Sakhalin and Kunashir Island

08:00 Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

09:00 Departure from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk by bus.

Travel time with stops is approximately 3 hours, 135 km, paved federal highway.

On the way, we will stop at the amber coast and collect amber, watch the seals resting on the rocks.

We will visit the Japanese Torii gates of the Karafuto governorate period, which were installed in front of Shinto temples.

An intermediate stop in the village of fishermen "Vzmorye", where you can buy freshly boiled crabs and taste them during lunch.

There is a quiet walk along the coast in the bay, after which you will have a hot gastronomic lunch – delicious Sakhalin fish soup with red fish, Far Eastern delicacies, caviar, tea with herbs, Sakhalin sweets.

19:00 Return to the hotel. Dinner (on your own).

08:00 Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

09:00 Transfer to Korsakov port.

Registration on the ship.

12:00 Departure of the Pavel Leonov motor ship to Kunashir Island.

The vessel 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.

09:00 The ship's approach to the port of Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kunashir Island.

Meeting at the port.

Breakfast at the cafe.

Transfer to the hotel. We leave our things.

10:00 Departure for the medium-difficulty route "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 is optional.

Dinner at the cafe.

Return to the hotel.

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.

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 max. height 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 something hot in the lake!

Dinner at the cafe.

Return to the hotel.

Room release. Breakfast at the cafe.

Taking the route of medium difficulty "Cape Columnar" is 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 / fragments of pillars.

Relaxing at the cape, swimming in the sea.

There are many sea urchins in the littoral lagoons.

Then 2 km along the shore to our cozy parking lot, where a bonfire lunch will be organized – delicious fish soup.

18:00 Dinner at a cafe.

19:00 Registration on the ship.

22:00 Departure of the Admiral Nevelskoy motor ship to Sakhalin.

Breakfast and lunch on the boat on your own.

20:00 Arrival at the port of Korsakov.

Transfer to the hotel.

08:00 Breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

09:00 Departure from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk with a jeep guide.

The journey time is 3 hours, during which we will travel 100 km, the first half of the way is a federal paved highway, the second half of the way is a difficult road through the pass.

After Okhotsk, rush along the seashore, then through the Sakhalin taiga through the pass, and in front of you soar majestic stone arches, columns and kekurs-giants created by wind and sea waves. Beautiful coves and grottos, bird markets.

A walk along the coast will be a great pleasure, one Cape Bird is worth it.

A walk through the sea terraces and Sakhalin taiga will introduce you to the diverse world of flora. The guide will tell you a lot of interesting things.

Lunch — lunch box (Japanese cuisine), Far Eastern delicacies, tea with herbs and berries.

19:00 Return to the hotel.

Dinner (on your own).

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport.

Departure.