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Fuji Highlights Group Car Tour by Shimizu Port with Local Guide
The shared car into the Fuji foothills: Lake Tanuki, Shiraito Falls, a sake stop and the head Sengen shrine in six to seven hours, priced per person in a vehicle of no more than nine.
US$142 each · US$284 for two · needs a 9h call · Meets at the pier · 4.7★ · 153 reviews
Most listings: no payment today, free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Prices are the operator's "from" price as of .
Why we would book it for you
- Priced per person (from about US$142) rather than per vehicle, so a couple pays a fraction of the private vans listed beside it.
- The operator's own record lists an English-speaking local guide-driver, an air-conditioned vehicle, parking and the World Heritage Centre admission; lunch is the one thing not included.
- 141 reviews averaging 4.7: the most-reviewed Fuji day sold from this port.
Best for: Couples and solo travellers on a morning-arrival call of eight hours or more who want the mountain itself, not just a viewpoint.
Your day, on the 07:00–17:00 call most ships here keep
Times are the window the fitting calls on the official schedule use. Your ship's daily programme wins.
- 07:00Alongside. Half an hour to get off the ship.
- 07:30Off the ship. Meets at the pier.
- 14:30The tour ends (7 hours). Head back to the gangway.
- 16:00Be back at the gangway. 90 minutes of margin on this window.
- 16:30All-aboard (usually 30 minutes before departure at 17:00).
Fits 16 upcoming calls on the official schedule, including Celebrity Millennium (10/15), Navigator of the Seas (10/17), Viking Orion (10/18).
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Six to seven hours plus the margin before all-aboard means a call of about nine hours; afternoon arrivals cannot use it. The group meets at a start point for cruise guests rather than at your gangway, and the same operator sells a private version if you want the car to yourselves.
Before you book
What if our ship is late?
The operator's own cancellation terms: "For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time." Tell the guide your all-aboard time when you book and again when you meet; a late arrival is the time to use that margin, not to shorten the hour before all-aboard.
Do we pay now?
Most Viator listings let you reserve now and pay later, and cancel free up to 24 hours before the start. The listing says which applies to this one.
Where exactly do we meet?
Meets at the pier. The operator's words: Start point for Shimizu Port cruise guests (named on the voucher). There is no pickup from the ship: allow the walk or ride from the gangway in your timing.
Is it all right for someone who walks slowly?
Six to seven hours plus the margin before all-aboard means a call of about nine hours; afternoon arrivals cannot use it. The group meets at a start point for cruise guests rather than at your gangway, and the same operator sells a private version if you want the car to yourselves.
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