Tour
Bear Feast in the Far East
Outside protected areasby Toehold
An eight-day photo tour by an Indian photography travel company with three days at Kurile Lake based at the Grassy Point lodge, photographing brown bears at salmon spawning sites with local wardens. It adds an Avacha Bay boat trip for orcas, sea lions and seals, and volcano landscapes at Ksudach and Mutnovsky.
Details
- No feeding
- No baiting
- No captive animals
- Route
- Starts and ends in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
- Visits
- Avacha Bay, Ksudach volcano, Mutnovsky volcano, Kurile Lake (Grassy Point) and Khodutka hot springs
- Length
- 8 days
- Group size
- Up to 8 people
- Language
- English
Species
Months
- January, closed
- February, closed
- March, closed
- April, closed
- May, closed
- June, closed
- July, closed
- August, open
- September, closed
- October, closed
- November, closed
- December, closed
Aug
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° |
| Jul | 05:25– | 20:50– | 16h 27m16 h 27 min | 59° |
| AugIn season | 06:12– | 20:05– | 14h 48m14 h 48 min | 51° |
| Sep | 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° |