Traverse Outer Rim of Hakone Caldera and Enjoy Onsen Hiking Tour

Mr. Akihiro was very friendly throughout the trip and would also actively help us take pictures. The coffee he cooked during the break was also good to drink, the overall experience was very pleasant, and next time I have a chance to come again.

We did this tour on the last day of our Japan trip and it was a perfect ending! So nice to get away from the crowds and into nature. Akihiro was super knowledgeable of the area. He planned a great route and took amazing photos throughout. Highly recommend this tour!

Aki was a great guide! We had a lovely hike in middle to late October. While we didn't get visibility the day of of our hike, Aki offered us a few options for routes and we still enjoyed the hike he selected for the day as it was very quiet and it was practically as if the trails were fully just for us that day. We enjoyed the soba lunch spot he took us too as well as the onsen for relaxing post hike. Many thanks to Aki - he was a wonderful guide full of deep knowledge around the surrounding plants and animals to the trail. There were many steps to this hike - just something to be aware of!

It was wonderful hiking experience for us. Akihiro was very friendly, welcoming and well-organized. Strongly recommended!

This was a moderately challenging but incredibly beautiful hike along the ridge of the Hakone caldera. The views of the surrounding countryside were incredible, and the views of mount Fuji were superb even with the clouds. Akihiro was a wonderful guide who knew a lot about the surrounding woods. He chose a trail that was almost entirely empty of other hikers even on a busy day. He was very good at tailoring pickup and dropoff at the beginning and end of the tour to each traveler's specific travel plans. If you enjoy a moderate challenge and want a guide for an excellent hike in a beautiful region, this trip is perfect.

Giving it was raining the guide and I decided to change hike to another he runs along the Hachiri road through Hakone mountains. It is the road Samurai clans took through mountains from Kyoto to Tokyo during edo period. Interesting hike and the guide Akihiro was very knowledgeable about the history.

Aki is a great hiking guide, he takes great care of you at all times, he is very patient and takes pictures of you all along the way. We had an amazing day with ideal views.

Aki was a great guide and so knowledgable. We had cloudy weather so didn’t get to see Mt Fuji, but some of the views of Lake Ashi and the surrounding towns were amazing.

The views and the guide were amazing!! We hiked on Mt. Kintoki, had a nice time and lunch on the summit and went afterwards towards Hakone. We made interesting stops at Owakudani ("sulfur mountain"), the pretty Hakone Shrine with a Tori at the lake Ashi and saw a pirate ship sailing in Lake Ashi. We then stopped at the traditional teahouse "Amasake", which is located at the "old" path between Kyoto and Edo/Tokyo. Definitely recommend!! And as a nice, relaxing finale, we went to an onsen. We had a great day (:

Aki is an excellent guide who we would recommend to anyone. He shared many interesting details about the area throughout the day, including answering all of our many questions. Our hike of the Hakone Caldera was excellent, despite the weather being rather wet and cloudy. We enjoyed a very pleasant hike through the forest, taking us to several "viewpoints" for Fuji and Lake Ashi, which I am sure would have been superb had it not been for our poor luck with the weather. The hike itself was not too challenging for us, as we often hike in Scotland, however a fairly good level of fitness would be best as our total elevation gain was about 650m over 10.9km distance. After the hike, which took around 4.5 hours in total, we ate lunch in a fantastic soba restaurant which we would definitely recommend (especially the hot soba with tempura vegetables and prawns). Aki then took us to a nearby onsen, where we spent an hour, which was very relaxing and a perfect end to an active day. Aki was very helpful in directing us to the best option for transport to our hotel, which turned out to be the cable car over the Caldera. By this time the clouds had cleared, giving us a view of Lake Ashi.