Kamchatka Discovery

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Kamchatka Discovery

Day 1: Arrival to Kamchatka

Welcome to Kamchatka! You will be met at the airport before transferring to the hotel in Paratunka resort area. Here you’ll have free time to rest and are encouraged to relax after your long flight in the hotel’s spring water pool.

Day 2: City tour of Petropavlovsk, Avacha Bay cruise

Today we start a day with a city tour of Petropavlovsk - the capital of Kamchatka, with visiting the Kamchatka museum of local lore, the viewpoint, and the city centre.

Later in the afternoon, take in the breathtaking scenery of the twisting coastline, try your fishing skills from the boat or relax on a deck and enjoy sweeping views of the peninsula and its many volcanoes from the shores of Kamchatka. Avachinskaya bay is one of the most picturesque spots in the Kamchatka peninsula.

The trip will meet the Pacific Ocean and visit Starichkov Island, a nature reserve in the bay, which abounds in puffins, loons, and other forms of waterbird. With a picnic board on deck, the cruise will include an outlook onto the Pacific Ocean and a chance (if lucky enough) to see many of the bay’s sea life including otters and sea lions.

Day 3: Dachnye hot springs

Today, we enjoy a tour to Dachnye hot springs (trekking).

Breakfast at the hotel will be followed by a transfer to the Mutnovskaya geothermal power station. Sometimes referred to as “a miniature version of the Valley of Geysers”, the Dachniye hot thermal springs are situated at the bottom of the Mutnovsky volcano, at the edge of a huge intermountain area, situated within a ravine with steep walls.

The afternoon’s activities will include a picnic lunch during the trek and a visit to the Spokoiniy creek and waterfall.

Day 4: Bystraya River slow pace rafting and fishing

Today we invite you on a slow pace rafting on Bystraya River for an afternoon of ‘catch-and-release’ fishing. The second-longest river in Kamchatka, the Bystraya flows along the Ridge and is inhabited with fish such as the Pacific salmon, East Siberian char, grayling, and Rainbow trout. 

Next, we head to the Malkinskiye (Malki) hot thermal springs for relaxing and soaking in the natural healing waters. The Malki hot thermal springs are situated in the valley of the Bystraya river, at a great thermal territory of underground natural springs.

Day 5: Camel Mount easy hike, Khalaktyrsky beach

Today, you will see Kamchatka from a different perspective as we head to Avachinsky volcano (2,751m). One of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka, the Avachinsky volcano is filled with hardened lava above which you can see rising clouds of fumaroles.

In the morning you jump into the truck for a 2h drive to the volcano’s base camp. After a quick lunch, get ready for an easy hike (3h) to the nearby Camel Mountain (1,200m), which is actually situated between two volcanoes: Koryakskiy and Avachinskiy. From the top of the mountain, you will enjoy the beautiful views of the Avachinskaya bay and the surroundings of Petropavlovsk, the Avacha river and Nalychevo valley.

Day 6: Free day or optional* helicopter excursions to the Valley of Geysers or Kurilskoye Lake

The choice is yours to either enjoy a free day of exploring Petropavlovsk or Paratunka at your leisure or join one of the optional* scenic helicopter flight to Kurilskoye (Kuril) Lake for brown bears watching or to the Valley of Geysers. Download a detailed itinerary for more information about these options.

Day 7: Khalaktyrsky Beach or optional* Vachkazhets Mountain

After breakfast, we head to the Pacific Ocean coast for a leisury walk at Khalaktyrsky Beach, which is a popular place among the locals and surfers from around the world. The long coastal line over 30km is covered with black volcanic sand and in summer is full of blossoming flowers and bushes. The water temperature does not exceed +15C even in the hottest summer days, but locals still come here for a short swim and sunbathing.

Or instead of this excursion, you may opt-in for a hike around Mount Vachkazhets, a volcano that was once a one-cone volcano before exploding and splitting into three different summits, and explore its surroundings.

Vachkazhets and its surroundings are among the most beautiful spots in Kamchatka, telling a story stretching back to ancient times when Vachkazhets was a one-cone volcano before exploding and dividing into three parts. You will be able to take in the scenic surrounds and appreciate the serene quiet at a picnic lunch during the trek.

Day 8: Departure from Kamchatka

It's time to say goodbye to Kamchatka! After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transfer to the airport for the journey back home.

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