Monbetsu Icebreaker & Asahiyama Zoo & Sounkyo Ice Waterfall Festival 2-Day 1-Night Tour (Departure from Sapporo, Guaranteed Departure)
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Departing from Sapporo
Icebreaker Cruise Garinko II (Ice Breaking Experience)
- Hokkaido Winter Limited 2-Day 1-Night Tour from Sapporo: Snow Paradise, Asahiyama Zoo Penguin Walk, Sounkyo Onsen Stay, and Ice Waterfall Festival all in one package
- Venture into the Okhotsk Sea ice floe zone aboard the Mombetsu "Garinko III" icebreaker to experience icebreaking up close and potentially encounter wildlife
- Sightseeing and photo opportunities: Ascend the Okhotsk Tower for panoramic views of the frozen sea, visit the 12-meter giant crab claw landmark, and enjoy a local seafood lunch
- Worry-free experience: Green license vehicle + Chinese-speaking tour guide, including admission tickets and "one night, four meals" (D1 buffet lunch and dinner, D2 breakfast and lunch)
Good to know
- 【Warm reminder about overseas travel insurance】 Medical expenses and emergency rescue costs overseas are high. To make your trip more safe and smooth, it is recommended that you purchase travel insurance that covers overseas medical treatment and accidents before you travel.
- 【Important Notice】According to the Japanese Maritime Transportation Law, passengers must register in the passenger list when boarding the Garinko-go icebreaker from April 2024. Therefore, please fill in your passport number in the ID number column of the passenger information when booking. If it is not filled in or filled in incorrectly, and you cannot board the ship on the day, no refund will be given. Thank you for your understanding. ※If the icebreaker is suspended due to weather or official reasons, it will be replaced by a visit to the “Hokkaido Okhotsk Sea Ice Science Center GIZA”, and the group ticket price of 4,000 yen/adult (6 years and older) will be refunded.
- This itinerary provides Chinese guidance. All the tour guide services during the trip are in Chinese, please understand. To ensure the flexibility and safety of the itinerary, information (meeting place, departure time, etc.) will be provided as much as possible using a translation App.
- If the number of participants is less than 8, you will be notified of cancellation 8 days before departure. The tour notice will be issued within one week before departure.
- If you have special dietary needs, please inform us in advance when registering (such as no beef, vegetarian, etc.). We will note your special needs to the restaurant.
- Children under 2 years old do not include meals.
- Please provide the size and number of luggage when registering. If you do not inform us and exceed the reasonable number of passengers and the amount of luggage that can be carried, the tour guide has the right to refuse guests to bring luggage on the bus that day. Guests need to store their luggage at their own expense at other storage locations. If you cannot board the bus for departure due to luggage that cannot be stored, no refund or any form of compensation will be provided.
- Room types are based on hotel availability and cannot be specified.
- If you have smoking/non-smoking room or special needs, please note in advance and follow the hotel's arrangements.
- Travelers are advised to purchase personal travel insurance on their own.
- Please bring your own motion sickness medicine, rain gear, etc.
- Drift ice, flowering, starry sky, snow, maple leaves, etc. are all natural phenomena and cannot be guaranteed to be viewed.
- Due to the limited availability of hotel rooms, if the rooms are full, you will be arranged to stay in other hotels of the same level.
- In order to avoid affecting others, please be on time at the specified time and latecomers will not be waited for.
- The actual time to visit each attraction on the day depends on the traffic conditions and the number of participants. If the facilities are closed or have limited admission time, the itinerary may be changed on the day, please understand.
- If the itinerary is delayed, changed, suspended or the scenic spots are cancelled due to traffic, weather or other force majeure factors; our company will give top priority to safety, and will return or adjust the itinerary as appropriate when necessary. The scenic spots and meals that cannot be visited and enjoyed will not be arranged or refunded separately, please understand, and no compensation will be provided.
- After the itinerary starts, if it is not suitable to continue the itinerary due to weather, road closure or safety factors, the itinerary will be returned under safe conditions. The scenic spots and meals that cannot be visited and enjoyed will not be arranged separately and no refund will be given, please understand.
- Skiing/snow activities/hot springs/horse riding/water activities are all dangerous activities, please assess the risks and purchase travel insurance; if the traveler suffers property loss, physical damage, injury or death due to force majeure factors, we will not be liable for any responsibility, but we will do our best to help solve the problem.
- If the number of participants is small, it may be changed to a minibus or a sea lion model, and the driver will also serve as a tour guide to lead the passengers to complete the itinerary.
- The Ice Waterfall Festival is organized by the organizer and is held from the end of January to the beginning of March every year. It is possible that you may encounter dates that are not yet open, please forgive me.
- Those who leave the group midway due to personal reasons will not be refunded.
- Please be on time at the designated location. Latecomers will not be waited for, so as not to affect the rights and interests of others.
- During the promotion period, the number of daily discounts is limited, and arrangements will be made according to the order of booking. If the discount is full, it may be cancelled, and the final decision is based on whether you have obtained the exchange voucher, please understand.
- The company reserves the right of final interpretation.
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