Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.com2-Day Mt Fuji, Hakone and Bullet Train Tour from Tokyo
based on 25 reviews
Duration: 2 days (approx.)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Product code: 2142TYO_F810_F860
25 reviews of 2-Day Mt Fuji, Hakone and Bullet Train Tour from Tokyo
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The pickup was very badly organised. There were too many people for the coach, so the emergency extra seating had to be used. Not at all satisfactory when you are 6 feet 4 inches tall as my son is. It was very wrong that the two front seats were reserved for the tour guides!! I was very disappointed that we could not change our bullet train tickets. The time given was too late for us as we had to be in Kyoto on the Tuesday evening. We therefore had to forfeit our tickets and buy new ones, which was very expensive. Our tour guide was very helpful and tried to get them changed for us or to get them transfered to the Monday evening as two people on our tour would have liked to go back to Tokyo by train, but this wasn't possible either. As the bullet train goes both ways, it would be a good option to offer. We enjoyed the tour very much. Our guide was excellent. Thank you.
Reviewed by: Barbara S, United Kingdom, November 2007
I really enjoyed the trip even though the weather did not cooperate and we never really saw Mt. Fuji. It was fun to play in the snow and the guide was great.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, April 2007
Everything was good except for the waiting for others in the group to arrive.
Reviewed by: Tim L, United States of America, January 2007
The tour was well organized and very informative. Our guide was knowledgeable of the area and offered great suggestions for activities. The only downside was the hotel and overnight stay. While the view was fabulous, the hotel itself was run down. It felt very Motel 6ish, with worn furnishings and 80's appliances. Also, additional information for the free day should have been available, such as a bus schedule that allowed the Hakone free pass. Considering the cost of the tour, I had higher expectations for these two things. This tour is highly recommended to the traveler who wants a quick introduction to the area and is on a time limit. If the hotel was of higher quality for the money and more information was provided for the free day, this tour could be stellar.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, June 2009
Don't go on a cloudy day. The tour was a lot of bus riding, and not a lot of seeing anything. The second day is on your own, they give you a bunch of maps and a suggested route. Getting to the train station was a hassle at the end of the second day.
Reviewed by: Amber G, United States of America, June 2009
Everything is in a rush! From boarding the bus to resort, after which it's our own time. Not bad for the lunch though. Seems like it was only half a day to Mt Fuji, so not really considered a tour as we ventured the other 1.5 days ourselves. Good thing was we had a free pass to ride almost all transport.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Singapore, November 2008
It was over an hour trip from the hotel pick-up to tour bus at the station. The ride itself was comfortable. The guide was friendly and generally competent, although he gave a wrong instruction during the cable car ride, and lost 13 of the tour group in the process. By a stroke of luck, the group we were in was not lost only because the cable car warden insisted we had to get out of the carriage at one point. Lunch was very poor and forgettable as the food appeared to have been cooked hours before and were stale and cold. The tour during the day was enjoyable although very rushed and we hardly had any time to do much else, understandably perhaps. Accommodation at Hakone was comfortable, although the hotel staff at the reception were not the most friendliest we have seen. One lady was in fact impatient and rude. Otherwise, we had a good time at the onsen and enjoyed our walk at the hotel's garden, which was beautiful. The tour guide gave us no clue as to what to do with the free Hakone pass the next day, so we were very much left to fend for ourselves. In the end, we decided on visiting the glass museum, which turned out to be the correct choice. Overall, it was a pleasant trip, and Hakone is beautiful and well worth the trip.
Reviewed by: Erikson T, Singapore, November 2008
Day one of the trip was great. Pick up was well organized, we got to see Mt Fuji, and the tour guide was good! However, I'd strongly suggest skipping the two day tour and just do the one day tour instead. At the end of the first day, we were literally dumped in our hotel. We were pretty much left to fend for ourselves. There's nothing much to do there at night, so we ended up eating an overpriced dinner and went to bed at 8:00 p.m. For the second day, it was supposed to be "explore Hakone on your own" with the Hakone free pass. Note that the pass is hardly free, it's just a discounted pass which allows you to visit some places of interest in Hakone, which unfortunately were not very interesting at all. Plus, getting around was going to be a hassle. The worst part is that we were automatically booked on the 6:00 p.m. bullet train back to Tokyo, which meant that we were going to be stuck in Hakone for almost the entire day. So, in spite of what our tour guide told us, that our tickets were not valid for any earlier train service, we just made our way to the train station early the next day and somehow found our own way back to Tokyo!
Reviewed by: Alex L, Singapore, June 2008
The trip was from 7.55am to 4.30pm, practically 8 1/2 hours, only not a 2-day tour. We were without a tour guide on the 2nd day return. You dumped us at the hotel after the 8 1/2 hours tour, especially when we are totally strangers in the city and had to take 3 different buses and 2 different trains to return without our guide. Besides that, my husband had hard time walking after his foot surgery. But your guide Harry was an excellent tour guide. If this was to cut down your expenses, we could have easily paid extra money. I will not repeat such inconsiderate tour program again nor recommend to our friends.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United States of America, November 2008
There is no assistance in the return trip which is very arduous. Lugging a suitcase even a small one on to at least 3 different buses before getting to the train station. Also I do NOT recommend the hotel in Hakone, a very old property that is seedy. The cable car station is very old and has had no upkeep. The steel girders are covered in rust.
Reviewed by: Arlene M, United States of America, October 2008
