Kamchatka on foot, raft, horseback, 6x6 & helicopter

Kamchatka: "Bears and volcanoes" trip run in 2005
Pictures by Vladimir Stolyarov, the Wild Russia photographer

View to the Avacha Bay from Petropavlovsk. Vilyuchinsky vlc on the background.	Horse-farm near the river Avacha - starting point of the trek.	Hand-moved cable car over the river Avacha
	Horse-back riding to the Timonovskiye hot springs
Trekking up the Timonovskaya valley	Crossing the Right Avacha river on horse	"Stone" Erman's birch is widespread in Kamchatka
On a steep bank of the river Timonovka	Near the Timonovsky waterfall	Trekking up the Timonovskaya valley
View to the Koryakskiy volcano from a hill near the Timonovskie springs.	Lightening a torch as a sign of reaching to the summit. The Bakening volcano is on the background.	Climbing a hill near the Timonovskie springs.
Taking bath in a log pool near the Timonovskie springs	Taking bath in a log pool near the Timonovskie springs	Bathing in hot wild Timonovskie springs
Horses and off-road truck go side by side.	Russian Mi-8 helicopter is a veteran of adventures	Helicopter is one of the main kinds of transport in Kamchatka
Arrival by helicopter to the Avacha lakes	Helicopter can take you to any unique place in Kamchatka	Picnic lunch near the Avacha lakes
Wild flowers in the Avacha valley	Fishing in the Avacha lake	Fishing with instructor
Different kinds of transport in Kamchatka	Foggy morning in the Avacha valley	On the way back to Petropavlovsk
Short rest on the way to start rafting	Crossing the river Avacha on horse-back	White-water rafting on the Avacha river
Rafting in remote Kamchatka wilderness	White-water rafting on the Avacha river	Driving by off-road truck through snow-fields near the Gorely volcano
Camping near the Mutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka	Lakes of melt water on the snow at the foot of the Gorely volcano	Trekking through snow-fields to the Mutnovsky volcano
	Ascent to the Gorely volcano
Melting snow-fields between the Gorely and Mutnovsky volcanoes. Vilyuchinskiy volcano is on the background.	Waterfall on the slope of the Gorely volcano	Waterfall on the slope of the Gorely volcano
On the termal field of the Dachnye springs, wrapped in vapours	Taking bath in natural hot Paratunka springs	Minigeysers in the Valley of Dachniye springs.
Alpine meadow in front of the Vilyuchinskiy volcano	Often one can see dead insects on snow covering slopes of volcanoes.	Trekking across snow-fields in caldera of the Gorely volcano
The Vilyuchinskiy waterfall	The Vilyuchinskiy waterfall	Ascent to the Vilyuchinskiy waterfall

Other pictures by V.S.: Kamchatka-2003, Mt Elbrus ascent, the Altai mountains, the Sayan mountains, St. Petersburg, the Karelian istmus in winter, Iceclimbing in the Karelian istmus.

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