Kochi Excursion: Customizable Tour with Expert Guide and Transport for Cruise Ship Visitors

Experience the best of Kochi on a customizable tour designed for cruise ship visitors. Enjoy expert guidance, convenient transport, and a tailored itinerary to explore the city’s highlights.

Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kochi Castle - Kochi Castle is one of the few remaining original castles in Japan, meaning that it survived both the Edo and Meiji eras when many castles were destroyed. Even amongst the original castles, Kochi is notable for being one of only three where the original main gate survives. Kochi Castle is unique in one other way: it is the only…
What's Included
  • Exclusive private transportation
  • Professional licensed local guide
  • Personalized selection of 2-3 sites from the ‘What to Expect’ list
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees, Lunch, and Other personal expenses
  • You cannot combine multiple tour groups.
  • Guide Entry fees are only covered for sights listed under What to Expect.
Additional Information

This excursion is tailored for tourists arriving in Kochi via cruise ship. We offer pickups from Kochi Shin Port and nearby accommodations.
Kochi is an intelligent, small-scale city known for its lively atmosphere. The castle in Kochi, largely intact, stands as a remarkable testament to Japanese architecture. With superb connectivity to Muroto-Misaki,…

Location
Kochi Castle
1-2-1 Marunouchi,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Patrick_p
Sep 26, 2024
Kochi private tour - We had a very good tour in Kochi. The castle was very impressive but lots of stairs. It was worth the effort. Nori was very informed of Kochi.
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Wen_d
May 31, 2024
Lovely experience in Kochi - Lovely tour of the Ryogado Caves and the Hirome Market! Tour guide was very sweet and informative. The market is adjacent to a fun shopping street as well which our teen girls enjoyed!
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Karenjhall
Apr 25, 2024
Kochi with Noriko - Had a fabulous day being shown around Kochi with Noriko. Nori took the time to show us around and ensured we were saw the best of her beautiful city.
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Aztraveller100
Apr 23, 2024
A wonderful day in Kochi with Nori! - We had such a wonderful day with Nori. She and a driver picked us up at the port and we went to the Makino Botanical Gardens which was a great choice because it was not crowded, and the cherry blossoms were blooming everywhere. It was gorgeous. We then went to a beautiful temple and had a fabulous lunch at a restaurant that we would have never found on our own. We had a great day with Nori and we really enjoyed talking with her. She took great care of us.
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Keith_p
Apr 8, 2024
A fine castle and a memorable experience with our guide Yoshi - We were three couples on a cruise round the South of Japan and we spent a day in Kochi with our guide Yoshi in early April. I had been in communication with him before our trip asking if he could arrange a tea ceremony for us which he did at Kochi castle museum; an experience we all thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately it rained heavily for most of the day but we enjoyed the castle the blossom there, and the views from the top. Lunch took rather longer than it might have with translation difficulties ordering a gluten free meal, so we only had a short visit to Makino Gardens, which would have been beautiful in good weather. Thanks to Yoshi for a very pleasant day.
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Margriet_l
Oct 27, 2023
Perfect Day in Kochi - Our guide, Koba picked us up at the cruise terminal for a private tour in Kochi. He showed us the highlights of Kochi and explained us a lot about the history, a tasty lunch, no rush, exactly as we hoped to be. We had a beautiful day thanks to his great guiding. Do you go to Kochi, we really recommend Koba!
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Abecker
Oct 25, 2023
Wonderful and Exceptional Tour and Day - Our tour guide and driver were excellent. Professional, timely, informative, pleasant and very helpful. We had a wonderful day. I highly recommend our tour and guides.
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Satoshi
Oct 10, 2023
Great experience! - Yoshi did an exceptional job taking us around Kochi. The dance museum was a lot of fun. He took us to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant that was great.
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William_d
Aug 5, 2023
A great day in Kochi in spite of the rain! - When Holland America’s Westerdam arrived in Kochi it (and we) were met by pouring rain. We were also met by our tour guide Kobay. A former high school teacher and life-long resident of Kochi, he was very knowledgeable about the area, and he had the personality to make us feel like we had met a new friend. Since the rain was still pouring down when we departed the maritime terminal we had to focus our explorations on a limited area or spend the whole day sopping wet. The attraction we focused on was the beautiful Kochi Castle. We spent the initial part of our visit at the Castle’s main gate (from which you can see the Castle itself on the hill nearby) listening to Kobay talk about the great historical events that had occurred there since construction was completed in 1611. Our next (and favorite) stop was at the Castle Historical Museum, where we spent hours viewing displays of period costumes, cooking and eating vessels and weapons, among many other items. In entering the galleries, visitors are offered the opportunity to make their own postcards of the Castle through an ancient block printing process. We heartily recommend allowing time at the end of your visit to go to the Museum’s Tea/Coffee Shop, where over a beautiful cappuccino and coffee, our discussions ranged from Japanese history, language and culture to origami, the basics of which Kobay demonstrated at the table. Our visit concluded with him accompanying us back to the ship terminal. It was still raining …but thanks to Kobay, we’d had a great day!
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Jorgeivanv
Aug 26, 2024
Good tour but several factors prevent us to fully appreciate Kochi - Yoshi is decent and caring man who tried his best to gives us a tour around Kochi. However his english was not good.We struggle to understand him many times during the tour. Apparently, his hearing is not the best either. We, respectfuly find that his age may not have helped either. We want to stress that he is good,caring man who did his best but his lack of good english prevent us to give him a good review.
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From $566 (Per Vehicle)
up to 7 guests
1 Traveler
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).