Kamchatka

Kamchatka: overview

While still on board, flying over the lands of Kamchatka, it is already breathtaking from the beauty and splendor of the nature of this region. The view that opens up from the airplane window is not only amazing, it completely convinces you that Kamchatka is a totally different planet! Time is turning back here... The vast Pacific Ocean is replaced by majestic volcanoes ... Born thousands of years ago, alive and inaccessible, they carefully surround the most beautiful bay in the world - Avachinskaya. The heart begins to beat faster in anticipation of an unforgettable journey through this fabulous peninsula. Kamchatka is the size of Germany, Austria and Switzerland combined and is included in the list of 200 globally significant ecoregions according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Volcanoes, springs, and geysers of this land are unique natural and geographical phenomena. The combination of such rare phenomena with the surrounding relief and flora creates unique natural landscapes. But volcanoes aren't the only treasures. The originality of the Kamchatka region is the special brightness of emerald grasses, wildflowers of rare beauty, transparent lakes, purest mountain waterfalls, and natural virgin forests. It is here in Kamchatka, a unique fragment of preglacial coniferous forests, a graceful fir (Abies gracilis) grove, has survived. It grows on an area of ​​only 19 hectares and can’t be found anywhere else in the world! Here you can see the highest volcano in Eurasia - Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the largest brown bear in the world, rivers with pure water full of fish, and lakes that appear right in the crater of volcanoes and amaze with their colors. Not a single photo is able to express all the beauty of the world-famous fantastic Valley of Geysers or the lunar landscapes of Tolbachik volcano, which became the first sites for testing the lunar rover and the Mars rover. Only in Kamchatka is it possible to come down from the slopes of volcanoes directly to the Pacific Ocean. Only here are the most unusual elevations, and the mountains are covered with snow until mid-summer. Kamchatka is the beginning of the whole world ... And it is ready to amaze and win the heart again and again!