Kyoto: Custom Private Tour with Your Own Guide

Kyoto, Japan
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Duration4h - 8h
Free cancellationFull refund up to 24 hours before
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TicketMobile or paper ticket accepted
LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

Explore Kyoto on a private tour shaped around your interests, with a guide who brings the history and culture of each place into focus.

Two examples of how your tour could take shape:

Kyoto Highlights: Visit Kyoto’s landmark temples, shrines, and historic streets on a route tailored to your interests.

Two Areas in Depth: Spend the morning in one area and the afternoon in another, taking time to explore their temples, gardens, and streets.

These are examples, not fixed itineraries or compulsory stops.

Options

Private Custom Tour (8 Hours)

Duration: 8 hours: A private 8-hour Kyoto tour with an English-speaking guide and a route tailored to your interests.

Private Custom Tour (4 Hours)

Duration: 4 hours: A private 4-hour Kyoto tour with an English-speaking guide and a route tailored to your interests.

What's included

  • Historical and cultural interpretation throughout the tour
  • Personalized itinerary planning based on your interests and pace
  • Private English-speaking guide
  • Admission fees at paid sites: typically ¥500–¥1,000 per adult per site, paid directly to each venue. The total depends on your itinerary.
  • Public transport and taxi fares, paid directly by guests to the transport provider on the day.
  • Food and drinks are paid separately by the guests.
  • Personal expenses and shopping

What to expect

  1. Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
    1h 15m
    Possible stop on your customized itinerary. Visit Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine with your guide to learn about its torii gates and shrine traditions.
  2. Kiyomizu-dera Temple
    1h · Admission ticket not included
    Possible stop on your customized itinerary. Visit Kiyomizu-dera Temple with your guide to learn about its history, architecture, and wooden stage.
  3. Kinkakuji Temple
    45m · Admission ticket not included
    Possible stop on your customized itinerary. Visit Kinkaku-ji Temple with your guide to learn about the pavilion’s history, architecture, and pond garden.
  4. Ryoan-ji Temple
    45m · Admission ticket not included
    Possible stop on your customized itinerary. Explore the dry landscape garden with your guide, looking at its stones, open space, walls, and surrounding architecture.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Your guide will meet you at the confirmed Kyoto Station meeting point. The exact location and guide details will be sent before the tour.

End point

Your tour ends at the final stop of your itinerary.

Pickup details

Meet your guide at your accommodation in Kyoto City or at Kyoto Station. We’ll confirm the meeting details with you before the tour. No vehicle pickup is provided.

Additional information

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • The tour is not uniformly wheelchair accessible because accessibility depends on the selected route. Many historic temples, gardens, and streets include steps, gravel, slopes, or uneven surfaces. Where practical, we can adapt the route for reduced mobility. Please tell us about wheelchairs, strollers, walking limitations, and required breaks before the tour.
  • Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a participant aged 18 or older. Infants count toward the maximum group size.

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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