903. Tour to Tolbachik volcano.

12-14 Day trip.
5 Day moderate trek
1 Night hotel, 2 nights-cottages, 6 nights- hostel.

DATES 2010 : 27, 30 JULY
ITINERARY
1st Day: Arrival in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Double accommodation in a hotel. Get acquainted with a guide. Sightseeing.
2nd Day: Drive to the Kozyrevsk village which is located near Tolbachik volcano. Accommodation in tents / wooden lodges.
3rd Day: Drive to Tolbachik volcano. Make a base camp in Leningradcev camp (place, where the first Moon rover was tested). Accommodation in tents.
4th Day: One day trip to the lava fields of the Northern vents, which were appeared during the 1975 fissure eruption. The route crosses volcanogenic complex of different age that are represented by various basalt types. The view may remind you of a lunar landscape. Visiting “Died forest” . Accommodation in tents.
5th Day: Ascend fabulous Ploskyi Tolbachik volcano. Accommodation in tents/ wooden lodge.
6th Day Morning departure for Malki resort. Set up a camp on a Bystraya river coast / Fishing. Making fish sup - "ukha". Accommodation in tents.
7th Day Rafting down Bystraya river (which is a calm river) Accommodation in a cottage.
8th Day. After lunch you will travel to the Avacha volcano plateau. Establish a base camp and make an evening excursions. Accommodation in a wooden lodge.
9th Day. Ascend Avacha volcano (2741m). Ascension to a crater of Avacha Volcano, (900 m > 2741 m). Excursion around the crater to thr fumarole fields. Have lunch at the crater of an active volcano! From the summit you will have a picturesque view of a typical Kamchatka landscape: snowy mountain peaks glittering in the sun, and the blue of the boundless ocean. Accommodation in a wooden lodge.
10th Day. This is a day of rest and leisure to be spent anyway you might, except that this day may be used to re-schedule previously described events and excursion due to weather cancellations. Instead of this you can take a tour to the Valley of the Geysers. This unique and fabulous nature attracts tourists and researchers from all over the world. During the flight you will enjoy the beauty and greatness of active and extinct volcanoes, mountain ranges, taiga, rivers and lakes. As soon as MI-8 helicopter lands you realize why this valley is considered the Pearl of Kamchatka. We will have tremendous photo opportunities of geysers, perpetual sputters, and mud pots. The Valley of Geysers is hidden in one of the deep canyons of the Kronotsky biosphere preserve, 200 km from Petropavlovsk. You can only get there by helicopter.
11th Day. Drive to Mutnovsky Volcano. Evening excursion to the Dachnye fumaroles fields. Accommodation in tents/wooden lodge.
12 Day. Hike to the crater of Mutnovsky volcano. Crater of Mutnovsky volcano is known as one of widest and biggest Mutnovsky is an active volcano. Mutnovsky Volcano's crater is noticeable for the most powerful in Kamchatka fumarole fields with large sulphur deposits, mud pots and pulsating springs. In the spring of 2000 occurred the last eruption with a formation of an acid lake in the volcano's crater. Here a halt and light snacks be offered. Then a further hike along the narrow canyon to the crater. Steep slopes form a wide and deep volcano cavity which is filled with sparkling glaciers, cracks and fumaroles. Excursion to the fumaroles fields (800 m > 1560 m) and a stream Opasny. Return to the hostel.
13th Day. Breakfast. Drive to the Gorely volcano. Ascend the volcano and view craters of the volcano. Halt and lunch. Drive to the hostel/cottages with a pool with thermal water. Accommodation in the hotel/cottage.
14th After breakfast transfer from your hotel to the airport. Depart for home.

Note: We try to stick to the itinerary as close as possible but we reserve the right to change it due to weather or other factors out of our control.

Price, Departure

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INCLUDED:

• Full board according to itinerary& breakfast in a hotel
• Double accommodation
• Transfers by coach, bus
• City tour and museum entrances
• Guide, interpreter and cook services
• Rafting
• Permits
• Visa invitation and visa registration