Hokkaido + Ice Breaker Cruise

Highlights

• Icebreaker cruise through the Sea of Okhotsk
• Lake Akan, Lake Mashu and the crane reserve
• Penguin walk and hot spring resort

Crab buffetShabu-shabuJapanese BBQRamen

Day by day

1. Day 1

   Kuala Lumpur → Transit → Hokkaido

   Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Chitose Airport via a transit city, then transfer to the hotel.

   Hotel Mystays Premier Sapporo Park

   
2. Day 2

   Sapporo → Akan

   Drive to Akan (about 4 hours). Visit Tsurumidai (Crane Scenic Spot), walk around Lake Akan and visit Akanko Ainu Kotan. Winter activities at Lake Akan (snowmobile, snow banana boat, ice fishing) are at own expense.

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerNew Akan Hotel

   
3. Day 3

   Akan → Monbetsu

   Visit Lake Mashu, Iozan (Sulfur Mountain) and Kitakitsune Farm (Fox Farm).

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerŌe Honke Hotel

   
4. Day 4

   Monbetsu → Sounkyo

   Ice Breaker Cruise (about 2 hours), Okhotsk Tokkari Center and the Okhotsk Ice and Sea Observation Tower. Back at the hotel, walk around the Sounkyo-Onsen Ice Waterfall Festival (own expense).

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerSounkyo Kankou Hotel

   
5. Day 5

   Sounkyo → Asahikawa

   Visit the Hokkaido Ice Pavilion, Ginga Falls and Ryusei Falls, and Asahiyama Zoo (penguin walk at about 1400hrs).

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerAsahikawa Art Hotel

   
6. Day 6

   Asahikawa → Sapporo

   Drive to Sapporo (about 2 hours). Visit Shiroi Koibito Park, pass by the Sapporo Clock Tower and the Former Hokkaido Government Office, and visit Odori Park.

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerHotel Mystays Premier Sapporo Park

   
7. Day 7

   Sapporo → Otaru → Sapporo

   Visit Otaru Canal, Otaru Pedestrian Street and Tanukikoji Shopping Street.

   Breakfast · Lunch · DinnerHotel Mystays Premier Sapporo Park

   
8. Day 8

   Sapporo → Kuala Lumpur

   Free at leisure, then transfer to Chitose Airport for the flight home.

   Breakfast

   

Itinerary from ABC's published PDF. Departure dates are samples until the new season is confirmed.