Lake Tōya tours

I had the pleasure of meeting many individuals within my age group during the tour. It was truly enjoyable to engage in conversations with them, as well as with people from diverse backgrounds who also participated in the tour.

I love the places we visited specially the lakes and Lake hill farm, however the fireworks is underwhelming and we waited for almost 3hrs for that. Our tour guide Grace is reallyy nice i’m the only english speaker in our group and she translates everything for me.

Although two of us were required, we were arranged to join the group. Each scene has a certain time for activities, but it always takes a certain amount of time to drive, and it may not be possible to drive slowly.

I was the only foreigner in the group, but the tour guide and other group members took good care of me. The headphones had explanations in various languages. Lunch was eaten at a very beautiful hot spring hotel. It is not very convenient to go to Lake Toya from Sapporo, but this one-day tour is still worry-free.

Generally speaking, it was a good itinerary. I didn’t have enough time to finish the Hell Valley. You can see wild deer along the way. The scenery beside the two lakes is quite good. However, the day I went there was probably because it was a working day and there were fewer tourists. None of the stores were open, so I didn’t get to eat the famous ice cream. In addition, it was hard to find any open restaurants for Chinese food next to Lake Toya. Finally, it was a pity to eat desserts. You can see the Bear Ranch. There are more bears than there are in the zoo. It’s quite fun for a bunch of tourists to buy fruits and feed them to the performing bears. The younger bears are more likely to quarrel, while the older ones just want to eat. The tour guide’s speech is quite humorous, so the whole day is fine. Nice itinerary

It was a packed tour - expect to move quickly within each site. But in a way, it's also good exposure to the different places. Our transfer was using a van and the roads ain't that perfect, so do expect some rougher bumps. Guide provides adequate information to start you off at each destination. But u do get a complimentary ice cream!

Our guide, Catherine Lee, fluently spoke four languages, including two dialects of Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), as well as English and Japanese. She was incredibly helpful, providing detailed explanations to all of our questions and making the day interesting by sharing insightful information about Japan, including customs, the recycling system, and proper etiquette for bowing.

Our guide Sophia is very attentive and friendly. Although most of the members of the group are Chinese speakers, she always explains things in English first before proceeding to explain in Chinese. Itinerary is extensive. We were able to cover a lot of sites in spite of the rain. Good tour option!