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This is the unique opportunity to see the tremendous impact of the famous fissure eruptions of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano! You will climb the huge crater of this volcano and see bright-red cones, hardened volcanic bombs, odd-shape lava flows, scoria areas with a wild play of colours and Dead Forest. All this is surrounded by the magnificent and unpredictable volcanoes! Unusual landscape in the Tolbachik area makes an impression of an extraterrestrial scenery which is compared indeed with the lunar one. There the fist testing of Soviet Lunar vehicles took place.

Day 1: Paratunka

Meeting at the airport of Elizovo. Transfer and accommodation at the recreation base of Paratunka or hotel of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Overnight staying – hotel. Meal: -/-/-

Day 2: Paratunka - Kozyrevsk Settlement

Transfer (8-10 hours) by a cross-country automobile to Kozyrevsk. Accommodation at the guesthouse of the settlement. Overnight staying – huts. B/L/D

Day 3: Kozyrevsk – North Break – Dead forest

Transfer (5 hours) to the southern part of the foot of the Tolbachik volcano. Viewing the cones of the North Break and Dead Forest, destroyed by burning hot ashes outburst resulting from the powerful eruption of 1975-76. Accommodation at our base in Dead Forest. Overnight staying – huts. B/L/D

Day 4: Plosky Tolbachik volcano

Transfer about 40 min to the Sopka Kleshnya. The ascent to the crater of Plosky Tolbachik takes about 6 hours. The descent to Sopka Kleshnya – 4-5 hours. Along the way viewing the lava flows of 2012-13. Returning to the base in Dead Forest. Overnight staying – huts. B/L/D

*Depending on the group desires, this day may be used only for excursion (4-5 hours) of the lava flows, new cones and caves formed in the result of the grandiose eruption of 2012-13

Day 5: Dead forest – Kozyrevsk Settlement

Transfer and accommodation at the guesthouse of the settlement. Overnight staying – huts. B/L/D

Day 6: Kozyrevsk – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

Transfer and accommodation at the hotel of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Overnight staying – hotel. B/L/-

1300 EUR – for one person for group of 6 people

950 EUR – for one person for group of 9 people

The tour includes the following expenses:

• accommodation in hotels und huts
• automobile movement along the entire route
• meal: Breakfast (B) / Lunch (L) / Dinner (D)
• group support services on the route (english-speaking guide, guide assistant and cook)
• providing of all camping gear (tents, kitchen equipment, etc)
• visa support

The participants of this tour are to be ready for long automobile transfer along forestry and gravel road of bad quality.

We kindly ask you to take a closer look at the section Important information which describes the peculiarities of travelling through Kamchatka, tour categories and necessary personal equipment.