Day 4
A flight to the Valley of Geysers is a wonder of the world!
Breakfast. After receiving permission to depart, the issuance of which depends on the meteo conditions, departure to the Avachinsky heliport. During the flight by helicopter to the Valley of Geysers, the route runs over the tundra, mountain ranges and gorges, volcanoes, rivers and lakes. Tourists can observe the emissions of gases and ashes of the Karymsky volcano, the beauty of the crater lake of the Maly Semyachik volcano, the picturesque coast and ocean distance.
The Valley of Geysers is one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century, a pearl of Kamchatka, hidden "in a deep canyon on the territory of the Kronotsky biosphere reserve. What is the Valley of Geysers? This is a canyon of a mountain river, where more than twenty large geysers operate on an area of seven square kilometers. Each of these geysers is unique and unique. It has its own name and character. After a two-hour excursion, during which you will see an eruption of several geysers (Bolshoi, Slych, etc.) flight to the caldera of the Uzon volcano.
The caldera of the volcano Uzon was formed about forty thousand years ago at the place of operation for nearly a million years of a giant volcano. After a series of grand eruptions that ended forty thousand years ago, the volcano collapsed, the surface subsided - a 9 * 12 km caldera formed. "The soaring lands" was the name Kamchadals called Uzon. The caldera is unique in a wide variety of hydrothermal manifestations: mineral lakes, bubbling mud pots, powerful steam poles from hot springs, colored streams against the background of the multicolor of surrounding rocks, clay volcanoes in miniature. Here, in the eyes of the researchers, modern processes of mineral and ore formation occur.
On the way to the recreation center "Tumroki" a helicopter will land for fishing on the bank of the Storozh river, which literally "boils" from the fish going to spawn. (In an hour, tourists catch a barrel of Kamchatka salmon). Next, travel through the picturesque canyon and you are at the Tumroki recreation center. While the chefs prepare a festive dinner of caught fish, tourists bathe in hot springs. They are in the territory of base 5. From one medical thermal water is used for drinking.