Winter Iturup

09:00 Breakfast in a cafe in the city.

10:00 Departure to the foot of the Baransky volcano (duration 5 hours) by retrace or snowmobile.

A trip through the winter forest gives you indescribable emotions. 

You will admire the beauty of the peaks surrounding the path, you will admire the icy trees near warm springs and the bizarrely curved stunted birches and fir trees dusted with snow, you will be surprised by the especially bright turquoise of the thermal stream against the background of snow-white snowdrifts, while stopping at the observation deck you will freeze from the splendor of the views!

The volcano with emerald water is what tourists call it. 

At the foot of the volcano, you can observe picturesque volcanic landscapes: mud cauldrons, fumaroles, hot lakes with acid of unusual turquoise color, hot mineral streams, healing springs gushing from the bowels of the earth.

13:00 Thermal springs on the volcano among the snow-white snow will help you plunge into nirvana and enjoy the beauty around you. Entrance tickets are paid additionally, the cost is 3000 rubles.

15:00 Return to the parking place. Camping snack: hot tea from a thermos, pastries or sandwiches.

15:30 Departure to the Yankito lava plateau.

16:00 Arrival at the foot of the Bogdan Khmelnitsky volcano in Yankito, which is a plateau of frozen lava flows of bizarre shape. Beautiful landscapes that open from any viewpoint. Spectacular photos, unique impressions! 

17:00 Return to Kurilsk.

Dinner on your own.

09:00 Breakfast in a cafe in the city. Room release.

Attention! Check-in time is until 12:00.

10:00 Departure towards the Pacific Ocean. 

11:30 Kasatka Bay. 

The bay has been known since the Second World War, and it was from it that the squadron sailed to Pearl Harbor, which dealt a devastating blow to the American military base. 

The events that took place in January 1960, when a military barge with 4 military personnel on board was torn from its mooring during a severe storm, also added to the fame of the bay. 

The soldiers spent 49 days in the open winter sea. They were rescued in March of the same year by an American aircraft carrier. 

The story was included in literature textbooks as an example of courage and perseverance in the fight against the forces of the elements. 

You will be able to take amazing photos on the ocean shore against the background of a stranded ship.

12:00 Transfer to the Chertovka rock.  

At one time, the Japanese pierced tunnels in it for through passage for military purposes, which have survived to this day. 

You will walk (somewhere you will crawl) through the battlefields, you will see the site of the former "hospital", the so-called laboratory where the Japanese worked on the development of bacteriological weapons. Tunnel tour. 

13:00 Return to the parking place. Camping snack: hot tea from a thermos, pastries or sandwiches.

13:30 Departure on the way back. Transfer to the thermal springs.

15:00 Visit to the thermal springs "Baths" (1 hour). Entrance tickets are paid additionally, the cost is 1,500 rubles.

16:00 Return to Kurilsk.  Lunch at a cafe in the city (extra charge).

17:00 Transfer to the airport. 

17:30 Registration. 

19:25 Departure from Kurilsk.

20:45 Arrival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The end of the program.

Recommendations: the tour takes place on the coast, dress warmly, you need to have a hat, gloves, a windproof waterproof jacket. To swim in the springs, you need to take bathing accessories.