Tour
Kamchatka Photo Expedition - Bears and Volcanoes
Outside protected areasby 56th Parallel
A 13-day photography trip that spends two days at Kurile Lake photographing brown bears fishing for sockeye salmon from shore and boat, with overnight stays in log cabins, then turns to volcano landscapes at Mutnovsky, its ice caves and Gorely. It runs with a local pro-photographer guide in groups of six to ten.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Route
- Starts and ends in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Visits
- Paratunka, Pauzhetka, Kurile Lake, Mutnovsky volcano and Gorely volcano
- Length
- 13 days
- Group size
- Up to 10 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, open
- August, open
- September, open
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Jul, Aug, Sep
Light and conditions
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Light through the year
Golden hour is when the sun is low, between the horizon and 6° above it: soft, warm light. Times are for the 15th of each month, in Kamchatka time (with summer time where it applies). In-season months are marked.
| Month | Golden hour | Daylight | Sun at noon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning golden hour | Evening golden hour | |||
| Jan | 09:38– | 16:37– | 8h 7m8 h 7 min | 16° |
| Feb | 08:50– | 17:46– | 9h 52m9 h 52 min | 24° |
| Mar | 07:47– | 18:43– | 11h 48m11 h 48 min | 35° |
| Apr | 06:34– | 19:38– | 13h 57m13 h 57 min | 47° |
| May | 05:35– | 20:25– | 15h 49m15 h 49 min | 56° |
| Jun | 05:06– | 20:56– | 16h 54m16 h 54 min | 60° |
| JulIn season | 05:25– | 20:50– | 16h 27m16 h 27 min | 59° |
| AugIn season | 06:12– | 20:05– | 14h 48m14 h 48 min | 51° |
| SepIn season | 07:04– | 18:57– | 12h 44m12 h 44 min | 40° |
| Oct | 07:56– | 17:43– | 10h 40m10 h 40 min | 29° |
| Nov | 08:55– | 16:35– | 8h 43m8 h 43 min | 19° |
| Dec | 09:39– | 16:03– | 7h 36m7 h 36 min | 14° |