change. It’s nice that the company communicated this. Anyways, we booked the 8am tour and had Saori as our tour guide. The meeting location was pretty easy to find and we were able to start right on time. We had such a great time. Saori was warm and welcoming from the start and gave us a lot of interesting information about each location. She got us to each location at a reasonable time. I say this because we literally had to head back to Tokyo after the tour and we were able to make our train reservation on time. We inadvertently booked the tour during one of Japan’s busiest holidays-Golden Week and so we had to deal big crowds and had to squish ourselves into the bus, but it’s all apart of the experience! Overall, my husband and I enjoyed ourselves and I’m so glad we were able to squeeze in this tour with our schedule. Definitely have to see Kyoto for a longer length of time next time! Also, wear some comfortable walking shoes! You will be walking a lot!