It's time to look at the ancient fire—breathing dragons that have been sleeping (but sometimes waking up) in Kamchatka for centuries - volcanoes!
Transfer to Gorely volcano (about 3-4 hours), ascent to the volcano.
On the way, we will stop at the Vilyuchinsky pass — from here you can enjoy a magnificent view of the Vilyuchinsky volcano.
The height of Gorely volcano is 1829 m.
The volcano's caldera stretches for 13 km, here we will climb three large volcanic cones, one of which houses a turquoise acid lake, and the others have fumarolic activity.
The ascent and descent take about 4-5 hours.
It is believed that this is one of the most accessible volcanoes for tourists, but it should be borne in mind that any uphill climb can be difficult for a person with low physical activity in everyday life.
Let's have a bite and head back to the city.
According to weather conditions, if the top of Gorely volcano is covered with clouds, the guide may decide to change the plan for today and visit another location (Vilyuchinsky Waterfall, Small "valley of geysers", Mutnovskaya Geothermal station, caves of Gorely volcano, etc.).
Mutnovskaya geothermal power plant is a geothermal station, where electricity is extracted from the energy of volcanoes, the station provides 20% of all electricity in the Kamchatka Territory.
An interesting place in a picturesque mountain valley, where artificial geysers - columns of steam — burst out of the ground here and there with great pressure.
You can walk past the station along the path to the "Small Valley of Geysers" — in fact, this is an active fumarole field, the hot gases of which warm up the cold water of a mountain stream, as a result of which you can observe fountains of hot water and steam and an interesting almost lifeless multicolored landscape.
On the way to Gorely volcano, 8 km round trip, climb (and then reset) — 750 m.
Food: breakfast, lunch-lunchbox, dinner.