• Group transfers between the airport and the ship;
• Luggage transfer between the airport and the ship;
• Voyage aboard the vessel "Marina Tsvetaeva" as indicated in the itinerary;
• All shore excursions and activities throughout the voyage by zodiacs (as included in planned group excursions);
• Program of lectures by noted naturalists and the service of an experienced guide;
• Four meals a day;
• Pre-departure materials and expedition log;
• All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program;

Not included:

• All airfares;
• Passport and visa expenses (if required);
• Government arrival and departure taxes (if required);
• Meals and hotel accommodation ashore;
• Luggage, cancellation and personal insurance (which is strongly recommended);
• Excess luggage charges;
• Telecommunication services laundry, bar charges aboard the vessel;
• Standard tips at the end of the voyage for stewards and other service personal aboard (at your discretion);
• Any optional excursions.

Superior, Owner's Suite , Corner Suites cabins are also available.

Twin non-Private: Two lower berths, a desk, chair, wardrobes and a washbasin. Showers and toilets are located on the same deck outside the cabin. Triple accommodation is possible on request. 18 cabins on Deck 4: 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 437, 438, 439, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454.

Twin Private:Two lower berths, a desk, chair, wardrobes and a private bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. Triple accommodation is possible on request. 9 cabins on Deck 4: 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436.

Mini Suite: Two lower berths (bed and divan-bed), a desk, wardrobes, refrigerator, chair, TV monitor, teakettle. Private bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. 9 cabins on Deck 5: 510, 512, 513, 519, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528.

Suite: Two rooms, three lower berths (2 beds and 1 divan-bed), a desk, wardrobes, refrigerator, 2 arm-chairs, chair, puff, TV monitor, teakettle. Private bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. 3 cabins on Deck 5: 455, 514, 523.

Superior: 2 rooms, two lower berths (bed and divan-bed), a desk, wardrobes, refrigerator, chair, puff, TV monitor, teakettle. Private bathroom with bath, shower, toilet and washbasin. 1 cabin on Deck 5: 509.

Corner Suite: Two rooms, three lower berths (2 beds and 1 divan-bed), a desk, wardrobes, refrigerator, 2 arm-chairs, chair, puff, TV monitor, teakettle. Two windows in the bedroom face frontward and onboard. Private bathroom with shower, toilet and washbasin. 2 cabins on Deck 5: 516, 520.

Owner’s Suite:Twice the size of any other cabin. Large lounge with desk and settee. A separate bedroom has a double and a single bed. Three windows in lounge and three windows in bedroom. Private bathroom with shower, toilet and wash-basin. Ample storage. TV monitor, video player, teakettle, refrigerator. Bar counter, 2 sofas, 2 armchairs, chair, puff, country-style interior. 1 cabin on Deck 5: 535.

Day 2. Early in the morning we approach Moneron Island. We land onto the island to enjoy nature highlights of “Moneron Island” National Park: sea mammals’ breeding grounds (Sea Lion, Larga); rare sea birds’ nesting-sites (Tufted Puffin, Horned Puffin, Slaty-backed Gull, Black-tailed Gull, Thin-billed Murre, Temminck’s Cormorant, Peregrine Falcon, White-tailed Eagle) unique rare plants, included into the Red Data Book of Russian Federation (Japanese yew, Rhodiola rosea, Oxytropis todomoshiriensis (endemic species of Moneron Island), Melandrium sachalinensis and other species). The typical Moneron landscape is the unique combination of volcanic mountains, Alpine meadows and rocky canyons. Meadows with gigantic plants (3 – 3,5 meters high) cover one third of the island’s territory. A warm stream in coastal waters causes abundance of underwater wildlife and fantastic plants. Even not being a diver you’ll be able to appreciate this underwater realm. The exclusive clarity of coastal waters (30 – 40 metres) allows us to observe fish, sea-urchins, shellfish and plants even from our vessel’s decks. If the water is calm enough, our zodiac-drivers will slow down, or even stop the engines for you to admire the underwater world for a while.

Day 3. Kunashir Island is the most southern island of the Kuril Chain. The local nature reserve is rich with wildlife and unique natural sights. Spending a whole day on the island offers many pleasant opportunities: observing majestic Tyatya volcano, Ptichiy (Birds’) waterfall, Neskuchenskiye springs, the northernmost species of Wild Magnolia and a great number of rare birds (Japanese Crane, Blakistons Fish-Owl, Steller’s Sea Eagle, White-tailed Eagle, Mountain Hawk Eagle and others). Hardly ever you’ve seen before such a spectacular volcano as Tyatya. Actually it is two volcanoes, one inside the other, now forming one, two-level Tyatya volcano. We will watch more wonders of Nature at Stolbchaty Cape. It seems Nature itself tried to adorn this place with fantastic formations: volcanic activity has turned nearby rocks into “stone organ”. The surface of the cape is covered with stark and cracked lava, amazingly looking like a cobblestone pavement.

Day 4. Iturup Island is the biggest one of the Kurils. This wonderful island is worth an individual one-week trip. We spend just a whole day discovering the most interesting sights of the island. The marine wildlife around it is presented with 20 species of whales (Grey Whale, South Whale, Humpback Whale, Finn Whale, Cachalot, Orca, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Long-Finned Pilot Whale, Harbor Porpoise and a number of others). Nearly 200 species of birds are found here; 100 species nest on the island. Pinniped mammals (mainly Sea Lion and 2 species of a seal – Larga and Harbor Seal) live here. One unique species of Marten family – Sea Otter is a local resident. Among the rare birds we’ll take a good possibility to spot Short-tailed Albatross, Streaked Shearwater, Mandarin Duck, Golden Eagle, Steller’s Sea Eagle and White-tailed Eagle, Gyrfalcon, Peregrine, Japanese Crane, Latham’s Snipe, Blakiston’s Fish-Owl. We start to discover Lvinaya Past (lion jaws) Bay on the southern coast of Iturup early in the morning. The shape of this bay takes after a mouth of a roaring lion. In the centre of the bay entrance there is a rock looking like a lying lion. In case of good weather conditions our expedition vessel will enter the bay to lower down zodiacs for a ride or for a landing. Heading north we keep close to the shoreline in order not to miss wonderful views: dramatic Atsonopuri volcano, many beautiful waterfalls on the coasts, Zolotaya (Golden) Bay, White rocks and 140-meters high Ilia Muromets waterfall, one of the highest in Russia. In the evening we approach Medvezhia (Bear’s) Caldera. We plan a landing here to discover this remarkable place with a mountain looking like a giant Bear’s pad. Bears are also regular visitors here. Probably they are coming here to judge if this mountain really takes after their pads.

Day 5. Urup Island is famous for some rare bird species (Spectacled Guillemot, Ancient and Marbled Murrelet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Tufted Puffin, Harlequin Duck, Pelagic and Japanese Cormorants, Slaty-backed Gull, Stellar’s Sea Eagle). Numerous seals can be seen along the coast of the island. Zodiacs will approach dry land quite a distance from their rookery. The landing might be a wet one! We hope to dry up during a hike toward the rookery to observe these animals in the wild. Thermal springs can be found in the upper Taka River. You will be surprised by rich flora of Urup: Cloudberry, Great Bilberry, Seaside Sandplant, Kamchatka Stonecrop, Arctic Daisy, thickets of Kuma-Zasa, Wild Rose and others. We go on exploring a spectacular birdlife of Broutona Island. This tiny spot of land is a home for the vast colony of Fulmars.

Day 6. Simushir Island. While approaching the island a huge number of ducks, mainly Harlequins, will meet us. The breathtaking volcanic scenery and high biodiversity will not keep you indifferent. Here we have a good chance to see Sea Beaver. Conditions permit, we land onto Ketoy Island, southern capes of which boast numerous breeding sites of Sea Lion. Birds’ cries will be marking out numerous nesting places of Pelagic Cormorants. Our next stop is Ushishir Islands – Ryponkicha (Kita) Island and Minamisima (Yankicha) Island. These tiny isles are real paradise for a number of birds: Red-throated Pipit, Greenshank, Buff-bellied Pipit, and Rough-legged Buzzard. Ushishir Islands were favored by Ainu people, the ancient folk, who were the native inhabitants of the Kurils. Numerous thermal pools on the islands used to be the objects of religious ceremonies and legends of Ainu. On Yankicha Island we try to reach volcano caldera, which forms Kraternaya Bay. Auklets colony found their shelter on the nearby rocks.

Day 7. Our exploration day starts with landing onto Onekotan Island. Besides marveling at birds at Tsurigane rock, we will witness seals in their breeding habitat. The Rock Avos looking like sailing vessel will attract our views. This 35-meters high “sailing vessel” is a shelter for sea lions that live here in the vicinity of birds’ colonies (Murres, Sea Gulls, and Cormorants). We will come up close to Avos to enjoy the view and to get spectacular photos. In the evening we will pass by Makanrushi Island. Coastal waters are frequented by Sea Lions. Dramatic Makanrushi volcano is what we see first while approaching the island.

Day 8. Paramushir Island. The second largest island of Kuril Range, Paramushir is famous for a rather big number of bears and foxes. There are several small adjoining islands on the eastern side of Paramushir. Numerous bird flocks nest there and raise their noisy chicks. Birds’ clinking helps the vessels sailing by to find their way to the islands in quiet and foggy weather. Another good landing site is Atlasova Island. The central height of the island is Alaid (Oyakoba) volcano, the highest one on Kuril Islands. Its eastern peak Khitam is 2 334 meters high and the western peak Nisiiva is 2 289 meters high.

Day 9. A small island Utashud is another place where we watch birdlife on steep rocks. It is very likely that today you will not need our naturalists’ assistance to identify some sea birds: Horned and Tufted Puffins, Guillemots and Pigeons. In the afternoon we visit Vestnik Bay. Exciting view of imposing rocks colored red by sunset is an appropriate final of our Kamchatka adventure.

Day 10. While approaching the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky we watch beautiful landscapes of Avacha Bay. From the sea we observe volcanoes: Koryaksky, Avchinsky and Kozelsky. The residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky call them Domashniy (Home) volcanoes, as they watch this volcanic landscape every day from their home’s windows. We drop the anchor at the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Having disembarked, you will be able to take some optional excursions in the city and its suburbs or take your flight home – it will depend on your own after-trip schedule.