Expedition Cruise to Kamchatka and Russia's Far East

Experience an expedition cruise to one of the world's last true wildernesses - Kamchatka and Chukotka in Russia's Far East. In this remote place, the only destination in the world where you can see active volcanoes, brown bears, beluga, eagles , albatross, sea lions, fur seals, sea otters, orca and humpback whales in one location, you will feel like you dropped off the map.
Landscapes of incredible beauty, thundering waterfalls, rivers filled with salmon, in their turn attracting Stellar's sea eagle and brown bears, tundra wildflowers and even local reindeer herders. You will find it all on this incredible voyage to Siberia.
Start off with a flight from Tokyo to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy you board your ship and set sail for Morzhovaya Bay where you may encounter harbour seals. A Zodiac cruise along the Zhupanova River may turn up brown bears fishing for salmon. We then continue to the Kronotskiy Biosphere Reserve where active volcanoes dominate the landscape and where we will encounter Eurasia’s greatest concentration of brown bears, Steller sea lions, fur seals and a range of whales. We hike the lowlands of Kamenistaya Bay before setting off for the Commander Islands, a haven for birdlife which abounds in staggering numbers.
At Soldatskaya Bay we visit a village and enjoy a cultural performance by Koryak reindeer herders and marine mammal hunters.
Along the Govena Peninsula we hope to see more brown bears, along with Orcas and Bryde’s whales. A hike will reveal the plant life as we walk to a glacial moraine and pretty waterfalls.
Beautiful mountains tower over Natalia Bay where we take a Zodiac cruise beneath the bird cliffs of Bogoslov Island, looking for breeding puffins, kittiwakes, guillemots and cormorants breed and the climbing bears that raid their nests. We will hike to hidden alpine lakes for some incredible views over glacier-carved valleys.
Anastasia Bay is home to a walrus haul-out and along with Dezhneva Bay are well-known for birds, including whooper swans. Gray whales, walrus, reindeer, and brown bear also make a regular appearance.
At Gabriela Bay we visit an abandoned polar weather station and are on the look out for beluga whales and more brown bears.
Our last wildlife-filled day in Russia is spent cruising the coast looking for tufted puffins, auklets, guillemots, walrus and gray whales. We enjoy a traditional Yupik dance performance before we leave Russia and set sail for King Island where we hope to visit an abandoned village. We then reach Nome, where the cruise ends with a flight to Anchorage, Alaska.