Best of Kyoto and Beyond Tour

9 Days/7 Nights

Tour Inclusions

The full-time services of a Samurai Tours guide.

Local, licensed, English-speaking, Japanese guides where indicated in the itinerary detail.

Travel Select Travel Insurance Policy from Travelex, one of the world's largest travel insurance providers. (The insurance provided by Samurai Tours will cover the land portion only. Insurance to cover airfare is the tour member's responsibility.)

Download a PDF of the Travelex Travel Select Brochure

The provided insurance coverage includes:

  • Trip Cancellation (up to trip cost)
  • Trip Interruption (up to 150% of trip cost)
  • Trip Delay/Missed Connection (up to $750)
  • Medical Expense (up to $50,000)
  • Medical Evacuation/Repatriation (up to $500,000)
  • Lost or Stolen Baggage (up to $1,000)
  • Baggage Delay (up to $250)
  • Coverage for financial default of tour operator
  • A waiver of any pre-existing medical conditions that could eventually cause you to interrupt your trip

Transfers to and from Osaka's Kansai Airport or Osaka's Itami Airport.

Meeting service at Osaka's Kansai airport or Osaka's Itami Airport and sending service to the Kyoto Train Station. (The meeting service will meet you at the airport and escort you to the ryokan in Kyoto. The sending service will escort you to the Kyoto train station and make sure you board the correct train. The sending service will not accompany you to the airport. For those requiring meeting or sending services on other than the scheduled arrival/departure dates, there will be a $100 fee for the meeting service from the airport into Kyoto or the sending service to the Kyoto Train Station.)

Lodging for seven nights in Japanese-style ryokans

Meals

  • Japanese-style or Western-style breakfast every morning.
    (Please Note: Some ryokans offer Japanese breakfasts only.)
  • Five Japanese-style lunches
  • One Japanese-style dinner

The appropriate amount of free time to follow your wanderlust and discover your own personal Japan.

All transportation costs when traveling with the group. (Transportation costs during scheduled free times are the tour member's responsibility.)

Admission fees to the following destinations and activities (itinerary specifics subject to change):

  • Kyoto
    • Ryoan-ji
    • Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
    • Nijo Castle and Garden
    • Shisen-en Garden
    • Imperial Palace
    • Nishikikoji Open Air Market
    • Higashiyama District
    • Sannen-zaka
    • Ninen-zaka
    • Yasaka Shrine
    • Authentic Tea Ceremony
    • Gion Geisha District
    • "Meet a Maiko" Session
  • Osaka
    • Osaka Castle
  • Fushimi
    • Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum
    • Fushimi-inari Shrine
  • Arashiyama
    • Arashiyama Bamboo Garden
    • Tenryu-ji
    • Shojin-ryori (Buddhist Vegetarian) Lunch
    • Saiho-ji (Moss Temple) Garden
  • Nara
    • Kasuga Shrine
    • Nara Park
    • Todai-ji (Great Buddha)

Sayonara dinner at the end of the tour

Each tour member receives a tour handbook. This handbook is full of tips and suggestions taken from our Japan travel experiences that allow you to better plan and prepare for your trip, and therefore enjoy your trip even more. The tips and suggestions included cover everything from how to save while exchanging money, what to pack, some basic Japanese-language tips, general etiquette do's-and-don'ts, ryokan customs, etc.

Exclusions

Airfare is NOT included

Alcoholic beverages are NOT included - except at the dinner the first evening and the sayonara dinner