Kumano Kodo & Kyoto
The old pilgrim road from Takijiri to the Nachi falls, with three nights in Kyoto and a temple night on Koyasan.
Level 3 · 12 days · 70 km on foot · from $4,950
Runs in March, April, May, October, November
Find your trip
Choose the month you can travel and how hard you want to walk. Six trips, all in Japan, all with ten walkers at most.
Kiso Valley: the Nakasendo
Inn to inn on the Edo-era post road, Magome to Tsumago and over the Torii pass to Narai.
Level 2 · 9 days · 42 km on foot · from $3,900
Runs in April, May, October, November
Kyoto, Nara & Koyasan, slowly
Temple paths at the hour before the crowds, a night at a temple on Mount Koya, deer and lanterns in Nara.
Level 1 · 8 days · 34 km on foot · from $3,650
Runs in March, April, May, June, September, October, November, December
Shikoku: Iya Valley & the temple road
Vine bridges, thatched hamlets on the valley walls, and three days on the 88-temple pilgrimage.
Level 3 · 10 days · 61 km on foot · from $4,400
Runs in April, May, October, November
Northern Alps hut to hut
From Kamikochi up the Azusa valley to Karasawa's cirque and Hotaka-dake, sleeping in mountain huts.
Level 4 · 8 days · 52 km on foot · from $4,300
Runs in July, August, September
Yakushima: the cedar island
Shiratani's moss forest and the 22 km day to Jomon Sugi, a cedar thousands of years old.
Level 5 · 7 days · 58 km on foot · from $3,950
Runs in April, May, October, November
A private trip
Any of our routes on your own dates, for two to eight people, at your pace. Same inns, same guides, same all-in pricing: from $7,800 for two on the Kiso Valley and $9,600 for two on the Kumano Kodo. Marisol sends a written plan and price within three business days.
- Two to eight walkers, one or two guides
- Any month the route runs
- A $500 deposit a person holds the inns