In the morning, meet your guides in the foyer of the Royal Park Sanjo Hotel Kyoto at 9 a.m. The first top of the adventure is one of the city’s most iconic sites: the Fushimi Inari Shrine. Walking through its thousands of vivid orange torii gates is a mesmerizing experience, as the tunnel-like path winds through the forest and up the hillside. The walk is both visually stunning and deeply spiritual, culminating in sweeping views of Kyoto from the summit. Afterward, we enjoy lunch at a local restaurant featuring traditional Japanese cuisine. Returning to The Royal Park Hotel Kyoto Sanjo, there’s time to relax before our special afternoon experience—a Japanese tea ceremony. Dressed in exquisite kimonos (with hair styling for women), we learn the graceful art of tea preparation, a practice that fosters mindfulness and simplicity. This cultural highlight concludes with a group dinner at a local restaurant, accompanied by wine.
Meals: Lunch, dinner
Hiking: 6 km (3.7 mi), 3 hours
Terrain: Stone paths, forest trails, hillside stairways
Accommodation: The Royal Park Hotel Kyoto Sanjo









































Excellent tour. I loved the variety of accommodation options from the old traditional Roykans to the more modern upmarket. The food was excellent albeit in some instances more than I could comfortably eat! Have the numerous onsen experiences was wonderful particularly after our days walk. Our guides Quinlan and Kiyomi were so lovely and complimented each other when explaining the cultural/historic significance of walks each day. A pretty dynamic duo I must say! So friendly and helpful. Both are extremely knowledgeable and it was lovely to hear from both of them. I found the information video covering the Mt Ontake earthquake was excellent. Something I wasn’t really aware of, I think it’s so important to understand these things. The pace of the tour was really good and I loved having time at the end of the day to relax and enjoy the onsens at our various accommodation. I would definitely recommend this tour to my friends.