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How
to Travel to Kamchatka
Kamchatka has no ground connection with the mainland. No railways
or roads lead to Kamchatka from the rest of Eurasia. The Navy and
fishermen mainly use the seaport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. There
are no regular passenger ferries to anywhere from this port. The
only possibility to get to Kamchatka or leave it is the air flight.
The airport is located in 20 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in
the village called Elyzovo. So the airport called “Elyzovo”
airport. There are daily flights to Moscow, several flights a week
to Siberia, Saint Petersburg and Alaska. To book your flight, you
can use WayToRussia.Net Airline
Tickets reservation service.
How to Get Around:
It is hard to get around Kamchatka by yourself. There are two reasons
– permissions required and the lack of public transport.
Most of the area of Kamchatka is the closed and secured area. Some
of it
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by the military
reasons, some by the ecological ones. So, to move around you need
to obtain special permissions. There are just several locations,
which can be reached by the independent traveler without permissions.
Most of the volcanoes and geysers are in the nature reserves, so
you will not be able to get there without the permissions. The tourist
agencies provide the permissions for their clients. Usually you
just buy the tour and don’t bother with the permissions.
The system of public transport is poor. There are just several regular
buses, which operate at the routes from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
to the nearest villages.
The hitchhiking seems to be a hard activity at Kamchatka. There
are few cars moving by the few roads of the peninsula.
The cycling and trekking without the guide is hard cause there are
lack of proper maps of Kamchatka and dangerous due to the wild animals
living in the area.
There are no companies which rent the cars in the city, however
there are taxies which can get you to the villages around the city.
The most of the tourists use travel agencies to get around Kamchatka
and they book the tours before. The rest come to Kamchatka independently
hoping to travel by themselves but in the few days they also buy
the tours, as they can’t reach anything by their own.
Proposed Itinerary / Summer:
| Trekking
Tour Park Nalychevo
Ecotourism in the nature reserve.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
hiking, trekking, camping, gathering mushrooms and
berries, hot springs bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Nalychevo nature park; |
| Level:
Easy; Duration: 10 days; |
| Budget:
$999 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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| Kamchatka
Safari
Best volcanoes of Kamchatka.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
hiking, trekking, camping, mountaineering, hot springs
bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mutnovsky volcano, Viluchinsky
volcano, Paratunka, Even nomad camp |
| Level:
Moderate; Duration: 11 days; |
| Budget:
$1599 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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| The
Land of Volcanoes
The best nature sights just in 10 days.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
hiking, trekking, camping, mountaineering, rafting,
fishing, hot springs bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mutnovsky volcano, Gorely
volcano, Bystraya river, Avacha volcano, Valley of
Geysers |
| Level:
Moderate; Duration: 10 days; |
| Budget:
$994 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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| The
Best of Kamchatka
The all over Kamchatka tour.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
hiking, trekking, camping, mountaineering, rafting,
fishing, hot springs bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Mutnovsky volcano, Gorely
volcano, Bystraya river, Avacha volcano, Valley of
Geysers, Viluchinsky volcano, Paratunka. |
| Level:
Moderate; Duration: 10 days; |
| Budget:
$1540 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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Budget tours available as well! Contact the operators.
Proposed
Itinerary / Winter:
| Winter
Safari
Wintertime at Kamchatka.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
snowboarding or skiing, dog sledging, hot springs
bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Moroznaya mountain, Even
nomad camp |
| Level:
Moderate; Duration: 10 days; |
| Budget:
$1599 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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| Dog
Sledge Racing - Berengia 2003
Wintertime at Kamchatka.
Code: #1g01kt | Operator: Kamchatka
Travel Company |
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Activities:
snowboarding or skiing, dog sledging, hot springs
bathing and more; |
| Destinations:
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Moroznaya mountain, Sledge
dog racing |
| Level:
Moderate; Duration: 10 days; |
| Budget:
$1590 full price, including all transfers and transportation,
accommodation, meals 3 times per day, entrance fees,
camping and hiking equipment rental, multilingual
guides, permission fees, visa invitation and registration. |
| Request
Availability | More
Info |
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Practical
Advices
Use
travel agency – this is a recommendation and a statement
of fact – otherwise you will not be able to travel around
Kamchatka.
There is a short high season at Kamchatka: from July to September
only. This means that thousands of the tourists rush at Kamchatka
at this time. During the high season it is hard to get the plane
ticket to Kamchatka, find the room in the hotel in the city or
package tour available – so, reserve the tour beforehand!
You have to be equipped well to travel round Kamchatka. You should
discuss with the travel agency the list of equipment they will
provide and bring the rest by yourself.
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