Mangrove Canoeing & Kinsakubaru Forest Hike

Nature & Outdoor

Eiji K.

5.00(10) reviews
Amami
English, Japanese (Native)
7 hours
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 15 people

Explore Amami Oshima with the most popular activities, mangrove canoeing and Kinsakubaru primeval forest hiking!!

The tour can be privately reserved, just for you.

Meeting Point

At your hotel

09:00 AM

Your hotel

I'll come to your hotel to pick you up.

10:00 AM

Mangrove forest

Enjoy canoeing at the mangrove forest!!

12:00 PM

Naze (The biggst town of the island)

Enjoy Amamiian style lunch!!

01:00 PM

Kinsakubaru forest

Enjoy hiking at Kinsakubaru forest for the endemic species of plants and animals!!

04:00 PM

Your hotel

We'll come back to your hotel.

Ending Point

At your hotel

What to Expect

* The tour is tailored to your requests, so you can enjoy exploring Amami Oshima as you like.

* A local tour guide is available privately, so the tour will be rather laid back style. Let's share our time together!!

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

-Guide fee

-Hotel pick up

-Insurance

-Canoe rentals

What‘s not included

Lunch (app. ¥1500)

Important Information

Available only in Amami Ōshima at this moment, however expecting to expand the area to Kagoshima in the main land near future.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time

Reviews

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Airin A.

Oct 29, 2023

Short but Sweet Day Tour of Amami Island

Eiji is very knowledgeable about the island, he also flexible with the itinerary and will adjust it however you like. Even though my trip was not that long, i managed to see a few iconic place in Amami Oshima. Eiji is such a wonderful guide and companion you can ever asked for. Can’t thank him enough for arranging such a short but sweet day trip in Amami Oshima

Eiji K.

Hi Airin, Thank you for coming to the tour. Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the half day exploring. I also enjoyed exchanging the cultural differences between us, talking about a lot of things of our countries. Arigato! Eiji

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Dmitriy A.

Sep 3, 2023

Incredible tour of Amami

I could not speak more highly of Eiji! Fantastic guide: very personable, knowledgeable, punctual, and just a great person to spend a day with on Amami. I had booked the longer version of his Amami Experience tour, as well as his nocturnal tour. I personally would recommend both, since you get to see completely different wildlife during the day and at night, and a nocturnal trip of the forest is truly a magical experience. The day tour consisted of driving to two different forests, with easy-to-medium level hiking. The nocturnal tour was mostly driving through the forest looking for animals, with just occasional walking along the road near the car. Eiji was highly responsive in advance of the trip to arrange all the details. I was most interested in birds, and he was very accommodating in tweaking the trip to make it ideal for me. In the end, I got to see and photograph all of the birds I was hoping for on Amami. I also got to see lots of incredible plants and animals besides birds, including Amami rabbits and the Hime Habu snake, and generally to experience the beauty of this amazing island. In case this matters, Eiji was exceptionally fluent in English, in part because he has done study abroad in the US.

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Dmitriy A.

Sep 3, 2023

Incredible tour of Amami

I could not speak more highly of Eiji! Fantastic guide: very personable, knowledgeable, punctual, and just a great person to spend a day with on Amami. I had booked the longer version of his Amami Experience tour, as well as his nocturnal tour. I personally would recommend both, since you get to see completely different wildlife during the day and at night, and a nocturnal trip of the forest is truly a magical experience. The day tour consisted of driving to two different forests, with easy-to-medium level hiking. The nocturnal tour was mostly driving through the forest looking for animals, with just occasional walking along the road near the car. Eiji was highly responsive in advance of the trip to arrange all the details. I was most interested in birds, and he was very accommodating in tweaking the trip to make it ideal for me. In the end, I got to see and photograph all of the birds I was hoping for on Amami. I also got to see lots of incredible plants and animals besides birds, including Amami rabbits and the Hime Habu snake, and generally to experience the beauty of this amazing island. In case this matters, Eiji was exceptionally fluent in English, in part because he has done study abroad in the US.

Eiji K.

Hi Dmitriy, Thank you for coming to my tours. Im very happy to hear that you enjoyed the tours so much! I also enjoyed searching for Amamian animals with you, as well as talking with you about a lot of things!! I hope you will enjoy birding and traveling all over the world, and come over to Japan again in the future. Arigato, Eiji

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Rauno

May 5, 2023

Nice rabbit drive

We had a great evening with our guide Eiji. He was a knowledgeable and pleasant guide giving us a lot of interesting general information on the life on the Amami island. Basically we drive slowly through two forest roads. The day was rainy, but in the evening the rain had almost stopped so the conditions were perfect. We saw many Amami rabbits, three species of frogs, woodcocks, sleeping jays, and even one hime habu so that we were fully satisfied though the drive was not so long.

Eiji K.

Thank you for your nice review. Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the night tour so much. Arigato!

$182/ per person