Golden Route 3-Day: Tokyo, Mount Fuji, Kyoto & Nara by Van
ID: GYG1496181-2290605
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Pays: Japon
Durée du projet:
3 jours
Description
The classic Japan route done privately: Mount Fuji and a lake morning, the temples and lanes of Kyoto, and the great bronze Buddha and deer of Nara, in your own van with your luggage.
This is the route almost every first-time visitor wants, and the one that is hardest to do with suitcases, train changes and a family. We do it in one van, with the same driver-guide for three days, so nobody carries a bag onto a platform.
DAY 1 is Mount Fuji. We leave Tokyo early for the lakes on the north side, where the mountain is at its best in the morning. Lake Kawaguchi, the pagoda viewpoint if the sky is clear, a shrine in the cedar forest at the mountain's foot, and the Fifth Station road when it is open (the road toll is included in your price). Then we drive west and you check into the hotel you booked in Kyoto.
DAY 2 is Kyoto. We begin before the crowds at Fushimi Inari, where the vermilion gates climb the hill, then Kiyomizu-dera and the stone lanes below it, the Gion district, and the bamboo grove at Arashiyama. Your guide chooses the order on the day, because in Kyoto the order is the whole difference between a good day and a queue.
DAY 3 is Nara and the road home. The Great Buddha at Todai-ji is fifteen metres of bronze cast in the eighth century and it still surprises people. The deer in the park bow for biscuits. We walk the old Naramachi merchant lanes, eat lunch, and then drive back to Tokyo, arriving in the evening.
This is a private tour. Only your group, in your own vehicle, for three days.
If a temple is closed for a ceremony or the mountain road is shut by weather, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed. The choice is yours: only if you prefer, we give you an equivalent stop instead.
Faits saillants
- Mount Fuji from the lakes in the morning, when the cloud is lowest
- Fushimi Inari early, before the gate path fills with people
- Kiyomizu-dera, Gion and the Arashiyama bamboo grove
- The Great Buddha of Nara and the bowing deer
- One van and one driver-guide for three days, no trains with luggage
Langues
INFORMATION IMPORTANTE
ACCOMMODATION IS NOT INCLUDED. You book your own hotels for the two nights. We will tell you before the tour which area to book in so the mornings work, and we can suggest places.
TEMPLE AND SHRINE ENTRY FEES ON THE ITINERARY ARE INCLUDED. Fushimi Inari is free to enter.
Day 1 and day 3 include long drives. Day 3 ends back in Tokyo in the evening.
Food and drinks are not included. Your guide will translate menus and take you somewhere real.
There is a lot of walking, with slopes and steps in Kyoto. Wear comfortable shoes.
Mount Fuji is often behind cloud. We go to the best viewpoint for that day's sky, but nobody can promise a clear mountain.
If a core stop is closed, you can take a full refund of your booking, guaranteed, or choose an equivalent alternative if you prefer.
INCLUS
- Private van and English-speaking driver-guide for three full days
- All fuel, expressway tolls and parking
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Tokyo
- Temple and shrine entry fees on the itinerary, including Kiyomizu-dera and Todai-ji
- Guided walking in Kyoto and Nara
- All driver costs including two nights away
NON INCLUS
- Hotel accommodation for the two nights, which you book yourself
- All food and drinks
- Optional extras you choose yourself, such as ropeways or rickshaws
- Gratuities, which are never expected in Japan
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Annulations
Cette excursion peut être annulée sans frais jusqu'à : heures d'annulation avant le début du voyage. Si vous l'annulez après les heures d'annulation ou si vous ne vous présentez pas à l'excursion, le prix total de l'activité vous sera toujours facturé. Tout retard à la prise en charge ou au départ sera considéré comme un retard.
