Night Birding

Prices

  • Available year-round
    • Duration: 2 hours
    • Capacity: 1 – 3 persons. For groups of 4 or more, please provide a rental car or chartered vehicle. The guide will join you in your vehicle.
    • 1 person: 10,000 JPY / person
    • 2 – 3 persons: 6,000 JPY / person
    • Ages 6 – 15: 4,500 JPY / person (When accompanied by at least 2 adults aged 16+)
    • Groups of 4+: 20,000 JPY / group (Plus 500 JPY / person for insurance)
  • Children under 6: Participation is not recommended. A 500 JPY insurance fee applies per child.
  • Price examples
    • 2 adults (16+) + 2 children (6-15):
      (6,000 x 2) + (4,500 x 2) = 21,000 JPY (Total for 4)
    • 4 adults (16+):
      20,000 + (500 x 4) = 22,000 JPY (Total for 4)

Schedule

19:30Meet at Ada Garden Hotel or Fungawa Dam Parking
We will drive to observe Okinawa rails sleeping in the trees at night. To minimize stress to the birds, please follow the guide’s instructions and limit photography time.
21:30End at: Meeting point
What to bring
  • Binoculars or a camera with a telephoto lens
  • Water
  • Comfortable walking shoes (no open-toe footwear)
Notes
  • Under Japan’s guiding permit, our nature tours may include pickup.
  • This tour searches by car around Ada and nearby forest roads for Okinawa Rail, owls, and Ryukyu Flying Fox. Activity is lower in winter (Dec–Feb).
  • Weather policy: the tour runs if rainfall is expected to stay at or below about 3 mm per hour and easing off. We cancel for typhoons, heavy rain, or cold waves.
  • Sightings of specific species are not guaranteed.
Meeting points
Payment Methods
  • Please pay in Cash after the tour.
  • If you require a receipt, please inform us in advance so we can prepare it.
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