Duration
About 10 hours, hotel to hotel
Tokyo · experience
Private Mt Fuji & Hakone day tour
A private car and English-speaking driver-guide for the day, with a flexible route around Mt Fuji and Hakone built to the weather and your group’s interests.
About 10 hours, hotel to hotelPrivate vehicle, up to 5 guests, fully licensed green-plate operatorFrom €445
The experience
A private, fully flexible day at Mt Fuji, with the route built around the weather and what the group wants to see.
This is a private car and driver-guide for the day, not a scheduled coach tour: pickup is from the Tokyo hotel, and the guide then shapes the route from a long list of possibilities around Mt Fuji and Hakone — the 5th Station, Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Ashi, Oshino Hakkai’s hot-spring village, Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine, Arakurayama Sengen Park and its pagoda, and Owakudani Valley among them.
Because the full Fuji-and-Hakone combination is genuinely more than a single ten-hour day allows, the guide typically recommends concentrating on one area in depth rather than rushing both, and adjusts the plan in real time for weather — a considerate touch, since Fuji itself is famously shy of cloud cover and no operator can promise a clear view.
The day ends with a return to the same Tokyo hotel; optional extras along the way — a Kawaguchiko boat ride, the Hakone ropeway, a pirate-ship cruise on Lake Ashi — are not included in the base price and are best budgeted for in cash on the day.
Group
Private vehicle, up to 5 guests, fully licensed green-plate operator
Languages
English-speaking driver-guide
Format
A private, air-conditioned vehicle with an English-speaking driver-guide for the full day
Meeting point
Hotel pickup anywhere within Tokyo’s 23 wards
Pickup and drop-off
Included, door to door, within central Tokyo; airport and outer-prefecture pickup available for an extra fee.
Who this suits
A good choice when it matches the way you want to use the city.
- Travellers who want Mt Fuji without joining a large coach tour.
- Small groups or families of up to five, given the private vehicle.
- Flexible days — the itinerary adapts in real time to weather and interests.
Itinerary
The route at a glance.
The guide and exact sequence are confirmed on the day. Times below are a useful indication of how this visit is normally structured.
- 1Early morning
Hotel pickup, Tokyo
- 2About 2 hours
Drive to the Fuji Five Lakes area
- 3Flexible, guide-led
Mt Fuji and surroundings
A selection from the 5th Station, Kawaguchiko, Oshino Hakkai, Sengen Shrine and Arakurayama Sengen Park, based on weather and interest.
- 4Flexible, guide-led
Hakone, where time allows
Lake Ashi and Owakudani Valley, when the day’s pace permits both areas.
- 5Early evening
Return to Tokyo hotel
What the visit includes
The practical detail before you choose a date.
Highlights
- A private vehicle and driver-guide, exclusively for your group
- A flexible route through Mt Fuji’s 5th Station, Kawaguchiko or Ashi, and Hakone
- The guide’s own judgement on the best plan for the day’s weather
- Door-to-door pickup and drop-off at your Tokyo hotel
Included
- ✓ Private transportation for up to 5 guests
- ✓ A commercially licensed, English-speaking driver-guide
- ✓ Commercial insurance
- ✓ The Mt Fuji entrance fee (¥2,800 per group)
- ✓ One activity ticket of your choice along the way (ropeway, cruise, etc.)
Not included
- • Lunch
- • Additional activity tickets beyond the one included
- • Overtime beyond 10 hours, charged at ¥5,000 per extra hour
Before you go
A few essentials for the day.
- Mt Fuji is frequently obscured by cloud — this is genuinely common and is not treated as grounds for a refund.
- The full Fuji-and-Hakone itinerary is ambitious for one 10-hour day; most guests focus on one area with their guide’s advice.
- The price shown is per group (up to 5 guests), not per person. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.