Private and Personalized Tours in Kyoto: Exploring Top Attractions with Expert Guides

Experience the best of Kyoto with private and personalized tours led by expert guides. Explore top attractions and immerse yourself in Japanese history and culture. Book your unforgettable Kyoto experience now!

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kinkakuji Temple - The famous Golden Pavilion (this is a suggested site).
  • Kiyomizu-dera - One of the best known wooden temples in Kyoto with a spectacular panoramic view over the city (this is a suggested site).
  • Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - Unending path of vibrant orange torii gates (this is a suggested site).
  • **Sannenzaka…
What's Included
  • Expert guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance tickets
  • Transportation
Additional Information

We are a dedicated team specializing in private and personalized walking tours in Kyoto. Our goal is to help customers make the most of their valuable time in Kyoto by offering uniquely designed walking tours that cover the city’s top attractions.
When planning a trip, it’s important to consider your goals and preferences. We are eager to learn about…

Location
Kinkakuji Temple
1 Kinkakujicho, Kita-ku,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Lindabh7830gt
May 19, 2025
Kyoto Daily Tours /Kyoto, Osaka & Tokyo Tours - Tania was our Tokyo guide. Laura was our Kyoto guide. Both were amazing and went above and beyond to make sure we had the best possible experiences. I highly recommended Michael and his team of experts. Michael, the operations behind Kyoto Daily Tours was very responsive and has superior understanding and communication skills! You won't go wrong! Book here and know that you are going to get the most from your trip!
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Carol_p
May 19, 2025
Great day! - Paco showed us some unique out-of-the-way sites that we loved. We would highly recommend him and this tour company.
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G6115yfalejandrom
May 17, 2025
A great day in Kyoto and Nara. - The tour was really enjoying and move with our guide Paco. He knew the history and details of the different places that we visited. I recommend him for your next trip in the City.
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Sansregret
May 16, 2025
Great Day Trip! - We did a day long tour with Kyoto Daily Tours, and our excellent guide Tad. Tad was very knowledgeable about every site that we went to. From the beginning when we booked our tour I heard back from Tad and he always answered my questions ahead of our travel right away. He sent an itinerary suggesting sites and was very flexible to amending the list several times after we were able to secure tickets to Katsura Imperal Villa and the Moss Temple. We even changed on the day of to substitute Hanari Garden from another site after our hotel staff highly recommended the Garden. Tad was great at taking photos of us and put together "a movie" of our adventure. He had a great suggestion for lunch and while we waited for our food he showed us how to make origami frogs as chopstick holders. Tad is very polite, respectful and helpful. Our entire family had a wonderful time spending the day with him and getting to know Kyoto.
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Dianaca1222kk
May 12, 2025
Kyoto with Milo - Milo was an amazing guide. Incredibly knowledgeable about not only Kyoto but history and culture. He guided us through less common areas avoiding the large tourist crowds. We highly recommend Milo.
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Vilhelms2025
May 7, 2025
Wonderful morning talking tour - Our guide Laura provided a wonderful early morning walking tour around Gion and Kiyomizu. She is an excellent storyteller and holds an impressive knowledge of both historic and contemporary Japan. We're really thankful to Michael at Kyoto Daily Tours for arranging this at the very last minute in the hight of the Sakura season.
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318jesusc
May 1, 2025
Great way to know Kyoto and nearby cities (Laura was exceptionally good) - We spent 6 days in Kyoto and booked a tour for all days including visiting Osaka, Nara, Miyajima and Hiroshima. Our tour guide was Laura, she was outstanding. A highly educated person, organized, fluent in Japanese, Spanish and English
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Gennkisses
Apr 30, 2025
Unforgettable Kyoto Day Tour with Adria!!! - Our family of four had the most amazing day in Kyoto. Thanks to Adria, who made our trip truly unforgettable! From the moment we met him at our local train station, his vibrant, friendly, and knowledgeable personality made us feel like we’d known him for years. Adria took us to all the major attractions we wanted to see and even surprised us with a few hidden gems along the way. One of our favorite moments was enjoying a delicious, informal street food lunch in a peaceful local park surrounded by cherry blossoms - it was the perfect local experience!!! He also introduced us to Kyoto’s public transportation like buses, trams, local trains, and even a cab ride, giving us a real feel for daily life in Japan. And because he noticed that we were “fast walkers” and could tell we were a well-traveled family (his words, not ours :-D ), he surprised us by squeezing in one more town we had hoped to visit since we had a bit of extra time. It was such a thoughtful and fun bonus!!! It was a full day that flew by way too fast because we enjoyed every moment of it - the sites, the food, the stories, and most of all, Adria’s wonderful company. We highly recommend him to anyone visiting Kyoto!!!
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Virgilio_s
May 23, 2025
There isn't enough time... - There isn't enough time to cover all the places mentioned in the itinerary which took away the satisfaction of a good tour.
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Cherie_c
May 15, 2025
Nice, but not much substance and not a local guide - Our guide, Paco, was a nice graduate student from Spain, but we really didn't learn a lot about the places we saw. He had a fairly thick thick english accent which made it a little hard to understand. It was a very rainy day, which made it little hard to enjoy. We were really hoping for someone who was more of a true local who could give us more in depth information what we were seeing and give us more fun facts. We felt like we could have gone to these places ourselves.
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From $473 (Per Group)
up to 6 guests
1 - Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).