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By: vladimir

Excursion about Kamchatka



Kamchatka seems to be created for horse and pedestrian trips: so many wonderful places here! When tourists come here, they don’t think of seeng all its sights: they think 2-3 days are enough. However three-four days later, indeed beast wish to see all treasures, which Kamchatka conceals from the strange eyes. They are enough here.

The Kamchatka peninsula is divided into several tourist zones, in all of which there are two-three volcanos and several mountains. The central zone of the peninsula is Petropalovsk-Elizovskaya, including the main city of Kamchatka – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, founded in 1740. The main sight of this region is Avachinskaya Bay. This bake enjoys the great popularity among fishermen and connoisseurs of the nature beauty, and those who like beach health resorts. The seacoast in the region of Halaktirskaya Bulge of the Avachinsky Bay is improved specially for them. The beautiful view of small bays, along which sea cruises are carried out, opens from the side of the volcanos Viluchinsky, Mutnovsky, Gorely. From the hight of birds flying we can see Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk, having climbed up the hills petrovskaya, Nikolskaya or Signalnaya. The panorama of the local port of the Avachinskaya Bay. In the east we can see the Avachinsk-Karyakskaya mountain chain. Now it is the place of mountain-skiing tourism, as its snow slopes are well accommodated to this kind of sport. Besides that the net of mountain-pedestrian routes is well developed on the slopes of the volcanos Karyaksky (3,456 m), Avachinsky, Kozelsky, Aag, Arik.

These places also attracts mountaineers. By the way, one such climbing up the mountains help an obese man to throw off about 3-5 kg.

Those, who has come here for the cure,can take seats in the sanatoria. There are 28 sanatoria in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk and they are built round Parutinsky hot springs, famous for their healthy force. The most beautiful place in the peninsula is the zone of park “Nalichevo”, occuping 287.197 ha and entered in the list of the world cultural and natural heritage of UNESCO and being in the board efficient control ofthe parks of Kamchatka region. The territory of the park includes the Krasheninikov islands, named after the famous Russian scientist, who wrote the first book about the peninsula “The description of Kamchatka region”.

The park is surrounded from three sides from the south-west and the north by the half-ring both of the active (Avachinsky, Koryaksky, Jupanovsky, Dzendzura) and the extinct (Kozelsky, Aag, Arik, Kupol, Vershinsky, Jurevsky and other) volcanos. In order to get to these protected zones from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk, it is enough to cover this distance by helicopter. The flight takes 15-20 minutes. It is also possible to reach it on foot through the places of passages. The length of this route is 50 km, or 2.5 days. Tourists easily overcome this distance only for one purpose – to enjoy the coolness and salubrity of more than 200 mineral hot and cold springs, taking place in the park “Nalichevo”. Medicine has proved that it treats for tens known for the mankind diseases.

Nalichesky, Dzenzursky, Talovy, Shaibny, Kraevedchesky, Shumny hot springs and cold springs-Narzans Aagsky and Karyaksky enjoys the great popularity among the tourists.

Here there are animals, entered in “Red book of the Russian Federation”: black kazarka, snow ram, whitetailed and whiteshouldered sea eagles and gyrfalcon. They canbe seen during excursions, carried out in this region. Besides that, tourists can feast their eyes upon sea birds colonies. It is important to mention that Kamchatka is the place of stand and nesting of many sea birds, which we saw, probably, only on TV. The seal-rookeries take place on the sea boulders next to them.

Specially for the excursions of this kind the park has been rebuilt for the last years. Here appeared: museums of the nature, local lore and tourism, dining-rooms for the tourists and visitors of the park, bathing huts with launches and little bridges in the springs, cordons on the paths, tourist routes, which have the great number of pointers, were reappointed and put in order. The grounds for stall camps, places for bonfires, landing grounds for helicopters have also appeared. In the present time the park is visited for the purpose of mountain tourism, mountaineering, fishing, resting in the hot springs, ecological tourism. The greatest number of sceneries can be seen on the territory of Mutnovsko-Viluchinsky tourist zone, which is placed in 70 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk. This zone is rich in shallow rivers, streaming down to the Pacific ocean and twining round the foot of the active volcanos Mutnovsky and Gorely, sometimes streaming down from their tops.

By the way, the air routes were accommodated specially for the extreme tourists: those who so desire can fly by helicopter or plane and peep in the craters of the volcanos. In this respect the Mutnovsky – one of the most powerful volcanos in the world – represents the great interest. Its top is unusual and consists of four merged cones, the last of which grew on the old cone and its height reached 3,323 m above sea-level. While flying above the Mutnovsky, the powerful steam-gas jets, numerous geysers, sulphuric domes, water and gas coppers, and also deep canyons, which the river Vulkannaya made. It falls from the hight 80 m. Other waterfalls and the powerful glacier, which forms whimsical figures while thawing, also can be met in this place.

The seacoast of Mutnovsky-Viluchinskaya zone is quite well organized for putting in of cruise vessels: a number of bays (Saranskaya, Viluchinskaya, Jirovaya, Russian, Listvennichnaya, Berezovaya, Mutnaya, Asacha) favour it. The pedestrian routes stretches along the river valleys, over the passes with ascents of the volcano tops to the edge of the craters of two active volcanos. As a whole such excursions last only one day. The greatest number of active volcanos can be met in the Southern Kamchatskaya tourist zone, which include South-Kamchatsky park of the nature and reserve. There are four active volcanos here: Koshelev, Jeltovsky, Ksudach, Ilinsky, and a number of medicine springs,the most famous springs in Russia are Opalsky, Hodutkinsky, Ozernovsky, Paujetsky, Ksudachinsky.

Besides that this zone is famous for its lakes. For example, there is the second in size in Kamchatka the Kurilskoe where a lot of Sockeye Salmons (a variety of salmon) dwell, and in the environs brown bears, see eagles are found. This zone presents the great interest for amateurs of hunting and fishing, and also for those who is engaged in professional photography: the picturesque landscape will gladden the eye of every expert at his trade. Milkovsko- Pushinskaya tourist-balneological zone has the wide water net as it is located on the main river of the Kamchatka peninsula. In this place pedestrian crossings are well developed, as there are a lot of mountain ridges, lakes, terminal and mineral springs, among which Belovsky, Red Cascades, Lower- and Upper-Schapinsky springs are valued by their medicine nature. And numerous hot springs in this place have also other purpose: people living here use them for heating their settlement and hothouses. Owing to that, a lot of fruit and vegetables are cultivated here the whole year round. Other springs - Bistrinsky, Оksky, Essovsky, Аnavgaisky - were accommodated to the places for swimming baths where there are also pools.

And near the active volcano Kizimen of the height 2,375 meters it is possible to see, perhaps, the most beautiful water falls of Kamchatka - Аndrianovsky, the waters of which fall from the height in 150 meters, and also the lake with crystal-clear water - Sevo. By the way, this nook has the popular name “Kamchatka Switzerland ": so many picturesque places here, and besides that, this zone is included in the zone of coniferous and deciduous woods, which are unusual to Kamchatka.

Besides that, the ethno-cultural center of Kamchadals, founded in 1743, is located in this place in the settlement Milkovo. It represents the reconstructed jail of the 17th century, where people can get to know the national craft of the first settlers: to see their utensils, shamans’ suits.

By the way, the national holidays, based on the ancient customs of Cossacks and Itelmens residing here, are frequently arranged in the settlement. From the representatives of fauna it is possible to see here beavers and swans, otters and sables, lynx, dwelling in reserves “Bobrovoe” and “Taiga”. Ethnographers, coming in the peninsula, as a rule, pay their looks on the treasures of Bistrinsky natural park, where villages Esso and Avangai – the places of residing of the representatives of Kamchatka indigenous population Evens are located. Besides one can get to know with the exibits of some etnographic museums of the region, where things of Evens’ life, their clothes, utensils, the records of the national superstitions, songs are kept. By the way, the last can be heard in the settlement literally continually: the cultural infrastructure is widely developed, and, in particular, several national song-dancing ensembles work in this place. Ust-Kamchatka-Kluchevskaya tourist-recreational zone occupies approximately the whole territory of Ust-Kamchatka and the northern part of Milkovsky areas. This zone includes the natural park “Kljuchevskoi”, including the group of the working and extinct volcanos: Kluchevsky (4835 м), Stone (4575 м), Ushkovsky (4108 м), Krestovsky (3943 м), Acute and Flat Tolbachik (3682 and 3085 м) and others. In total they are 14. In this place there is also the Kamchatka river with a great number of inflows: Tolbachik, Topolovoi, Elovoi, Kozirevsky and many others.

In the flood-lands of the rivers there are ones of the largest lakes of Kamchatka: Nerpichy, Ajabachy (the largest spawning-grounds of Sockeye Salmon), Harchinsky, Long and tens others, rich in fish. And not by chance fish-processing enterprises are placed in this place most of all. And in Ust-Kamchatsk there is a seaport and an airport. Besides in the zone there are 12 nature sanctuaries. This zone is rich in museums as here during ancient times Cossacks had constructed most of all settlements. Nizhnekamsky and Kluchevsky jails were erected here in the beginning of 18 century and from here, from the mouth of the river Kamchatka the first expedition to the shores of America, organized by Vitus Bering in the vessel “Saint Havril” started. The territory of Aleutian national area of Kamchatka is located in the Komandorsky and Bering Islands, Aries the Stone. The 30-mile water area which together with the Islands makes the biospheric reserve, the total area of which - 1484 sq km also enters into this zone. One can reach this place only by plane or vessel, which are sent accordingly from cities Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk and Ust-Kamchatsk.

Mushrooms, berries, fur-seals, eared seals, rare breeds of birds, spawning-grounds of Sockeye Salmon, seals, dolphins, and even whales diversify the flora and fauna of the Commander Islands. Here there are falls, the biggest in Kamchatka, with the height up to 200 meters. Here again one can visit the tomb of the pathbreaker of the Islands, Vitus Bering. By the way, it is very difficult to get in this place: according to the local laws 10 thousand people are admitted on this territory during a season.

Annually the vessels, from which it is allowed to watch animal, dwelling here, and numerous bird colonies, sail up to these islands. Island Toporkovo is famous for its natural resources most of all. Located in settlement Nikolsky the Museum of local lore keeps the most valuable exhibits, which were left after the expedition of Bering. Here one can see Stellerovaya cow, guns from the legendary Bering’s ship and, at the same time, take pleasure in beauty of the unique headdresses of Aleuts, to look over the samples of the representatives of Kamchatka flora and fauna.

Kronozky-Jupanovsky recreational zone is famous for the Valley of geysers - the unique place in the world, called “The pearl of Kamchatka” where one can such assemblage of active geysers. Here one can not only see the volcanic activity of the territory (to watch emissions of hot water and steam), but also try salubrious water from numerous springs. There are also falls, mud boilers here. This place is famous for a great number of rivers: the Jupanova, the Karimskaya, the Noisy, the Kronozkaya, the Bogachevka and others where fishers-amateurs can take pleasure in sports fishing. And for those who prefer to admire прелестями the nature from height of the bird's flight, The local tourist firms offer those, who prefer admiring the scenery from the hight of bird flight, to go on fascinating air travel by helicopter from which view of both the Valley of geysers, and tundra, volcanos, rivers, lakes, and in particular, one can see one of the most beautiful lakes of Kamchatka – the crater lake of the volcano Small Semyachik.

By the way, the reserve of this zone includes the places, accommodated specially for the rest. equipped here. So, if you have suddenly decided to settle down in this place not for one day, you can do it in the well appointed resting base of the international class. It is appointed just for fishermen.

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