Island Trip: Kunashir and Shikotan

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We invite you to visit and see the most famous Kuril Islands!

You will visit the islands of Kunashir and Shikotan, swim in warm waters, see volcanoes and visit picturesque capes and coves.

You will find a boat trip between the islands, interesting trekking routes and, of course, delicious cuisine.

Location

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

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Weekends: 8am - 7pm (GMT +3)

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Tour highlights

Bonfire lunch

During the trip, you will be able to taste delicious dishes, including fragrant fish soup.

Jeep tour of Shikotan

Visit Cape World's Edge, the filming locations of the film "Robinson Crusoe" and the lighthouse of Spanberg

Active leisure

Embark on a medium-difficulty route to the fumarole field of the Mendeleev volcano

Sea kayaking trip

Take a relaxing walk surrounded by incredible scenery.

Atmospheric Cape Columnar

You will see one of the most amazing places where you can relax and swim in the sea.

Picturesque lakes

Take part in trekking to Golovnin Volcano, where you will explore the Boiling and Hot lakes.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Departure by boat to Kunashir Island
09:00 Transfer to Korsakov port. Registration on the ship.
12:00 Departure of the Pavel Leonov or Admiral Nevelskoy motor ship to Kunashir. The ship leaves the port of Korsakov and follows the coastline of the Tonino-Aniva Peninsula for 4 hours.
You can see the Aniva Lighthouse from aboard the ship, and dolphins and killer whales are likely to be seen during the passage through the Sea of Okhotsk.
Lunch and dinner on the boat in a cafe on your own.

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Day 2 - Arrival in Yuzhno-Kurilsk. Fumarole field and thermal springs of the Mendeleev volcano
09:00 The ship's approach to the port of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kunashir Island.
Meeting at the port.
Breakfast in the cafe.
Transfer to the hotel. We leave our things.
Route: The fumarole field of the Mendeleev volcano. Thermal springs of the Mendeleev volcano
Departure to the route of medium difficulty "Large fumarole field of the Mendeleev volcano".
By car for 30 minutes, then trekking for 2-2.5 hours through bamboo with a constant climb, 3 km in one direction.
A path with stops for a short rest.
Parking on the fumarole field ~ 2 hours.
Fumaroles and solfatars are among the largest, if not the largest, on all the Kuril Islands. Portals to the bowels of the earth. From the erupting hum and high-temperature gases, it's even scary to imagine what's going on inside.
Lunch (dry ration).
Bathing in wild thermal springs (optional).
Dinner at the cafe.
Return to the hotel.

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Day 3 - Cape Columnar. Stolbovskie springs. White Monks Rocks
09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.
10:00 Departure for the route of medium difficulty "Cape Columnar" — one of the most amazing and unique places on earth.
Residents of Kunashir say, "Whoever has not seen Cape Columnar has not seen Kunashir." Millions of years ago, as a result of the eruption of the Mendeleev volcano, basalt lava flowed towards the sea.
Physico-chemical processes have created such columnar structures in the form of five-hexagonal columns. But once you get here, it's impossible to accept that nature created it.
A mystical place with its own music. The cape, open on three sides, is located on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.
A difficult passage through small shelves of broken pillars.
Relaxing at the cape, swimming in the sea.
Then 2 km along the shore to our cozy parking lot, where a bonfire lunch will be organized – delicious fish soup.
Dinner at the cafe.
Return to the hotel.

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Day 4 - Golovnin volcano. Lakes are Boiling and Hot
09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.
10:00 Departure for the route of medium difficulty "Volcano Golovnina. The Lakes are Boiling and Hot."
40 minutes by car, then trekking 2.5–3 hours along the path, 7 km in one direction.
The entire journey is accompanied by beautiful fields of cedar elderberry and Kuril bamboo, completely impassable to humans.
The volcano is a caldera about 4 km in diameter, surrounded by a ridge with a maximum height of 541 m.
There are four small domes and two crater lakes at the bottom of the caldera, Boiling and Hot.
The parking time in the caldera is ~3 hours.
Lunch (dry ration).
You can not swim in Boiling lake, there are hot springs, mud boilers and hot steam at the bottom of the lake and along the shores. It's possible and necessary to have hot things in the lake.
Dinner at the cafe.
Return to the hotel.

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Day 5 - Golovninsky cliff. Veslovsky Peninsula. Pacific ocean
09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.
10:00 Departure by car to the Veslovsky peninsula, Golovnino settlement, the southernmost part of the island.
Visit to the memorial sign at the site of the founding of the Russian settlement on the island of Kunashir in 1778.
Golovninsky Cliff is an extremely impressive natural site. The giant outcrops of this unique relief form capture the main stages of the Golovnin volcano's activity and climatic events over the past 2 million years.
The structure of the cliff deposits is very complex: the ashes of ancient volcanic eruptions alternate with strata of marine sediments and include peat bogs of different ages.
The cliff is "alive", constantly crumbling, and autumn storms play a particularly important role in this.
Please note! It is possible to drive to the cliff only at low tide.
Lunch by the ocean.
Dinner at the cafe.
Return to the hotel.
If it is impossible to travel to Golovninsky cliff due to a strong tide, a landslide on the coast, etc., the route will be replaced with another route: Dog Rock, Lagunnoe Lake.

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Day 6 - Departure by boat to Shikotan Island
Room release.
Breakfast at the cafe.
11:00 Registration on the ship.
13:00 Departure of the Pavel Leonov or Admiral Nevelskoy motor ship to Shikotan Island.
17:00 Arrival in Malokurilskoye settlement, Shikotan island.
Meeting at the port, transfer to the hotel, check-in.
Shikotan is a special place, a small Kuril island in the ocean, unlike any other.
Shikotan – if the island has a soul, then it is here, among bamboo expanses, meadow terraces, juniper thickets and inaccessible cliffs with edelweiss blooming on them.
There are no volcanoes, thermal springs, bears or snakes on Shikotan.
Shikotan has the most beautiful coves! You can't find them anywhere in the Kuril Islands.
A trip around the neighborhood.
Dinner at the hotel.
Day 7 - Jeep tour of the most iconic places of Shikotan with local hiking
Breakfast at the hotel.
Cape Edge of the World is a long (protruding into the ocean at 800 m) and flat cape surface breaks off into the ocean on three sides with 40-meter walls. And you realize that you are really on the edge of the world... both literally and figuratively. There are 7,000 km of the Pacific Ocean ahead.
Bezymyannaya Bay – in these places S. Govorukhin shot the film "Robinson Crusoe" starring Leonid Kuravlev in 1972.
Cape Crab, the lighthouse of Shpanberg (1943) is the last lighthouse built by the Japanese in the Kuril Islands from the remaining large lighthouse construction program that was not implemented due to the war.
The lighthouse is named after the brave traveler and navigator Martin Petrovich Shpanberg, who explored the Kuril Islands.
Lunch is hot on the coast.
Return to the hotel in the evening.
Dinner at the hotel.
Day 8 - Sea kayaking trip. Cape Trident. Dimitrov Bay and Airfield
According to the weather, the route can be arranged on another day.
Breakfast at the hotel.
On shore, briefing, boarding sea kayaks is a safe, comfortable vessel. There is always a boat with the group on insurance.
Shikotan has incredibly beautiful bays with sandy beaches, surrounded by steep cliffs and protruding capes, with multiple kekurs and arches.
A walk through such places will give you great pleasure from the pristine splendor and endless Pacific Ocean.
Lunch on the coast.
Then transfer to Dimitrov Bay and Airfield – incredibly beautiful places.
Small walks.
Dinner at the hotel.

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Day 9 - Snezhkov Bay. Pacific ocean. Departure to Sakhalin
Room release.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to the route "Snezhkova Bay" to the village of Krabozavodskoye, then 8 km on foot.
Have you ever crossed an island from one coast to another? Probably not. It's going to happen to you today – we're going from the west coast to the east coast.
A very pleasant, full of impressions walk with the delicious smells of juniper, the rustle of leaves of the endless bamboo fields here, the conversation of the ocean and the island coming from afar. No serious ascents and descents.
Snezhkova Bay is small, cozy, with a sandy beach. You fall into it like into a trap and you don't want to leave anymore.
Lunch lunch box in the bay.
Dinner at the hotel.
20:00 Transfer to the port, registration on the ship.
22:00 Departure of the ship "Pavel Leonov" or "Admiral Nevelskoy".
Lunch and dinner on the boat on your own.
Day 10 - Arrival on Sakhalin
Breakfast and lunch on the boat on your own.
20:00 Arrival at the port of Korsakov.
Transfer to the hotel.

Difficulty

Involves moderate physical activity

Tour organizer's comments

The tour includes hiking trails of moderate difficulty, as well as jeep rides.

Accommodation

Hotel

7 nights
Cabin on the boat

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale
Premium

The tour includes accommodation in a hotel, a cabin on the ship and a motel.

The cost of the tour for 1 person is 235,000 rubles.

The surcharge for single occupancy on the tour is 20,500 rubles.

Additional payments on Kunashir are optional (increased comfort level of accommodation):

for a double suite at the Flagship Hotel (with amenities) on Kunashir Island – 9,000 rubles/person (4 nights);
for a single room at the Iceberg 2 hotel (with amenities) on Kunashir Island – 9,000 rubles/person (4 nights);
for a double suite at the Iceberg 2/Iceberg 1 hotel (with amenities) on Kunashir Island – 9,000 rubles/person (4 nights).

The Flagship Hotel

The Flagship Hotel has 7 rooms.

Breakfast is served in the village cafe, as there is no separate restaurant.

For an additional fee, you can choose an increased level of comfort – a double suite (with amenities).

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Another option

The Iceberg Hotel

The Iceberg Hotel is a complex of two buildings located side by side at a distance of 30 meters from each other at 5 Oceanskaya Street in Yuzhno-Kurilsk. This street is one of the central ones and has a good location, a calm atmosphere and a comfortable personal space.

The street runs along the high shore of the Pacific Ocean. The distance from the hotel building to the shore is about 50 meters.

In the surroundings you can find a museum of local lore, enjoy the picturesque views of the island's nature and visit many more interesting places.

Each guest is provided with a towel and slippers. Free Wi-Fi is also available on site.

Iceberg-2 (building 2) is a new hotel, built in 2014. All rooms have a full bathroom.

The single rooms have views of the Sea of Okhotsk. In good weather, you can see the Tyatu volcano.

Room stock:

2 suites (1 large bed and sofa);
4 single rooms (one 1.5-double bed).

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Tour conditions

Group

From 15 to 25 tourists

Minimum age

7 years old

Duration

10 days 9 nights

Group meets at

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Included in price

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk – Korsakov Port – Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk transfer;
tour guide services;
meals specified in the program:
- three meals a day on Kunashir (5 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 4 dinners);
- three meals a day at the Shikotan (3 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 4 dinners);
habitation:
- in Yuzhno-Kurilsk at the Flagship Hotel, partial amenities (4 nights);
- on Shikotan at the Ostrovnoy Motel (3 nights);
transportation services according to the program;
accompanying instructors-guides on the routes;
Kurilsky Nature Reserve pass;
border pass to Kunashir Island and Shikotan Island.

Paid extra

flights to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and back;
tickets for the Korsakov – Yuzhno-Kurilsk – Malokurilskoye – Korsakov motor ships (including port fees and linen on the ship) – 25,000 rubles. The cost may change;
meals on the ship;
dinners in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk;
early check-in and late check-out of hotels;
medical insurance;
additional payment for an increased comfort level of living on Kunashir (optional).

It's important to know

lightweight headdress for sun protection;
trekking waterproof sneakers/boots (Gore-Tex), or treated with a water repellent + a replaceable pair of shoes;
comfortable sports sandals with a rigid fixation on the foot, in which it is convenient to walk on water and stones (necessary on the route Tikhaya Bay, for visiting thermal springs / baths on the islands of Kunashir and Iturup);
sports trousers are comfortable for trekking (2 pairs). It is also preferable to have waterproof trousers. It is especially convenient on the side zippers to quickly put on over sweatpants if necessary. They are light and do not take up space at all;
comfortable, lightweight, wind and moisture proof(!) jacket;
warm clothes: sweater, fleece jacket or similar warm clothes;
T-shirt with short or long sleeves with moisture-repellent properties for trekking;
lightweight cotton clothing: shorts/capris, T-shirts;
bathing suit;
socks are warm and thick;
a small travel towel (quick-drying);
a small backpack of 25-30 liters for one-day radial routes for water, photo/video equipment, swimsuit, towel, raincoat, etc. It is mandatory to have a waterproof backpack cover;
sunscreen and sunglasses;
a sunscreen adapted for you with a protection factor (SPF) of at least 30 units;
plastic water bottle for routes;
gloves;
telescopic poles for hiking (personal necessity);
photo/video equipment;
mosquito and tick repellents (personal necessity).

Dates and Prices

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23 Jun – 2 Jul 10 days 9 nights

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7 – 16 Jul 10 days 9 nights

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