Kamchatka is more often called, accurately, the ‘land of fire and ice’ and is without doubt one of Russia’s most beautiful regions. The Kamchatka Peninsula is located in Far East Russia between the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Okhotsk, revealing its many marvels – volcanoes geysers, majestic, cone-shaped mountains, crater lakes, boundless glaciers, immense forests, rivers filled with salmon, and parks with wild animals.
Kamchatka is simply an adventure traveller’s dream, from ski-treks in virgin snows, hike into pristine wilderness, unforgettable heliskiing, wilderness travel and local indigenous cultures.
Kamchatka´s Wildlife
The amazing diversity of Kamchatka´s wildlife has a diverse range of numerous species: brown bear, fox, polar fox, hare, sable, mink, lynx, wolverine, squirrel, elk, northern reindeer, snow-ram, otter, musk-rat and others. Among the sea animals we distinguish whales, seals, sea otters, and also crabs, clams, sea urchins and others.
Kamchatka is one of the best places in the world to view brown bears in their natural habitat.
The people
Local indigenous tribes Itelmens, Koryaks and Evens still keep nomadic life. As rain deer herders they can be found in the central part of the peninsula wearing traditional animal skins and carrying collapsible ger-a-like houses. Most of the Even lived along the northern Sea of Okhotsk coastline. They came to Kamchatka about 150 years ago.
What places do we visit?
Bystrinsky Nature Park – comprises some of the most dramatic mountains, high tundra, and birch forests on Kamchatka.
Anavgai and Esso villages – are within Bystrinsky Park boundaries and preservation of traditions of these aboriginal people is a primary goal of the park.
Natural Park Klyuchevskoy - was established in December 1999 and it is called to fill in the missing and most striking element of the World Heritage site Volcanoes of Kamchatka.
Kronotsky Preserve – is a multi-faceted jewel covering 1,007,134 hectares of land and the 3-mile zone of 152 miles of shoreline. The Preserve’s mountains, glaciers, active and extinct volcanoes, rivers, lakes, islands, beaches, and rugged shoreline give the preserve a variety of ecosystems and remarkable biodiversity.
Who travels with us to Kamchatka?
Kamchatka is the premier destination for adventure seeking a personal connection with nature, wilderness and the local people.
