1 day "Arrival in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - the capital and largest city on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.
This city is located in a unique corner of the earth, with the largest number of volcanoes and all types of volcanic activity in one place. You will meet your guide in the airport."
Then you will go with the guide to the hotel. After checking at the hotel (check in - after 14.00) you can relax or go for a walking tour - your guide will be happy to advise you where to go.
2 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
In the morning you will go for the sightseeing tour included a walk along the historical center of the city, meeting with historical and cultural monuments, visiting the regional museum (optionally), fish market and souvenir shop. We will visit the observation platforms from which a stunning view of Avacha Bay and the city itself opens up against the background of domestic volcanoes.
We continue our journey and visit the Local Lore Museum, where you will get to know about the exploration of Kamchatka, its nature and about peoples of Kamchatka’s traditional culture. Also, we offer you to visit an exhibition showing the way of life of indigenous and Cossacks including the collection of ancient articles.
*Or you can visit the Museum of Volcanoes - it is interactive and multimedia private museum only one of its kind in Russia. Within the museum there is an exclusive collection of rock samples and models lava flows and tsunami etc.
Then we offer you an excursion by boat round Avacha bay - the main transport "gate" of the Kamchatka territory and to Starichkov Island - one of the natural monuments of Kamchatka. Sea fishing.
Lunch on board.
Then guide will accompany you to the hotel.
3 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
In the morning we will go to the foothill of the Avachinskiy volcano by car and snowmobile. The road will take you about 2 hours. The Avachinskiy volcano (2751 m) is one of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka. It is often called “home volcano” among Kamchatka’s people. Its crater is filled with hardened lava above which you can see rising clouds of fumaroles. And it is also called the visiting card of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - the slopes of the volcano are clearly visible from the city, and their bulk literally rises behind the rows of streets and roofs.
Then your guide will accompany you to the base camp, where you will have a tea break.
Then guide will accompany you to the hotel.
4 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
Today we will proceed to an Ethnic tourist centre. You will have an excursion at the centre (dog kennel) and a meeting with Kamchatka natives where you will learn exciting stories about their culture and traditions. Archeological evidence shows that people have been living on southern Kamchatka as long as most indigenous people anywhere else, that is for some thousand years.
Lunch
After lunch we will visit "Ozerki" hot springs - this place is considered the most popular and visited hot spring in Kamchatka. You can relieve tiredness and relax in the healing hot springs. The water of hot springs has a beneficial effect on the body, improve metabolism and strengthen the immune system. Facilitate the work of the heart, promote healing of damaged skin, have anti-inflammatory effects. It is used for diseases of the musculoskeletal system, central nervous system, skin diseases.
You can relax and get bathe in hot thermal water swimming-pool.
Then guide will accompany you to the hotel.
5 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
After the breakfast you will go to Vilyuchinskiy volcano foothill.
First, we will head to the Vilyuchinsky waterfall, located on a volcanic slope. The waterfall appeared as a result of the melting of the glacier. You have to get to the waterfall on foot - along low, but sometimes dense thickets of the forest. The journey is quite difficult for an unprepared person. Vilyuchinsky waterfall - is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Kamchatka region and a popular tourist attraction.
Boxed lunch en route.
Then we offer you to visit Verkhneparatunskiye hot springs. Baths are arranged in the stream flowing down the slope. Sitting in a natural font with thermal water, you can admire the beauty of the Paratunka river valley from a bird's eye view. From here there are beautiful views of the surroundings: the dark cherry-colored cone of the Barkhatnaya hill, and to the south - the beautiful rocky cone of the Vilyuchinsky volcano.
Then guide will accompany you to the hotel.
6 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant.
EXTRA CHARGE Optional tour: We recommended you to go to Helicopter excursion to Kuril Lake**.
A flight to Ksudach volcano and trekking excursion along the shore of the crater lake is waiting for you, then bathing in Khodutka hot springs and lunch.
7 day Breakfast at the hotel restaurant, check out.
Guide will assist you on the way to airport.
Kamchatka is waiting for you! The impressions received from what you saw will be remembered for a lifetime!
**The departure time from the hotel and for the flight can be shifted according to weather conditions
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What is included
accommodation in hotel in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky or Paratunka (*in case of Paratunka hotels - taking spa in thermal water pool)
3 lunches and tea break
comfortable air-conditioner car/minivan/minibus
English speaking guide
Excursion FAQ
The cruise lines say that no one is allowed off the ship in St. Petersburg cruise port that does not purchase a ship sponsored excursion or have arranged a Russian visa on their own. Is that correct?
That is false! The third option is to purchase an excursion with a government licensed St. Petersburg shore excursion operator who has permission to give visa-free excursions. Your "visa" is the excursion guide! With this excursion, you are ready to explore St. Petersburg with your guide for the duration of the excursion, everything is taken care of.
Can I go wander and explore on my own during this private St. Petersburg sightsee excursion?
Unfortunately no, as part of the visa-free St Petersburg cruise excursion, guests must stay with their excursion guide.
What documents will I need to get off the ship in St. Petersburg Russia?
Guests must present their valid passport and official EXCURSION Ticket from the operator and will have no problems clearing customs and immigration for their excursion.
Do I need to take my passport with me on the St. Petersburg Private Peterhof Palace with Hydrofoil Boat Excursion for Small Groups to show along with my Electronic Shore Excursion Ticket?
YES, it is necessary to take along your passport. You will need to print and show your Electronic Ticket as well as any other documents required or sent to you for this excursion. Everything needed will be listed on your E-ticket.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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My favorite shore excursion ever see all the highlights of St Petersburg and learn from one of the best
csporich, Nov 2019
Two FULL days of touring the best that St Petersburg has to offer. Purchasing this tour online, processing it, getting emails answered (no matter how stupid my question), getting through customs and finding the guide in port was ALL super easy and much faster than I anticipated. The tour guide is chock full of information about every site, all the history of each site