7-Hour Sakurajima Volcano Tour from Kagoshima with Senganen
About This Tour
Join this 7-hour tour from Kagoshima to visit the active volcano Sakurajima by ferry and experience its dramatic landscape from key observatories. Relax at Japa...
Duration: 7 Hours · Tour type: Private · Activity level: Easy · Accommodation: Not included · Transport: Not included · Wheelchair access: No · City: Kagoshima · Languages: English
Know before you go: You will walk for about 1 hour, so comfortable shoes are recommended.
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What's Included
- Guide fee
Not Included
- Transportation: Chartering a taxi or a bus is recommended. Average chartered taxi or bus fare: up to 3 people for 30,000 JPY, up to 8 people for 40,000 JPY, and up to 20 people for 68,000 JPY.
- The entrance fee for Senganen is 1,600 JPY per person.
- Sakurajima ferry round-trip fare: 500 JPY per person; taxi fare: 4,700 to 5,880 JPY depending on size.
- Lunch for you and the guide.
Itinerary
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1Day 01
Sakurajima Volcano, Foot Bath, Wagyu Lunch and Senganen
9:00: Meet at the cruise port. 9:40: Take a ferry to the active volcano Sakurajima. 10:00: Watch a 13-minute video with English subtitles introducing the active volcano Sakurajima. 10:20: Enjoy a 10-minute foot bath at Japan's longest all-natural 100-meter foot bath. 11:00: Go to Arimura Observatory to see the active peak and the lava from the eruption 110 years ago. 11:30: Visit Yunohira Observatory to see the north peak, which has not erupted for 5,000 years. 12:05: Take the ferry back to the city side. 12:30: Lunch at a Wagyu beef Yakiniku restaurant. 13:45: Visit Senganen, a World Cultural Heritage site, the samurai-era lord's villa and garden, where Japan's industrialization started. 15:30: Depart for the cruise port. 16:00: Return to the cruise port, where the tour ends.
Meeting Point
Meeting point: Kagoshima, 鹿児島県 日本 · Tour start: Kagoshima, Japan — Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
