Bars & Restaurants

Restaurants:

Delicious, creative cuisine and impeccable table art. Our chefs pull out all the stops to ensure you have a fabulous and entertaining meal.

General buffet restaurant

In the centre of the Resort, running on from the bar, this restaurant serves a wide variety of international dishes with an emphasis on traditional Asian food. Let our staff guide you in choosing from an array of fabulously exotic-sounding dishes. Parents can use the Baby Zone to prepare meals for their babies. This is a no-smoking area. List of equipment :

• Air-conditioning
• Baby chair-raiser
• High chairs for babies
• Table(s) seat 2
• Table(s) seat 4
• Table(s) seat 6
• Table(s) seat 8
• Ventilation

BABY CORNER special service

This Baby Zone, in the Resorts general buffet restaurant, offers a special service for babies, with sweet and savoury baby foods and all the equipment necessary for preparing your babys meals.

Bars:

Available all day and evening (during bar opening hours) in all the bars in the Resort (including the nightclub). Drinks included(served by the glass and in the bars only) : Water, fruit juices, sodas, hot drinks, cocktails with and without alcohol, local and/or international spirits, wines.
Sweet and savoury snacks

Drinks not included Champagne, VSOP and XO spirits, bottled and canned drinks (available in certain Resorts from vending machines and/or the Club Med boutique

Sports & Activities

The relaxation and sports-based activities offered in this resort will allow you to develop your curiosity about your host country.

Circus School Included in your package

In the heart of the Village, lookng over the Pacific, an activity for young and old offered with lessons suitable for all levels.

Scuba diving Optional Extra*

The diving club takes care of the GMs transfer from the Village. Minimum 1 pax, maximum 20 pax

And also ...

LEISURE / RELAXATION

Included in your package: Beach / Swimming pool , Club Med entertainmnent , Petanque , Table tennis

Optional Extra*: Billiards

SPORTS Included in your package:

• All levels :Archery , Circus School , Club Med Fitness , Kayak , Snorkeling , Squash , Tennis , VTT , Windsurfing
• Free practice :Beach volleyball , Mini-football

SPORTS Optional Extra*:

• All levels :Fishing , Golf (outside Club Med) , Scuba diving

* at extra cost

Wellness Centre

Soothed by the warm and welcoming atmosphere of a comfortable treatment room, you will feel in another world and wont ever want to leave. In these quiet havens, you can finally make time for yourself without cutting off completely from the rest of the world and the many other activities on offer in this Club Med Resort. Introduction to the benefits of treatments such as ethnic, traditional or more innovative massages**, and to pampering skincare treatment for the face and body. Renewed moments of harmony to help you make peace with your body and let your mind gently drift away.

Children & Teens

Our Resort welcomes children of all ages, with activities adapted to the different age groups and run by professionals.

• Dedicated areas, specifically designed for their needs
• Equipment designed with a view to comfort and safety
• The opening hours allow parents to make the most of their day and evening, or feel free to go off for a days excursion*
• A structure that combines innovation with 40 years of experience, based on the respect of each childs desires and biological clock
• G.O

Discovery

A stay at the Club Med is always the perfect opportunity to leave everyday realities behind and discover something completely new. The excursion programme is given as an indication.

Discover Kabira (1/2 day)

Discover the Kabira region, the most famous sector of Ishigaki Island. Youll sail in the Bay of Kabira in a glass bottom boat and visit a black pearl farm, the local pottery and the Okinawan Awamori factory. Learn about Yaeyama culture in the folklore gardens of Yaeyama. For information:

Transport by bus and glass bottom boat

Discover Taketomi Island and the town of Ishigaki (1/2 day)

Taketomi Island is famous for its beauty and tranquillity. Free time for shopping and exploring the local history and culture. For information:

Transport by bus and ferry

Glass bottom boat ride in the Bay of Kabira (1/2 day)

Discover an amazing undersea world aboard a glass bottom boat. Free time for shopping after the boat trip. For your information

Transport by bus and glass bottom boat

Hatoma et Balas Islands (1 day)

This excursion is a great opportunity to discover the southern islands and their spectacular underwater life. Youll do some snorkelling near Balas Island, where you can admire the coral desert, followed by a delicious barbeque lunch. For information:

• Transport by bus and boat
• Snorkelling equipment (flippers, mask and snorkel, life jacket) provided. For your information
• Means of transport: bus and boat

Iriomote Island: Canoeing adventure (1 day)

Discover life on the wild side. Canoeing trips down the Mangrove river. A short walk through the jungle to the mysterious cascade. Visit the "star sand" beach and try some snorkelling. Lunch included. For your information Transport by bus and ferry

Ishigaki Yaki Pottery (à la carte)

Create your own original ceramics! The Ishigaki pottery proposes lessons, so you can learn to make wonderful ceramics. Your masterpieces can be delivered to your home.

The Iriomote Islands and Yubu Island (1 day)

Explore Iriomote Island and its mangrove swamp. Visit the botanical garden of Yubu Island and end the excursion with a submarine ride. For information

Transport by bus, ferry and boat

Excursions should be booked on the premises at the Discovery desk

Practical Information

CLUB MED KABIRA, ISHIZAKI 1, BANCHI,KABIRA-ISHIGAKI CITY 907-0453 OKINAWA Telephone: (81) 980 844 600 Fax: (81) 980 882 880

GMT time difference : + 9 hours

Transport package

Your package includes return flights and transfers to and from the Resort.

Getting to the Resort

For clients who have not bought the transport package Airport / Resort, transfer by taxi . Ishigaki Airport 20 kms (12 miles) from the Resort. Transfer takes 35 minutes.* Price : Summer 2007 (prices given as an indication, subject to exchange rate): One way: 20 Euros

Club Med car park(s)

Outdoor monitored car park with 11 spaces. Access is free and booking is not required.

Ishigaki Airport

Ishigaki Airport, 20 km from the Village.

Local transport

Optional Extra*

Village Information

"Have a taste of everything" Resort

“Have a taste of everything” Resort. Imagine the springtime with all the cherry trees in blossom. We’re at the extreme tip of Japan, on the Ishigaki peninsula in the Okinawa archipelago. Voted the country’s best hotel by the readers of 4 Japanese magazines, the Club Med’s Kabira Resort boasts elegant red roofed bungalows stretching along a magnificent white sand beach. Lying beside the transparent waters of the Pacific Ocean, Kabira is a Scuba diver’s paradise. Its underwater life is the most fascinating of the entire Japanese coastline, and it is home to one of the ocean’s most curious celebrities, the manta ray.

Prize awarded:

Voted best hotel in the country (Dive and Travel Awards)

Beach

Superb white sand public beach, 200 yards long. Beautiful clear sea (but we do recommend that you wear water shoes). Defined swimming area. Deckchairs and parasols.

Parks and Gardens

The Resort lies amid luxuriant yet natural gardens with palm trees and other species with stylishly entwined branches. Its profusion of colourful bougainvillea and hibiscus are typical of the Okinawa region.

Highlights of the Kabira

AUTUMN - WINTER For holidays from 30/10/2007 to 29/04/2008
SPRING - SUMMER For holidays from 30/04/2008 to 29/10/2008

• Japanese elegance and Zen atmosphere at the Club Med Spa*
• Snorkelling or Scuba diving* at Japans finest spots
• Discover Japanese gastronomy: fish, soups and spicey vegetables
• Excursions*: discover the islands natural and cultural heritage