Secrets of Avacha Bay
Exploring the bay’s flora and fauna
Tour: 10 days
Orca watching
Suitable for everyone
Suitable for children
On this tour you will have a chance to observe a large number of representatives of Kamchatka’s marine and terrestrial flora and fauna. You will have a unique opportunity to meet the largest mammals on the planet — whales, in their natural habitat, watch birds, and, possibly, spot the king of Kamchatka forests — a brown bear.
Avacha Bay is a place of the bewitching beauty of Kamchatka’s coast, its rich marine world and intriguing imprints of the peninsula’s history. We will sail along the bay through small coves.
The second part of the tour programme entails making trips to several active volcanoes of the peninsula at once, and even looking into the crater of one of them — Mutnovsky. Boiling mud pots seethe there literally at your feet, rumbling, puffing gas deep from under the ground, forming fumaroles of incredible colour. Here you can see our Planet Earth «breathing».
Program
Day 1
Arrival in Kamchatka
Arrival. Meeting at the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky International Airport. Transfer to the guest house, with a stopover at the “Russia starts here” monument. Free time, rest after the flight. In the evening tour briefing, dinner and overnight in the city.
Day 2
Trip to Avachinsky Pass
After breakfast, we will leave to Avachinsky Pass. The road from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the foothills of Avachinsky Volcano takes approximately 2 hours and passes along a dry river bed, that gets filled with meltwater after winter. In the summer, you can hike in-between the two active volcanoes, climb Mount Camel and see the amazing vegetation of the high-altitude tundra. In the vicinity of the shelter and visitor centre of the natural park, tourists are greeted by amusing Beringian ground squirrels (evrazhki). Return to the city. Dinner and overnight at the guest house.
Day 3-6
Out to sea
Early in the morning we check-in on the “Kosatka” sailing catamaran, meet the crew, have another tour briefing and will put out to sea. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be served on board the catamaran. We will sleep in the cabins and will within the next 4 days sail along the eastern coast of Kamchatka. We will visit the following bays: Bechevinskaya, Morzhovaya, Zheleznaya and Russkaya. The captain of the catamaran will decide on the order of the stops based on weather conditions. It is important for us that you can see the kings of the Kamchatka’s depths – whales and orcas. For overnight stays, we will moor in Russkaya Bay and Bechevinka Bay for you to go ashore and move your legs a little.
Day 7
Return to the city.
Return to the city is scheduled before 19:00. Check-in at the guest house, dinner and night in the city.
Day 8
Free / extra day
If all components of the tour programme have been fully completed, it is possible to choose an additional activity. Dinner and overnight at the guest house.
Day 9
Climbing Mutnovsky Volcano
After breakfast we will have a day 4x4 tour to the active Mutnovsky Volcano (2,323 m), climbing up to its crater to see sulphur fumaroles, boiling mud pots, and an incredibly beautiful glacier. We will then head to the Opasny Canyon to see one of the most beautiful and majestic waterfalls of Kamchatka. We will afterwards return to the city, have dinner and spend the night in the city.
Day 10
Free / extra day
Breakfast at the guest house. Free or extra day in case of bad weather. If all components of the tour programme have been fully completed, it is possible to choose an additional activity. Dinner and overnight at the guest house.
Day 11
Airport transfer
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport with a stop at the fish market and souvenir shop.
Additional services
Helicopter excursion to the Valley of Geysers
1 day
Known as the pearl of Kamchatka, the Valley of Geysers, hidden among the mountains, was discovered not so long ago, in 1941. It has since then been annually attracting tourists from all over the world — there are few such places on our planet. The tour includes: three helicopter landings, lunch, bathing in hot springs.
from ₽70,000 per person
from ₽70,000 per person
Helicopter excursion to the Kuril Lake
1 day
Vising the Kuril Lake will give you a chance to see the king of the Kamchatka forests — the brown bear in its natural habitat. The tour includes: three helicopter landings, lunch, bathing in hot springs.
from ₽70,000 per person
from ₽70,000 per person
All additional services can be booked and paid for on the spot.
Accommodation
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Answers to frequently asked questions
How physically fit does one have to be to join a tour?
No special training is required, but you need to be in a minimally good physical shape.
Sleeping on the vessel, not on the shore? Will I get sea sick?
On sailing tours, guests sleep in the cabins, not on the shore. For the night, the vessel is anchored in a quiet locked-in bay, so at night it gently sways on the waves — exactly what you need for a good sleep.
Is it possible to arrive before the start of the tour?
Yes, you can arrive earlier if you wish. Please let us know when booking a tour, that you are planning to arrive earlier, and we will help you find accommodation and plan your stay.
What is the time difference with Kamchatka?
With Moscow +9 hours (if it is 12:00 in Moscow, it is 21:00 in Kamchatka).
What is the best way to buy airplane tickets to join a tour?
When buying airplane tickets, it is important to consider the time difference between the point of departure and Kamchatka. For example, if your tour starts on 01 April, it means that you need to be in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on 01 April. And it means that you need to depart from Moscow, Novosibirsk or Irkutsk on 31 March. From Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin or Blagoveshchensk, you can depart on the same date, provided there is a convenient flight. You can arrive at any hour of the day or night of your tour start date, or earlier. Next-day (after the start date) arrival is not permitted, irrespective of the tour programme. Depending on the weather, the tour schedule may change and you risk missing the start of the tour, which is not refundable. The last date of the tour is the return flight date. You may fly back on this date or any time after. If returning to Moscow, you will land on the same date you departed from Kamchatka. The same applies to other cities in Russia, with a difference of one hour.
What are my additional expenses when in Kamchatka?
Your additional expenses may be alcohol, lunch on a free day, caviar, fish you may buy on the market for yourself or as a souvenir. You will also most likely want to buy presents for yourself and family and friends.
