Your autumn on the island of Sleeping volcanoes — Iturup

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Iturup means "big salmon" in the Ainu language. The largest island in the archipelago of the Kuril Island range.

Majestic volcanoes, 12 of which are active, are the "authors" of the created relief and the real attractions of the island: frozen rivers of lava flows, numerous lakes, including hot ones, volcanoes with craters filled with water, fumarole fields, beautiful rocks, waterfalls, mud boilers, thermal swamps and springs!

We have collected the most popular of them on this trip to explore the island!

Location

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

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Tour highlights

Thermal baths

Let's relax and enjoy the waters of the thermal baths

Yankito Plateau

We will see the consequences of the volcanic eruption of Bogdan Khmelnitsky

White Rocks

Let's go along the Okhotsk coast and admire the white cliffs of Iturup Island

Itinerary

Day 1 - Departure to the island Iturup
Self-service transfer to the airport.
The start of check-in for the flight.
Departure from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Arrival in Kurilsk (O. Iturup). Meeting.
Transfer to the hotel.
Placement.
Dinner on your own.

Flight schedule Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — Kurilsk:
Wednesday: 12:15-13:30.
Friday: 17:00-18:15.
Sunday: 16:40-17:55.
The flight schedule is approximate, the exact time is specified at the time of booking.
Day 2 - Jeep tour to the foot of the Baransky volcano. Rest in the springs. Jeep tour to Kasatka Bay.
09:00 Breakfast in the cafe of the Iturup hotel.
10:00 Departure to the foot of the Baransky volcano by car (duration 4 hours).
Baransky Volcano (height 1132 meters) is one of the most accessible active volcanoes on Iturup Island with hot lakes of unusual turquoise color, mud boilers, mineral streams and healing springs.
We will go down to the turquoise lakes, enjoy the beauty and relaxation in the thermal baths, taste eggs with caviar boiled right in the volcanic water.
10:30 Observation deck.
10:45 Tour of the mud cauldron field. We cook eggs and taste them with caviar.
11:50 Departure to the thermal springs.
12:00 Arrival at the thermal complex. A walk along the ecological trail to the turquoise lakes. PHOTOSESSION.
13:00 Rest in the thermal springs of the Baransky volcano (entrance fee is paid additionally — 2000 rubles).
14:00 Camping snack (tea, coffee, sliced fish, vegetables and cheese).
14:30 Departure towards the Pacific Ocean.
16:00 Kasatka Bay. The first stop is on the "mirror" beach, which looks like an endless sea mirror. A stranded fishing vessel, the most popular photo object among visitors to the island.
16:30 We will definitely drive to the Devil's rock. At one time, the Japanese punched tunnels in it for through passage for military purposes, which have survived to the present day.
You will walk (somewhere you will crawl) through the places of hostilities, you will see the site of the former "hospital", the so-called laboratory where the Japanese worked on the development of bacteriological weapons.
17:30 Boarding the transport, return to Kurilsk.
19:00 Return to Kurilsk.
Dinner on your own.
Attention! In the area of the thermal stream, precautions must be taken — you can fall into hot mud, in the area of mineral springs — get chemical burns.
You can swim only in springs with a certain water temperature.
Recommendations: it is advisable to have bathing accessories, a towel, and rubber slippers on this route. The tour takes place by car.

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Day 3 - Jeep tour to the Yankito Lava Plateau. Jeep tour to the White Cliffs. Departure to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
09:00 Breakfast in the cafe of the Iturup hotel.
10:00 Departure to the foot of the Bogdan Khmelnitsky volcano, to the Yankito lava plateau, which is a plateau of frozen lava flows of bizarre shape.
Beautiful landscapes opening from any point of view. Bright, spectacular photos, unique impressions!
12:00 Observation deck.
12:15 Boarding the transport. Departure for an excursion along the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk to the beach with White cliffs.
The length of the rocks is 28 km. They consist of porous volcanic glass and pumice stone, frozen as a result of a colossal eruption of a red-hot gas cloud.
The sand of the beach consists of white quartz sand and black titanium magnetite sand. Due to the mixture of these two sands, an extremely beautiful gray-graphite sandy beach is formed.
13:00 Disembarkation on the beach with White cliffs. A walk through the canyon. PHOTOSESSION.
14:00 Camping snack (tea, coffee, sliced fish, vegetables and cheese).
Boarding a transport, transfer to the airport.
The start of check-in for the flight.
21:05 Departure from Kurilsk.
22:20 Arrival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
Self-service transfer to the hotel.
The flight schedule is approximate, the exact time is specified at the time of booking.

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Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

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Guest House, Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Basic+

The tour provides accommodation in the guest house "Kasatka" on the island. Iturup (rooms with partial amenities in the room, partial per block; for single occupancy, there may be 2 beds in the room) or in the Iturup hotel.

The cost of the tour for 1 person with different accommodation options, RUB.:

Number of guests	For double occupancy	For single occupancy	Child under 12 years old
2 guests	59 029	7 000	56 029
3 guests	47 578	7 000	44 578
4 guests	42 198	7 000	39 198

Kasatka Guest House

The hostel was opened in 2022.

It is located in the central part of the city of Kurilsk. Within walking distance of shops, cafes, the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.

The following free services are available for a comfortable stay:

a bed;
double rooms with separate beds;
the possibility of installing an extra bed (for an additional fee);
laundry;
ironing board, iron;
two shower rooms;
refrigerator in the hall;
equipped recreation area.

Rooms

Number of rooms: 4 rooms with separate beds.

The possibility of placement:

a bed;
double room;
an extra bed in each room (optional, for an additional fee).

In all rooms: Wi-Fi, bathroom, TV, tea set, slippers, towels, hair dryer.

Restaurants and cafes

cafe "Iturup" — the distance from the hostel to the cafe is 300 meters;
cafe "Oriental cuisine" — the distance from the hostel to the cafe is 300 meters;
cafe "Alliance" — the distance from the hostel to the cafe is 1.5 km.

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Another option

Iturup Hotel

The Iturup Hotel is a three—storey building, well renovated. There are 35 rooms of various categories: standard single rooms, superior rooms with bathroom and shower, two-room suite. The hotel has Wi-Fi Internet access.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 25 tourists

Minimum age

6 years old

Duration

3 days 2 nights

Group meets at

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Included in price

guided tours according to the program;
transfers according to the program;
accommodation on the island Iturup;
meals specified in the program;
transportation services on the routes;
accident insurance, insurance coverage up to 100,000 rubles.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and back;
air tickets on the route: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — Kurilsk — Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — 14,800 rubles/person.;
dinners on the island Iturup;
meals not specified in the tour program;
entrance tickets to the springs.

It's important to know

It is necessary to have with you:

photo camera;
warm and waterproof clothes;
A jacket;
hiking boots;
shoe covers in case of rainy weather;
a knitted hat;
gloves;
rubber slippers;
bathing suit;
a headdress.

Documents:

passport, voucher;
medical insurance policy;
insurance policy;
birth certificate (if a child is flying with you).

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Reviews

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Alexey Alexandrovich Tolmachev

13 Nov, 2024

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The experience was incredible: the vast Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Okhotsk, rolling hills, volcanoes, mountain roads by jeep, miles of sea journeys, and new friends along the way. In Kurilsk, we were warmly welcomed and surrounded by kind, helpful people. A special thanks to Guram and Svetlana, Igor and Nikita. And many thanks to the 'Big Country' team, especially Dmitry. Explore the wonders of Russia...

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Wednesday – Friday
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — Kurilsk	12:15–13:30	Kurilsk — Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	21:05–22:20
Friday – Sunday
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — Kurilsk	17:00–18:15	Kurilsk — Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	21:05–22:20
Sunday – Tuesday
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk — Kurilsk	16:40–17:55	Kurilsk — Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	21:05–22:20