Kamikochi Travel Guide

 nathasha Says:  tired and muddy we arrived to a place where the trekking path gradually became more horisontal and ahhh....what an amazing view awaited us there....the valley of kamikochi with its wide river of turqoise waters, and the ever so majestic mountains on the background....that... 

 nathasha Says:  the descend proved to be more demanding than the ascend, first it felt like a decent nut to crack but after a while of pooring rain, it turned into a lovely mud slide!!! hihiii!!! it was slippery with vertical muddy drops that were impossible to do unless sliding down on ur... 

 nathasha Says:  finally we reached a camping ground near the top where hikers were just starting collect their stuff and getting ready for the days journey. at that point, the peak of shin-hotaka is about 40 minutes hike away. we decided not to ascend to the top due to the unstable weather... 

 nathasha Says:  so as we had only one day to spend on hiking, we decided to use the cable car to go up a bit, otherwise a hike to the other side of hotaka-dake would be impossible in one day. at the final station we took a hiking trail leading towards the top near 3000 meters. we hiked up... 

 nathasha Says:  well we drove all night from kobe city up to takayama, and when we arrived there in the early morning we took a short nap in the car after a morning coffee at a local joint :)) then the whole first day we spent exploring the pretty city of takayama (see my takayama pages... 

 nathasha Says:  this is what everyone comes to do; either gentle one day walks/hikes or demanding 3-day trekking around the Chubu National Park, of which kamikochi is a part. the treks lasting more than a day are demanding, so do not get out there without appropriate equipment and...