KAMCHATKA AND THE KURIL ISLANDS
Kamchatka And The Kuril Islands
Overview
Why Join This Cruise:
- A rare, privileged opportunity to visit a remote and little known corner of the world, offering dramatic scenery and fabulous wildlife
- This 12 day expeditionary cruise offers something for everyone: Amazing birds, bears, cetaceans, botany and a rich history!
- A very good overview of Kamchatka, the northern Kuril and Commander Islands
- Excellent chance of sighting a number of different types of cetaceans, including orca, humpback, sperm, fin and grey, who come to these waters to breed
- Good chance of seeing brown bears, which are coming down to the river to fish for salmon coming upriver to spawn
- Unbelievable wild flowers
- Starts and finishes in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy which makes logistics easier, with your accommodation the night before embarkation included as part of this voyage
- Travel aboard a small (max. 48) ice-strengthened vessel, ensuring a very personalised expeditionary experience and ease of logistics on landings
Trip Overview
This breathtaking expedition offers you the opportunity to explore one of the most geologically active and biologically rich parts of the planet. An area very few have visited and which was totally closed off during the communist era. The Kamchatka Peninsula is a land of stunning bays and snow-capped volcanoes, whose alpine meadows and lowland forests support a great diversity of flora and fauna.
The Kuril and Commander Islands chain are also rich in bird and sea mammal life.The seas washing these isolated coasts are among the most productive in the world with the whole area literally teeming with birds and marine mammals. Huge bird colonies dot the cliffs and large seal rookeries are scattered along the coast. Pods of orcas up to a hundred strong have been spotted, while millions of swarming auklets inside the caldera at Yankicho Island is phenomenal.
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Details
Tour Dates
30 June 2009 - 11 July 2009 (12 days)
10 July 2009 - 21 July 2009 (12 days)
Costs (currency converter)
Guide Price
(Prices based on 2/3 people sharing a cabin)
Prices from:
Sharing Triple cabin with shared bathroom facilities £3,040pp*
Sharing Twin Main deck cabin with shared bathroom facilities
£3,546pp*
Sharing Superior cabin with private bathroom and window (bunked beds) £3,795pp*
Sharing Superior Plus cabin with private bathroom and window (2 lower beds) £3,995pp*
Sharing Mini Suite £4,380pp*
Sharing Heritage Suite £4,830pp*
*These prices are subject to exchange rate fluctuations.
What's included?
- 10 nights on board Spirit of Enderby
- 1 night's pre cruise accommodation in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Transfer on arrival to your hotel
- Full lecture programme onboard by your expeditionary staff
- All land and sea based excursions during the course of your cruise
- Port taxes
- Post-expedition log book
What's excluded?
- All flights and travel arrangements getting to and from the points of embarkation/ disembarkation
- Gratuities
- Landing fees of $250
- Fuel surcharge, if levied
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