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Fishing and rafting on Sopochnaya River
(It is possible to organize similar tours on another rivers)
Description:
Transfer is fulfilled by car to Esso settlement (6-8 hours), from Esso to the river - by helicopter (approximately 1,5 hours one way). Rafting is on the 16-feet rafts of high quality.
Sopochnaya River, the length of which is nearly 180 km, is located in the north – western part of Kamchatka, in Tigilsky district, on western coast. It is inaccessible river and one of the most interesting for fishing. Total dimension of rafting is nearly 80 km, it passes along untouched nature. There are a lot of comfortable for fishing places, with deep and broad holes. Fishing is from coast or rafts. The fishing season begins in the middle of June and lasts till middle of July, you can catch king salmon. Also you can catch chum salmon, Kamchatka steelhead, East Siberian char, loach. The main target in July is chum salmon, from august to November - coho salmon, the population of which is si great that you can catch more than 50 pieces, its weight is from 4 to 6 kg. In September – Nover you can fish coho salmon and rarely - Atlantic salmon.
Itinerary:
Day 1. Arrival in airport. Transfer to Esso (550 km), on the way we drive to the shops. Lunch in Milkovo settlement. Accommodation at the hotel. Rest, swimming at the thermal pool.
Day 2. Transfer by the helicopter to the river (1,5 hours), preparations for rafting, start of fishing. Overnight at tents.
Days 3 - 7. Fishing and rafting. Overnight at tents. Rafting is for 2-3 day, then fishing from stationary camp.
Day 8. Flight to Esso (1,5 hours). Transfer by car to the city, accommodation at the resort in recreational zone Paratunka, rest, swimming at thermal pool.
День 9. Free (reserve) day. It is possible to organize excursions (paid extra):
- Sea fishing in Avacha Bay
- Excursion to the Valley of Geysers
- or others
Day 10. Visit of fish market. Transfer to the airport.
The cost of the tour for the group of 6 pax is 3400 Euro per person.
The cost of the tour for the group of 8 pax is 3000 Euro per person.
The cost of the tour for the group of 10 pax is 2800 Euro per person.
The cost of the tour for the group of 12 pax and more is 2600 Euro per person.
It is included:
Transfers
Double accommodation at the hotel and at the base.
Meals en route
Services of the guide, cook and interpreter.
Group equipment (rafts, tents, life vests).
Fishing licenses (nominal licenses for every day of fishing).
Insurance.
It is excluded:
Airplane tickets to/from Petropavlovsk
Meals with the exception of meals en route.
Private equipment, fishing tackle
Alcohol
Extra excursions on the 9th day