Yambaru Kayak Tour: Explore Mangroves and Coral Reefs

Embark on a private kayak tour in North Okinawa and discover the stunning beauty of the Yambaru region. Explore mangroves and coral reef ecosystems with a native English-speaking guide.

Duration: 2 hours, 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Drive In Rikarikawarumi - Our certified guide will meet you at this restaurant with its fantastic views over Kouri and Yagaji Islands. This will be a chance to use a restroom and grab a drink. After a quick briefing about the experience, you will follow the guide in your car to the launch site, a 5-minute drive away.
  • Yagaji Island - From calm…
What's Included
  • Specific customisations for your private group’s abilities
  • All equipment including neoprene reef safe boots and life jackets
  • Native English-speaking certified guide
  • All Fees and Taxes
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks, unless specified
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (Unless pre-arranged)
Additional Information

Experience the stunning splendor of Northern Okinawa’s Yambaru area with a kayak expedition led by a native English-speaking guide. Whether you’re keen to delve deep into the mangroves and understand this extraordinary ecosystem’s special evolutionary developments, or skim across the coral reef, our private tour is adaptable to your group’s proficiency…

Location
DRIVE IN RIKARIKA-WARUMI
Weather and sea conditions may affect departure point. We will confirm the exact meeting before the tour date. Please let us know to request pick-up & drop-off.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Q1215ihtomaszz
Apr 10, 2025
Awesome experience 5/5 - Great guide, excellent communication. Peaceful area, almost no one three, also you can swim on your private beach. Thanks Nik, cheers from Poland
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Rui
Feb 27, 2025
Friendly guide that's got you covered! - Our guide led the tour at a comfortable pace. He was friendly with some tinge of humour and was prompt to respond to our queries before the trip. Throughout the tour, he was warm and shared details about the environment we were kayaking in, as well as travel suggestions when in Okinawa.
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Laura_r
Jan 13, 2025
✔ New sport unlocked - Beautiful experience, perhaps the best we had in Okinawa (and we had many). Even if you only stay a few days you have to go kayaking and you have to go with Nik, the perfect guide!
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Horatiup738
Nov 18, 2024
Tour on the Mangrove river and ocean - Nik was an excellent guide for me and my wife. Using for the first time a kayak, he explained everything very well and went into the ocean feeling safe, which was a great adventure. We highly recommend this!
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B9886odpetert
Oct 22, 2024
Kayaking in Paradise - This was absolutely amazing, the whole day was the highlight of our visit to Okinawa. Nik is insanely friendly, he had the answer to just about every random-fact question we had about the island & he even gave us some incredible suggestions for places to visit that do not pop up on the tourism websites. I took my wife on this kayak adventure as part of our honeymoon and Nik's kids even decorated her kayak with flowers for the occasion. 10 out of 10 experience and I could not recommend this enough. If you're reading this and planning a trip to Okinawa, do yourself a favor and book a day with Nik. If you're lucky, you might even get to meet his dog!
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Liyec2023
Oct 12, 2024
Fantastic experience and great guide - Fantastic trip, our guide Nik provided comprehensive information to us ahead of trip, prepared great equipments, and showed us the amazingly beautiful nature surroundings around the shallow sea. We rowed kayak and walked around the mangrove , learned different species and spotted cute crabs, my wife and daughter enjoyed a lot
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_r_sturh2024
Oct 7, 2024
10/10 experience with a nice guide - This was a great experience, our guide Nik was very easy to talk to and clearly experienced. He did his best to accommodate to what we were interested in both when kayaking and on the river trek. 10/10 will recommend everyone to do this.
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Hai
Oct 4, 2024
Fun excursion! - Nik was a great guide. He was very attentive, considerate, and well-prepared. I would go on another tour with him. I would highly recommend the river trek!
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David1990ch
Oct 2, 2024
Kayak & River Trek Tour with Nik - Amazing Kayak Tour and River Trek Tour in Okinawa with Nik who was an excellent tour guide! Highly recommended! Thanks a lot Nik!!
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James_n
Aug 26, 2024
Super fun kayaking experience - My husband and I really enjoyed this tour! Our guide was very knowledgeable about the area, and he took some amazing pictures of us. The private tour was nice because we could go at our own pace and the experience had a more personalized touch. This tour is great for beginners or people that have previous kayaking experience. The kayaks we used had a rudder controlled by foot petals which made them much easier to start than a normal kayak, this was a huge plus especially in more narrow sections of the mangroves.
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From $68
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).