From Sapporo: Lavender & Shiretoko 8-Day Private Tour

8 summer days from your Sapporo hotel: Otaru canal, Furano lavender, Biei hills, Sounkyo Gorge, Shiretoko Five Lakes, Akan lakes and Kushiro Marsh.
Your driver-guide picks you up at your hotel in central Sapporo for 8 days across Hokkaido in summer. You see Otaru, the flower fields of Furano and Biei, Sounkyo Gorge, the wild Shiretoko Peninsula, the crater lakes of Akan and the Kushiro Marsh. Wild animals such as deer, foxes and cranes may be seen. The loop ends at your Sapporo hotel.

Day 1: Drive 1 hour to Otaru. Walk along the stone warehouses of Otaru Canal and the glass shops of Sakaimachi street. Seafood bowl lunch and a glass making class are included. Return to Sapporo.

Day 2: Drive about 2 hours to Furano. See the flower fields at Farm Tomita, best for lavender in July. Drive the patchwork hills of Biei, then the Blue Pond and Shirahige Falls.

Day 3: Drive 1 hour to Asahikawa for a ramen lunch, included. Continue 1 hour into Daisetsuzan National Park. See the cliffs of Sounkyo Gorge and twin falls Ginga and Ryusei.

Day 4: Drive about 2.5 hours to the Sea of Okhotsk coast at Abashiri. Visit the Abashiri Prison Museum, an old wooden prison, and the Okhotsk Ryu-hyo Museum. Continue along the shore to Oshinkoshin Falls and the fishing town of Utoro at the gate of Shiretoko.

Day 5: Walk the elevated boardwalk at Shiretoko Five Lakes with mountain views. Walk to Furepe Falls on the cliffs. Cross Shiretoko Pass to Rausu, then drive about 2.5 hours to Lake Akan.

Day 6: Look down on the deep blue Lake Mashu. See steam vents at Mt Iozan and the shore of Lake Kussharo. In the evening visit Akanko Ainu Kotan, the Ainu village by the lake.

Day 7: Drive 1.5 hours to Kushiro Marsh, Japan's largest wetland. Cranes may be seen. Walk from the observatory and the Hosooka viewpoint. Drive 2 hours to Obihiro. Butadon pork bowl lunch included.

Day 8: Drive across the Hidaka mountains. Stop at clear Lake Shikotsu. Drop-off at your Sapporo hotel in the late afternoon. About 4 hours of driving.

Hotels are not included. You book your own hotel in each overnight town: Night 1 Sapporo, Night 2 Furano, Night 3 Sounkyo, Night 4 Utoro, Nights 5-6 Lake Akan, Night 7 Obihiro.

Your plan is customizable: you can reorder, skip or swap nearby stops on the day, as long as the day stays within the touring hours.

This is a private tour. Only your group.

If Shiretoko Pass or the Five Lakes boardwalk is closed or cancelled on your date, your driver-guide takes you to a similar place nearby instead. For example, we can visit Kamuiwakka area viewpoints and the Notsuke Peninsula.

उपलब्धता की गारंटी के लिए जितनी जल्दी हो सके बुक करें। जल्दी बुकिंग पर विचार करना विशेष रूप से तब महत्वपूर्ण है जब आप सार्वजनिक छुट्टियों या सप्ताहांत जैसे उच्च सीजन के दौरान यात्रा की योजना बना रहे हों।

इस यात्रा को आप यात्रा शुरू होने से 24 घंटे पहले बिना किसी शुल्क के रद्द कर सकते हैं। यदि आप इसे 24 घंटे बाद रद्द करते हैं या यात्रा पर नहीं आते हैं, तो भी आपको गतिविधि की पूरी कीमत चुकानी होगी। पिक-अप या प्रस्थान में देर से आना यात्रा पर नहीं आने के रूप में माना जाएगा।