Kamchatka & The Commander Islands cruise
Why Join This Cruise
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This 13 day expeditionary cruise offers a rare, privileged opportunity to visit a remote and little known corner of the world with amazing birds, brown bears, cetaceans, botany and a rich history
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An opportunity to help in the conservation of the critically endangered Spoon-billed Sandpiper with the research team in surveying Olyutorskiy Bay
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Excellent chance of sighting a number of different types of cetaceans, including orca, humpback, sperm, fin and grey, who come to these waters to breed
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Travel aboard a small (max. 50) ice-strengthened vessel, ensuring a very personalised expeditionary experience and ease of logistics on landings
Trip Overview
This breathtaking expedition offers you the opportunity to explore one of the most geologically active and biologically rich parts of the planet. It is an area very few have visited and which was totally closed off during the communist era. The Kamchatka Peninsula is a land of stunning bays and snow-capped volcanoes, whose alpine meadows and lowland forests support a great diversity of flora and fauna.
The seas around the Commander Islands are among the most productive in the world with the whole area literally teeming with birds and marine mammals. Huge bird colonies dot the cliffs and large seal rookeries are scattered along the coast. Pods of orcas up to a hundred strong have been spotted. This region is a bird watchers’ paradise, allowing unique access to the Spoon-billed Sandpiper breeding area at Meinypil’gyno and the chance to help the research team in surveying Olyutorskiy Bay.
Itineraries (download our suggested itinerary below)