Discover Lake Tolmacheva
One-day 4x4 tour
One-day tour
Bear watching
Outdoor lunch
Tolmacheva is one of the unique lakes of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Located at 616 m above sea level, the surroundings of this beautiful lake are famous for their picturesque fields, where we will make a stop to pick berries and mushrooms.
Already on the way to the lake you will have the opportunity to see bears. We will also cross the lake on a motorboat and explore its wild shores, where bears often come to eat berries. Weather permitting, you can admire the Opala, Mutnovsky, Gorely, Khodutka and Ksudach volcanoes from the lake. The tour also entails a hike to «Bear’s bowl» crater lake.
Program
Departure from the city
The drive from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the lake takes approximately 4 hours.
Arrival at the base camp
Our camping site is right on the shore of Lake Tolmacheva. From here we will take a walk around the surroundings, enjoy the mountain scenery and drink hot tea.
Boat trip
We will cross the lake on a motorboat to the opposite shore, rarely visited by tourists. Which is why bears feel safe here and come to feed on delicious berries.
Lunch
Lunch in a cosy house on the lake.
Hiking to Maar «Chasha»
On the way to Lake Tolmacheva there is an interesting natural phenomenon — maar — a broad and shallow crater. About 4,600 years ago, an eruption here has created shallow craters that have since been filled ith water and turned into lakes. Maar «Chasha» (meaning «bowl» in Russian) is about 800 m in diameter and 250 m deep. Bears love to rest on its shores in the shade of cedar elfin, which has given this crater lake another name — Medvezhya Chasha (Bear’s bowl). The vicinity of maar «Chasha» is dotted with Erman’s birch trees (also known as stone birches) over 400 years old.
Return to the city
Return to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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Answers to frequently asked questions
What if my tour has been cancelled?
Payment is made after your application has been confirmed by our manager. Tour cancellation / refund policy:
• If a tour has been cancelled due to weather conditions or technical reasons — 100% refund;
• If a tour has been cancelled at the customer’s request 3 days or less before the tour start date — 40% refund;
• If a tour has been cancelled by the customer less than 1 day before the tour start date — no refund.
