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PASSAGE to KAMCHATKA an Expedition Cruise from Japan to the Russian Far East Aboard Le Soleal 10Th to 25Th June 2019 Kamchatka Peninsula LIMITED AVAILABILITY REMAINING – SAVE £500 PER PERSON PASSAGE TO KAMCHATKA An expedition cruise from Japan to the Russian Far East aboard Le Soleal 10th to 25th June 2019 Kamchatka peninsula he remote reaches of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and the distant and Commander Islands Tisolated Kuril Islands have fired the imagination of explorers and traders Zhupanova River Kamenistaya Bay for centuries. Our past travellers have enthused about the spectacular & Chazma River Petropavlovsk Cape Kekurnyy scenery, the incredible array of wildlife and the native cultures known Listvenichnaya Bay to only a few privileged visitors. Join us on this remarkable voyage of Atlasova Island unparalleled exploration along the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’. From Otaru, Japan Matua Island to Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, we cruise through a pristine environment Tyuleniy Yankicha Island that calls to nature lovers, history buffs, photographers and the intrepid Chirpoy Island RUSSIA explorer within. Korsakov Otaru Among the Kurils, a necklace-like chain of volcanic islands, we find vast forests and wildflower-dappled tundra, backdropped by soaring steam-breathing JAPAN volcanoes. Basalt stacks rise from the sea, tailormade resting and nesting spots for an unimaginable number of seabirds. Upon reaching the Kamchatka Tokyo Peninsula, Russia’s remote easternmost province and home to the brown bear, Seoul we are greeted with a dramatic landscape of fire and ice. Geysers, hot springs SOUTH KOREA and active volcanoes set amidst towering mountains and fast flowing rivers make this area magnificently unique. Marvel at spouting whales, frolicking seals and huge populations of nesting and migratory seabirds. Using our fleet of Zodiacs we can explore inlets, bird sanctuaries and land in otherwise inaccessible places and, although we set sail with a set itinerary, it is often the unscheduled events that become the highlight. This is your opportunity to see a seldom visited corner of the world and to witness the timeless processes of nature taking place without the hindrance or help of man. Sailing in June, we will take full advantage of the mid-summer sun, travelling on nature’s terms, enjoying dramatic scenery and encountering the region’s ancient cultures and fascinating people whose lives are rarely touched by outsiders. www.noble-caledonia.co.uk Exploring by Zodiac Kuril Islands Church, Petropavlovsk Local people, Kamchatka Steller sea eagle, Zhupanova River Day 5 Tyuleniy Island. Our lecture is actually a sinking volcanic caldera. bears. Depending on conditions THE ITINERARY programme continues this morning Inside the magnificent lagoon with we will make a landing or use the Day 1 London to Tokyo, Japan. Fly as we sail to Tyuleniy Island. Tyuleniy its fumaroles and hot springs, we can Zodiacs to scout the coastline. We by scheduled flight. means “seal” in Russian, and during still see traces of the tremendous will also see Steller sea lions, Steller the summer months the island is forces that created the island long sea eagles and harlequin ducks in Day 2 Tokyo. Arrive today and home to literally tens of thousands ago. The number of auklets which the waters. Over lunch we will sail transfer to Prince Park Tower Tokyo of northern fur seals and Steller sea breed here is truly incredible. Matua the short distance to Cape Kekurnyy, hotel for an overnight stay. Take lions. Our visit, at the height of the Island is home to one of the Kuril’s well known for the population of some time to relax and enjoy the breeding season is well timed to see most active volcanoes, with more Steller sea lions that haul onto hotel facilities. not only the seals and sea lions, but than 14 documented eruptions in the rocks and where we will take a also tens of thousands of common the past 250 years. We will learn Zodiac cruise. Day 3 Tokyo to Otaru. After guillemots and black-legged about the Japanese military base breakfast in the hotel we will transfer kittiwakes that have made their nests that was set up here during World Day 11 Kamenistaya Bay & Chazma to the airport for our scheduled flight in the cliffs above. War II and how the Japanese used River. Continuing our time in to Sapporo. On arrival, transfer to Le to capture geothermal heat from the Kamchatka we arrive this morning Soleal which is moored in Otaru and Days 6 to 9 Kuril Islands. The volcano to keep the runway, which in Kamenistaya Bay located in the meet your expedition team. Kuril Islands consist of a volcanic normally freezes over during winter, Kronotsky State Nature Reserve. The archipelago that stretches 1300 permanently usable. Hikers will be reserve was established in 1934 and Day 4 Korsakov, Russia. Spend the kilometres, through the Sea of rewarded with good views of the is one of the oldest in Russia covering morning at sea before we arrive Okhotsk, from northern Japan abandoned military positions and an area of almost 11,000 square in the Russian port of Korsakov in to the Kamchatka Peninsula in will hopefully get a glimpse of the kilometres which contains forest, the early afternoon. After clearing Russia. Our itinerary for these island’s population of brown-headed tundra, taiga, mountains, volcanoes customs and immigration formalities days will be flexible as our Captain thrush and Siberian rubythroats in and geysers, a hugely diverse habitat we will have the opportunity and Expedition Leader will plan the alder thickets. Alaid on Atlasova for the abundant wildlife. The reserve to visit the city. See Yuzhno- landings based on weather and sea Island is the highest volcano in the is home to brown bear as well as Sakhalinsk’s beautiful Cathedral of conditions. However we hope to Kurils with a height of over 2000 caribou, otters, seals and multiple the Resurrection. The church was visit Chirpoy Island. The origin of metres. Together with our expedition species of birds. If conditions only completed in 1995 and the the names is uncertain: the original staff, we will land by Zodiac on the permit we will offer walks with our gold on the onion domes has very Ainu language name of the island black lava beach of the island from expedition teams on land or Zodiac recently been laid, shining brilliantly. was Repunmoshiri, a word meaning where we will begin our walk to see cruises to view the wildlife. From the church continue to the “place of many small birds”. During the remains of the Taketomi tufa Sakhalin Regional Museum, which a Zodiac cruise we search along the cone. Day 12 Ariy Kamen & Nikolskoye, is housed in a beautiful Japanese- coast for the profusion of wildlife Commander Islands. The style structure, due to the previous that lives in the area including Day 10 Listvenichnaya Bay & Cape Komandorskiye or Commander ruling of its southern neighbour. Steller sea lions, fulmars, kittiwakes, Kekurnyy, Kamchatka Peninsula. Islands are named after famed The museum covers all the facets puffins and auklets. Yankicha Island Arrive this morning at Listvenichnaya Commander Vitus Bering who of Sakhalin Island, from its flora and is impressive, accessible only by Bay on the Kamchatka Peninsula had been commissioned by the fauna, to its geology and history. Zodiac and only during high tide, it which is a prime location for brown Russian Tsar to search for a land +44 (0)20 7752 0000 Humpback whale Chirpoy Island Sea otter Bering sea horned puffins Exploring by Zodiac bridge between Asia and America. the river looking for wildlife. Tokyo Pre-Cruise Extension - 8th to 11th June 2019 After having been to Alaska he was forced to overwinter here. He Day 14 Petropavlovsk. If you would like to spend some extra time in Tokyo before embarking was buried on the island, but part Petropavlovsk, town of Peter and Le Soleal we are offering a three night extension. Full details can be of the crew managed to return to Paul, derives its name from the two viewed online at www.noble-caledonia.co.uk Petropavlovsk. Our experiences will sailing ships used by Vitus Bering be determined by weather, wildlife when the great explorer reached and sea conditions. We intend Avacha Bay in 1740. It is the only to visit Nikolskoye, which was major city on the peninsula and PRICES PER PERSON established in 1826 by fur traders. one of the oldest towns in the Based on double occupancy This fishing village on Bering Island Russian Far East. It is also the has a small museum where we will scientific and cultural centre of LIMITED AVAILABILITY REMAINING – SAVE £500 PER PERSON learn about the Aleut people and the region, and today we see just their culture. During our visit we will why that is, as our local guides Stateroom/Suite Category Deck Brochure Price Special Offer Price enjoy a concert and be entertained take us on a comprehensive tour Superior Stateroom 3 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT by a presentation of local games. In of the city’s highlights. We will visit Deluxe Stateroom with balcony 3 £9095 £8595 the afternoon, take a Zodiac ride to the museum of ethnography and Prestige Stateroom with balcony 4 £9295 £8795 tiny Ariy Kamen Island a habitat for natural history, the art school, the Prestige Stateroom with balcony 5 £9495 £8995 vast numbers of birds. gold-domed Orthodox cathedral Prestige Stateroom with balcony 6 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT and the marketplace. As an Deluxe Suite with balcony 6 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Prestige Suite with balcony 5 Day 13 Zhupanova River, exciting alternative, it may be SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Prestige Suite with balcony 6 Kamchatka Peninsula. This morning possible to purchase an optional £11295 £10795 we will cruise back to Kamchatka helicopter excursion to the Valley Owners Suite with balcony 6 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT and over lunch we anchor in the of the Geysers in the Kronotsky Deluxe Stateroom with balcony for sole use 3 SOLD OUT SOLD OUT Zhupanova River.
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