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Take your time and enjoy the beautiful scenery.
Our guides will provide detailed instructions on how to ride so that even beginners can enjoy the river boat ride safely.
For 1-2 people, we will use the Canadian canoe shown in the photo. For 3 or more people, we will use a twin canoe that can accommodate a family or multiple people.
Please use this sign as a landmark.
On days when the wind is not too strong, the route passes through a spring water area known as "Kagami no Ma" at the source of the Kushiro River.
Kushiro River private canoeing trip- short course
- Location
Kussharo
- Available Period
Mid-April~ Late November
- Duration
~1.5 hours
- Fee
Tour Highlights
- Enjoy a canoeing experience at the source of the Kushiro River in about 90 minutes
- Enjoy a completely private tour for one group
- The guide will accompany you, so even those with low physical strength and children can easily join this tour
After enjoying Lake Kussharo, Japan’s largest caldera lake, this canoe tour takes you around the crystal clear, clean waters of the source of the Kushiro River.
This is a private canoe tour (fully reserved for one group), so you can enjoy it just with your family or friends.
If the wind is strong and it is difficult to leave the lake, we will start from Midori Bridge.
Your guide speaks simple English, but he will enhance the experience using drawings and diagrams to help out! This is a tour you won’t forget.
- Ages 1 and older welcome
- Children must be accompanied by a guardian
- We will use a Canadian canoe for up to 2 people and a twin canoe for 3 to 5 people
- Private tour
- For safety reasons, people with chronic or serious illnesses, seizure disorders, customers who have been consuming alcohol, and pregnant women cannot participate
Meeting Location
Matatabi parking lot
Meeting Address
206-79 Kussharo, Teshikaga, Kawakami District, Hokkaido 088-3341
Meeting Location Details
The meeting place is the Matatabi parking lot:
- Mapcode: 731 490 284*47
- 206-79 Kussharo, Teshikaga-cho, Kawakami-gun, Hokkaido 088-3341
- The Matatabi parking lot is located in Emerald Lake, heading south from Route 52 to Route 243 at the “Kotan” nearby facility. (There is a sign.)
- Please note that there is no toilet at the meeting place, only a parking lot.
[Access by car]
- ~30 minutes from Kawayu Onsen and Lake Mashu
- ~60 minutes from Lake Akan Onsen
- ~70 minutes from Memanbetsu Airport
- ~90 minutes from Kushiro City and Kushiro Airport
~150 minutes from Shiretoko and Utoro
What to Bring & Wear
- Clothes that are easy to move in and you don’t mind getting wet
- Sunglasses and hat
- Sunscreen and insect repellent
Overview
- Available Period
-
Mid-April~ Late November
- Duration
~1.5 hours
- 5:30-7:00
- 6:30- 8:00
- 8:45- 10:15
- 9:30- 11:00
- 10:30- 12:00
- 11:30- 13:00
- 13:30-15:00
- 14:30- 16:00
- 15:30- 17:00
- 16:30- 18:00
- 17:00- 18:30
- Fee
- 3 participants or more (per person): 7,600yen
- 2 participants (per person): 8,150yen
- Solo participant: 16,300yen
- Children (ages 6-12): 4,900yen
- Infants (ages 5 and younger): 3,800yen
- What's Included
- Guide
- Equipment rentals
- Insurance
- Consumption tax
- Payment
Prepayment by credit card
Notes
- If the tour cannot proceed due to heavy rain, lightning, wind, or blizzard, we will cancel the tour and inform you.
- Please follow all of the instructions of the tour guide, as there are risks in outdoor tours. Please also understand that the guide cannot be held personally responsible for any accidents caused by the customer’s intentional or negligent acts.
- If the wind is too strong to leave the lake, the tour will start from Midori Bridge and will not pass through Kagami no Ma.
- There is no restroom available during the tour or at the starting point. Please keep this in mind before starting.
Cancellation / Changes
- A cancellation fee of 100% is charged if cancelled on the day of the event or in case of a no-show
- A cancellation fee of 50% is charged if cancelled 3 days or less before the event
- Location
Kussharo
- Available Period
Mid-April~ Late November
- Duration
~1.5 hours
- Fee
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