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To see current views of Kluchevskoy and Shiveluch volcanoes from live
web cameras provided by Institute of Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry, Far East Division, Russian Academy of
Sciences, click
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Highlights:
- explore preserved wildlife area of the Komandors,
- watching the biggest colony of fur seals on the Western Pacific Coast,
- experiencing the bird-watching at the important migration spot in the Pacific bassin.
- visiting the museum of the Regional Studies, the Vitus Bering grave and the other historical places.
5 days, 4 nights
Dates:
Aug 3 - 6, Aug 12 - 15
Grade of difficulty: easy
(excursion)
Land cost: $1880 per person in a group of 6.
Price includes: helicopter charter expenses, insurance, all
overland transport expences on the islands, English-speaking guide service, kitchen crew, all the meals,
camp stuff and tents.
Domestic flight (if any) airfare, Russian visa, over luggage if any, personal expenses, tips and medical insurance are
not included.
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Komandorsky Islands Adventure
The Komandorsky Islands are one of the most preserved areas of
the Kamchatka Region.
They are included into the Koman- dorsky State Natural Reserve. There are two
large islands: the Bering and the Medny and two small ones: the Ariy Kamen’ and
the Toporkov.
The Bering Island stretches from north-west to south-east for 75 km. The
landscape of its northern part is rather smooth and flattened. It’s
possible to walk along the shore line almost everywhere. The south of
the island is mountainous. The island was named after
the leader of two Kamchatkan expeditions of the XVIII century, the navigator captain-commander Vitus Bering, who had been living there
together with crew of the ship “St. Peter” for 9 months and died
of scurvy.
The Medny Island was named after a serving man Dmitry Nakvasin, who
had found
there a native copper (“medny”- means copper) in 1743. It
looks as waves of dark-green slopes in summer and white – in
winter, beyond which there are mountains. All these mountains
and tundra are surrounded by shore-walls with small bays
scattered here and there. On summits of hill-waves there is
lichen, below there are berry-fields, rhododendrons. In river
valleys there are dense grass and low-growing bushes.
Northern fur seals are undoubtedly the main sight and wealth of the
Komandorsky Islands. In late April the first male adults appear on seal-rookeries. Fur seals
hibernate near the Japanese Islands and having spent there severe
seasons come back to native places. Thousands of them occupy the
northern and north-west parts of the Bering Island.
Arctic blue foxes are hosts of the islands. In the southern part of
the Bering
Island there is a small reindeer herd, which had been brought there
from Kamchatka twice before adapted to new food. Rivers of the Islands are spawning grounds for Pacific salmon. The main
spawning ground is large Sarannoe Lake. Sea giants or whales
inhabit waters along the Komandorsky Islands shores.
Iitinerary:
- Day 1. Helicopter flight from
Yelizovo to the Komandorsky Islands (about 4 hours). Landing in Ust-Kamchatsk town for extra
fuel. Lunch. Arriving to the Bering Island. Accommodation in tents. Excursion
to Nikolskoe village.
- Day
2. Visit to museum of
Aleuts. Lunch. Excursion to the North fur seals coast by off-road vehicle.
Return to the base camp.
- Day 3.
Excursion to the East coast of the island. Visit to spawning rivers.
Return to the base camp.
- Day 4. Excursion to the North-West fur seal coast.
Return to the base camp.
- Day 5. Breakfast. Excursion to
the Sarannoe Lake. Lunch. Departure by helicopter to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
(4 hours)
To see other 2004 Kamchatka programs click
here.
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Wild Russia /
Neizvedanny Mir Company
Saint Petersburg, Fontanka embankment, 59
+7
812 313-8030
+7
812 571-1071
+7
812 273-6514
Email:
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