Kayak Tour of YAKENA Straits and Uninhabited Island

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Kayak Tour of YAKENA Straits and Uninhabited Island

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First Tour to be shown to Public.

You are passing through beautiful Yakena Straits known as “East Loreley” to get the cape Yabuchi island which people had lived since the JOMON period(6,000 years ago) till the EDO period and now it is uninhabited.

Beside most tourists tend to go to the west of the main island, there are many unpublicized beautiful places in the East. This tour is first to be shown to the public. Nearby KAICHU DORO, the bridge between the island and small islands. An hour drive from Naha airport using highway.
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There are many wild birds and you can hear their singings. Scenary and the sound has never changed since JOMON period. You feel like you’ve gone back in time.

The color of water is very mysterious and it changes.
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You paddle from A point passing the straits and get to the point of B along the beauticul coast line of the uninhabited island.
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Start Point A
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You see the horizon of Pacific Ocean
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View from top of the strait
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You see the various scenery such as limestone rocks
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White beach of the Yabuchi island
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200m long and you will see the point of the island.
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Paddle aheading to the point.
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Plan B includes the lunch time on the top of this point.
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View of the top of the point.
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View from the point.
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Local elderly man is fishing
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You can get to this point by land route.
You can see more details about this island here

Panorama view
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Sunset
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You turn around at the point and go back to the start point.
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Yakena Straits again.
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Safe tour, even small children enjoy.
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Tour Detail

Plan A  Kayaking the Straits

  • 2 hours
  • Instruction will be given how to paddle kayak and pass the straits getting to the point and come back
  • Fee 5,000JPN Yen per person. If two adults, then one minor child is free*
  • Fee 5,000JPN Yen per person. If two adults, then one minor child is free*

Plan B   Kayaking with Lunch on the top of the point

  • 3 hours
  • After you paddle to get to the point of the island, Instructor leads you to go up to the point of the island and you will have a lunch* there.
  • Fee 5,000JPN Yen per person. If two adults, then one minor child is free*
  • *Lunch is provided by yourself in advance.
  • Fee 5,000JPN Yen per person. If two adults, then one minor child is free*

Plan C  Kayaking and Trekking the Island with Lunch

  • 4 hours
  • Adding to plan B, you will enjoy the trekking the island.
  • Fee 6,000JPN Yen per person. If two adults, then one minor child is free*

View of the Other side of the island
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Lots of Driftwoods
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Footprints of sea creature
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You can apply from here