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Tours : Kamchatka : Ichinskiy Trekking

The time on the trip is 10 days. The trip begins in Esso village (the place where some Even-oborigionals people still live), Esso is 9 hour drive from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. From that village a big track brings travelers to the foot of Ichinskiy volcano (this volcano is considered to be one of the most beautiful volcanoes in the world), on the way the track makes 2 food drops, so the traveler has to carry food only for 3 days. While driving you will cross by track many rivers and swamps, you will go through high passes and mountains, you will enjoy wonderful valleys and forests.

It is pleasant to know that the travelers will visit the virgin nature places during that trip, as this place is far located from the nearest village and it is a nature closed park of Ichinskiy volcano.

During this trip the travelers can see the brown bears, snow sheep, foxes, many different birds.

The high lights of this trip are: visit the 20, 26 and 40 metes waterfalls; trekking to Ochchamo mountain, visiting the huge stones (40-50 meters high) that go high into the sky; visit the Korral (where the reindeer are vaccinated and counted); visit the canyon with cascade waterfall.

Main rules for this trip: to be well fit (be have some practice in trekking), every day the travelers have to make 15-18 km without roads and paths. The traveler should have a backpack of 80 liters minimum, sleeping bag and mat. Don't forget to take foto camera and many films! To have rubber boots for crossing the rivers (you can buy them here, not expensive)

Time for making this tour: July-August

Group size: 1-4 people

The itinerary.

1 day. Arrival in P-K, accommodation. Meeting the guide, checking the equipment.

2 day. Drive to Esso village (500 km, 9 hours), accommodation in Esso. Bathing in thermal water.

3 day. Early morning start to Ichinskiy volcano by track. Crossing the rivers and many mountain passes. Track makes 2 food drops on the way. As soon as the track brings the travelers to the start point, the group will have to make small trekking to the base camp from which the next day the travelers will visit the waterfalls. o/n in tents.

4 day. Radials to the waterfalls 20, 26 and 40 meters. Lunch on the way, return to the camp. o/n in tents.

5 day. Trekking to the Babaw mountain creek (the 1st food depo ), visit the cascade waterfall, making the fotoes. o/n in tents.

6 day. Trekking to Ochchamo mountain. Crossing rapid river. o/n in tents.

7 day. Radial to Ochchamo mountain, visiting the stones that go far into the sky. Viewing the snow sheep. Return to the base camp. o/n in tents.

8 day. Trek to old Korral place. Lunch at Korral (2nd food depo). Visit the canyon. o/n in tents.

9 day. Trek to Okkura pass and Kadar creek. o/n in tents.

10 day. Trek from Kadar creek to Dimshikan river through the forest. Crossing Dimshikan river. o/n in tents.

11 day. Trek through Gorgochan pass to Esso village, coniferous forest. Accommodation in Esso, rest.

12 day. Reserved day in case of bad weather. Visit the ethnographic museum in Esso and the village itself.

13 day. Early morning start driving back to P-K. Accommodation in hotel.

14 day. City-tour, souvenirs, goodbye diner in the evening. o/n in hotel.

15 day. Transfer to airport.

Vladivostok Times. Far East media news. RIA "PrimaMedia". Vladivostok.