Tours to Kamchatka in June
June in Kamchatka is the beginning of the golden tourist season. Roads to all the most interesting places are already available for passable transport and all journeys are declared open.
When is the best time in Kamchatka
We love Kamchatka at any time of the year, but to see as many sights as possible in one visit, then it is better to choose a certain time.
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Tours to Kamchatka in September
Kamchatka in September is a golden time to explore the peninsula. The earth lights up all its colours for the last time at full brightness, before preparing for winter. Tours in this period sound and inspire in a special way.
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Kamchatka in July
July in Kamchatka is a wonderful time for travelling. The weather in this month disposes to a variety of tours. Flowers are blooming everywhere and animals are walking around.
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Tours to Kamchatka in January
January in Kamchatka is one of the coldest months of the year. Therefore, you should be very careful when preparing and choosing tours for your holiday.
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Tours to Kamchatka in May
May in Kamchatka is the beginning of spring. The snow begins to melt, and the roads can take you further and further away from the bustle of the city. At this time of year it is not uncommon to see snowboarders on the slopes wearing only T-shirts.
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Tours to Kamchatka in February
Various tours to Kamchatka in February offer you to plunge into winter. Here you will discover such winter joys as freeride, dog sledding, bathing in hot springs in the middle of snowdrifts.
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Kamchatka in November
If you go to Kamchatka in late autumn, you will not be disappointed. At this time, every corner of the peninsula has its own magic, the only thing is that it is difficult to match the weather.
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Kamchatka in August
August is the peak of the tourist season. It is the most favourable time to travel to Kamchatka. Why? Because at this time you can get anywhere you want to go, and all the entertainment you can imagine is open to you.
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Kamchatka in April
Kamchatka in April is a wonderful time of the year, including for winter activities. It is already warm enough during the day and you can meet people in T-shirts or swimming costumes on the ski slopes.
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Best time to visit Kamchatka
The unique nature and sights of Kamchatka attract many tourists to the peninsula. Some go for extreme sports and adventures, some for amazing landscapes and inspiration, some for unusual holidays. However, Kamchatka peninsula is not the place where you can go for a weekend. Difficult accessibility and climate peculiarities of this region make travellers carefully prepare and think over their holidays. Weather can disrupt the trip or spoil it, so you need to know when the best time to go to Kamchatka is..
Winter and summer - holidays for all tastes
It is not worth travelling to the peninsula during the obvious off-season, which in Kamchatka is slightly shifted in time compared to the mainland. This is the spring period from April to June and autumn, starting from October. Due to inclement weather at this time there is a great chance to sit in a hotel for the whole holiday without seeing any of the local sights. The rest of the time, however, you can enjoy the beauty of the region and have a great holiday.
When it is better to go to Kamchatka to rest, depends on the preferred type of rest: active or passive-contemplative, whether you just want to be in silence in the lap of pristine nature or to gain impressions that would be enough for a year ahead.
Winter is the most suitable season for fans of extreme sports. Skiing or snowboarding down pristine snow-covered slopes is an unforgettable experience. A helicopter ride to the top can take you all the way to the Pacific coast or even down into the crater of a volcano. The skiing season runs from about December to May. Snowmobile and dog sledding are also popular at this time of year. Views of Kamchatka in winter are no less breathtaking than in summer, and bathing in thermal water pools in the cold season is an inexpressible pleasure. For example, the famous Paratunsky thermal springs are a real paradise for those who appreciate the combination of comfort and exoticism.
Regardless of the season, it will be interesting to visit the Regional Museum in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and the Bystrinsky Ethnographic Museum in Esso, to look into the Itelmen village. In inclement weather it is especially pleasant to sit in a cafe or restaurant and savour local sea delicacies. But you can go on a helicopter excursion, for example, to the famous Valley of Geysers, only if the weather is good.
The best season for camping romance
The best time to go camping in Kamchatka is, of course, summer. It is short and usually cool on the peninsula, although sometimes the air warms up to +35. But the weather is unpredictable, so when going on a long hike in Kamchatka, you should stock up on waterproof and comfortable clothes and shoes.
Each warm month is beautiful in its own way. In July and August you can admire the fields of subalpine flowers, and in September you can admire the riot of autumn colours.
Fans of leisurely walks will enjoy a hike for mushrooms and berries (which, by the way, grow on the peninsula in abundance and are much better in taste than mainland ones) or ‘photo-hunting’ for representatives of local fauna. Trained tourists with time to spare can afford a long hike with visits to natural parks, volcanoes and thermal springs. The most visited places include:
- Nalychev Valley,
- Pacific beaches with black volcanic sand,
- Dachnie Springs,
- volcanoes, such as Avachinsky, Plosky Tolbachik, Mutnovsky and Gorely. By the way, there are about 300 dormant and 30 active volcanoes in Kamchatka. Even a person with average physical fitness can climb to the top of some volcanoes. The most desperate can climb the famous Kliuchevskoi volcano, which scares tourists with its activity, but without an instructor and certain experience in such ascents it is better not to risk it.
Special attention should be paid to the local fauna. In Kamchatka one can get acquainted with amazing animals - gopher-eared marmots and black-necked marmots, old birds and cottonmouths. Some of them have already got used to human attention and gladly let themselves be photographed. To meet ermine, sable or fox is not a rare thing on a trek. A must for some travellers is to watch bears, of which there are a great number in Kamchatka. It is not for nothing that the peninsula is called ‘bear land’. Most often bears can be seen in the foothills at the height of the Kamchatka summer or on the rivers where they fish.
A trip to Kamchatka's sights gives you the opportunity to get in touch with the amazing nature of the region, enjoy breathtaking landscapes and feel like a true conqueror of wild nature. To cover the greatest number of sights, you can use the services of helicopter companies.
Good timing for successful fishing
Famous for its crabs, fish and caviar, Kamchatka attracts fishermen from all over the world. Fishing in Kamchatka is a great way to combine the pleasant with the useful: to enjoy leisurely contemplation of nature and to taste salmon caught by your own hand. The pleasure is not free - you need to buy a special licence for each day of fishing, and there is a limit on catching fish. However, if fishing attracts you only by the process, you can take a photo with the catch and release the fish back into the sea. The licence for such kind of fishing will cost less. When it is better to go to Kamchatka for fishing depends on what kind of fish you want to catch. At the end of August - September is the most massive course of silver salmon in the rivers of Kamchatka. In the first days of June the season of catching chinook salmon opens, the season closing takes place after the celebration of the Fisherman's Day (the second Sunday of July).
If finances are limited, when choosing a time to visit Kamchatka, it is worthwhile to worry about air tickets in advance. In the so-called low season the prices are much lower and you can save a lot of money.
When planning a trip to Kamchatka, you should take into account all factors, including the season - and then the holiday will really be unforgettable, and impressions from the bear region will be enough until the next holiday. And maybe it will be in Kamchatka again?
