The tourist program "Across Kamchatka with comfort" is an excellent option for both single travel and family vacations. This program is not very extreme and combines outdoor activities with daily overnight stays in a hotel. Suitable for children from 7 years old.
(no overnight stays in tents)
On this tour, you will be able to climb 4 different active volcanoes! You will make a journey from the slag fields and lava caves of the Volk. Tolbachik to the Gorely volcano, famous for its crater lake, and Mutnovsky volcano, in whose active funnel there are sulfur collars and fumaroles, and complete the program enjoying breathtaking views from the top of Avachinsky volcano.
You will be able to walk through the vast lava fields and places where the moon rover was tested, climb Flat Tolbachik volcano, see the cones of the "young" volcanoes, visit the cones of the Northern Break and the "dead forest" and go down the lava caves.
Avachinskiy (or Avacha) Volcano, also known as Avachinskaya Sopka or "Avacha" among Kamchatka residents, is an active volcano. It has a complex, cone-in-cone structure of the Somma-Vesuvius type. It is 2741 meters above the sea and belongs to the group of so-called "domestic" volcanoes because of its close location to the city. Avachinskiy Volcano is a spectacular landmark that can be clearly seen from Petropavlovsk on a clear sunny day.
Mutnovskiy Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes of Kamchatka. Due to its unusual shape any person can climb up to the crater and observe all the action: fumaroles, steam emissions, mud pots, etc. The magnificent volcanic landscape leaves a long-lasting impression on every participant of the tour.
Gorelyi volcano is a ridgy array rising from the bottom of the elliptical caldera and is about 1829 meters high. It used to be a shield volcano with a base diameter of about 30 km. With time, the central part sank resulting in the formation of the enormous caldera containing several craters. Nowadays the caldera is surrounded by the remains of the old volcano.
The Mutnovskiy volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in Kamchatka. As the shape of it is unusual, everyone can make an ascent to the crater of the volcano and see all volcanic activity with their own eyes. Fumaroles, steam, mud kettles. The fantastic volcanic landscape will impress everyone who makes an ascent to it.
The Goreliy volcano is difficult to distinguish from the mountain massif at first sight, but the so-called "collection" of its various craters is considered to be unique. Each crater on the volcano top has its own characteristic and together they create a unique range. The Goreliy volcano caldera is a natural geological monument. At the end of the ascent, you will be impressed by the largest and most beautiful crater of the volcano, filled with an unusually beautiful acid lake of turquoise color.
The latest Tolbachik volcano eruption was from November 27 of 2012 to February 2014, in the result of which one of the volcano cones disappeared. The previous eruption is known as the "Great Fissure Tolbachik Eruption" (BFTE) happened in 1974-1975. New cones called "Northern" and "Southern" breaks, "The dead forest", a lot of unique lava caves, and valley of lava column appeared during the eruption.
The Ploskiy (Flat) Tolbachik Volcano (3085 m, active) and Ostry (Sharp) Tolbachik (3682 m, extinct) are located in the central part of the peninsula on the south from the Klyuchevskaya sopka volcano(4750 m active) – the highest volcano in Eurasia. Ploskiy Tolbachik and Ostry Tolbachik are so close to each other, and from the side, it seems like a single volcano with sharp and flat parts.