Winter sightseeing tour

Your flight will arrive at the airport «Yelizovo», which is located near the town of the same name. It is about 40 kilometres from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. We will meet you, get acquainted and immediately go to the recreation centre. The road to it will take no more than an hour. On the way, still at the airport, we will stop at the monument «Here Russia begins» for the first photo of the tour with a view of our «domestic» volcanoes.

Spa Hotel «Laguna» 4* is located in the resort area of Paratunka. This is a wooded valley of the river of the same name, famous for hot mineral springs. There are many hotels and recreation centres here, but «Laguna» is located far away from them on the shore of a picturesque lake overlooking the volcanoes.

Twin rooms are available for you to rest and sleep after a long flight, and you can recover in the healing hot water - there are several outdoor thermal pools on site.

In the morning we will pick you up and together we will set off to the Pacific coast via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The car journey takes about an hour. In the village of Zavoyko we will get on snowmobiles and sledges and start riding.

The snowmobile route to the ocean runs along the shore of Avacha Bay, one of the largest in the world. The road here leads up the wooded slopes of the hills and down to the water. In total, we will travel about 12 kilometres one way.

The first stop will be at the observation platform overlooking the Three Brothers rocks, the symbol of the city. These are large pillar-shaped rocks that stand at the entrance to Avacha Bay and seem to guard the peace of Petropavlovsk citizens.

We will climb higher and higher on snowmobiles and at the end of the journey we will end up on top of Lighthouse Cape, which separates the bay from the ocean. The 200-metre high peak offers a picturesque view of the harsh ocean itself and the rocky eastern shores of the peninsula. The striped Petropavlovsk Lighthouse also stands here - it has been preserved since 1897 and is still in operation.

After viewing the panoramic views, we get on snowmobiles again and descend to the gentle shore of the bay. In winter it does not freeze, but in some places the water forms bizarre icy figures. Here we will have a snack, drink hot tea and listen to the sound of waves.

After a rest, we will get on snowmobiles again and head back the same way. By evening you will already be at the hotel.

We leave this day free for you to decide how to spend it. You can devote your time to relaxing and unwinding. In addition to the thermal pools, another relaxation area will open at Laguna this winter, featuring a steam room and a plunge pool.

You can enjoy winter activities: there is an ice rink and a tubing hill on the resort territory. We recommend spending a cozy evening by the campfire or cooking something on the barbecue area.

Another day of relaxation in the heart of nature or additional excursions./p>

For history enthusiasts, we recommend taking a tour of the administrative center and observation decks of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, learning about the history of the discovery of the far corners of our homeland, and finally visiting the interactive «Volcanarium» museum./p>

Another traditional pastime for locals is a visit to the «Snow Dogs» sled dog farm. Here you will meet friendly northern huskies and malamutes, hear stories about the traditions of sledding, feed reindeer, take vivid photos in national costumes, and ride a sled through the winter forest./p>

This day we will focus on getting to know volcanoes. There are several hundred of them in Kamchatka, and it is difficult to determine the exact number. Two rather large ones - Avachinsky and Koryaksky - are located very close to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. For such neighbourhood they are called ‘’domestic‘’ here. Both volcanoes are active and periodically remind about themselves. The Kamchatsky volcano last erupted in 2009, while the Avacha volcano almost always smokes fumaroles.

We will head to a pass about 1000 metres high that connects these giants to each other. Here you can ride through snowy landscapes and see panoramic views.

The length of the route from the recreation centre in Paratunka to Avacha Pass is about 55 km. We will drive part of this route by car, and closer to the volcanoes we will get back on snowmobiles and sledges and start riding. At first, the road will lead through a low coniferous forest, and then gradually ascend to open terrain.

At the top of the pass we will find ourselves on the snow-white expanse, a bit alien, between two active volcanoes. Koryaksky (3456 m) is the largest of all volcanoes in the vicinity of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Only experienced climbers with special equipment climb to its summit. Avachinsky is a little smaller in height (2741 m), it is easily recognisable by its unusual structure: the modern cone grew on the base of an older and larger volcano, the top of which was blown off by an explosion thousands of years ago. This ‘volcano within a volcano’ shape is called Somma-Vesuvius.

There is a small mountain 200 m high on the pass, which appeared during the eruption of one of its neighbours. This extrusion has two peaks, which is why it was given the name Camel. It seems tiny compared to the volcanoes, but its ‘humps’ offer a much more impressive panoramic view than just from the pass. We will go up on snowmobiles as high as possible on its slopes, with only about 100 metres to go on foot. After overcoming them, you can get an even better view of Avachinsky and Koryaksky volcanoes, see the panorama of the town, the bay and Vilyuchinsky volcano on its other side.

After descending from Mount Camel we will have a snack and warm up with hot tea. Then we will return by snowmobiles to the car and transfer to the hotel by the same route.

After breakfast and packing we will transfer you from the holiday resort to the airport. On the way we will stop at the monument «Here Russia Begins» for a final photo to remember your winter adventure in Kamchatka.