【Kyoto & Nara Historical and Cultural Scenic Day Tour】Arashiyama Scenic Railway & Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine Senbon Torii & Nara Park & Togetsukyo Bridge & Bamboo Grove Path & Kimono Forest (Departing from Osaka or Kyoto)

A great and fun tour. Valerie was incredibly nice, informational, fun and helpful. The tour is really worth it. You can see all the spots with the tour which alone would take too much time and public transport (if you're not going with a car). It'd be a good idea to add 1 more hour for Arashiyama since there are a lot of things to see there. Further up the bamboo forest, there is an entrance to a big garden. The fee isn't too much and it's absolutely worth it cos you can spend so so much time exploring here since there are many paths to see and right at the beginning (or after you come back around to the entrance point again) there is a rest stop where you have free teas to try (hot and cold), matcha, cold water and calpis (a drink with lactic acid). You can sit there comfortably, have refills. That was a great experience and there aren't many people there so you can remove yourself from the noise and crowds.

Our tour guide, Sofia, was incredibly professional and wonderful. She was also very meticulous in explaining the characteristics of each attraction and the meeting times and locations. Most importantly, she was worried that everyone might forget after waking up, so she reminded us three times! 😂🤣 The Nara Arashiyama day trip was super fun, especially feeding the deer. I even learned a new Japanese phrase, "Nai" (meaning "nothing left"), so the deer wouldn't chase me around. Togetsukyo Bridge was beautiful, but the weather was incredibly hot. Luckily, it only started raining heavily halfway through our return trip; otherwise, we would have been soaking wet and wouldn't have enjoyed ourselves as much.

This was my first trip to Japan. My friend mentioned he really wanted to visit Nara to see the deer. We looked at many options and ultimately decided this tour group was the best fit, so we booked it. We chatted a lot with our guide on the bus; he recommended some great food and provided a lot of useful information. Throughout the trip, he was also very kind and informative with his explanations. It was a fantastic trip!

Scarlett’s communication was amazing, both before and during the tour. She was good natured and enthusiastic the whole trip. We had an amazing day. a great way to tick off lots of highlights early in our Kyoto adventure.

The day's tour happily concluded! Thank you to our wonderful guide and our cooperative fellow travelers from all over the world!

Jackson very knowledgable in the Japanese culture. Command of the English language is very clear. Keep up the good work!!!

If we knew more before we booked the trip to Japan. we wouldn't have booked this trip. The tour guide primarily spoke in Chinese too.