Klyuchevsky Nature Park
Kamchatka Krai, Klyuchevsky Nature Park Klyuchevsky Nature Park is located on the territory of the forest fund of the Klyuchevsky Leskhoz. The territory of the natural park is unique in its relief and has no analogues in the whole world: on the insignificant territory the world's most active active volcano Klyuchevskaya is located.
Commander Islands
Kamchatka Krai, Commander Islands The Commander Islands are another protected territory of the Kamchatka region, which is part of the Commander State Nature Reserve. It includes two large islands, Beringa and Copper, as well as many small rocky islets, including Ariy Kamen and Toporkov.
Kronotsky Biosphere Reserve
Kamchatka Region, Kronotsky Biosphere Reserve Kronotsky State Biosphere Reserve is the largest and most famous reserve in Kamchatka. Kronotsky Reserve is located on the east coast, leaving on the banks of the Kronotsky and Kamchatka Gulfs.
Kuril Lake
Kamchatka Territory, Kuril Lake The Kuril Lake, the third largest in Kamchatka and one of the largest salmon spawning grounds, is located on the territory of the South Kamchatka Wildlife Refuge. The lake occupies a large depression about 300 m above sea level surrounded by volcanoes of Ilinsky and Wild Ridge.
Natural Park Bystrinsky
Kamchatka Region, Bystrinsky Nature Park Nature park "Bystrinsky", the largest specially protected territory of Kamchatka, is included in the list of World Natural Heritage sites of UNESCO. It attracts tourists with impressive landscapes of the Middle Range, taiga forests with their wildlife and a special way of life for local indigenous people.
Natural Park "Blue Lakes"
Kamchatka, Nature Park "Blue Lakes" Nature park "Blue Lakes": a system of lakes located at an altitude of 600 m above sea level, 16 km from the city of Elizovo. They received their name because of a unique natural phenomenon: clear water and ice on the bottom of the lakes reflect the sunlight so that all the flowers on the banks seem blue.
Nalychevo Nature Park
Kamchatka Krai, Nalychevo Nature Park Nature park «Nalychevo»: "Horseshoe" from the Avacha-Koryak and Zhupanov-Dzendzur volcanic chains, connected in the west by the volcanoes Kupol and Vershinsky, forms a reserve of Nalychevsky mineral waters.
South Kamchatka Nature Park
Kamchatka Territory, South Kamchatka Natural park The park is located on the lands of the forest the Southern Forestry Fund within the boundaries of the Elizovo administrative district and extends along the Pacific coast on the eastern side. There are no settlements on the territory of the park, and no economic activities are taking place.
On the east coast of Kamchatka is located the Kronotsky State Biosphere Reserve - the oldest on the peninsula, known to the whole world not only because they have converged here close to each other the most diverse landscapes (the long plains of the tundra, shrouded in mid-mountain forests and high volcanoes with ice caps, many of which are still operational), but also the famous Valley of Geysers, one of the five largest geyser sites in the world..In this fabulous valley you can see with your own eyes live geysers, each of which is completely unique and has its unusual name - for example, the largest, emitting up to 60 tons of boiling water from the bowels of the earth, are called Grot and Giant .
And just seven kilometers from the life-giving miracle of the Valley of Geysers, at the foot of the mighty volcano Kikhpinych, lies the eerie Valley of Death. This area fully justifies its ominous name: it is a natural "gas chamber", where dozens of animals and birds die every year. The composition of the toxic gas cocktail of the Kamchatka Valley of Death has no analogues in the world.
The natural park of Nalychevo is also protected by UNESCO and is very popular with tourists. There are a large number of hot and cold healing mineral springs, volcanoes Aag and Dzenzur, Talovskie springs. You can go on a trip to the park not only on foot, but also on horseback, which will allow you to reach even the most secluded places of this amazing place.
Nature park "Bystrinsky" is interesting to the surviving settlements of the indigenous peoples of Kamchatka: Evens, Koryaks and Itelmen, whose life and way of life will be better told by the exposition of the local ethnographic museum. Here you can touch their lives, the way of which was built for centuries, becoming a participant in numerous folk festivals, which are regularly celebrated in local villages.
There are such hard-to-reach places on Kamchatka that visit turns into a real adventure. You can get to the Commander Islands, part of the Commander's State Nature Reserve, only by plane, but it's worth it: here you can see in the natural habitat of beautiful northern fur seals or blue fox. $
The helicopter will take you to Kuril Lake: brown bears, and thanks to the fact that salmon spawning takes place in the lake, a superb view of hungry bear companies waiting for the fish opens up from specially constructed towers.
Klyuchevsky Nature Park - the place where 13 volcanoes. One of the "damned dozen" volcanoes of the park - Kliuchevskoy - is the highest of Asian volcanoes and is still in operation.
The natural park "Blue Lakes" bears its name due to the magic of nature that mixes ice at the bottom and transparent lake water reflects sunlight, coloring the coastal flowers in shades of blue and purple.