Day 1
· Arrival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
· Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel (according to the contract).
· 14:00 — 17:00 — Sightseeing tour with a guide through the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, a visit to the “Gorniy Vozdukh” (Group of Companies, Pobedy Avenue, Pobedy Square, Glory Alley, Railway Museum, Busts of the Discoverers of Sakhalin, Communist Prospect, Victory Memorial, Church of the Nativity).
· End of the excursion on the territory of the local history museum.
· Visiting the local history museum (unaccompanied guide)
· Self-return to the hotel
· Dinner (meeting with the representative of the tour operator, obtaining information about the details of the trip).
Day 2
· Breakfast.
· Excursion by car and walk to the rocky outcrop «LIAGUSHKA» (excursion time 10:00 — 15:00).
· The rocky outcrop «LIAGUSHKA» is the unique nature of the age of 70 million years, a very unusual energetic place. The journey along the ecological path to the foot of the mountain takes about 20 minutes. After there is a short but steep climb to the “Liagushka» remnant, which takes 20–30 minutes. An amazing landscape opens from the top and in good weather, it is possible to see the Aniva Bay, the lakes of Tunaicha and the Izmenchivoe.
· Light snack during a shortstop (dry ration).
· Transfer to airport
• Flight to Kurilsk (departure time will be published in March 2019)
• Arrival in Kurilsk (Is. Iturup). Transfer to the hotel. Hotel accommodation (according to the contract)
• Dinner in a cafe
Day 3
· Breakfast
· Excursion by car to the White Rocks (duration of the excursion is 7-8 hours)
We move along the coastline along the White Rocks by car, the thickness of the pumice stone of which the White Rocks consist appear smooth. It was formed already in historical time as a result of the colossal eruption of a hot gas cloud. The people of the Stone Age could well have been witnesses or even victims of this event before which the eruption of Vesuvius, which had fallen asleep to Pompeii.
· Camping lunch (packed lunch)
· The Hot Springs “Hot Water” (1 hour).
· Dinner in a cafe
Day 4
• Breakfast
• Excursion by car to the volcano Baransky (duration 5-6 hours)
The volcano Baransky is one of the most accessible volcanoes of the island Iturup. At its foot, we can observe picturesque volcanic landscapes: mud pots, fumaroles, hot lakes with an acid of an unusual turquoise color, and hot mineral streams. At 12 km from the foot at the top of 516 m. There is a trigonometric sign, therefore the top is called “Trinoga”. Rise to the top of a protracted. From the top of “Trinogi” a panoramic view opens up: from the west, the Kuril Bay, the village of Kitovy, the city of Kurilsk; Volcano Bogdan Khmelnitsky from the north; in the east, Prostor Bay, s. Raid, White Rocks; in the south, the volcanoes Baransky (altitude 1132 km.), Teben’kova, Grozny, Mount Volchok. From the bowels of the earth beat healing springs, a hot river flows from a deep boiling lake. Descending from the volcano, you can swim in the hot springs and enjoy the majestic beauty of the volcano!
ATTENTION! In the area of fumarolic fields precautions — you can fall into the hot mud, in the area of mineral sources — get chemical burns. You can swim only in springs with a certain temperature of water.
· Camping lunch (packed lunch)
· Dinner in a cafe
Day 5
• Breakfast
• Visit the fish factory in Kurilsk.
• Transfer to the port.
• 12:00 — boarding on the ship.
· 14:00 — departure to Shikotan Island.
Day 6
· 09:00 am — arrival at the port of Malokurilskoe, Shikotan Island (ATTENTION! The arrival time can be changed).
· Transfer to the hotel «Sofia». Accommodation in rooms with private facilities.
· Excursion by car and walk to the Cape “The Edge of the World” (Krai Sveta) and to the Dimitrov Bay
Perhaps the most popular place of the island, Cape Land of Light. Cape Land of Light, a rocky protrusion extending far into the sea and breaking off downwards with 40-meter-high walls. When you get here, the meaning of the name immediately becomes clear. Above you can see a breathtaking view of the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean, and the idea that you are really on the edge of the earth comes involuntarily.
Dimitrov Bay is tall, rugged and rocky, covered with bamboo-meadow grasses. It overlooks several small islands. Along the bay, there is a dirt road just beyond Cape Crab. On the slopes are visible segments of the old Japanese road. The name of the bay and the peninsula is given in honor of Dimitrov Georgiy Mikhailovich (1882-1949) — a prominent Bulgarian politician.
The road to Dimitrov Bay begins with a label from the highway pos. Malokurilskoe -. Krabozavodskoe in the Otradnaya Bay area. After 7.6 km, an old Japanese cemetery is located on the road. Get to the observation deck above the bay in the region of r. An airfield is possible by car for 30 minutes. Possible descent to the ocean, which flows into several rivers.
• Camping lunch (packed lunch)
• Dinner in a cafe.
Day 7
· Breakfast
· Excursion by car and walk to the bay Tserkovnaia, the mountains «Notoro» and «Tomari»
· The bay Tserkovnaia is impressive with its islands and coves. It is interesting in its history and nearby objects: a larch forest, a place of a former Japanese settlement, the mountains Notoro and Tomari. In this bay, there is a house built by the inspectors of the reserve. The origin of the name of the bay is not clear.
· The route to the bay begins from the village Krabozavodskoe. A part of the way (1 hour) is overcome by a cross-country car, then on foot. The whole journey takes 4.5 hours.
· The car stops in front of the pass between the mountains Tomari and Nootoro, to which it takes 50 minutes. From the pass, you can climb these mountains. Further, the path lies along the road along the mouth of the stream and after 1.2 hours goes to the seashore, to the bay Tserkovnaia. From the place where the stream flows into the sea to the forester’s house, which is located in the southern part of the bay, there is still about 1 hour to go.
• Camping lunch (packed lunch)
• Dinner in a café
Day 8
• Breakfast.
• Excursion by car and walk to the bay Snezhkova
• The bay Snezhkova has a beautiful opening views along the road, stone-birch forest, open hilly landscape, islands of juniper thickets. The origin of the name of the bay is not clear.
• The route starts from the village Krabozavodskoe. By car, you can drive 3 km, then go on the road on foot. To the pass in the bay Snezhkova on the way to 1.25 hours. Then another 1 hour to the seashore.
• Camping lunch (packed lunch)
• Dinner in a cafe
9 day
• Breakfast.
• Transfer to port
• 11:00 am — landing on the ship
• 01:00 pm — departure to Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Kunashir island)
• 05:00 pm — Arrival at the port of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Fr. Kunashir (ATTENTION! It is possible to change the time of arrival).
• Transfer to the hotel «Iceberg». Accommodation in rooms with private facilities on the block.
• Walk along the coast, sightseeing of the coast: “Damn finger”, “Damn gate”.
• Dinner in a cafe
Day 10
· Excursion by car and walk there are Caldera of Golovnina Volcano, Kipyashee lake, Goryachee lake. (Duration of the tour 8-9 hours)
· Departure for the route by transportation vehicle is up to 43 km, then walk 8 km one way.
· Inspection of the caldera of Golovnina volcano, Kipyashee lake, Goryachee lake. Swimming in the Hot Lake, (swimming in the boiling lake is prohibited).
The caldera of Golovnina (a caldera is a cauldron-shaped valley with steep slopes and a flat bottom, formed as a result of the failure of the volcanic peak). The diameter of the caldera along the ridge is more than four kilometers. You can imagine what kind of force the explosion occurred here during a volcanic eruption. Inside the caldera at an altitude of 130 meters above sea level, there are two lakes: Kipyashee and Goryachee . The jets of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide — solfataras, emissions of hot water, thick steam and the ever-changing color of water create an impressive picture.
· Camping lunch, (dry rations).
· Dinner in a cafe
· Breakfast
· Excursion by car and walk to the cape Stolbchatyi
The cape Stolbchatyi is a unique place where the natural paving stones of the Red Square are replaced by views of stone pencils, weighing 40 tons and deep-water fjords. The bizarre rocks in which you hear the sound of organ music, true millennial monuments … After all, they were the first pieces of land that appeared from the depths of the ocean and survived almost intact to our era.
· Camping lunch (packed lunch). Departure on the ecological path and mud therapeutic thermal springs «Stolbovskyi». (Driving by car, then on foot, by the sea bay 40 min).
· The Ecological path. The flora of the island is rich and has absorbed species distributed from subtropics to northern latitudes. White and stone birch, gray trunks of velvet tree, Rowan, Sakhalin fir with whitish trunks stand along the forest path with a thick fence. On the slope upward the blue fir-tree Aayan glows. The look stops at the trunk with a red stripe held by the caring hand of a man. This warning: caution — magnolia! High to the sunlight, she raised branches with large leaves; at the time of flowering, the aroma of her large white flowers fill all around.
· Dinner in a cafe
Day 12
· Breakfast.
· Airport transfer.
· Departure from Yuzhno-Kurilsk (departure time will be published in March 2019!)
· Arrival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation at the hotel (according to the contract).
· Free time.
Day 13
· Breakfast
· Excursion by car to there are capes Ptichii and Velikan (excursion time 10:00 — 19:00).
· The cape Velikan — a monument of nature, one of the most beautiful and amazing sea coasts of Sakhalin. Bizarre cliffs, in the outlines of which someone sees a lion coming out of the sea, a mysterious castle, and others the head of a giant who was dozing off at the edge of the water, rising from Capes Ptichii and Velikan. Stone arches, created by the greatest architect — Nature, amaze with their grandeur. On the tops of the rocks and arches, screaming seagulls bustle around, cormorants sit proudly and swifts sweep about. Spruce-fir forests stretch along a narrow strip of a sandy beach on a sea terrace, where Christmas trees carefully hide from the cold sea wind, «turning» back to the Sea of Okhotsk. And here you can observe one of the most amazing phenomena of nature — the spawning move of Pacific salmon, named pink salmon, if your trip is during the period from July to August.
· Hot lunch on the shore of the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin-style cuisine).
· Transfer to the city.
Day 14
· Breakfast.
· Airport transfer.