This tour is the 3rd day of 4days GOTO pilgrimage tour. The itinerary is not for one day tour. It covers only 1/4 of GOTO pilgrimage tour. GOTO islands are composed of many islands. A few numbers of shuttle ships and special charter ships are the only transportations connecting each island. At least 3days or more need to visit the whole main islands of GOTO.
At your hotel in NAKADORI island
Check-out the hotel.
Visit as many as major local churches, such as TAI-NO-URA, AOKATA, OSO, ATOTSUGI, MATENOURA, NAKA-NO-URA, WAKAMATSU-OURA, TAKAITABI, FUKUMI, OHIRA, ARIFUKU, DOINOURA, and KIRI church
Charter a fisherman boat to the cave, land on the seaside rock and walk to the cave which were used by Hidden Christians for escaping from clampdown by the government. The tour takes about 1 hour.
Cost: Cave tour fee
After return the rental car, board on the shuttle shilp to FUKUE port, leave NARAO at 17:50 arrive in FUKUE at 18:20.
Rent a rental car until next day. Drive to the hotel in FUKUE island.
Check-in the hotel. Have dinner near hotel. Free time.
Stay a night for the 4th(final) day.
At your hotel in FUKUE island
Through this tour, you can visit the most of Hidden Christian related local churches and Christian Cave(optional tour), observe the great landscape of NAKADORI and WAKAMATSU island, understand the history of the Hidden Christian in NAGASAKI, and enjoy local traditional food.
After the hotel check-in, have local dinner.
Stay a night for the 4th day of GOTO islands tour.
〇guide fee (1-4 pax) 40,000 JPY(for one day)
〇guide fee (5-8 pax) 48,000 JPY(for one day)
〇Optional outer tour (if attend)
〇Rental car-related fees (on the island)
〇Public transportation (Shuttle ships or Airplane, including a guide)
〇Meal (including a guide)
〇Accommodation expenses (including a guide)
My guiding rate is 5,000 JPY hourly (up to 4 pax), and 6,000 JPY hourly (5 to 8 pax), and a Meet-up fee (Guide's transportation fee back and forth to the meeting spot) is 5,000 JPY (in Nagasaki city).
For example, an 8-hour tour for 4 pax costs 40,000 JPY plus 5,000 JPY; 45,000 JPY is the tour price. You pay for this when you book the tour.
Please remember you will pay for the admission of pay facilities and meals on-site.
Up to 4 customers are accommodated in my private car (Toyota Prius), but more than 4 guests need to rent a suitable size rental car (5 to 8 pax) or hire a jumbo taxi (8 pax max) during the tour. The rental car and taxi costs vary depending on the conditions, so my published tour price doesn't include car costs. If you use my private car, you will only pay 3,000 JPY (including the parking, toll road and fuel).
After the negotiation of the tour, I will fix the car-related price and add this price to the published tour price so that you realize the total tour price before you book it.
You only pay the admission of pay facilities and meals on-site.
My coverage areas are all over Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka Prefectures, including the remote islands of Nagasaki. But I live in near Omura city in Nagasaki Pref., so far places from my house cost more Meet-up fee (Guide's transportation back and forth to the meeting place).
Additionally, I work in Nagasaki and Okinawa, in two prefectures for about half a month each place. So if you intend to travel to Okinawa, visit my Okinawa account page, and check my schedule calendar of Okinawa.
On Sunday morning, almost all churches have MASS, so might not be able to observe inside.
Meal fee, shuttle ship fee, and rental car fee are not included in the guiding fee, you will pay those on-site in cash.
We might not be able to observe inside of the churches because of the church condition(Sunday MASS, special event, etc...).
Please remember, we cannot resist the weather, sea conditions such as typhoon, strong wind and high wave. Because of bad weather the tour would be cancelled or restrected partially.
You don't have to book the all 4days of the tour. If you book the entire tour(4days), you can cover most of GOTO high-lights spots.
If possible I recommend you to book all 4days tours. You can book partially (1 to 3 days), but it depends on which island. Because GOTO islands are composed of many islands, and there are poor transportations among islands and to and from the mainland NAGASAKI.
Please ask me first.
Yes, you can change the starting port to NAGASAKI port. In this case, we need to change the tour itinerary, too. You need to coordinate with me before your booking.
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