Iriomote Island is a part of Yaeyama Islands. I described Taketomi Island previously. These 2 islands and Ishigaki Island are main tourist points. Iriomote Island is the second largest island in Okinawa Prefecture (289 sq km). To put it plainly, the island is the jungle.

There are plenty of things to see. Water falls, mangrove forests, hot springs, water buffalo, and more. You can rent a car and drive all around, but some parts of  Iriomote Island are hard to go in. Do you like kayak? If you do, it's perfect. Now you can go everywhere. I rent a kayak and went inside of deep forests. Everything was fresh to me. I encountered about 3-feet eels. Wow! What a big creature it was! A tour guide told me that he saw 7-feet eels before. 1-feet crayfish was also awesome!

It was truly exciting trip to me. My favorite spot was a water fall. It was like adventure. I sailed a kayak into the deep forest. If I didn't have a guide, I would lost my way. I had to climb hills for 1 hour after sailing the kayak, and then suddenly the water fall appeared. Its view was amazing. My guide took me to the top of the water fall, where I could look around the island entirely. Can you imagine beautiful sky and crystal-clear ocean with deep forest after the adventure. I loved it.

Try to do it when you visit Iriomote Island.