Kurama Hot Spring tours

I had an amazing Kyoto day trip visiting Arashiyama, Sanzen Garden, and Kifune Shrine. In Arashiyama, I rode a rickshaw and took beautiful photos in the bamboo forest. Sanzen Garden was a favorite for its quiet, calming atmosphere, and at Kifune Shrine I enjoyed trying the paper water fortune. Our guide and driver, Nick Lee, spoke excellent English and shared great background stories about each place, which made the experience even more meaningful. Highly recommended!

Private tour on a rainy day. The driver，康夫 also acted as a tour guide has been kind enough to pick us up at and deliver us to more convenient location from our stay. He did his best to send us the introduction information for each location we are going to visit. He prepared plenty of umbrellas for us to use free. Would be a better experience if the weather improves. Would join the tour again for another season.

We really enjoyed this tour so much. We were able to visit many different temples and shrines in Kyoto and learn about their legends and significance. Our tour guide explained the history of each temple and shrine clearly in English, which made the experience even more meaningful. I would love to come back and join another tour here in Japan. Thank you!

I believe this trip route isn't very popular, but we booked it anyway since we couldn't find any other Klook tour for Kifune Shrine on such short notice. All the locations were beautiful. Our driver, Toshiya, was very accommodating with all of our requests. He even left his car to help us find our train to the airport at Kyoto Station.

Recommend this itinerary! The scenery of Arashiyama, Sagano, Bamboo Forest Trail, and Arashiyama Park is beautiful, and the surrounding cherry blossoms 🌸 are also in full bloom 😃! It was a weekend, so there were a lot of people, and there were bearers nearby. You could go boating on the lake, and there was also a small footbath. Fortunately, we had booked the small train tickets. The tour guide Minako carefully told us that the even-numbered seats have better views. She also took into account whether our seats would be facing uphill or facing up, and she also arranged for us to exchange seats on the return trip early in the morning, which made everyone happy. All have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful scenery. Moreover, she also sent us relevant maps with the key sights to see, and also accompanied the group members to introduce the scenic spots (because I will participate in other klook Japan day tours later, some tour guides will only stay on the tour bus and will not go in to introduce the scenic spots) . I feel that her service is considerate and dedicated, and she often offers to take photos for me (because I am a lone ranger this time). This group departs from Osaka and Kyoto. In addition, there is Sanzen-in (not many trips to visit, but it is quite peaceful to enjoy tea there), so the time schedule is quite sufficient.

Kyoto Sanzen-in and Rurikoin Temple are truly worth the trip. It's a complete ocean of green, adding a touch of coolness to the hot summer. Kifune Shrine is like "living in a fairyland, without the noise of carriages and horses"... with cool flowing water beneath your feet, enjoy the comfort. Every moment carries the coolness of the mountains, even the breeze is filled with the sweetness of the stream. Very good, I am very satisfied, thank you to the guide for the enthusiastic service~

Our guide Xiao Gao is very friendly and helpful. We feel taken care of. The itinerary was more relaxed (as compared to other tours) and there was more time to explore each place. We loved the pace of this tour! Xiao gao also recommended local places to eat, we thank him for his thoughtfulness. Highly recommended.

The ride was late due to the passengers before us were late. It was our driver 孟凡哲 first time visiting the locations. There was no guide or introduction for the locations.