All Nara Tours & Excursions in 2026 - page 6

We had a great time with Sho our tour guide. It was a very laid back and comfortable experience. Nara gets crowded with tourists but having a private experience helps with understanding more of the area and what locations we are seeing. Sho was fun to talk with and kept things moving for us at a good and relaxed pace. We had a nice lunch at a favorite restaurant of his that we really enjoyed. Appreciated the view from the mountain top overlooking Nara to finish the day. Deer were up there too and the experience was more intimate compared to at deer park. Thank you Sho!!

We booked the private 1/2 day tour Yuuki was an incredible guide! We immediately felt a great rapport with her and her British accent was superb for an American couple. We spent 5 hours with her seeing the sights of Nara. Not only was she able to answer every question we posed( we were both history majors) she translated everything we asked her to Lunch was exceptional and she guided me to the perfect souvenir shop which had exactly what I had been looking for all over Japan for the past week Had the deer food in her bag the entire time so fed the deer throughout the day Would be the perfect guide for any primary English speaking tour esp with teens Caveat— blond hair and piercings, which reminded me of my kids at home. Not the guide for anyone who would be uncomfortable with that appearance. She was brilliant and recommend her enthusiastically I consider this tour to be “easy” in degree, but there are quite a few stairs and some uphill walking. Saw many families with strollers but no wheelchairs

We had the pleasure of having Aki as our tour guide. Aki was super knowledgable and made our tour very enjoyable, she was also very helpful with taking photos whenever. Aki seemed to always have an answer for the questions that we had, and she also paid for me and my tours transportation back to the station out of her pocket post tour, and offered recommendations to other parts of Japan. Through and through a 5 star guide. Overall I would really recommend this trip to anyone looking to experience Nara.