Discover Kamchatka Please, note! This tour offer has expired. For similar tour offers currently available search here. Key Information: Tour Duration: 12 day(s) Group Size: 2 - 15 people Destination(s): Russia   Specialty Categories: Volcano Tours   Multi-activity   Season: June - July Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: No Minimum Per Person Price: 2630 US Dollar (USD) Maximum Per Person Price: 3174 US Dollar (USD)

Tour Dates: 25.06 - 06.07.10

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival in Moscow. Meet at the airport or train station by the driver. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel. Pick up at the hotel, transfer to the airport. 16:10 - Departure for Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky by Aeroflot flight SU-825 SVO 16:10 - PKC 09:50. Includes: (B).

Day 3: 09:50 - Arrival to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Transfer to Paratunka Village located in 25 km from the airport by the hot springs. Accommodation at the hotel with an outdoor hot pool. Free day. Overnight at the hotel. (Meals on board)

Day 4: Breakfast. Optional helicopter tour to the Valley of the Geysers.

09:30 am Transfer to the helipad.
10:30 am Helicopter tour to the Valley of the Geysers and Uzon Caldera, including lunch.
04:30 pm Transfer back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 5.

08:00 am Breakfast.
09:00 am Transfer to the River Bystraya.
12:00 am Lunch at a base camp by the River. Rafting down the River Bystraya (3-4 hours). Fishing for Pacific salmon, Sockeye salmon, Chum salmon, Arctic char, rainbow trout etc. (catch and release principle). Transfer to Malkinsky hot springs for bathing.
09:00 pm Return to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 6.

08:00 am Breakfast.
09:00 am Transfer to Avacha Volcano by off-road vehicles.
Accommodation at Avacha Volcano base camp, located at 850 meters above the sea level.
11:00 am Trekking by the foot of the Volcano.
01:00 pm Lunch at the base camp.
02:30 pm Acclimatization trekking to the Verblud Mountain.
07:00 pm Dinner at the base camp. Overnight in cabins. Includes: (B), (L), (D).

Day 7.

06:00 am Breakfast.
08:00 am Ascending Avacha volcano (2741 meters). Lunch is provided as a packed meal.
04:00 pm Return to the base camp.
06:00 pm Dinner at the base camp.
07:00 pm Transfer to the hotel in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B), (L), (D).

Day 8.

08:00 am Breakfast.
09:00 am Transfer to the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
10:00 am Avacha Bay cruise with sea fishing and visit of Starichkov Island, a nature reserve rich in wildlife – sea birds and seals. Lunch on board with ukha fish-soup and local seafood.
05:00 pm Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city tour including the Museum of Kamchatka and flea market.
07:00 pm Return to the hotel in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 9.

08:00 am Breakfast.
09:00 am Departure for a day tour to Vachkazhets mountain range.
10:30 am Trekking to volcanic circle and the waterfalls. Picnic lunch. Transfer back to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B), (L).

Day 10: Breakfast. Day on reserve or optional tours. Overnight at the hotel. Includes: (B).

Day 11: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Departure for Moscow by Aeroflot flight SU-828 PKC 17:40 – SVO 17:45. Arrival in Moscow. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel. (B, meals on board)

Day 12: Breakfast. Transfer to the airport or train station. Includes: (B).

Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.

Price Includes:
- Roundtrip airfare Moscow – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky – Moscow, economy class
- Accommodation:
* Hotel “Izmailovo Vega” or similar in Moscow
* Hotel “Antarius” or similar in Paratunka
* Hotel “Avacha” or similar in Petropavlosvsk-Kamchatsky
* Avacha Volcano Base Camp. The camp has several simple cabins for 4-10 people with two-level plank-beds, outside toilets and water basins, canteen, “banya” steam bath.
- Meals as per itinerary
- Local English and Russian-speaking guide’s services on tours
- Transportation: minibus, simple bus or off-road 4WD or 6WD vehicle
- Tours as per itinerary (except for the helicopter tour)
- Cook’ services (where necessary)
- Nature parks fees
- Museum tickets.

Price Excludes:
- Meals that are not mentioned
- Alcoholic drinks
- Helicopter tour to the Valley of the Geysers and Uzon Caldera. Estimated tour price is 25000 Rubles/person (865 USD). The price will be reconfirmed in early 2010.

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