TOUR IN KAMCHATKA TO TOLBACHIK AND TO KURILSKY LAKE

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Tolbachik volcano and Kuril lake

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Tolbachik and Kuril lake

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TRIP HIGHLIGHTS:

Kamchatka river - Milkovo village - Studenaya river - Tolbachik volcano - lava flows 2012-2013 - Tolbachinsky dol - star cone - Northern break cone - Tolbachik caves - Dead forest - Malka hot springs - Nachiki hotel- Sea of Okhotsk coast - Pauzhetka - valley of Seven gomuls - cascade "Emerald" - thermal bath "New Life" - Ozernaya river - Kutkhiny baty - Kurilskoye lake - bears fishing.
Active adventure tour. Tolbachik, Sea of Okhotsk; places where geysers lived Pauzhetki, thermal fields, Kuril Lake, bear fishing.

WHY PICK THIS TRIP
A perfect ten-day, nine-night package that's well organized and logistically streamlined. In between exciting excursion days you'll have scenic, relaxing travel days. And, above all, you'll have the chance to glimpse some of Kamchatka's most extraordinary natural wonders, from bear fishing to lava fields and active volcanoes.

10 days / 9 nights (or 8/7 without hotel in PKC)
Medium difficulty
Minimum age 7+
Group up to 4 people - Jeep, up to 12 - KAMAZ (truck -6WD)
Accommodation:
3 nights - Tolbachik - camp sites, tents, wooden lodge or glamping;
1-3 nights - hotel;
3 nights - Pauzetka v - private accommodation
Transport - Jeep / KAMAZ (truck)

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Rates and dates 2025

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11.08 - 18.08

3400 $

21.07 - 28.07

3400 $

Itinerary

Experience Kamchatka’s unparalleled wilderness: volcanoes, thermal springs, and unique wildlife
in one unforgettable journey!

Day 1. Arrival at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky airport, transfer to the hotel, rest.

Day 2
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ~ Tolbachik.

Early departure to Plosky Tolbachik (600 km). Stops include lunch in Milkovo village, a tea break at the Studenaya River, and off-road travel (80 km, 4–6 hours) to Tolbachinsky Dol. Accommodation in a campsite or glamping in the “Dead Forest,” a unique area where lava and ash from the 1975–76 eruptions created a barren landscape, now slowly reviving with young trees and alpine flowers.

Day 3
Climbing the Flat Tolbachik.

A tour of volcanic cones formed during the most recent eruption. Weather permitting, participants can climb Plosky Tolbachik (3,140 m).

Day 4
Dead Forest ~ The Cone of the Northern Breakthrough ~ Caves.

Exploration of natural landmarks such as volcanic caves, cones, the “Dead Forest,” the “Star” landmark, and lava flows of the Southern Breakthrough.

Day 5
Tolbachik ~ Milkovo ~ Nachiki.

After breakfast, early departure southward. Lunch in Milkovo. Overnight stay at a base with thermal pools.

Day6
Nachiki ~ Pauzhetka.

Departure after breakfast to the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk (named after the flowing river – Okhota). One of the early names of the sea is Kamchatka. From the peninsula, the coast is a low-lying surface with black sand, of volcanic origin, the coastline of which is poorly indented. The road to the village of Oktyabrsky runs along a spit located between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bolshaya River. The feeling is quite unusual, because the trip takes place on a road with water on both sides of it! Oktyabrsky village welcomes you with its wind power stations, joyfully rotating blades. Crossings, and there will be 3 of them, are carried out on ferries, which is also rare in everyday life. In the evening, after driving 400 km along various roads, the group settles down to rest in the village. Pauzhetka.

Day 7
Valley of the Seven Gomuls ~ Emerald Cascade ~ Thermal Bath Second Life.

A day of rest. Tour of the village of Pauzhetka. A visit to the Pauzhet thermal springs, located near the Pauzhetskaya GEOESP, with mud boilers, pulsating springs, fumaroles; "Valley of the Seven Gomuls", cascade "Emerald", thermal bath "Second Life". The Pauzhetskie springs are located in the valley of the Pauzhetki River, a large left tributary of the river. Lake. They resemble the springs of the Valley of Geysers in miniature - the same phenomena, but on a reduced scale. The sources were first described more than 200 years ago by Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov. He noted that the keys "beat in many places like fountains, for the most part with great noise, one and a half feet high." 2 geysers used to work here. Since the beginning of the operation of the Pauzhetskaya geoenergy station, the activity of the geysers (Old and New) has fallen. Externally, the geysers were almost indistinguishable from pulsating springs and, of course, inferior to the beauty of the geysers of the Geysernaya River. For example, the New Griffin geyser does not have a gryphon, the water flows out of a barely noticeable depression in the rough alluvium. Its cycle in 1965 was 30 hours; the gushing period was 45-60 minutes; the width of the boiling column was 0.4-0.5 m; the height of the water emissions was only 20-30 cm. He is, of course, a baby, but still a geyser, a direct relative of the large and beautiful geysers located in the valley of the Geysernaya River! At the key site of the Pauzhet springs, there are continuously bubbling griffins that emit jets of boiling water and steam to a height of up to 1 m. The springs are surrounded by a thin crust of geyserite.

Day 8
Kuril Lake.

Early departure to Kuril Lake, located on the territory of the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve, included in the UNESCO Natural Heritage List in 1996 as part of the volcanoes of Kamchatka. The walk will take place along the Ozernaya River. Several rivers and streams flow into Kuril Lake: Khakytsin, Etamynk, Gavryushka, Vychenkiya, Kirushutk, and one Lake River flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. On the way to the lake (the route can take place by transport of the reserve or on foot), stop to visit the observation deck on the Ozernaya River. A place where Kamchatka brown bears fish freely. Another 4 km and you are on Kuril Lake, the largest sockeye salmon spawning ground in Eurasia. It is possible to ride on the lake, if there is a free boat, for an additional cash payment. After watching the bears, go to the monument of nature – Kutkhiny baty. These are pumice rocks created by wind, water and volcanic activity. Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov, who studied Kamchatka from 1737 to 1741, passed on the legend of the Kamchatka itelmen, who saw huge boats in the shape of rocks - the baths of the supreme deity Kutha, left to dry. So the "forgotten" boats have been standing here for several thousand years and are waiting for their owner to set off along the river to the sea. Late return, rest.

Day 9
Return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Breakfast. Departure to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. A long road through rivers, crossings, past the Sea of Okhotsk. Transfer to a hotel in Yelizovo.

Day 10
Return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Breakfast, transfer to the airport.

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Price

10 days/9 nights from 3400 $ per person

What's Included

Meeting, seeing off at the airport on the days of arrival and departure according to the program
Transfers on arrival and departure days
Accommodation: Tolbachik -3 nights (glamping or wooden lodge on Tolbachik), hotel 1-3 nights, Pauzhetka hostel with thermal hot springs - 3 nights
3 meals a day on the route, breakfast in a hotel
Guides, cook service
All excursions on the program
Fees Klyuchevsky Park for visiting
Fees of the Kronotsky nature reserve in the vicinity of the Kuril lake (South UKS)
Payment for 6 river crossings
Interpreter (English speaking)

What's Not Included

Flights to/from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

LODGING: Tolbachik - Nachiki - Pauzhetka

Necessary equipment

Footwear

The most important thing in traveling is good shoes. You will walk a lot on different surfaces: slag, lava, snow, sand, etc. Therefore, you will need different shoes.

For walks and ascents - well-worn trekking boots (such as Gore-tex) on a thick, corrugated sole, fixing the ankle .
In July, we strongly recommend taking rubber boots on a grooved sole for hiking in the snow.
Comfortable shoes for walking around the city.
Rubber slates, comfortable when bathing in thermal pools.

Clothing

1. The most convenient principle in clothing - "cabbage" or "onion" - consists in combining: ajacket (waterproof Waterproof and a windproof Wind block), a fleece jacket, a vest, a T-shirt.
2. Windproof and waterproof pants and jacket.
3. Gloves will need windproof.
4. Cap.
5. You will often swim in various thermal pools along the way, so do not forget bathing suits, towels .
6. Socks that do not rub or get wet, it is better to buy in specialized stores.

Other necessary things

1. Sunglasses with high eye protection.
2. High order sunburn cream for face and hands from burns in the mountains.
3. Remedy for mosquitoes and midges. We have practically no ticks. Fixed single bites within the city.
4. Personal hygiene products: soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.
5. We recommend "hiking" or "flashlights" for walking on snow and slag so that nothing gets into the boots.
6. Trekking sticks.
7. Raincoat (optional).