Kyoto & Nara Tour: Custom Private Car Experience

Explore Kyoto and Nara’s iconic sites with a private tour. Discover Kinkakuji, Fushimi Inari, and Todaiji with expert guides and seamless transport.

Duration: 10 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Forest - The Arashiyama Bamboo Forest is one of Kyoto’s most iconic natural attractions. A short walking path meanders through towering bamboo stalks, offering a serene and atmospheric experience. The gentle rustling of the wind through the bamboo provides a peaceful retreat from the city.
  • Kinkakuji Temple - Kinkakuji Temple…
What's Included
  • Fuel, tolls, and parking fees
  • Private transportation (luxury 6 or 9 seats van)
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • Air-conditioned vehicle with WiFi
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees
  • Entrance fees
Additional Information

Full-Day Customizable Private Car Tour in Kyoto & Nara
Experience the beauty of Kyoto and Nara with a fully customizable private car tour, perfect for those who value comfort and flexibility. Create your own itinerary and explore at your leisure with a private driver, with the option to include a professional guide for enhanced local knowledge.
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Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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King
Oct 15, 2025
A wonderful and perfect day - We had an incredible day exploring Kyoto and Nara with this private car service! Our driver spoke excellent English, was super friendly, and made the whole trip easy and comfortable. The car was clean, spacious, and perfect for our family. We visited the Bamboo Forest, Kinkaku-ji, Fushimi Inari Shrine, Nara Park, and Todai-ji — every spot was beautiful and peaceful. The driver even shared interesting stories about each place and helped us take great photos! It was one of the best days of our Japan trip. Highly recommend this service to anyone visiting Kyoto or Nara totally worth it!
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Gregory_g
Apr 14, 2025
Great way to get around... - Great way to get around to see 5-6 of most popular sights in Kyoto. Guide was great, was flexible to get coffee, great recommendation on lunch, and modified order of sights to avoid traffic.
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Gary_m
Nov 17, 2024
Kyoto, where it all began! - Gao was a great guide and driver. She was ontime, assisted us with all we needed and took us to some great places, even allowed us a diversion for a Starbucks. Gao drove safely and we would recoomend her to anyone thinking of these tours. Nara was a standout along with the Inari shrine and Bamboo forest. If you come to Kyoto, do this tour.
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Brooke_f
Oct 7, 2024
Great day - My husband and I had a great day and our host Mia was lovely, patient and very informative and helpful. Mia even took some great photos of us on my phone. The car was comfortable and definitely appreciated the air conditioning after coming back from each of the stops as it was a very hot day.
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Neil_v
Nov 14, 2024
Couple of outstanding attractions - Good tour to take in a good sampling of famous temples and places and gardens in Kyoto and environs, if you have not cherry picked already on your Kyoto stay. Mt Hikari temple and trek is a must. Nara, the last stop is entirely disappointing with only a park in the center of tiwn with a lot of cute deer used to being ‘pet fed’ by tourists. Insist that English speaking driver does speak English. Ours hardly spoke any and even with Google translate it was a struggle. Be aware Nara is also very spotty on wifi and lowbon parking, coordinating pickups by the driver can be a nightmare..we had to escalate to the Tour company office to be picked up. Viator handoff on independent tour operators is a problem..they keep using the home country contact versus the local telephone number even after both parties are provided local numbers in advance of tour date.. consistent problem with Viator and independent operators not syncing, unless you are keeping home country phone numbers active during yoyr trip.
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Karen_b
Apr 4, 2025
A Disappointing Day - The description of this tour states that the professional guide will share with you the culture and stories of what you will see. Our driver spoke very limited English and provided no guidance or knowledge of anything we saw. She was very nice and a good driver but that is all she was. Based on the description of what the tour was supposed to entail, we did not get what was promised. In looking at the other 3 published reviews, I see the same thing happened with another customer. If you want a guide, you need to make sure they provide you with one. This was a very disappointing day.
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From $412 (Per Group)
up to 15 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).