Tour Itinerary

This is one of the most comfortable tours, acceptable and interesting for any age, does not require physical training, combining effortless sightseeing of the main attractions of Kamchatka with daily wellness swimming in the pool with warm mineral water from a natural spring at the end of the excursion.
Easy walks up to 6 km, on which you can admire the views of Kamchatka, bypass geysers and look into the mouth of a steaming fumarole, cross the famous Avacha Bay on a boat and go to the Pacific Ocean, swim past the Three Brothers cliff, enjoying the taste of freshly caught crabs and sea hedgehogs, raft along the calm picturesque river along the wild shores, admiring the pristine untouched nature far from civilization and watching the fishing of bears in close but safe proximity to them, get acquainted with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.


Day 1. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Paratunka
Meeting at the airport of Elizovo, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Meeting with a representative.
Transfer to the Paratunskaya sanatorium-resort area (40 min.).
Accommodation at a hotel in the resort area of ​​Paratunka, swimming in a pool with thermal water (+ 37C constantly).


Day 2. Excursions for an additional fee (click on the button " Optional Excursions '') (breakfast)
Helicopter-walking excursion " Valley of Geysers '' caldera of Uzon volcano '' (6-7 hours) in a combined group of 18-22 people. Transfer to the heliport, registration. Departure to the Valley of Geysers with a flyby of the Karymsky and Maly Semyachik volcanoes (1 hour 15 minutes). Walking tour of the Valley of Geysers (1.5 hours), flight to the caldera of Uzon volcano, walking tour of the caldera (1 hour). Flight to Nalychevo hot springs. Picnic lunch. Bathing in the spring. Return to the heliport. Transfer to the recreation center.
(The excursion is carried out under favorable weather conditions).
Or
Helicopter-walking tour " Kuril Lake ''; volcano Ksudach – Khodutkinsky hot springs' (6-7 hours) in a combined group of 18-22 people. Transfer to the heliport, registration. Flight to Kuril Lake, landing at Cape Travyanoy or the source of the river. Ozernoy, excursion (1.5 hours), observation of salmon, bear fishing, flight to Ksudach volcano, landing at the lake. Key, walking (15 min), flight to the Khodutkinsky hot springs (picnic lunch, swimming).
Return to the heliport. Transfer to the hotel.
(The excursion is carried out under favorable weather conditions).


Day 3. Paratunka – Country hot springs (breakfast, lunch, lunch box, hot tea)
Departure to the area of ​​the Mutnovskaya geothermal station (2-3 hours).
Walking tour (3 km, 2 hours). The springs are located to the north of the Mutnovsky volcano, at the foot of the Skalistaya hill. They consist of several groups, scattered in ravines and hollows. The largest of them is – western, located in a deep ravine. Steam jets burst out on the slope and steam boilers are bubbling, at the bottom a large boiler is boiling and a steam-water fountain is continuously beating.
Dacha springs are the place of the most powerful heat removal from the depths of the vast Mutnovsky hydrothermal basin. Swimming in the springs is optional (the springs are not equipped with a changing room).
Return to the car. Transfer to the waterfall. Inspection of the waterfall.
On the way back, it is possible to visit the Verkhne-Paratunsky springs (bathing in the wild hot springs).
Return to the recreation center.


Day 4. Rafting on the Bystraya river (breakfast, lunch)
In the morning we go to the Bystraya river to the place where the rafting starts, the guides prepare the rafts, equipment and begin the rafting along one of the largest rivers of Kamchatka with its picturesque banks. Loach fishing (spinning rod and boots will be given to those who wish). Off-road vehicle " Shift '' will make his way through the impenetrable thicket to the river bank, we will load personal belongings into boats.
The river is calm, the rafting is not sports, it is an ordinary river walk, and everyone can do it, including children, and a couple of small rapids will only add impressions.
And, most importantly, we sail through completely wild places with pristine nature, where there are no roads or villages, but only bear trails. Throughout the entire rafting, not a single person, not a single car or even a hunting lodge will be encountered. You will only occasionally see individual bears or bears with cubs , admire how skillfully they fish and swim across the river. The guides have the skills and equipment to scare off wild animals.
Transfer to Malkinskie hot springs (19 km, 30 min.). Bathing. Return to the recreation center in Paratunka.


Day 5. Avachinsky volcano – Camel mountain  (breakfast, lunch, lunch box, hot tea)
Drive to the volcanic plateau (900 m) to the foot of Avachinsky volcano (50 km, 2-3 hours) by car.
Walking excursion to Camel Mountain, which is a volcanic extrusion (6 km, 2.5 hours). The mountain is located in the saddle between the Koryak and Avachinsky volcanoes, relative height 100-150 m, width – about 100 m and along the length it stretches for 500 m, consists of three intergrown blocks.
Return to the recreation center.


Day 6. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Boat trip (breakfast, lunch)
Sightseeing tour of the city.
Boat trip along Avacha Bay with access to the Pacific Ocean (5 hours).
In the morning we go on a boat trip on a comfortable boat along Avacha Bay with access to the Pacific Ocean (5- 6 hours) to the Starichkov Island, where you can see Kamchatka from the sea side, get acquainted with sea animals, go fishing for pleasure and taste seafood – freshly caught Kamchatka crabs and sea urchins . Lunch on the boat – fish soup from Kamchatka fish. The boat will cross the Avacha Bay, round the main attraction – a unique natural monument – Three Brothers rock, will go out into the vastness of the ocean and head to the Starichkov island, which is home to a great variety of birds included in the Red Book of Kamchatka Krai. Inspection of bird colonies. On the reefs around the island, there are seals and Anthura seal seals. The boat will pass by the Sentry stone and the Finger rock (Sentinel) – one more unique natural formations in the sea.
Return to the pier.  
Return to the recreation center.


Day 7. Excursions for an additional fee (click on the button " Optional Excursions '') (breakfast)
Helicopter-walking excursion 'Valley of Geysers'; caldera of Uzon volcano '' (6-7 hours) in a combined group of 18-22 people.
Transfer to the heliport, registration. Departure to the Valley of Geysers with a flyby of the Karymsky and Maly Semyachik volcanoes (1 hour 15 minutes). Walking tour of the Valley of Geysers (1.5 hours), flight to the caldera of Uzon volcano, walking tour of the caldera (1 hour). Flight to Nalychevo hot springs. Picnic lunch. Bathing in the spring. Return to the heliport. Transfer to the recreation center.
(The excursion is carried out under favorable weather conditions).
Or Helicopter-walking excursion 'Kuril Lake – volcano Ksudach – Khodutkinsky hot springs '' (6-7 hours) in a combined group of 18-22 people Transfer to the heliport, registration. Flight to Kuril Lake, landing at Cape Travyanoy or the source of the river. Ozernoy, excursion (1.5 hours), observation of salmon, bear fishing , flight to Ksudach volcano, landing at the lake. Key, walking (15 min), flight to the Khodutkinsky hot springs (picnic lunch, swimming). Return to the heliport. Transfer to the hotel. (The excursion is carried out under favorable weather conditions).
Or 'Jeep Tour' Vachkazhets Mountain Range '. Departure to Vachkazhets volcano (96 km, 1.5 hours). Walking in the surroundings to the waterfalls, to the lake. On the way back, you can visit the hot springs " Zelenovskiye Ozerki '' (a ticket for swimming in the springs is paid additionally - 300 rubles per person) Vachkazhets is located 80 km west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Due to its southwestern circus surrounded by battlements, Vachkazhets looks like an extinct volcano, and the circus itself looks like a badly destroyed crater. In fact, the hill is part of the Yuzhno-Bystrinsky ridge, and, moreover, the highest – 1556 m. Over many millennia, glaciers have lowered its height, gnawed the slopes with circuses and smaller punks and gave it a wild and picturesque look.


Day 8. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (breakfast)
Check-out from the hotel before 12 noon. Airport transfer. Along the way – visiting the fish market, souvenir shops.

Overview

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Difficulty level: low

Comfort level: high

Accommodation: 7 nights at the recreation center

"Helios" complex is located about 26 km. from the airport of Elizovo, and 51 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the area of ​​the Paratunka river. The hotel has cozy rooms and 2 outdoor pools with thermal water (water temperature all year round 38 - 39 degrees). Even in the most severe frost, the warmth of the hot springs allows you to swim and take a bath.

During the tour: You will visit the pearl of Kamchatka – The Valley of Geysers, you will visit the mountain plateau formed by the volcanoes Vilyuchinsky, Gorely, Mutnovsky, swim in the Natural hot springs, take a rafting down the Bystraya River and take a boat trip along Avacha Bay with access to the Pacific Ocean.

Schedule

Fees

The price of the tour per pax (without airfare), USD:

Payment schedule: 5% – at booking, 95% – 15 or 30 days prior to arrival.

Payment methods:
- bank transfer in USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AED, ILS, CNY, DKK etc.
- credit/debit card online on our website

Fees include

- hotel accommodation in the area of ​​the village Paratunka:
      recreation center « Helios »

- meals on excursions

- guide services – conductors

- excursions according to the program

- transfers according to the program

- necessary permits to visit specially protected natural areas

- the language of excursions is Russian but the guides speak English.

The place of residence is determined by the Travel Company, taking into account the wishes of the tourist, subject to the availability of free places in the indicated accommodation places or in similar ones.

Fees exclude

- airfare to Kamchatka and return

- meals at the recreation center (dinners, the average cost of a dinner is 6 USD), lunch day 1

- optional excursions on a free day:
      Helicopter-walking tour to the Valley of Geysers and the caldera of Uzon volcano 700 USD per pax
      Helicopter-walking excursion 'Kuril lake-volcano Ksudach-Khodutkinsky hot springs 700 USD per pax
      'Vachkazhets mountain range' 120 USD per pax;

- additional hotel accommodation (before and after the trip)

- other additional services

- personal spending, alcoholic beverages

- fee for fishing char or salmon 15 USD per pax

- fee for visiting the pool at Zelenovskiye Lakes 5 USD per pax

- personal English/Spanish guide: 90 USD per required day.

Travel tips

Personal equipment required for this route:

- small backpack for personal items on the route;

- comfortable hiking clothing;

- trekking boots with a firm grooved sole and impregnation from getting wet;

- trekking poles;

- sneakers;

- warm waterproof jacket with a hood;

- warm waterproof pants;

- warm sweater;

- wool socks;

- gloves, warm mittens;

- warm header;

- bath and bathing accessories;

- seat for sitting on stones and slag;

- personal first aid kit;

- sunglasses;

- sunscreen and after sun cream;

- mosquito and midge cream;

- photo and video camera;

- copies of all documents in a sealed package.

Clothes and equipment Accommodation: Tourists should pay attention to the preparation of personal equipment (clothes and shoes), since on large sections of climbing routes to the craters of volcanoes, passes and volcanic plateaus during the entire summer period, snowfields can remain and, in case of prolonged bad weather, the air temperature at altitudes above 1000 m may drop.

Practical advice for travelers in Kamchatka

Traveling in Kamchatka is unique due to its geographical isolation, small population and the fact that the status of a closed territory was removed from it relatively recently.
To make your trip safe and enjoyable, take note of our tips:

1. Staying in the wild:
Kamchatka is a huge uninhabited territory, the population of which is concentrated in several cities and towns. The landscape and climate variability should be taken seriously.

2. Choose the right clothes:
The weather can be damp and cold. A waterproof jacket, pants (overalls) and a hat can come in handy if the weather turns for the worse. Then gloves, thick socks and a warm sweater will become your true friends. When hiking in remote wilderness, be prepared to meet many rivers, so stock up on shoes that will keep your feet dry in all conditions. Also, do not forget that a slippery sole on steep slopes – a straight path to an accident.

3. The rule for wild animals:
Remember that animals appeared here earlier, they – interesting subject to watch while you don't disturb them. Prepare for how you will react when you meet an inquisitive, intelligent and potentially dangerous beast in a remote area - bear.

4. Wildlife travel:
If you are hiking in a nature park, register your itinerary with the Kamchatka Natural Parks Directorate, a local travel company or the hotel where you are staying. Don't travel alone. Going to volcanoes, do not forget to grab a couple of sticks – They will help keep your balance as you climb slippery slopes or traverse snowy fields that never melt on some volcanoes.

5. On the money:
Credit card payments are not accepted in most shops and hotels, but there are ATM machines that accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards. Banks also operate the Western Union cash transfer system. In addition to your card, you must have your passport with you.

6. Public transport:
Buses operate from 7.00 to 21.00. Private minibuses also operate on city routes. Flights from Petropavlovsk to Kozyrevsk and Esso are carried out daily with stops in Elizovo and Milkovo. Tickets are sold at the bus stations in Petropavlovsk and Elizovo, on Komsomolskaya Square in Petropavlovsk. Minibuses travel along the routes of Elizovo – Petropavlovsk, Elizovo – Paratunka with stops along the way.

7. Security issues:
Kamchatka – one of the safest places in Russia. However, when visiting cities and towns, take all the safety measures as when traveling in any big city.

Map

Optional Excursions

VOLCANO VACHKAZHETS

Excursion by jeep to Vachkazhets Volcano (10-11 hours).
Vachkazhets is located 80 km west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Due to its southwestern circus surrounded by battlements, Vachkazhets looks like an extinct volcano, and the circus itself looks like a badly destroyed crater. In fact, the hill is part of the Yuzhno-Bystrinsky ridge, and, moreover, the highest – 1565 m.Over many millennia, glaciers have lowered its height, gnawed the slopes with circuses and smaller punks and gave it a wild and picturesque look.
In ancient times, Vachkazhets was a single volcano, but as a result of a strong eruption it exploded, which led to its separation into three main clearly defined parts: the city of summer Poperechnaya (1417 m above sea level), the city of Vachkazhtsy (1500 m above sea level and Vachkazhets itself (1556 m). On the slopes of the massif the altitudinal zonation is clearly manifested. The foot of the slopes is occupied by a stone birch forest, which is replaced higher by thickets of alder and cedar dwarf trees; they, in turn, give way to mountain tundra. The tops of the massif is occupied by a nival zone.
The Vachkazhets mountain range is a geological natural monument.
120 USD per pax

HELICOPTER TOUR TO KURILSKOYE LAKE

Excursion Kuril Lake – volcano Ksudach – Khodutkinsky hot springs (6-7 hours):
1. Transfer from the hotel to the airport
2. Flight to Kuril Lake (1 hour 10 min.).
3. Excursion on the Kuril Lake, visiting the barrier structure of the TINRO scientific station. Observation of spawning salmon and bears (1 hour 30 min.).
4. Flight to the caldera of the Ksudach volcano (20 min.). Excursion to the Ksudach volcano caldera, sightseeing of the vicinity of Klyuchevoy Lake, located in the caldera of the volcano and its hot springs.
5. Lunch (depending on weather conditions, it can be carried out at the Khodutkinsky hot springs) (1 hour).
6. Flight to the Khodutkinsky hot springs (20 min.). Swimming in hot springs (30 min.).
7. Return to the airport (40 min.). Transfer to the hotel.
Price is 700 USD per pax

Departure to the Kuril Lake, landing at Cape Travyanoy or the source of the Ozernaya River, walking tour, observation of salmon, bear fishing.
The largest Kuril Lake – the second largest freshwater lake in Kamchatka, but it has no equal in importance and beauty. The depth of the lake – 316 meters. It was formed more than eight thousand years ago as a result of a powerful eruption, the beginning of which was the emission of white lapillian pumice. It can still be found in abundance on the shore of the lake in the form of balls.
The panorama of the lake is unique. It is surrounded on all sides by the majestic cones of volcanoes. The shores and underwater slopes are steep and rocky. Ancient lake terraces are visible on the slopes of the volcanoes. Islands in the form of peaks rise from the bottom, one of the islands, the triangular rock Alaid. The lake is fed by numerous mountain streams mixed with hot spring waters. One weakly freezing river Ozernaya flows out of it. The largest stock of sockeye salmon in Eurasia enters the lake for spawning. At the height of spawning, at the end of summer, the highest concentration of brown bears in the world is observed in the vicinity of the lake. Other animals willingly eat salmon – fox, river otter.
Flight to Ksudach volcano, landing in the crater of the volcano, excursion.
The entire upper part of Ksudach volcano (1080 m) is occupied by a vast oval-shaped caldera 7x9 km, formed by the strongest eruptions, as a result of which a building was formed of several overlapping intermediate calderas.
Above opens a beautiful panorama that is rare even for Kamchatka, which is rich in scenic views: a kind of caldera with steep rocky slopes sparkles with multicolored rocks – dark, reddish, light yellow.
The bottom of the caldera has a two-stage structure. Dividing into two almost equal parts – the western one is higher, and the eastern one is occupied by lakes. On the border between them, forming a barrier and a ledge at the same time are located: a small, dark-colored massif Lava dome, next to the same massif of light-colored – The soaring ridge and the Shtiubel crater, extreme from the south.
The entire eastern part of the caldera is occupied by two lakes – Key and Stubel. The key has an oblong shape, 4x2 km in size. It is surrounded on almost all sides by steep walls up to 500 meters high. The lake has no open flow, and the water is filtered through a cofferdam separating it from the Shtubelya lake, which is about 2 km long. From this lake, cutting through the caldera ridge, flows the Teplaya River, which forms a waterfall about 10 meters high a kilometer from the source. At the foot of the Soaring Ridge, on the narrow sandy shore of the lake, streams of the Shtiubelevsky hot springs are beating out. Outcrops of oxen with temperatures up to 70 ° C stretch along the coast for 250 m. Ksudach – one of the most exotic objects in Kamchatka, declared a natural monument of landscape and geological nature.
Flight to the Khodutkinsky springs, lunch, swimming in a hot river.
They are located in a vast meadow surrounded by forest. From scattered griffin funnels, hot water is collected in a stream. Strong streams are also beating out at its bottom and along the banks, and the stream turns into a real river about 30 m wide and up to 1.5 m deep. The water temperature in the griffins reaches 80 ° C, but decreases as it flows. A few hundred meters beyond the clearing, the river flows through a birch forest, beautifully framing its slightly soaring surface with green walls. The temperature in the deepest, but already slightly cooled part of the river is about 42-43 ° C in summer. Khodutka springs are a natural monument.
According to its chemical composition, the water is hydrocarbonate-chloride-sodium with high mineralization (0.5 g / l) and with a silicic acid content of up to 90 mg / l.
Return to Elizovo.
Departure for the excursion is carried out from the Avachinsky airport (Elizovo), located 30 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

HELICOPTER TOUR TO THE VALLEY OF GEYSERS

Helicopter excursion to the Valley of Geysers and Uzon Volcano (6-7 hours):
1. Transfer from the hotel to the airport. Departure from the airport, flying around the active volcanoes Karymsky and Maly Semyachik (flight time - 1 h. 10 min.).
2. Excursion to the Valley of Geysers (1 h. 30 min.). Observation of the eruption of geysers, inspection of the mud pots and pulsating springs of the Valley.
3. Flight to the caldera of the Uzon volcano (10 min.).
4. Excursion to the caldera of the Uzon volcano (1 hour). Inspection of fumarole fields, acid and hot lakes, mud pots and volcanoes of the Eastern thermal field of the caldera.
5. Flight to the Nalychevskaya valley. Dinner. Swimming in the wild hot springs of the Nalychevo Valley (1 hour).
6. Return to the airport (20 min.). Transfer to the hotel.
Price is 700 USD per pax

The world famous Valley of Geysers is located in the center of the Kronotsky Nature Reserve in a deep mountain canyon. This unique natural site was discovered in 1941 by geologist T.I. Ustinova. The Valley got its name in honor of 40 geysers and numerous hot springs pouring into the river for 8 kilometers. Each of the geysers is unique and unique. They all have their own names and characteristic features. All known forms of hydrothermal manifestations in nature can be observed in the Valley of Geysers: hot lakes, pulsating boiling springs, steam and gas jets, mud pots and geysers.
The helicopter route to the Valley of Geysers runs over picturesque mountain ranges and gullies, tundra, volcanoes, rivers and lakes, tourists can watch the eruption of the Karymsky volcano and admire the beauty of the turquoise lake of the Maly Semyachik volcano.
A person who first came to the Valley of Geysers is stunned by the fantastic nature of what he saw. The world of the valley is so unreal that it seems that there cannot be anything like it on earth, that all this is happening on some unknown planet. Colors absolutely not typical of earthly landscapes: against the background of bright greenery of dwarf cedar and foliage of trees – brown, red, purple, the color of burnt clay earth. The air is saturated to the limit with steam and the smell of sulfur.
Everything is bubbling, hissing and bubbling around!
In the Valley of Geysers, the guide will acquaint visitors with the rules of conduct on the territory of the reserve. The tour continues along wooden decking paths to the main viewing platforms. The steepest slopes have railings. From the observation platforms, tourists will be able to see and photograph all stages of the eruption of the largest geysers (Giant, Bolshoi, etc.), look into the " Gates of Hell '', admire the cauldrons with red boiling clay.
After 2 hours excursions in the Valley flight to the caldera of the Uzon volcano.
Another unique natural object of the Kronotsky reserve – the caldera of the Uzon volcano is a huge bowl-shaped basin measuring 9 x 12 km, formed on the site of a destroyed volcano 40 thousand years ago.
Uzon amazes with the richness and form of volcanic manifestations – more than a thousand thermal springs of various sizes, shapes and compositions are concentrated here, including hot lakes and boiling boilers.
The total area of ​​thermal fields is 61 thousand square meters. m.
Unlike the Valley of Geysers, the Uzon caldera with numerous hot springs and fumaroles has been known to the local population for a long time. Among the Kamchadals, this unique natural creation was called the " Burning Valley '', the " Floating Land. ''
There are a large number of warm and non-freezing lakes here. The largest of them – warm non-freezing lake Fumarolnoe and cold Central lake, the attraction is the Dalneye maar lake.
As a result of the landslide on 03.06.2007, new touches in the landscape appeared in the Valley: a dammed lake, a bunch of boulders and stones.
carried out from the Avachinsky airport; (Elizovo), located 30 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Yelizovo

Paratunka