Mt. Rokko to Arima Onsen trekking tour
Mt. Rokko which stands just behind Kobe city is one of most popular trekking areas for locals! Despite being so close to the city, the trails are full of nature and show varieties of the landscape. We go up rocky hills, cross the waterfall and rivers. After going over steeper ascent, there are superb panoramic view of Kobe and Osaka which is said to be worth 10M dollars! Then we finish our trip at one of the oldest spa areas Arima Onsen.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Osaka
At your hotel in Osaka
Picked up by guide
Hakyu Ashiyagawa st.
Get off the train and start to walk
Kazafuki iwa view point
A rocky peak with panoramic view
Honjo-bashi
A short break before last ascent
Mt. Rokko highest point
End of trail: Arima Onsen
Finish walking at Arima Onsen. (Spa is optional)
At your hotel in Osaka
End of tour
Ending Point
At your hotel in Osaka
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Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee, guide's transportation to your hotel
- Customer & guide's transportation cost from the hotel and during the tour
- Lunch or other diets, cost for guide if it happens
- Insurances
Tour Important Information
The customer has to have good physical ability in good condition.
Required to carry rain jacket and pants, trekking shoes, enough drinking water (min. 1L) and foods.
Customer will be consulted with the guide prior to the tour, but in case if the guide considers that any of the customer is not well prepaired for the tour, the guide may reject the personel to participate to the tour due to the safety reasons.
Tour may be cancelled in case of bad weather
Important message from the supplier
Beside above information, actual availability depends on the situaion of other bookings and reservations. So at each time the customers are recommended tosend inquiry before booking.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
About Tour Guide Tomoya H.
Looking for trekking guide? It's me! I was born in Osaka, and grown up under nature loving parent, and spent a lot of time on hiking, fishing, camping and skiing in my youth.
I have been guiding trekkers from north to south Japan, as well as oversea trails. Even when I'm not at work, enjoy trekking trails in Rokko area which is just by the door.
I'm a JMGA (Japan Mountaineering Guides Association) certificated Trekking Guide (stage II), and you'll be enjoying the trail without any issues and worries with me.
Reviews
Tom H.
“Amazing Guide Services!!”
I can't recommend Tomo any higher, he's a 10 out of 10!! We learned all about the Japanese culture as Tomo guided us up the sacred shrine. He truly is a amazing guide, hes very fluent in English and was teaching us Japanese on the way. We feel honored that we were allowed to experience this Japanese culture, we will never forget it
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Tomoya H.
Thank you Tom! That was my pleasure to guide you as well as introduce Japanese cultural history. I hope you enjoyed it, and hope to see you again soon! Tomo
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Gigi W.
“Kyoto tour”
Our tour guide in Japan, Tomo-san, was absolutely wonderful, knowledgeable, so nice, kind, and genuinely helpful. He really knew his stuff and shared so many interesting stories and facts that made everything come alive. What stood out the most was how thoughtful and patient he was, always making sure we were comfortable and enjoying ourselves. It felt like we were exploring Japan with a friend.
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Tomoya H.
Gigi, It was so amazing to see you and your brilliant boys, and it is my great honor to take you to the places I love. But this is just an entrance. I hope we will be touring again next spring to hunt Japanese Sakura cherry blossom in full bloom! Thank you so much!
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Robert L.
“A fishing trip to remember...”
Thanks to Tomo my interest in going fishing in the mountains in Japan came true. Thankfully the autumn colours were on show surrounding the fishing location which was a bonus as we had not seen much colour during our tour of Japan. Tomo was a great help in arranging the entry to the fishing ponds and after we had caught enough then arranging for the fish to be prepared three ways for lunch, which was very delicious. Tomo has excellent English language skills, and is someone who is very easy to chat with, which made for a very enjoyable day. In terms of the overall day, I didn't plan enough after the fishing to get full use of the time available, although a detour to a shopping centre on the way back did allow us to stock up on packaged food items to bring back as treats. Overall, we were very happy that we had Tomo as our guide and the trout fishing and it's setting were very memorable. Whilst Tomo's passion is the outdoors (of which Japan has truly exceptional tracts of it), I would strongly recommend him as a guide for a range of tour options. Thank you Tomoe for a memorable day.
$269/ per group
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