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Valley of the Geysers
Valley of the Geysers perhaps the most well known part of the UNESCO World Heritage site, Volcanoes of Kamchatka, and is located within the mammoth Kronotsky Nature Reserve, was the second largest geyser field in the world with 90 geysers and many hot springs in a 6km-long valley. It was largely ruined by a massive, freak mudslide in 2007 that covered 2/3 of the territory, but it's still impressive.
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Volcanoes
The peninsula has a high density of volcanoes and associated volcanic phenomena. Kamchatka is considered the most volcanic area of the Eurasian continent with many active cones.
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Lava fields
Active volcanoes create new landscapes everyday so it's easy to find new places every visit.
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Wildlife Watching
Kamchatka is famous for the abundance and size of its brown bears. In the Kronotsky Nature Preserve there are estimated to be three to four bears per 100 square kilometres. Other fauna of note include tundra wolf, arctic fox, Anadyr fox, East Siberian lynx, sable and Chukotka moose.
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Hiking
With many volcano slopes and rich wildlife hiking in Kamchatka is an unforgettable experience.
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Kluchevskaya Sopka
Kluchevskaya Sopka is the highest mountain in Kamchatka (4850 meters) and an active volcano. It can be climbed in periods of non-activity.
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Whale Watching
Whale watching is an amazing experience in Kamchatka. Between the peninsula and Commander islands you can see humpback whales, killer whales and sperm whales.
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Kurile Lake
Kurile Lake is a large caldera containing a crater lake located at the southern tip of Kamchatka Peninsula, within the Southern Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge in Russia. The lake is the largest spawning ground for sockeye salmon in Eurasia. On the shores of the lake up to 100 brown bears are often sighted catching salmon.
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How to get there
By plane to Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky
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