Kunashir is an island of four volcanoes

18:00 Arrival in Yuzhno-Kurilsk (O. Kunashir).

Meeting at the seaport, transfer to the hotel, accommodation.

Meet the sunset on the Pacific coast with a glass of sparkling wine!

One of the business cards of Kunashir is the South Kuril Cape, where the abandoned lighthouse is located.

Transfer to the hotel.

Dinner at the cafe.

10:00 Visit to the Museum of Local Lore, guided tour of the museum.

11:00 Departure for the route "The Great fumarole field of the Mendeleev volcano".

The Mendeleev volcano, located in the southern part of Kunashir Island, belongs to a specially protected natural area and was awarded the status of a state natural monument in 1983.

At the foot of this active volcano, overgrown with bamboo, there are still Japanese thermal baths, where, according to legend, Emperor Hirohito bathed.

By public transport up to 17 km, then a trekking route of about 3 km in one direction.

The route passes through a protected area.

The nature of these places is unique.

Centuries-old trees with trunks up to 2 meters in diameter, thickets of Kuril bamboo, the purest mountain streams.

Approach to the fumarole field.

Here you can feel the hot "breath" of the earth.

Its surface looks more like a Martian landscape.

Small and large smoking fumaroles, cedar elderberry and a view of the Hokkaido Mountains.

Parking is 2 hours.

Lunch (lunch box).

Optional bathing in wild hot springs.

Return to the 17th kilometer.

A trip to the cascade of waterfalls of the river Sour (swimming optional)

Return to Yuzhno-Kurilsk in the evening.

Dinner at the cafe.

In the south of Kunashir Island is the caldera of Golovnin volcano, the southernmost volcano of the Kuril Ridge.

This is an active volcano, the last eruption of which occurred already in historical times — around 1848. After a powerful eruption, the volcano exploded, forming a huge caldera, which eventually filled with water and formed two incredible lakes.

09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.

10:00 Departure towards the village of Golovnino (Veslovsky Peninsula).

A journey with a stop at the observation deck for a short rest and take the most beautiful shots.

Upon arrival, parking at Golovninsky cliff for inspection and photography.

Transfer to the Golovnin caldera. The Lakes are Boiling and Hot."

A 2.5–3 hour walk along a dirt road, about 7 km. one way.

The entire journey is accompanied by beautiful fields of cedar elderberry.

The parking time in the caldera is about 2 hours.

Lunch (lunch box).

The volcano is a caldera about 4 km in diameter, surrounded by a ridge (541 m).

There are four small domes and two crater lakes at the bottom of the caldera, Boiling and Hot.

The Golovnin volcano caldera is unique in its volcanic activity.

A jet of superheated steam and boiling water can suddenly strike from the bottom of a Boiling Lake — an incredible sight!

One of the solfatarny fields of Goryachy Lake once spewed out a stream of liquid sulfur, which poured into the lake and froze there with a bizarre tongue.

Swimming in the lake is "Hot".

Return to the hotel in the evening.

Dinner at the cafe.

Cape Columnar on Kunashir is one of the most amazing and unique places on earth. It is a unique geological formation that arose as a result of the petrification of basalt lava.

Having poured out of the mouth of the Mendeleev volcano more than 6 million years ago, lava got into the water column and, under the influence of certain temperatures, divided into absolutely regular five-hexagonal columns, and then rose from the ocean to the surface.

Residents of Kunashir say, "Whoever has not seen Cape Columnar has not seen Kunashir."

09:00 Breakfast at the cafe.

10:00 Departure for the route.

Ecological trail "Stolbovskaya", exit to the coast.

Inspection of rocks of volcanic origin.

The cape, open on three sides, is located on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.

Beautiful "aquariums" and lagoons with crystal clear azure water.

Majestic "organs" made of solidified lava.

Return to Yuzhno-Kurilsk, visit the thermal springs of Goryachy Ploshchad (Slightly acidic, carbon dioxide-nitrogen, sulfate-chloride-sodium waters with a high content of methane, boron, bromine).

Return to the hotel in the evening.

Dinner at the cafe.

Breakfast in the cafe.

09:00 Transfer to the seaport of Yuzhno-Kurilsk (Kunashir island).

Registration on the ship.

After checking the tickets and documents, we board the ship and get to the lobby, where the check-in desk is located and the staff checks passengers into the appropriate cabins.

Departure of the ship to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Korsakov port).

Lunch, dinner and breakfast on the ship (independently).

20:00 Arrival of the ship to the port of Korsakov (Sakhalin Island).

Meeting at the port, transfer to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.