Full Day Guided Tour to Kyoto and Nara from Osaka by Van

Overview

Available languages

English

Mobile ticket

Ancient cities of Kyoto and Nara.

Walk the path of Fushimi Inari Shrine with 1,000 Torii gates lining the path to the top of the mountain. Walk in the old town of Gion. See the deers in Nara Park. Visit the great Buddha in Todai temple.

We at Explorer Tours provide comfortable small group tours with maximum 12 ppl per van. Our tour guides take you to each destinations. All entry tickets are included in our price. Unlike big bus tours, we provide personal touch for everyone.

• We do not supply any extra pick up & drop off service.

• Tour is not customizable.

• Customers will walk include stairs and hills in each places.

• Not recommended for travelers who can not walk long distance. This tour includes walking.

• Due to the weather and traffic conditions, time schedule might change.

• If you select, “I’ll decide later” for the meeting point, please message us on viator.

Additional Info

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Wheelchair accessible

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

All Fees and Taxes

Bottled water

WiFi on board

English Speaking Guide

Air-conditioned vehicle

Gratuity

For lunch, you will have free-time in a designated area where you can walk around and pick a lunch spot for you and your group.

What To Expect

Osaka

Meet your tour conductor either in Shinsaibashi or Umeda DT Tower, and board our comfortable, luxurious private vehicle and travel 1 hr from Osaka to Kyoto.

1 hour•Admission Not Applicable

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

Fushimi Inari Taisha, founded in the year 711 to worship the Shinto god of rice, Inari. Consistently listed as one of the most popular places in Japan. It is the most visited shrine in all of Japan. Over 2.5 million Japanese will visit the shrine during the first three days of the new year to pray for good luck, particularly in work and business. Join them and other tourists and locals climbing through the 1,000= torii gates that line the hillside and bask in over 1300 years of history.

1 hour•Admission Not Applicable

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Full Day Guided Tour to Kyoto and Nara from Osaka by Van

Reviews

4.84

190 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

167

Our guide, Taka, is very...
Yvonne C,
Jun 27, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Our guide, Taka, is very easy going and speaks english well. He steered us away from crowds whenever possible and gave us some great lunch recommendations! Tip: being bug spray for the trip to the shinto shrine, especially if you wish to hike through the bamboo forest! We stopped briefly in Gion for lunch. Not much time if you decide to grab lunch, so we were unable to do the geisha exhibit. Overall Highly recommended.
This tour is perfect to...
martin90,
Jun 24, 2025
- Viator
5.00
This tour is perfect to see all the spots if you are limited on time. I wish we had an extra 20-30 minutes at each stop, but other than that my family and I had a great experience. Takayuki was a fun tour guide.
Kyoto/Nara Tour
Bel S,
Jun 17, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Taka was a very amazing tour guide! It was a hot day that we did the tour, but he made sure we stayed hydrated. He was very knowledgeable and answered all questions we had regarding the spots we visited. We would definitely book with him again.
Comfortable trip
Devashena T,
Jun 11, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Good day trip. Starts late ,so ideal for first day after Landing in osaka. Comfortable vehicle. Andy was a good guide but we found it a bit difficult to understand his English. They had some good suggestions for lunch and he made sure everyone were Comfortable throughout the trip.
A Very Unique Tour
David T,
Jun 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00
Exceptional tour of the shrines and temple in Kyoto and Nara. Great way to experience some of Japanese history and culture. We walked the steps and participated in some of the rituals as if we were on a pilgrimage to these great sites.