Mount Aso චාරිකා

This is our first time to explore Fukuoka and we have an amazing experience visiting Mount Aso, Kusasenri and the gorgeous Takachiho Gorge. We also like to thank our very experienced tour guide , Ada Wong for being so helpful and professional throughout the whole day tour. Will definitely check out Klook tour offers in our next family vacation trip. Cheers again Klook!!

We arrived early at the Kumamoto Station Shinkansen West Exit to meet up. Our tour guide, Sun Peng, came over to gather the group. Since we were carrying luggage and planning to leave the tour in Kurokawa, the guide proactively asked if we had already arranged our hotel pick-up and drop-off. Although we could have arranged it ourselves, he went ahead and did it for us. Since Kurokawa has multiple parking lots, as a tourist, it would have been difficult to clearly communicate the exact pick-up spot with the hotel. Thumbs up for the guide's thoughtfulness! It was a gorgeous sunny day, and every scenic spot made for great photos. As a tourist, the experience was fantastic. Guide Sun also helped take photos for everyone, kept the commentary along the way witty and humorous, took meticulous care of us, and reminded us in advance of important points to keep in mind during the sightseeing. This trip is a great one-day tour option, much more convenient than planning and executing it yourself, and I highly recommend it!

Jimmy was a great guide! It’s always enjoyable when you have a lead that is relaxed and can make a bus laugh/smile. My family and I enjoyed the day trip. The sights were beautiful and so worth it. Would totally recommend and if you are lucky to have Jimmy you’ll have an awesome time touring Fukuoka.

කුමමොටෝ වෙත මා පැමිණි පළමු අවස්ථාව මෙය වන අතර, Yin De Long මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා හමුවීමට ලැබීම වාසනාවකි! මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා ඉතා සැලකිලිමත් සහ වගකීම් සහගත විය. ඔහු සංචාරක ස්ථාන, ප්‍රවාහන ක්‍රම සහ කුඩා තොරතුරු පවා ඉතා ඉවසිලිවන්තව අපට පැහැදිලි කළේය. මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා අපට අතින් ලියන ලද සිතියම් පෙන්වූ ආකාරය මට හොඳින් මතකයි, එය අපට යා යුතු මාර්ගය වඩාත් පැහැදිලිව තේරුම් ගැනීමට උපකාරී විය. එය ඇත්තෙන්ම ඉතා කල්පනාකාරී විය 🥹 රියදුරු මහතාගේ රිය පැදවීමේ හැකියාව ද විශිෂ්ටයි 👍 මෙම සංචාරය අතරතුර වැසි, ස්ථාන අලුත්වැඩියා කිරීම් සහ Kusasenri හි මීදුම වැනි තත්වයන් ඇති වුවද, Yin De Long මාර්ගෝපදේශකයා අපට ඉවසිලිවන්තව උදව් කළ අතර අනපේක්ෂිත ගැටළු විසඳීමට ද සහාය විය. අනාගතයේදී කියුෂු වෙත පැමිණෙන විට ඕනෑම ප්‍රශ්නයක් ඇසීමට හැකි බව පැවසීම ගැන ඔබට බොහෝ ස්තූතියි. ඊළඟ වතාවේ කියුෂු වෙත පැමිණෙන විට ඔබේ සංචාරයට සහභාගී වීමට අවස්ථාවක් ලැබෙනු ඇතැයි මම බලාපොරොත්තු වෙමි!

Tour guide Ms. Kong was humorous, engaging, and very knowledgeable about local customs and traditions. The driver was extremely polite and friendly, and greeted every passenger each time we got off the bus! Everything has returned to normal following the Kumamoto earthquakes! Sightseeing and tourism are completely fine, there aren't many tourists, and the attractions are very pleasant to walk around. Joining a day tour when traveling independently allows you to visit many places that are inconvenient to reach by public transportation! The itinerary was Aso Kusasenri -> Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine -> Takachiho Torokko Train -> Takachiho Gorge stroll. The Takachiho Torokko Train requires an additional payment of 2,300 yen per person! The weather was still quite hot in late October, so everything was lush and green, but the local scenery was great to see! Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine was my absolute favorite—it has such an amazing atmosphere!

It was a wonderful schedule, but the weather~ ㅠㅠ It rained a lot. Still, it was okay to enjoy the scenery. It's a shame that the fog was so dense we couldn't see the grasslands of Kusasenri or the smoke from the Aso crater at all. The stairway leading up to Kamishikimi Kumanoimasu Shrine had a mystical atmosphere, and the scenery seen from the Amaterasu mini-train while wearing raincoats in the rain was nice, but... considering the high price, it was just so-so~~ Finally, Takachiho Gorge was truly wonderful. The scenery is breathtaking enough to make you exclaim. The forest path beside the gorge was great, and the espresso coffee at the cafe at the end of the path was also lovely. Our lovely Chinese guide explained things very diligently.. but since I couldn't understand Chinese, I managed to get the gist of it through Google simultaneous interpretation. She told us the meeting places and times in English and Chinese. It would have been nice if she spoke a little Korean, too. Still, thank you for guiding us so diligently~ I highly recommend the tour. (It would be even better to skip the train and give us more time at the shrine.)

The scenery was so breathtaking and had a mystical charm. I was worried at first because there were only two Koreans in our group, but our guide, Kong Yan, explained everything clearly in English even amidst the crowds and even sent translations via KakaoTalk, so everything went smoothly. We got to explore a variety of tourist spots in a well-organized itinerary, making it a truly fun and wonderful sightseeing experience!

I did the tour to see Takachiho Gorge and Aso Kusasenri, and I had a fantastic time. The tour was incredibly well-organized. Our guide, Sun, was knowledgeable and professional; he gave us great context about the area and guided us exceptionally well throughout the day. The gorge was beautiful, and the boat experience was so much fun. I also added the lunch package at the last minute and was really glad I did, because the food was delicious. We even got to see horses at Kusasenri, which was very cool. Overall, I highly recommend this tour!

The package was well-organized and great. The guide gave briefings in Chinese with brief explanations in English, so it wasn't hard to understand. I was so grateful that they took pictures for us along the way and took good care of us. In Japan, you wouldn't even cover transportation costs for this price. It is an amazing value for the money. We also tried milk ice cream, plain milk, yogurt, horse meat bowl, and Akaushi beef. Kurokawa Onsen is wonderful. Next time, I'd like to stay at a ryokan. Thank you, Mr. DELONG. I hope to see you again next time.