Kamchatkas Kaleidoscope

Cost for one person: 2 033,10  € The most popular route on the Kamchatka Peninsula, during which you'll see the most beautiful places of this mysterious land!

Kamchatkas Kaleidoscope
12 days / 11 nights

The most popular route on the Kamchatka Peninsula, a favorite with many tourists. During the tour you will visit Kamchatka Avachinsky, Mutnovsky, Goreliy; you will see the Valley of Geysers. During the tour on the Kamchatka you will make a sea voyage to Avacha Bay and the Pacific Ocean, where you will admire the largest in Kamchatka sea birds nests. Unforgettable impression you will get from swimming in the hot thermal springs. During a tour on Kamchatka you will have the opportunity to observe Kamchatkas wildlife, and see an integral part of the Kamchatka — brown bears and see salmon on the Kamchatka rivers. The best time for tours to Kamchatka is from July 1 to September 15.

Dates of the tour to Kamchatka «Kamchatkas Kaleidoscope» in 2013:

Meals on tour: full board, food is prepared on a fire or gas stove.
Cost of the tour to Kamchatka for 1 person in the group is: 45 000 RUB,

The tour program to Kamchatka

Day 1 Meet at airport Yelizovo, transfer to Paratunskiye zone (25 km). Accommodation at the recreation center (DBL), swimming in the pool with hot thermal water, rest. Discussion and refinement of the program.
Day 2 Breakfast. Free day. If you want you can make a helicopter tour to the Valley of the Geysers and the caldera Uzon with flyby volcanoes Karymsky (1486m.) and Small Semyachik (1560m.). The program includes a 2-hour walking tour of the Valley of Geysers, lunch in a cafe in the Valley of Geysers, flights to the caldera Uzon and the one-hour walking tour of the caldera. After the returning to the heliport you will have a transfer to the hotel in Paratunka zone. This tour is performed under the condition of favorable meteorological conditions.

Day 3 Breakfast. Departure by car to the Mutnovsky volcano (112 km). On the way, halt at the foot of the volcano Viluchinsky, 3-hour walk to Viluchinsky waterfall. Departure to the area Mutnovskaya geothermal station. Summer excursion to hot springs, known as «mini Valley of Geysers». Lunch. Departure under Mutnovsky volcano. Putting up the tent camp. Dinner by the campfire. Overnight in tents.
Day 4 Breakfast. Departure to the volcano Mutnovsky by car. Climbing to the crater Mutnovsky (2323m). The path to the crater lies through ridges Pumice, and here are the spectacular views of the caldera with a towering in her volcano Goreliy. Moving on to the snowfields of the volcano, tourists enter the gorge of the river Vulcano, flowing through the fault of the crater. Pass into the crater is not very difficult. Deep crater is surrounded by steep cliffs. Through the ice cracks on the surface are pulled out powerful jets of steam and gas. At the bottom of the crater many bubbling mud boilers, fumaroles, beautiful native sulfur deposits. Lunch. The length of the exit 12 km. Duration: 7-8 hours. Return to the camp the same way. Dinner. Overnight in tents.

Day 5 Breakfast. Climbing the Volcano Goreliy (1829m.), walking on a lava flow, slag fields. The rise to the volcano takes for 2-3 hours. You will see of three craters with lakes. Snack. After returning to the camp, you will have a lunch. In the evening, go to a rest in the resort area «Paratunka. On the way, check on the Upper Paratunskiye sources. Rest in, swimming in the pool with thermal water.
Day 6 Breakfast. Departure to river Bystraya by car (120km). Rafting. It takes place among the majestic mountains of the median ridge on the river with rapids, safe enough for beginners, and especially among the untouched nature. During the rafting — lunch-snack. In the evening — dinner by the campfire. Overnight in tents.
Day 7 Breakfast. Continuation of the rafting, with the passage of the two thresholds. On the way you can fishing, watching the flora and fauna of Kamchatka. It makes rafting fun and interesting. Lunch. Dinner. Overnight in tents.
Day 8 Breakfast. End of the rafting. Lunch. Transfer by car to the camp (180km.). Accommodation, rest, swimming in the pool with thermal water.
Day 9 Breakfast. Drive to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Sightseeing-tour. Lunch. Sea voyage along Avacha Bay (5-6 hours). Inspection of breeding seabirds, of the island «Grandmother Stone», the islands of «Three Brothers». Exit the Pacific Ocean to the island Starichkov. Sea fishing. Lunch on the boat. Return to the resort.
Day 10 Breakfast. Swimming in the pool. Departure by car to the terrain mountainous plateau between Avachinsky and Koryak volcanoes (45km.). Accommodation in the camp «Avachinsky». Lunch. Acclimatization walk along the spurs of the Koryak volcano and to the mountain «Camel» (5 — 6 hours). Dinner. Overnight in lodges.
Day 11 Breakfast. Climbing the Avachinsky volcano (2749m.). The rise lasts 6-8 hours, descent  lasts 2-3 hours. Lunch during the ascent — lunch-boxes. After the descent — a dinner in the Alpine camp. Departure by car to the resort area Paratunka. Recreation, swimming in the pool with thermal water.
Day 12 Breakfast. Visit to the fish market. Purchase of souvenirs. Transfer to the airport.

WARNING! If the weather conditions are bad, the tour can be changed.

The cost of the helicopter excursion to the Valley of the Geysers and the caldera Uzon is 27 000 RUB, and paid separately. Tour can take place only under favorable weather conditions.

The price includes:
• 3 meals a day throughout the tour;
• guide services throughout the tour;
• cook services, throughout the tour;
• basic equipment (tents, etc.);
• transport services (bus, car);
• accommodation at the hotel and tourist shelters.

Additional charges:
• Purchase of alcoholic beverages, cigarettes;
• purchase of souvenirs.
• meal in hotel;
• tourist equipment rental;
• Food in the hotel;
• helicopter excursion to the Valley of the Geysers and the caldera Uzon (25000 rubles, the price of 2010);
• tickets (economical to buy in the winter, a good price).

Recommended equipment:
• Backpack (60 — 100 liters);
• sleeping bag, camping mat;
• hiking boots or rubber boots;
• removable shoes (sneakers);
• personal hygiene items, bath accessories;
• jacket with hood;
• sweater fliska;
• sunglasses;
• Headwear;
• lantern;
• gloves;
• telescopic stick;
• Personal first aid kit;
• spray for mosquitoes.

On any questions of organization of the tour to Kamchatka, please contact the agency 'PIONEER TOUR'. Our company is one of the few companies in Moscow, which has its own office in Kamchatka, own equipment (from rafts to cookware) and all-terrain vehicles (KAMAZ 43114). The Agency offers commission — 10%.