Trekking trip to the Klyuchevskoy volcano group: Tolbachik, Bezymyany

Tour N 21.Trekking to the Klyuchevskoy volcano group: Tolbachik, Bezymyanny (Nameless).

The best period for the tour - from June 10 till August 31

Arrival dates for 2010: 21.07, 02.08, 14.08.

The tour is meant for tourists with average physical training: trekking approximately 6 hours a day with a backpack of 15-20 kg.

During the trip you’ll visit one of the most interesting places on Kamchatka. The route lies on a plateau of about 1000m, in the area of the highest active volcanoes of Kamchatka, on high-mountainous Alpine meadows and moon-like volcanic fields. Moon- and Mars-research vehicles were tested here. You’ll have a chance to ascend two volcanoes.

1st day.Arrival at the airport, transfer to the hotel (20kms). Accommodation, rest.
2nd day.Driving by off-road bus to the area of Kozyrevsk village (450kms). In good weather there is a wonderful view from the camp to the highest volcanoes of Kamchatka: Krestovsky (4057m), Ushkovsky (3903m), Klyuchevskoy (4750m), Kamen (4579m), Plosky Tolbachik (3082m) and Ostry Tolbachik (3672m). Camping for the night.
3rd day.Driving by off-road bus to the former seismic station Leningradskaya. Visiting the northern group of Tolbachik cones. Tolbachik cones are a peculiar group of volcanic formations looking like small-scale volcanoes 100-200 m. high.
4th days.Short trekking to the Cones and the Dead Forest, destroyed by scoria and ash eruption in 1975.
5th day. Ascending Plosky Tolbachik volcano (3082 m). Ascending is not difficult and takes 6-8 hours. In the crater there is a yellow lake with sulpher fumarols.
6th day.Trekking to the Tolud river. The area strikes you with its sparse vegetation after the Tolbachik volcano eruption 1975.
7th day.Trekking across the Tolud mountain pass (1291 m) up to the Tolbachinsky pass. There is a new superb view to Plosky and Ostry Tolbachik, Big Udina (2920 m) and Small Udina (1945), Ovalnaya Zimina (3080 m) from the Tolud pass.
8th day.Trekking via the Tolbachinsky pass (1503 m) up to the famous protected by UNESCO Polennitza Mountain (Pile), composed of separate basalt pillars. Trekking across the alpine meadows and old lava flows. On the way observing the New, Mars and Jupiter craters, appeared at the result of the volcanic activities in 1945.
9th day.Trekking across the pass (1500 m) up to the foot of Bezymyanny volcano.
10th day.Ascending Bezymyanny volcano (2880 m, 8 hours of ascending). The summit got its unusual form after the catastrophic eruption of 1958. The new gigantic cone appeared inside the huge crater.
11th day.A reserve day. Rest after ascending. In case of bad weather it’s used as an extra day for ascending. Camping for the night.
12th day.Trekking across the alpine highland up to the canyon of the Studyonaya (Icy cold) river. There is a chance to see wild snow sheep at the canyon rocks.
13th day. Trekking to Kopyto (Hoof) hill. Driving back to Kozyrevsk village by off-road bus.
14th day. Driving back to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky city by off-road bus. Accommodation in Paratunka resort area. Bathing in hot thermal pools.
15th day. Transfer to the airport.

The tour cost - 52 000 russian rubles per person.
Extra charge for the single room accommodation - 5 000 russian rubles.

Included:

1. Full board for the whole tour.
2. Guide service for the whole tour.
3. Interpreter service for the tour.
4. Camp equipment (tents, etc.).
5. Transport service (bus, 4WD truck, etc.).
6. Accommodation at the city hotel and in Paratunka.
7. Visa support and registration.

Not included:

1. Purchase of alcoholic drinks, beer, cigarettes.
2. Purchasing of souvenirs.

Tourists themselves carry all the equipment and food.

If necessary it's possible to use porters' services and satellite phone for an extra fee.

Every participant of the tour is requested to have:
1) a rucksack (70 – 100 liter)
2) a sleeping bag and a tourist mat,
3) trekking boots or rubber boots,
4) additional shoes to change,
5) things for personal hygiene, bathing accessories,
6) warm clothes (waterproof and windblock jacket),
7) sunglasses,
8) a hat,
9) a torch,
10) gloves,
11) trekking poles,
12) the first-aid kit,
13) anti-mosquito spray.