Ultimate Kyoto Arashiyama Tour: Bamboo, Monkeys, Zen Gardens & Gems

I’m an American mom traveling with my 16 & 13 year old sons and we had 48 hours in Kyoto and needed to make the most of our limited time. Teri was an amazing guide, friendly, funny and informative. The mix of stops and duration was perfect for teens and my husband. We met other English speaking travelers from around the globe too. I have traveled all over the globe and I don’t usually book tours, but I’m so glad I booked this for Kyoto, it kept us on track, and ending at the Monkey park was a perfect end to the day. The meeting point was easy to find and the pace was perfect! Highly recommend!

10/10 recommend this tour! it was our first time visiting Japan and loved how knowledgeable our tour guide was about Japan’s history and culture. She was so attentive in making sure the group was together and we took a few breaks in between this walking tour. I would suggest wearing comfortable shoes and layers you can easily take off if you get hot. The most challenging part was making it up to the top of the monkey park, but once you get up there its worth your journey! During the tour our guide took us to a local sake/food area where we could eat and enjoy some sake samples. After the tour was complete she made sure everyone was still together and that everyone knew how to get back to the train station or their next destination. We are so thankful for this wonderful experience!

We lucked out today and got a fantastic tour from Teri. She was so friendly and knowledgeable. We couldn’t have asked for a better tour guide. She got to know us a bit and we got to know her. Wonderful experience and highly recommend it to all! Nothing beats walking tours - fun even when it is a bit chilly outside.

Totally enjoyed this trip to Arashiyama. Great experience with our guide Mr Aron who was friendly and knowledgeable. This is a very well planned itinerary and Aron's skills to make this your memorable one by giving attention to details plus accomodating and caring for each of the tour member was excellent.Highly recommend this tour when you are in Japan!

Amazing experience! Our guide Aaron was funny and super knowledgeable.

We really enjoyed our excursion our guide was very knowledgeable and even taught us a trick on how to take a ground to sky picture using our phone. It was definitely worth having a guide showing us all the different sights.

my husband and I had a great time with our tour to the bamboo forest and the Monkey park thanks to our amazing tour guide Janel. Our tour guide Janel was very professional, funny, and very knowledgeable about history and the community. 10/10 experiences and we would recommend to our friends and family when they visit to come do a tour.

our guide was really helpful she took us to the best spots and was great on time. we had a lovely day and it made our trip. her name was Marie

Mary was an amazing guide and we had a wonderful time. She takes the BEST pictures and knows all the best spots to get photos. We loved this tour!

Our guide Mari was very knowledgeable and informative. She reached out on WhatsApp before the tour began to make funding each other easy, took photos for us, and took care of every detail down to making sure we got on the right train at the end.