Boating along the Avacha Bay - one of the most convenient and beautiful harbours in the world! Surrounded on every side by mounds and snow-white hills it is able to contain the whole fleet of the world.The trip lasts two-three hours depending on sea force, wind direction and force. During the trip one may watch seagulls, numerous cormorants and puffins hunting for, and when approaching the bay one may always see a colony of seals which usually in this season of the year bask in the sun.
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Kamchatka Wildlife - a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas. Russia's large volcanic belt , made up of 29 active craters, stretches along its shore. In the center of Kamchatka is found Eurasia's only Geyser Valley. More than 150 thermal springs are scattered throughout the peninsula. The largest population of brown bearsis to be found here.
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Malki hot springs - swim in a swimming-pool with thermal water, undertake an excursion to the "wild" thermal pools or "puddles". Here you will have a chance to see how the hot springs are in neighborhood with a cold river, and the water temperature in the hot "puddle" may be regulated by you as you like by putting stones in a specific way.
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Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes - Kamchatka was born of fire, like the Earth itself. For most of the Earth, though, the violence of creation ended long ago. Kamchatka has never seen quiet -- its history is one of continuous, violent rebirth. This region contains 68 active volcanoes, over 10 percent of the total found on land anywhere on Earth. This arc is part of the "Ring of Fire," a string of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean.
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Petropavlovsk - n 1740 the explorer Vitus Bering reached Avacha Bay and laid the foundation stone for the port of Petropavlovsk, named after his two ships, the St. Peter and the St. Paul. The city is surrounded by incredible natural beauty- the Avacha and Koryak volcanoes to the north, and huge Avacha Bay to the south. The city and its extremely large harbor are well-protected from all storms, and even from the dreaded tsunami tidal waves.
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