Japan Sapporo Snow Festival

I wish to highly commend out tour leader. She made out trip and experience a joy. Always on call to assist. A very caring and loving person who went above and beyond for all.

This is a winter wonderland kind of trip. The beginning and end days are filled with beautiful scenery and cultural wonders as you tour Japan’s two great cities. The days spent on the northern island of Hokkaido are magical as you travel by plane, train, bus, subway and foot in snow covered landscapes. Sapporo’s snow and ice sculptures are an amazement, complete with nightly light shows. This trip is a do not miss for any traveler, dress warm and have the time of your life.

Very good trip exploring Hokkaido as part of Sapporo Snow festival. Guide Hendrik very personable and happy to assist where required, flex the itinerary and add in additional things where time permitted. The snow and ice statues and carvings were very impressive, make sure you have warm clothing as it gets cold !

Zilola our leader was always helpful and quickly gave us alternative and extra options when the weather meant that the itinerary had to be changed. Personally we could not praise her enough for her boundless enthusiasm and skill with the language.There was an issue when one member of the group failed to board a train ,overhearing the phone conversation I think she could have handled it better initially. Keeping the group together at busy stations the old fashioned hand held flag may have helped or in this day and age a digital communication device. We enjoyed the Snow Festival very much and all the wonderful food experiences. Japan is a fantastic country to travel around by train, we were so lucky to get a perfectly clear view of Mt Fuji from the Shinkasen. There was enough time on the trip to do some solo exploring and we really enjoyed Higashi Honganji temple and Shosei-en garden in Kyoto. They were both amazingly tourist free and we would recommend them to others on the trip as a great walking route from the hotel we stayed in. As first time visitors to Japan we loved every moment and cant wait to go back.