Australia
Australia is an immense landmass that covers the entire mainland. Therefore, local private tour guides in this country offer a significant number of unique interests and places. You will have the option to grab a walking excursion around Sydney to witness splendid gardens and temples, climb the Harbor Bridge and marvel at the metropolis from a bird’s eye view, and see St. Mary's Cathedral and Hyde Park. This 4-hour excursion will cost $300 USD. Tours around the city by a local private tour guide’s vehicle will cost $450 USD. For $600 USD, you can book a wine tour in the Hunter Valley or an excursion to the Blue Mountains National Park, a journey that combines elements of a safari and a trekking tour. There is an additional enjoyable trek through Australia's wildlife: a trip to the rainforest of Kuranda Natural Park and to the Kuranda village at the base of a mountain ridge. You will follow the massive trees and incredible waterfalls and come to understand the vitality of the residents. Local private tours to the most gorgeous waterfalls in Australia cost $75-$150 USD. Fascinating excursions through Tamborine National Park include wine tasting at the local wineries for $150 USD, and regular sightseeing tours around the municipalities of Sydney and Brisbane cost $120 USD.
New Zealand
Local private tour guides in New Zealand offer many sightseeing excursions around the cities of their motherland and treks through the attractive terrain of its islands. In addition, there are unique tours of the local subculture and the underground art scene. The City of Christchurch, on the Southern Island, was rebuilt after the 2011 earthquake. Now, local private tour guides in Christchurch invite visitors to discover the world of underground art and the city's alternative culture. The tour will cost $45 USD per person.
Japan
Japan is a country of technological, economic, cultural, and many other miracles. It is the mysterious birthplace of Haruki Murakami and Akira Kurosawa. This country keeps so many secrets that you can travel indefinitely, discovering something new every single day! Japanese local private tour guides offer sightseeing tours in Tokyo for $300 USD, Yokohama for $400 USD, Kyoto for $500 USD, and Nikko for $550 USD. Private tours of Tokyo's remarkable sights (7 people max) cost $350-$650 USD. Complex travel throughout Japan (Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura, Nikko, Kyoto, Nara) can be arranged as an 8-day tour for two and costs $3,400 USD.
There are some pretty interesting excursions to the Fukushima zone. Earthquakes and a tsunami in 2011 destroyed this territory. The 9-hour tour will cost $640 USD. Local private tour guides offer tourists a trip to the Sakura Festival held once a year at the end of March. This is a beautiful holiday with a history dating back to the 17th century. You can take part in the festival events for $180 USD. There are many excursions to exhibitions of innovative technologies and technical presentations, as well as bike and walking tours to Mount Fuji and the hot springs, and many other interesting tours around the country.
Thailand
Thailand is one of the most popular tourist destinations for travelers from all around the world, and the variety of excursions offered by private local tour guides will not disappoint you. Beach lovers and divers can enjoy the white sand and beautiful sea of the Paradise Islands for $100 USD. Fishermen can try their luck on a $50 USD boat fishing tour along the shore. There are historical tours to remarkable places like the Ancient City of Mueang Boran, a large open-air museum, for $50 USD, and excursions to the ancient but active temples on the banks of the Bang Pakong for $75 USD. You can take tours to the multi-level waterfall in Khao Chamao National Park for $50 USD and the Khao Kheow Open Zoo for $15 USD. Local private tour guides offer trips to the Ancient city of Ayutthaya as a perfect chance to take photos of the temples and ruins of the capital that once occupied this region, for $40 USD. You will also be invited to take an entertainment tour around the city of Bangkok, full of exotics and adventure, for $125, as well as a night tour of the modern red-light district, gay streets, Japanese and Arab quarters, supermarkets of prostitutes, and night markets providing entertainment for everyone. Entertainment tours will cost $125-$150 USD. Another enjoyable tour to the Hungry Ghost Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, is quite popular in Thailand at $85 USD!
Vietnam
Vietnam is a brave and independent country that won its freedom and is now gaining a high ranking among the world's tourist attractions. Private local tour guides offer sightseeing tours of Nha Trang, Hanoi, Saigon, and Ho Chi Minh City, priced from $27 to $80 USD. In addition, take a trip to "Unknown Vietnam" to explore cities and remarkable places that tourists rarely visit. Tours through the provincial towns include visiting beautiful temples, tasting traditional cuisine, and sampling special dishes made from salangane nests. Finally, you will discover the temple complex of Tan Shawn. This 8-hour tour will cost $260 USD. The tour to the Nha Phu Bay islands includes visits to magnificent beaches and the zoo, where hundreds of wild monkeys live, and will cost $260 USD. You can also take a two-day trip to the province of Dak Lak (Đắk Lắk) and visit the traditional villages of the Sung people, who call themselves elephant hunters, for $570 USD. You will learn how to tame a wild elephant, as well as interesting facts about the Sung people and their way of life and traditions, especially their world of spirits. Local private tour guides of Vietnam offer tours along the shores of the country for $90 USD, bike tours around Nha Trang city for $70 USD, walking tours through the night in Hanoi for $35 USD, 2-day excursions to the beautiful town of Sa Pa for $135 USD, and an unusual adventure similar to a motorbike tour through the jungle of Vietnam for $50 USD. If you prefer to travel surrounded by the unspoiled nature of Vietnam, then you should take a journey along the Mekong River. An 8-hour tour will only cost $53 USD.
Cambodia
Cambodia closed the painful and tragic pages of its recent history and stepped onto the path of recovery. Private local tour guides of Cambodia feel lucky that their homeland is rich with a diversity of attractions and historical sites! They offer tours to Angkor Wat, the world's most famous city of temples dedicated to the god Vishnu. This remarkable site attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world every year because it is not only a complex of historical monuments but also the largest archaeological site and religious object in the world. In addition, some scenes from the movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" were filmed here, and you will surely be tour-guided to these famous filming locations. A six-hour tour of the Angkor Wat complex will cost about $190 USD. There are many single temples, historical monuments, and archaeological sites spread across the country. You can visit them for $80–$180 USD. The country's beautiful nature is worth your attention as well. You will be invited to take a tour through Cambodia's wildlife, over its jungles, tropical lakes, and rivers, for $50-$70 USD. The price for an excursion to the floating village, where houses are built right on the water, is $15 USD. Inhabitants live off the bounty of the Lake on which the town stands and welcome curious tourists to observe their way of life. Sightseeing tours in Cambodia are not so popular. Private local tour guides offer these tours mainly around the country's capital, Phnom Penh, for $85 USD.
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