Active travellers with a guide can witness beautiful and exciting landscapes at Iriomote island’s jungle, as I did during my second stay in Okinawa in 2008. A helicopter tour would give you great views of the island but you would miss the unique sights of inner Japan enjoyed while canoeing or trekking in the jungle!
Ecotour photo 1: River partly covered by trees seen from a canoe.
![View from a canoe on a river in the jungle of 西表島 (Iriomote island, Japan) on 31 October 2008.](http://inner-japan.jp/photo/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa_iriomote_jungle-river.jpg)
Ecotour photo 2: First sight of Pinaisara waterfalls while canoeing.
![ピナイサーラの滝 (Pinaisara waterfalls) seen from a river in the jungle of 西表島 (Iriomote island, Japan) on 31 October 2008.](http://inner-japan.jp/photo/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa_iriomote_pinaisara-waterfalls-jungle-river.jpg)
Ecotour photo 3: River seen through dense foliage while trekking in the jungle.
![River seen from the jungle of 西表島 (Iriomote island, Japan) on 31 October 2008.](http://inner-japan.jp/photo/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa_iriomote_river-from-jungle.jpg)
Ecotour photo 4: Best panorama of Iriomote island from the top of Pinaisara waterfalls… See the top of the waterfalls, lively jungle, barely visible river, multi-coloured sea, and bright sky!
![ピナイサーラの滝 (Pinaisara waterfalls) above the jungle of 西表島 (Iriomote island, Japan) on 31 October 2008.](http://inner-japan.jp/photo/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa_iriomote_waterfall-panorama.jpg)
Ecotour photo 5: Sébastien Duval with a smile at the bottom of Pinaisara waterfalls after trekking.
![Sébastien Duval at the bottom of ピナイサーラの滝 (Pinaisara waterfalls) on 西表島 (Iriomote island, Japan) on 31 October 2008.](http://inner-japan.jp/photo/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa/2008-10-31_jp-okinawa_iriomote_pinaisara-waterfalls-sebastien-duval.jpg)
Adventurers, nature lovers and travellers trying to find inner peace, your visit at Iriomote island may be your only chance to see such landscapes… Make the best of it!
USEFUL JAPANESE
- Iriomote island = 西表島 (Iriomote-jima), Okinawa prefecture = 沖縄県 (Okinawa-ken).
- Pinaisara waterfalls = ピナイサーラの滝 (Pinaisara-no-taki).