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Sado Island Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide
Sado Island Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide
Sado Island Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide
Sado Island Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide
Sado Island Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide

Sado Island Tour with Licensed Guide and Vehicle (Niigata Dep.)

By Japan Guide Agency
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$1,688 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 10h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

This value-packed trip with a government-licensed guide and private vehicle is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Sado Island from Niigata City!

Sado Island is well known as the “island of exile” or the “island of gold” for being deeply connected with historical figures, tradition, and ancient culture. It’s one of the largest Japanese islands, located 32km off the coast of the Niigata Prefecture. Even with so much to offer its visitors, it remains one of Japan’s best off-the-beaten-path destinations.

Note1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customised itinerary.
Note2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Activity location

  • Ryotsu Port
    • 353 Ryotsu Minato
    • 952-0014, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Ryotsu Port
    • 353 Ryotsu Minato
    • 952-0014, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Check availability

Van (up to 7 pax)
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Van (up to 7 pax)
Pickup included

Price details
AU$1,984.53 x 1 TravellerAU$1,984.53
Total
Price is AU$1,984.53
Until Tue, 3 Dec
Regular car (up to 2 pax)
  • Activity duration is 10 hours10h10h
  • English

Regular car (up to 2 pax)
Pickup included

Price details
AU$1,688.37 x 1 TravellerAU$1,688.37
Total
Price is AU$1,688.37
Until Tue, 3 Dec

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport in Sado Island
  • What's includedWhat's includedLicensed Local Guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedCustomisable Tour of your choice of 3-4 sites from 'What to expect' list
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedOther personal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch (for yourself)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedThe ferry fares: the adult single fare Niigata-Ryotsu on the Jetfoil 7180 yen with return 13750 yen

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Tour dates can be changed up to 2 days before the tour. Any tour date change may result in a change of tour guide or tour unavailability.

Activity itinerary

Ryotsu Port
  • 1h 30m
  • Admission ticket not included
It takes an hour from Niigata port to Ryotsu port of Sado Island by Sado Jetfoil.Adult: 13,190yen、Child: 6,620 yen（For yourself and your guide）
Rikiya Kanko Kisen
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
At Sado, the round tubs can be freely and easily manoeuvred, which resulted in them being used as fishing boats. At Rikiya Kankō Kisen at Ogi Port, you can experience riding on this Tarai Bune.
Shukunegi
  • 1h
Shukunegi is a settlement near Ogi Port, located on the southern side of Sado Island. Here, some 100 wooden houses crowd together on a narrow strip of land facing the sea. Shukunegi is characterised by its complicated and narrow alleys and the houses of shipwrights and freight vessel owners from around 1850 still exist. It is the only Group of Traditional Buildings in Niigata Prefecture. You can also take a tour of the extravagant residences that portray the splendour of the time when prosperity was abounding due to commerce along the Kitamaebune, a shipping route from around 200 years ago that went from Osaka to ports in Hokuriku on the Sea of Japan, then later on to Hokkaido.
Toki no Mori Park
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The scientific name of the crested ibis is “Nipponia nippon,” and it was a bird that could be seen normally around East Asia. However, due to hunting and environmental destruction, including the use of pesticides on fields and forestry development, from the middle of the 19th century, their numbers started to drop rapidly, and even in Japan, there were only about 20 of them left in 1960. In 2003, Japanese crested ibises became extinct.
Sado City Niibo Museum of History and Folklore
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Sado History Museum is recommended if you want to learn about Sado’s history and legends. Sado was established as a penal colony a long time ago, and Imperial Families, aristocrats, and other cultured people were sent there. In this facility, among them, Emperor Juntoku, Nichiren Shonin, the sect founder of Nichiren, and Zeami, the founder of noh, are reenacted using robots. You can observe their state at the time through speech and dances.
Historic Relic Sado Gold Mine
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
At Sado Kinzan, you can explore and observe up close “Dohyu-no-Warito,” the symbol of the Sado mine, tunnels dug by hand in the Edo period, and machines and tunnels made with modern technology. It was active from the start of the 1600s to 1989, for almost 400 years, and the tunnels that were continuously dug spread out like an ant’s nest for a total length of approximately 400km. Apparently, this is about the distance between Sado and Tokyo.
Kitazawa Fuyusenkojo Remains
  • 1h
Along with Sadokinzan, we highly recommend dropping by Kitazawa Fuyūsenkōbaato, which translates to "Kitazawa Flotation Plant Ruins"! With bare concrete and covered in vines, this facility was the first facility in Japan to use a method of extracting minerals called flotation. Apparently, it processed at least 50,000 tonnes of ore in a month and was of such a scale that it was extolled as the "largest in the East." Now, only the infrastructure of the building remains, and this dynamic space that is becoming one with nature is open to the public. Visitors are free to explore it and can also look at the group of mining facilities within the compound. The sight of it being lit up at night, which only takes place for a limited period of time, packs a real punch.
Sado Nishimikawa Gold Park
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
At Sado Nishimikawa Gold Park, visitors can experience the actual panning of gold dust on Sado. It works by using a green plate with lines on its side called a pan to shake and remove gravel in water; the relatively heavier gold dust will appear at the bottom. It is an activity that we highly recommend experiencing when visiting Sado.
Senkakuwan
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
If you want to enjoy Sado's diverse and magnificent coastal landforms, we highly recommend visiting Senkakuwan Bay, which has been designated as a quasi-national park. Shokakuwan Bay is made up of five bays on a coast spanning three kilometres in the Aikawa district. The fifth one, Ageshima Fjord, can be accessed by crossing a bridge and provides a sweeping view of the area.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESRyotsu Port
    • 353 Ryotsu Minato
    • 952-0014, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLERyotsu Port
    • 353 Ryotsu Minato
    • 952-0014, Sado, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

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