Outdoor Activities

location is easy to be located for set up.
instructions from staff or coach is clear and easy to understand.
coach is fantastic and helped us out for easy ice-breaking.
joyful experience!

location is easy to be located for set up.
instructions from staff or coach is clear and easy to understand.
coach is fantastic and helped us out for easy ice-breaking.
joyful experience!

The captain was very kind to welcome us aboard. As an avid sailor I love being on boats. His boat and docking area was fair and his condition of his boat safe but old. He provided life jackets and the ride started smooth... morely. For some reason he enjoyed doing circles and fast turns, which was problematic for our friend who is prone to seasickness. The skipper was kind enough to stop these maneuvers once we asked.
The shoreline is great, the skipper's explanations wonderful, but the biggest let down is that you cannot enter the cave. This is still clearly shown in the advertised pictures and never communicated to us until we were in board. The rules changed a while back but the skipper hasn’t changed his ads or his communication, which is a bit shady.
Regardless the ocean is wonderful and the scenery amazing— just temper your expectations of the docking and boat age.

We had a great winter experience trekking with snowshoes to see the drift ice at Abashiri Hokkaido. Our guide Kaneko -san was excellent...spoke English and very professional in guiding us through the route where we saw d... moreeers, fox, birds and bear foot prints on the snow. We were rewarded with a beautiful sight of the drift ice off the sea shores (we can actually touch the drift ice) and Kaneko -san prepared for us hot chocolate drinks and biscuits. Had time for a small picnic and we took numerous photos of the drift ice and the nearby water fall. When you are at Abashiri, this is a must do activity... especially for us who come from a tropical country like Malaysia.

Guide and driver was well informed and knew best places & times for viewing the cranes. He had all the necessary viewing equipment. Great to have telescope available. Guide was also very friendly and was happy to take ph... moreotos for us. Vehicle was very comfortable and clean. Overall, quite an enjoyable tour!! Well done, Veltra!!

We had great time on this private tour. Our guide was Shu-San who came with his car to pick us from our hotel and drove us to three different observation points. He was well equipped with a monocular and binoculars. His ... morepolite attitude and enthusiasm about Tanchos made our trip a memorable experience.