Day trip from Naha to Zamami Island Okinawa Japan
Day trip by ferry from Naha to Zamami Island Okinawa Japan
Visiting Zamami Island needs a bit of advance planning. The ferry between Naha and Zamami Island requires an online reservation which can be made only at Okinawa Zamami Village website. Once you complete the reservation form you receive a Notice of completion of boarding pass purchase. You can also purchase your ferry ticket on the day, at the ticket office but it is riskier as this is a popular attraction and there might not be any tickets available. There are two ferries doing the same route, Ferry Zamami, the regular ferry and Queen Zamami, the speed ferry. The regular ferry round trip ticket cost is 4,190 Yen, the ride is 2 hours and there is only 1 trip per day. Queen Zamami speed-ferry round trip cost is 6,180 Yen and the ride is 50-70 minutes. We travelled by the regular ferry, the terminal is on the south shore of Tomari Port, just in front of the main building. The ferry journey was very enjoyable, there is AC inside or if you want to stand outside there are two deck levels where you can either sit or stand to enjoy the beautiful ocean and islands landscape. The ferry trip has just one stop on Aka Island.
We arrived at Zamami Island at 12:00 and our departure was at 15:00. Having only 3 hours to explore this beautiful island we tried to make the most of our time. We walked from the port up the hill to Mt Takatsuki First Observation Deck, then to Mt. TakatsukiSecond Observation Deck and back to the Port. From here we walked to Furuzamami Beach and then back to the Port for our trip back. The views we got from the observation decks were some of the best we ever experienced. The “Kerama Blue” sea vivid turquoise‑to‑deep‑blue waters are especially striking from this high vantage and across the blue sea Tokashiki Island and other small islands around the Kerama Islands archipelago can be seen.
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