Date: Mar/2026
Switzerland (Female, age **)
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Date: Jan/2026
Australia (Male, age 20-29)
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Amazing - We will come back again!
This trip was great. Kumano Travel had all the resources and guides we needed for our journey. Staff at Tanabe Tourist Centre were very friendly and helpful. Bus to Kawayu Onsen was convenient. Kawayu Onsen was beautiful - we will be back. Pension Ashitanomori family were warm and welcoming. The path for the Kumano Kodo trail is very well marked and maintained - we want to come back again.
I will recommend Kumano Travel and the friendly people of Wakayama to any foreigner looking to visit Japan.
Date: Jan/2026
United States (Female, age 70-79)
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Perfect!
Kumano Travel was so helpful in helping me organize my walk on the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage trail.Without their help I would have been lost! They arranged the itinerary, lodging, and luggage shuttle service which made the walk so much more enjoyable. They were very prompt in getting back to me when I decided to do the walk at the last minute, after snowboarding in Niseko. Thank you Kumano Travel!
Date: Dec/2025
Singapore (Female, age **)
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Enjoyed the experience at Kawayu Onsen
Date: Dec/2025
Australia (Female, age 30-39)
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KUMANO KODO - that feeling you carry even after the trip is over.
I recently completed my Kumano Kodo Highlight Tour and I'm incredibly grateful for the entire experience.
Kumano Kodo is not just a hike. It's a journey that slowly seeps in your spirit. It may not be for everyone but if you are seeking peace, reflection, and deeper connection to culture and nature, Kumano Kodo is an experience that will stay with you long after the trail ends.
There is something grounding about the stillness of the forests, the shrines, the centuries old paths that pilgrims have walked before us. Every step felt calming. Every moment felt like a reminder to slow down, to breathe, and simply exist.
When I went back to Tokyo, I realised how much the place affected me. It felt like I had left a piece of my heart in the mountains of Wakayama. I was not ready to say goodbye. I wished I stayed longer. That's how deeply the whole experience stayed with me.
Kumano Kodo isnt just a destination.
Its an experience of a lifetime and a feeling you carry even after the trip is over.
Date: Nov/2025
United Kingdom (Female, age 60-69)
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Bad organisation, lovely place
The booking system is terrible. The idea of only being able to book during Japanese working hours is mad. I didn't get a response for I think 6 weeks. One of the hotels we were booked into was unsatisfactory. It smelt of old smoke. We couldn't find information on where to meet our guide. It turned out that we were supposed to meet the guide two bus rides -- 40 minutes away -- from the hotel we were staying at.
The area was lovely and the walks very good.
Date: Nov/2025
United States (Female, age 30-39)
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Date: Nov/2025
Israel (Male, age 30-39)
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Great itinerary that makes you want more
Easy route, you have one day of walking in the trail for a few hours. You get to see some beautiful places that are a part of the whole Kumano Kodo experience.
Date: Jul/2025
Canada (Female, age 60-69)
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Nakahechi 2 Day Hike and 3 Night Stays
Very pleased with all the arrangements for accommodation and food. All the places we stayed at were clean and comfortable. Hosts friendly and helpful. Kumano Kodo Travel helpful to answer questions to help me book this trip.
Date: May/2025
United States (Male, age 50-59)
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Date: May/2025
United Kingdom (Male, age 60-69)
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Kumano Kodo 3-day Highlights Trip
Overall we very very glad we took this trip, this is clearly a very special corner of Japan and well worth exploring and spending time in.
Kumano Travel was very helpful in preparing flour trip, if not instrumental in actually facilitating all the required logistics.
I would like to point out two areas for improvement, however
- the response time on my initial request was almost two months. When Kumano Travel finally responded, we had just two weeks left before departure- please try to improve your responsiveness on the initial booking request, it will save travellers a lot of anxiety. Once on the trail, a number of small inquires were dealt with very quickly, however
- we had limited time and chose to take the 3-day Highlight Trip. Don’t! Most than half of that time is wasted in mostly rather cumbersome bus travel. The intent is to give people the opportunity to visit the three primary shrines and enjoy a bit of hiking along the way. However, the endless time on or waiting for busses / connections spoils the experience. Please consider not to recommend this option but encourage guests to invest one more day and hike the entire stretch from - for example - Hongo Taisha to Nachi Taisha and Falls. This would enable travellers to see those two/three major sites and also experience the magic of some dedicated hiking time, without too much time lost to bus travel.
Date: Apr/2025
Norway (Male, age **)
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Perfect itenerary
We had a great few days with hiking the Komano Kodo. The hotels were both great, and the staff at them were very helpful.
Thank you so much for helping with this special trip!
Date: Apr/2025
Australia (Female, age 50-59)
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Hongu area walk
Beautiful walk through forest and small villages. Very well sign posted and an easy track for most of the way, some ascents and descents a little more challenging than others. My favourite stop was the tea house run by two ladies about an hour into the trek. Magnificent views from places along the way.
Date: Apr/2025
Australia (Female, age 40-49)
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Great lunch
Great hospitality from
民宿大村屋 熊野古道弁当
I need it for before our 6:53 bus owner of 民宿大村屋 熊野古道弁当 helped us organised it!!
Much appreciated
Date: Apr/2025
United States (Female, age 60-69)
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A good taste of the Kumano Kodo
Loved it. Incredible dinner. Fun to be so near River. Culturally Japanese which was fun. Small family run.
Date: Mar/2025
United States (Female, age 30-39)
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An Amazing Experience
My guide on Day 1Mr.Nakano was excellent. He was kind, informed, prepared for all possibilities. Kyoko- san, my guide on Day 2 was equally fantastic and fun. All of the lodging meals and shuttle service were impeccable. Thank you all for an incredible experience.
Date: Mar/2025
United States (Female, age 60-69)
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Date: Feb/2025
United States (Male, age 50-59)
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the Highlight of out trip
The two days and nights of traveling were great! The hotels were fantastic, and we loved the hot springs and Japanese-style spas. The first day of hiking was amazing, and our guide was great – really lovely – and gave us a wonderful experience.
Date: Nov/2024
Brazil (Male, age 30-39)
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Date: Sep/2024
Netherlands (Female, age 30-39)
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Date: Aug/2024
China (Male, age 40-49)
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Date: May/2024
Japan (Male, age 40-49)
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Beyond our expectations
The trip was perfectly organized with the suggested itinerary that really captured the highlights of Kumano Kodo. The luggage service worked seamlessly and the suggested hotels were truly probably the best we could have chosen in the areas.
Date: Apr/2024
Switzerland (Female, age 30-39)
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Very well organized!
Everything was very well organized. The lunch box service, the luggage service - everything. We had a great time hiking and enjoying nature. We met a lot of Japanese people who spoke very well English, which was quite surprising.
The only thing which was not as perfect as the rest of the experience was the website where you can book everything. It was really slow, so we had to use a VPN.
Date: Apr/2024
United Kingdom (Female, age 50-59)
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Wonderful trip, everything worked like clockwork.
We were a hiking family of 4 (2 adults, 2 tweens) we only had a couple of days and used the travel service to organise our accommodation, help with route and plan meals and luggage. The whole thing was amazing - it literally ran to the minute, our bags of miraculously appeared at our accomodation, our hosts were gracious and welcoming. I'd highly recommend the whole experience. Both our sons really enjoyed the trip and we got a real joy from the glorious Kumano Kodo route
Date: Mar/2024
Germany (Female, age **)
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Date: Jan/2024
Canada (Male, age 20-29)
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Date: Nov/2023
Singapore (Female, age 30-39)
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Fantastic walk- comments are accurate
My hiking partner and I enjoyed the hikes, food and accommodation very much. We found the comments, maps and description of the various sections of the hikes to be accurate and very helpful.
Date: Oct/2023
United Kingdom (Male, age 60-69)
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Date: Oct/2023
United Kingdom (Male, age **)
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Kumano at its greatest
Well researched highlight walk if you have limited time. Easy to achieve and it covers breathtaking scenery and history. Highly recommended.
Date: Oct/2023
Germany (Male, age 50-59)
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2 days highlights
Trip with my 16 year old daughter as introduction to Kumano Kodo
Date: Sep/2023
United States (Male, age **)
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Excellent service and experience
Excellent travel agency that took care of all our needs.
Date: Jun/2023
New Zealand (Male, age 50-59)
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Great Holiday!
We wanted to do this walk and we decided to follow one of the example itinerary and it was great, we were first time traveller's to Japan and managed to not get lost despite the language barrier and the route through rural Japan. There was a delay in getting from a booking request to a confirmation, but once we got past that everything was organised. A few tips on how to use the local buses etc may have helped but we managed to figure out how the system works. Overall a great trip, in hindsight we should have done an extra day or two as the 3 day version was pretty easy.
Date: Apr/2023
Canada (Male, age 50-59)
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Date: Apr/2023
Australia (Female, age 30-39)
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One of my best hiking experiences
The whole trip was very well organized and put together from accommodation, luggage shuttle, walking guide to even bento box to take away with. The whole process was seamless without me having to worry about lugguage, bento or how to get from one point to the next point.All the staff I came across were friendly and professional which made my first hiking experience in Japan enjoyable and memorable. I cannot thank the organizer Suzuki Kana San for her input and my walking guide Yasui Keigo San for his wealth of knowledge. Thank you both I do hope to visit another time and hopefully get to visit Koyasan which I didn't this time. Apologies for not replying sooner - things tend to get hectic when on the road and I arrived in Sydney this morning from Tokyo.
Date: Apr/2023
United States (Female, age **)
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Beautiful hike and vistas
It was so nice experiencing a small part of the KUMANO kodo. We definitely feel like we saw the highlights and enjoyed the different views and vistas along the trail
Date: Apr/2023
United States (Female, age **)
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Lovely KUMANO kodo lite experience
We only had about 2 days to travel the KUMANO kodo but felt we got a great experience and idea of what it was like with the itinerary planned for us by KUMANO travel
Date: Apr/2023
Australia (Female, age 70-79)
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Kumano Highlights Tour 3-5 April 2023
This was a great experience from beginning to end. Everything worked like clockwork - luggage transfers, bus and train time-tables, booked accommodation and especially our one-day guide. Thank you to everyone who helps with organizing this wonderful opportunity to experience a little of the Pilgrim Kumano Kodo trail.
Date: Apr/2023
United States (Female, age 20-29)
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Great itinerary!
The highlights walk was the foundation for our trip planning and was super helpful to have as a reference. We really appreciated how all transit times were listed!
Date: Apr/2023
France (Male, age 50-59)
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Beautiful walk through the woods
Unfortunately, we were unlucky because we had to walk in the rain but even with such poor weather the site remains magnificent and full of charm. the walk is easy and the route is very well marked.
Date: Nov/2022
United States (Male, age 50-59)
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Super enjoyable short trip
I was a solo traveler who doesn't speak Japanese. I absolutely enjoyed this trip. I traveled from Osaka by train to Kii-Tanabe and then followed all the recommend advice of this travel service, including the luggage service and the trip went great. I also recommend using the personal guide which gave me so much extra information about what I saw.
Date: Oct/2022
Germany (Male, age 20-29)
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Date: Oct/2022
Japan (Female, age 30-39)
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Date: Aug/2022
Japan (Female, age 50-59)
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Date: Nov/2020
Japan (Male, age 30-39)
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Tiring but totally worth it!
This is the main agenda why we travel to Wakayama.
I'm an amateur Travel and Landscape Photographer, and that is the main reason why I visited the place.
I can say that, the walk/pilgrimage is tiring, but it is totally worth it!
I can't express my satisfaction with the things that I have experienced here.
My favorite activity here in Japan so far.
Date: Feb/2020
United States (Male, age 40-49)
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Short and sweet!
This is a great way to see amazing heritage sites and to go on a couple short, beautiful walks. My only regret was not adding in another day or two of hiking!
Date: Dec/2019
Australia (Female, age 30-39)
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Excellent
Had a great time doing the 3 day, 2 night trek around Kumano Kodo. It was a really special part of our trip and we felt we got a better look into Japanese culture outside of big cities.
Date: Dec/2019
United States (Female, age **)
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Date: Nov/2019
Singapore (Female, age **)
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Great Hike!
Overall, it was an enjoyable hike, loved the views!
However, the Daimonzaka climb to Kumano Nachi Taisha was a bit tough for beginners. A better starting point will be taking a bus to Nachi waterfall and to hike up Kumano Nachi Taisha and end it at Daimonzaka. We were too exhausted after the climb from Daimonzaka to make it to the Kumano Nachi Taisha.
It was also lovely to explore the quaint towns along the Kumano Kodo area, each town was charming in it's own way.
The trip was very well coordinated and arrived to our respective destinations relatively hassle free. Loved the experience of staying in a minshuku and tasting awesome minshuku food.
Date: Oct/2019
Canada (Female, age 60-69)
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Très belle expérience
Notre séjour s’est déroulé sans embûches. Nous avons été très bien accueillis à chaque endroit Kawayu Onsen et Katsuura. La nourriture était excellente et l’itinéraire proposé nous a permis de découvrir une belle région du Japon. Malheureusement, la pluie diluvienne nous a empêché de faire une partie du Kumano Kodo mais nous avons quand même adoré nous promener dans les petits villages. Nous vous recommandons sans hésitation la planification de Votre séjour auprès de cette agence.
Date: Oct/2019
Australia (Female, age 30-39)
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Superb experience
My husband and I had a great time. It felt like the real Japanese experience, amazing scenery, authentic Japanese food and accommodation. Excellent planning. All went as it was planned. We are considering doing a longer trip next time.
Date: Sep/2019
United States (Male, age **)
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Date: Sep/2019
United States (Female, age 40-49)
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Magnificent
We did the express tour 2 nights, 3 days. It wasn't a ton of hiking but we got to see extraordinary sights. Well worth the time and investment.
Date: Sep/2019
United States (Male, age **)
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Great tip. Friendly locals.
This was a great trip. Highlights: Excellent service at Ryokan. Lots of good time in nature. Ekiben were yummy. All the booking was done for us no problem. There was a nice Kumano info center at Tanabe.
Lowlights: Transportation for busses (and local trains) was pricey. Hiking distance could have been significantly longer (it was only a few hours over 3 days).
Date: Jul/2019
Singapore (Female, age 40-49)
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Date: Jul/2019
Japan (Female, age 20-29)
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Awesome
Easy walk with excellent views along a picturesque trail.
Can be done in two or three hours.
Date: Jun/2019
United States (Female, age 30-39)
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Fantastic hike!
We greatly enjoyed the highlights hike and could not have done it without the online & in-person help from Kumano Travel.
Date: Jun/2019
Singapore (Female, age 30-39)
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Review of 3-days highlight walk
It was great! Well-coordinated and pleasant experience :)
Date: Jun/2019
Australia (Female, age 40-49)
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Date: May/2019
Portugal (Female, age 40-49)
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Date: Apr/2019
Netherlands (Female, age **)
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Great experience in beautiful part of Japan
Our visit to this region and the walks on the Kumano Kodo have been great, despite the rainy weather. The information provided by Kumano a Travel was complete, accurate and very helpful.
Date: Apr/2019
Singapore (Female, age **)
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Beautiful treck
I really loved my trekking. I walked 100 km in 4 days, beautiful landscape and forest.
Date: Apr/2019
United Kingdom (Male, age **)
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A Magical Experience
Kumano Travel facilitated a wonderful three-day, family-friendly tour of the Kumano Kodo 'highlights' leaving us all wanting to return for more very soon! The efficiency, friendliness and responsiveness of the staff was outstanding at all times and the accommodation and hospitality truly unique. Many thanks!
Date: Apr/2019
Russian Federation (Female, age 30-39)
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Date: Apr/2019
Australia (Female, age 20-29)
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Beautiful and inspiring
The 3-day Kumano Kodo highlights walk was an unforgettable experience filled with incredible views, glimpses into the spiritual side of Japan, and a healthy amount of walking (about 25km in 2 days). It was one of my favorite memories from my trip to Japan and offered tranquility and respite after visiting the big cities. I would definitely recommend giving this a try! It was worth making time for.
Date: Apr/2019
United States (Male, age 20-29)
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Unfortunately my time was limited here on the Kumano Kodo. But nonetheless this was the highlight of my trip. The scenery was beautiful with tons of photo opportunities. I would like to come back and spend a lot more of my time here.
