4-day Daisetsuzan private guiding hike

-If there’s a group of 5 people or more, I will need to arrange an assistant so please ask for more info.

-I will provide the tents.

-Equipment: hiking shoes, backpack (40-50 liters), rain wear, warm fleece jacket or thin warm jacket, sleeping bag (3 seasons: -5° to 15°), camping mattress, cup and dish, bottle of water, headlight.

-I can also lend you the following items so let me know if you need: sleeping bag (JPY 1,000 per day), backpack (JPY 1,000 per day), cup/bottle/head torch (JPY 500 each per day).

-You can also hire some equipment from Yamarent - http://www.yamarent.com/en/ for hiking shoes and clothing items as well as other gears. Once you reserve your items, you can receive the items by postal delivery to your accommodation in Japan or collect and fit the gears in their shops located near Shinjuku station or Kawaguchiko station. You’ll be eligible for a discount of 10% with the Explore&Share promotion code, ES3776, if you rent more than JPY 5,000.

-Required Fitness Level: Need to have good strength for 8-9 hours hike-up in a day. Total walking hours will be Day 1: 4-5 hours, Day 2: 8-9 hours, Day 3: 8-9 hours, Day 4: 5 hours. It is rather moderate trekking course. Not advance technical skill needed, but the participants need to have good fitness enough to walk whole day with carrying their bags (approximately 7kg-10kg).

Climate:

In Hokkaido, the temperature might be under 10℃ even at lower mountains. When the weather condition is bad, it down to -10℃ even in the summer time. Usually, in the early summer, the temperature is around 20℃～23℃ in July. Morning and evening is getting cooler at the camp site. Please bring your warm clothes.

Excluded from Price:

Rope-way gondola fee at Asahidake (one-way JPY1,400) Lunch and Snack Meals after descending the mountain Onsen (hot spring) fee

Note: If you have items that you do not want to carry during hike, you can leave them at my car. I will provide you light meals for your breakfast and supper. And, you will have drinking water every day. Please book your flight arriving at Asahikawa Airport before 9:00 a.m., and departure from Shin-Chitose Airport after 7:00 p.m.

We can meet at North Exit, Sapporo Station at 7:00 a.m. Or, I can pick up at your hotel or meet at Asahikawa Airport at 9:30 a.m.