The island were off to now is preserved, 3/4 of it by national law and the rest by local authorities. One coast is inhabited, although for no more than 2 or 3 generations, and the rest is wild. The reason it could be preserved so well is apparently malaria. Humans stayed off it. For a time they comuted from nearby Islands to exploit the land.
Some now call it the Galapagos of Japan, because so many species are found there and nowhere else, like the Iriomote wild cat, which is a type of lynx.
Anyway we hop on the guide's van, pick up some canoes on the way, and attack the river.
This turtle stated at us for quite a while and decided to walk away just as I had grabbed my camera from the waterproof bag...
After some canoeing and a little trekking through the jungle we arrived there:
We had a nice swim and headed back slowly
I played hide and seek with this little man
And we found more friends
Our guide took us to a nice coastal point of view and proceeded to cooking our lunch over his camping gas.
Now he had to improvise a little, since his normal for brings him to the waterfall we saw earlier for lunch time and the trek back is the afternoon activity. I guess we were a bit too enthusiastic... and it was for the best ! He also had helmets in his van so we went to see a cave.
We entered through there
And came out of that
After the cave the was still time, so we went to another waterfall.
These crabs are specific to the island and they look awfully like spiders when there's so many of them crawling around. Isn't it Laura ?
An interesting spider Web.
Some now call it the Galapagos of Japan, because so many species are found there and nowhere else, like the Iriomote wild cat, which is a type of lynx.
Anyway we hop on the guide's van, pick up some canoes on the way, and attack the river.
This turtle stated at us for quite a while and decided to walk away just as I had grabbed my camera from the waterproof bag...
After some canoeing and a little trekking through the jungle we arrived there:
We had a nice swim and headed back slowly
I played hide and seek with this little man
And we found more friends
Our guide took us to a nice coastal point of view and proceeded to cooking our lunch over his camping gas.
Now he had to improvise a little, since his normal for brings him to the waterfall we saw earlier for lunch time and the trek back is the afternoon activity. I guess we were a bit too enthusiastic... and it was for the best ! He also had helmets in his van so we went to see a cave.
We entered through there
And came out of that
After the cave the was still time, so we went to another waterfall.
These crabs are specific to the island and they look awfully like spiders when there's so many of them crawling around. Isn't it Laura ?
An interesting spider Web.
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