Kamchatka Peninsula
Kamchatka Oblast
Far beyond Siberia, north of the furthest tip of Japan lies the mysterious Kamchatka Peninsula. This fish shaped span of land, an area larger than France, on Russia’s Pacific seaboard is so isolated that no road runs to it from Siberia, and during the Soviet years nobody visited, not even the Russians. But slowly, tentatively, it is opening its arms to the brave adventurer. This is no beach holiday, but a beautiful sub-Arctic wilderness, part of the Pacific ring of fire and dotted with 160 volcanoes –nearly 30 of them active. You can view the most sensational birdlife, marvel at the hot springs, watch as a huge brown bear trundles across the tundra, climb the cinder tracks of the Mutnovsky volcano and look down on both boiling springs and glaciers. The accommodation will be primitive, but the food delicious – sour cream and hot vodka with everything, and the experience a lifetime’s worth of memories.
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