Hot springs of Kamchatka. Thermal baths of the Paratunka river valley basin. Apachinsky thermal springs

Relaxing sulfur-hydrogen springs "Zelenovskiye Ozerki" and Paratunka May 16th, 2015

After the flight, a large time gap of 8 hours is not felt so acutely at first. New impressions allow you to mobilize on the first day and not feel tired.
On the second day, for unknown reasons, you do not sleep all night, and in the afternoon you suddenly start to fall off your feet, but just at home, at the same time, I would have been sleeping for a long time.
The body begins to fail. The day is confused with the night, headaches, drowsiness bother, attention worsens.
The best way to easily acclimatize is to relax in the hot springs.
In Kamchatka, there are several places where thermal (hot) healing mineral and (or) hydrogen sulfide waters come to the surface.
Such places are "Zelenovskiye Ozerki" and the village of Paratunka, a resort area with many recreation centers around.



Not far from Yelizovo, 25 km away are the springs "Zelenovskiye Ozerki". At the recreation center built one large swimming pool and 10 special baths filled with hydrogen sulfide mineral water. The composition of water is a complex mixture of minerals and salts, but the main healing effect is radon and hydrogen sulfide.


It is said that water has a beneficial effect on the body, improves metabolism and strengthens the immune system. And hydrogen sulfide baths facilitate the work of the heart, promote the healing of skin lesions, and the removal of protein breakdown products from the body.


Water temperature 35-38 °С. The duration of the bath is from 5 to 12 minutes (maximum 15 minutes), which is increased gradually, starting from 5-7 minutes. Taking baths every other day or two days in a row with a break on the third day, but this is ideal of course.


Hot water relaxes just amazingly, the main thing is not to sit out, otherwise it will become bad.


Near the baths there is a lake, the water temperature in which is about +5 degrees all year round. Having steamed up in the baths, it is very pleasant to plunge into this icy lake. The contrast of hot and cold water also has a beneficial effect on the body.


Wide wooden steps with handrails lead to the lake. There is a massage room nearby.

Those who do not want to swim can take a dip cold water from a bucket


The most pleasant feeling is when you plunge into a hot bath again after a cold lake.


There is an opinion among the people that the waters of the springs are a mixture of radon and hydrogen sulfide. But it's not right. This mineral water contains no radon. Old-timers said that once upon a time, indeed, this water contained radon. But due to shifts in the earth's crust during numerous earthquakes, radon disappeared from the composition of the water. However, the healing properties of these springs are the most effective in comparison with the Paratunka springs.


Paratunka is a sanatorium and resort area located 30 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, stretching along the valley of the river of the same name and its tributaries for a distance of about 30 km. It is intersected by the highway throughout. Along the highway there are many small motels, recreation centers, sanatoriums and children's health camps. Gained fame because of the numerous thermal springs.
They say that if you dig deep with a shovel on a personal plot, then it will run into the hole hot water.
Each sanatorium, recreation center or motel located here has a thermal pool in which you can swim at your pleasure.


There are three groups of thermal springs in the Paratunka river valley. The Nizhne-Paratunsky thermal springs have long been the most popular among the population. At present, deep drilling wells have uncovered waters with temperatures up to 92 °C. The waters of the Nizhne-Paratunsky springs are chloride-sulfate sodium.
The attractions of this thermal area are therapeutic mud found in Lake Utin. They are successfully used in treatment in sanatoriums based on the Nizhne-Paratunsky springs.

Approximately 60 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and 25 km from Yelizovo is the Paratunskaya recreational zone, where sanatoriums, dispensaries and recreation centers have been built on thermal springs. There are several groups of natural outlets of hot water in the valley of the Paratunka River: Nizhne-Paratunsky, Sredne-Paratunsky and Upper Paratunsky.

Nizhne-Paratunsky thermal springs have long been the most popular among the population. They are located on the territory of the village of Paratunka and in the floodplain of the river of the same name.

Residents and guests of Kamchatka are treated and have a rest here all year round. For many centuries, the Paratunsky thermal springs have been famous for their healing properties. Water rich in silicic acid helps people with diseases of the bone and musculoskeletal system, diseases of the nervous system, skin and gynecological ailments.

In a programme:
- visiting one of the recreation centers (admission is paid independently)
- bathing

Upper Paratunka thermal springs are located in the valley of the Paratunka River, but not at its bottom, but on the northeastern slope of the Goryachaya hill, about 20 kilometers south - west of the village Paratunka.

The springs consist of two dozen gryphons with temperatures ranging from slightly perceptible to 70°C, located at a height of up to 70 m above the valley floor. Baths are arranged in the stream flowing down the slope. Sitting in a natural font with thermal water, from a bird's eye view you can admire the beauty of the Paratunka river valley. From here, beautiful views of the surroundings open up: the dark cherry-colored cone of the Velvet Hill, and to the south - the most beautiful rocky cone of the Vilyuchinsky volcano.

In a programme:
- inspection of springs, swimming
- excursion to the spawning river
- dinner

The waterfall falls from the slopes of the Vilyuchinsky volcano with a beautiful silver thread about 60 meters high. It is formed from the melting of snow on the slopes of the volcano with the beginning summer season. The trail to the waterfall passes through thickets of alder, and the last 500 meters - along the melting snowfield. The climb is not difficult and is acceptable for people with any physical fitness. After admiring the views of the waterfall and taking beautiful photos, you will return along the familiar path to the car. Further, our path lies to the foot of the Goryachaya hill, from the slopes of which hot Verkhneparatunsky springs flow, flowing in warm streams to the foot of the hill and forming natural thermal baths with a water temperature of 39 to 70 degrees.

In a programme:
- walking tour to the waterfall
- picnic lunch
- transfer to the springs, swimming

The route runs along the river valley. Paratunka past the southern slope of the Vilyuchinsky volcano and further past the hills Skalistaya and Dvugorboi. A panorama will appear before your eyes mountain country with ruined ancient volcanic structures and a view of active volcanoes Mutnovsky and Gorely.

On the northern slope of the Mutnovsky volcano, there is the Mutnovsky geothermal power plant and Dachnye springs, which make it possible to enjoy the vagaries of Kamchatka nature without much physical effort.

Country springs are called the Valley of Geysers in miniature. And this name is justified. Their history begins in the early 1960s. At that time there were 4 groups of outlets for steam-water mixture and hot water. Now, in all its might and almost in its former state, only the fourth group, which is extreme to the west, has been preserved. The third group cooled down, and the rest, who got into the drilling zone, disappeared. The fourth, fortunately preserved, the largest and most interesting western group is called Dacha Springs.

The springs are located in a ravine with sheer walls. On its left slope there are several heated areas, jets of steam are escaping, steam boilers are bubbling. At the bottom, on the ledge of the right-bank slope, a large cauldron boils, from which strong streams of steam escape. Slightly upstream, almost in the channel itself, a powerful steam-and-water fountain beats. In the bed of a hot stream, a spacious swimming pool is naturally formed.

Walking time from the stop to the Dachnye thermal springs is about 30 minutes one way. Those who wish can swim in the wild thermal springs in the open air. While maintaining the schedule of movement along the route, it is possible to visit the Verkhne-Paratunsky wild natural springs.

In a programme:
- excursion to the springs
- picnic
- swimming in the Upper Paratunsky springs

"Zelenovskie lakes" are located 20 km from the city of Yelizovo. The recreation center has one large swimming pool and 5 special baths filled with radon water. Radon water has a beneficial effect on the body, improves metabolism and strengthens the immune system. The temperature of the water in the baths is different. The hottest bath is the last, the coolest is the first. After warming up in healing radon baths, you can plunge into the lake, which is fed by cold underground springs. Such a contrast immersion will give an extraordinary charge of health and unforgettable sensations on whole year! The lake is located immediately behind the baths, wide wooden steps with handrails lead to it.

130 km from Petropavlovsk, near the ancient village of Malka, there are two groups of mineral springs - cold carbonic and hot. From year to year, the flow of nature lovers is increasing, attracted here by these sources and the beauty of the surrounding places. The springs are located in the west of the village of Malka on the banks of the Klyuchevka River (the left tributary of the Bystraya River), quite powerful jets of hot water are knocked out of the pebble layer, having a temperature of up to 70-80 degrees. Excavated spacious shallow pools - baths, welcome everyone who wants to swim and relax in therapeutic low-mineralized thermal waters Oh. On the opposite bank of the river from the village there is a carbonic mineral spring, where a new workshop of the mineral water plant has been built.

You will make a short excursion to the "wild" thermal springs, where you can swim and watch how hot springs coexist with a cold river, and the mountainous nature of the area - a chain of beautiful, sharp, like spiers, towers, not subdued by man "Ganal vostryakov", will betray your way an inexhaustible stream of picturesqueness and variety. Additionally, you can make an excursion to the Malkinsky fish breeding plant for the reproduction of chinook salmon and sockeye salmon.

In general, in general, on the Kamchatka Peninsula, there are about 150 (and even more) large outcrops of hot thermal springs. But not all of them have at least some kind of infrastructure, and some are generally very difficult to get to. Therefore, I will talk about some of the most accessible and more or less popular ones.

Probably the most popular and most visited hot spring in Kamchatka can rightly be called Zelenovskie Lakes, which are located not too far from the Pinachevsky hot hydrogen sulfide water deposit. In these waters there is a fairly decent content of various trace elements, but still a special therapeutic effect is achieved here due to the presence of hydrogen sulfide and radon in them.

For those who choose this place for relaxation and recovery, there are special baths with different water temperatures - from hot to cooler. If desired, after a strong warm-up, you can refresh yourself in a nearby lake with ice springs. Right next to the baths there are changing rooms, showers and a small cafe. The easiest way to get here is from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on regular bus. The distance is approximately 50 kilometers.

The next most popular hot springs are located in the valley of the Paratunka River. This is at a distance of about 70 kilometers from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. In total, there are three thermal springs in this zone at once, but the most equipped are those that are located in the village of Paratunki itself - Nizhne-Paratunsky springs.

Several hotels, recreation centers and guest houses have been built right next to them. It is noteworthy that even in the most severe winter frosts, the water temperature in the source does not fall below +38 degrees. Such water is considered a low-mineralized term, it is distinguished by a high content of silicon. To a greater extent, vacationers here prefer the central pool "Paratunka".

In the other two thermal springs of this group, the water temperature is even higher, only getting to them is far and inconvenient - you either have to walk or hire an SUV. Distance to the first source: kilometers, and to the second 12. The village of Paratunki can be reached from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky by taxi.

The next two hot thermal springs, located in the valley of the Vilyucha River, are located near the foot of the Vilyuchinsky volcano, they also have another name - Rodnikovye. The Upper Vilyuchinsky springs are geographically located approximately one kilometer upstream from the mouth of the Spokoyny Creek, which is a tributary of the Vilyucha River. There are - a small lake and four griffins, the water temperature in which reaches +40....+52 degrees.

Even on the Spokoyny stream there is a very, very picturesque waterfall, the water in it breaks down in a powerful stream from a sixteen-meter height, and the width of this stream reaches five to six meters. But Nizhne-Vilyuchinsky terms are located about 1.5 kilometers down the valley. The water temperature in them is even higher and sometimes reaches + 62 degrees.

Not far from these springs there is a small ski base called Rodnikovaya, there is a separate pool and several houses. Thermal baths are also equipped at these springs, but they are small in size and can accommodate no more than 5-6 people at a time. It's a long way to get here - 11-12 hours from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, but you also need a cross-country vehicle. On the way, travelers overcome the Vilyuchinsky Pass (the highest of the automobile passes in Kamchatka) and the Termalny settlement.

Another very rich outlets of hot springs are located about five kilometers from the village of Malki. This is the left bank of the Klyuchevka River. This is very beautiful place- a very pretty Kamchatka stone birch grows there. There is a small thermal platform covered with a layer of pebbles, and hot thermal springs break right through it, there are six groups of them.

The water temperature in them rises to +84 degrees, but their waters mix very well with the waters of a cold stream. Downstream there are several reservoirs intended for swimming. Near these thermal baths, a recreation center with guest houses was built and a special comfortable pool was equipped for comfortable swimming. Getting here is not so difficult - from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Malki, you must first drive 2.5 hours on a regular bus, and then walk 5 kilometers to the thermal baths.

There are also Small Baths, located in the valley of the Small Key River - on its right bank. The temperature of the water leaving here reaches +77 degrees, but the area of ​​its exit is small. By composition, these terms are sulfate-sodium sources. For the convenience of tourists, a hotel and a campsite were built here, and there is also a specially equipped swimming pool. You can get here by focusing on the village of Sokach, and from it you can drive 40 kilometers on an off-road vehicle.

Hot springs - a natural manifestation volcanic areas. There are more than 150 large outcrops of thermal springs on the Kamchatka Peninsula. We talk about the most popular and those that are easiest to reach.
An obligatory companion of the land of fire-breathing mountains are thermal springs, of which there is a whole kingdom in Kamchatka. Hot springs are found almost throughout the peninsula, with the exception of only the West Kamchatka lowland and the northernmost regions. Kamchatka Territory.

Closest to settlements groups of hot springs are used for sanatorium purposes. So, 50 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky there is a sanatorium-resort zone Paratunka. There are many sanatoriums and recreation centers with thermal pools. People constantly come here to swim in the hot outdoor pool, which is especially great in winter. In addition, in the villages of Termalny and Paratunka, hot water from wells is used to heat buildings and greenhouses.

A lot of "wild" hot springs are scattered across the territory of Kamchatka, usually representing natural baths or fonts. They are of particular value to lovers of active tourism. After difficult hiking with a backpack, hot springs are perhaps the best reward for tourists.

Of the cold mineral springs, the most famous on the peninsula are the Malkinsky mineral waters. In the village of Malki there is a plant for bottling mineral water. Mineral water Malkinskaya No. 1 is similar to the legendary Borjomi and is exported outside the Kamchatka Territory.

1. ZELENOVSKY OZERKI

The place, located near the Pinachevsky hydrogen sulfide water deposit, is considered the most popular and visited hot spring in Kamchatka. The local water is rich in various minerals, but the main therapeutic effect is achieved due to the presence of radon and hydrogen sulfide in it. For vacationers in Zelenovskie lakes, special baths are equipped, the temperature in them is different, from cooler to hot. Having warmed up well in such small pools, you can refresh yourself in the nearby lake, which is fed by ice springs. For convenience, changing rooms, showers and a cafe are arranged near the baths. When bathing, be sure to remove silver jewelry, because because of the water they darken greatly. Taking local baths is recommended for children over 3 years old.



from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky by regular buses (50 km).

2. THERMES OF THE PARATUNKA RIVER VALLEY

There are three groups of hot springs in the Paratunka valley. They come to the surface 70 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and form the core of the Paratunka recreational zone. In the village of Paratunka, which has already become a rather large balneological resort, there are Nizhne-Paratunka springs. Several recreation centers, hotels and guest houses are built near them. Paratunskaya water even in winter frosts keeps the temperature +38°C. These are the so-called low-mineralized terms containing a high concentration of silicon. The central pool "Paratunka" is especially popular.
6 km up the valley, the Sredne-Paratunsky springs come to the surface. Their water is even hotter and reaches +50...+80°C and contains a small amount of arsenic compounds. And even further, 12 km, on the left side of the valley at the foot of the Goryachaya Sopka, there are Verkhne-Paratunsky hot springs. They can be seen from afar by the clubs of the released steam. The water temperature in these thermal baths is +39...+70°С.
Thermal springs of Kamchatka

How to get where it is:
Paratunka and Termal can be reached by fixed-route taxis from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. To the Verkhne-Paratunsky springs you need to go on foot or drive up on off-road vehicles.

Paratunka is a small village in the Elizovsky district of the Kamchatka Territory, which has importance for the resort and sanatorium zone of this region. The village is quite tiny, but this does not prevent it from being the most popular balneo-mud resort in Kamchatka. The fact is that this place is located in the area of ​​​​the outlet of thermal springs, whose healing properties can hardly be overestimated. Paratunka received its name much later than the date of its discovery and was named after the river of the same name: the village was located on its bank. Thanks to geographic location The object (mountains surround it on all sides) and hot springs emerging from the depths have formed a microclimate peculiar to these regions. In summer, the air temperature reaches +15 ° C, and in winter the thermometer does not fall below -17 ° C. This contributes to the constant influx of tourists at any time of the year, which, of course, has a beneficial effect on the development of this resort branch.

Another advantage of Paratunka is the absence of a thermal power plant and other stations. This feature is explained by the fact that thanks to the constantly hot thermal springs, the villagers receive water and heating in their homes without additional heating. This not only saves the regional budget, but also helps to maintain clean air in the region.
In general, Paratunka is a unique natural area where everyone can enjoy not only wellness procedures but also great views.

What to see
It is known that Kamchatka is a natural zone practically untouched by man. That is why in Paratunka and its environs the main attraction is, of course, nature itself and its creations. These include the mountains surrounding the village. They keep snow on their slopes all summer, which makes it possible not only to admire beautiful scenery, but also engage skiing. On the slopes of the Paratunskaya valley, routes for mountaineering, trekking, rafting and many other "mountain" hobbies have been developed. There are many sports bases that offer their tourists excursions and all kinds of winter entertainment.
Vilyuchinsky volcano, located near the village, can be called no less interesting and beautiful point of the tourist route. Its height reaches 2173 m above sea level, while the top is presented in the form of large remnants of rocks. You can find it right behind the Avacha Bay. The volcano is considered to be extinct long ago, as evidenced by the strong indentation of the cone by the Barrancos. Vilyuchinskaya Sopka is a natural monument of the Kamchatka Territory, included in the UNESCO List of Natural and Cultural Heritage.
It is impossible not to say about the thermal waters of Paratunka. They are divided into three main groups. In the village itself there are Nizhne-Paratunsky springs. Their temperature in winter reaches +38 °C, even in the most very coldy. Near them there are many recreation centers and guest houses. At the top of the valley, 6 km from the village, Sredne-Paratunsky springs spring from the bowels, the water temperature in them fluctuates in the range of +50 ... +80 °C. And 12 km from the village, on the left bank of the valley, there are Verkhne-Paratunsky hot springs with a water temperature of up to +70 ° C. Merging together, 16 streams form 3 streams, smoothly turning into a picturesque waterfall. All this is not only a beautiful picturesque picture, but also a unique natural health-improving complex.
Another favorite place of Paratunka is Duck Lake. It is famous for the fact that therapeutic mineral mud is extracted from it, which is used in balneotherapy. The volume of this mud deposit is about 80 thousand cubic meters. m, it is considered inexhaustible. The mud of Utiny Lake has a high concentration of hydrogen sulfide, has a high heat capacity and contains a significant amount of organic matter, which makes them simply indispensable in the treatment of many acute and chronic diseases.
Not all interesting places of Paratunka are created by nature. And as proof of this, there is a very beautiful church located on the territory of the village. It was built of pure wood in 2005. The building of the temple is small, with three golden domes. Paratunskaya Church Icons Mother of God The “Life-Giving Spring” is fully consistent not only with its name, but also with its location, because it has found refuge in one of the thermal springs.
All this natural wealth is part of the Paratunka recreational zone, forming a unique medical resort. Here you can relax not only with your body, but also with your soul.

3. VILYUCHINSKY THERMAL SPRINGS

Hot baths in the valley of the Vilyucha River come to the surface in two places near the foot of the Vilyuchinsky volcano, they are often called Rodnikovy. The Upper Vilyuchinsky springs are located a kilometer above the mouth of the Spokoyny stream, a tributary of the Vilyucha River. There are 4 griffins and a small lake, where the temperature reaches +40...+52°C. There is a very picturesque waterfall on the Spokoyny stream, the water breaks from a 16-meter ledge, and the width of the stream reaches 5-6 m.
The Nizhne-Vilyuchinsky thermal baths come to the surface 1.5 km down the valley. The temperature in them is higher and can reach +62°С. Not far from the springs there is a small ski base "Rodnikovaya", where there are several houses and a separate pool. Equipped thermal baths at these sources are small and designed for 4-5 people.
Thermal springs of Kamchatka

How to get there: from Petropavlovka-Kamchatsky you can get to the springs in one full day (11-12 hours) by off-road vehicle. The path to the Vilyucha valley passes through the village of Termalny and Vilyuchinsky Pass - the highest automobile pass in Kamchatka.

4. KARYMSHINSKY HOT SPRINGS

Karymshinsky terms are located in a narrow picturesque valley of the Kamchatka river Karymshina. Hot waters come to the surface here in several places, there are convenient places for swimming. The flow rate of water is large, and its temperature in different places fluctuates from +18°С to +45°С.

How to get there:
The springs are located 67 km south of Petropavlovka-Kamchatsky. The only way to get to the springs is by off-road vehicle. There is another option: take a regular bus to Termalny, then hitchhike along the Mutnovskaya highway to the turn in front of the Nadezhda post. From here to the springs about 4 km on foot.

5. NALYCHEVO THERMAL SPRINGS

In the Nalychevo basin, 60 km from the capital of the Kamchatka Peninsula, there are 7 groups of hot springs. Nalychevskie - the most significant and famous of them, are located in the valley of the left tributary of the Goryachaya River. Here, on a rather small area, there are more than fifty outlets of thermal waters, Maximum temperature which reaches +75°C. They are special in that they contain a high concentration of metaboric acid.
Thermal springs of Kamchatka
How to get there:
sources are located in the central part natural park"Nalychevo". From the Pinachevo cordon on the border of the park, you can fly there by helicopter in 20-25 minutes. The hiking trip will be 44 km one way and will take two days. The route passes through the cordon "Semyonovsky" and Pinachevsky pass.

6. GORYACHERECHE SPRINGS

Five outlets of thermal springs are concentrated in the valley of the left tributary of the Hot River, in the central part of the Nalychevskaya depression. They are small natural lakes and have different temperature. Along the edges of these small reservoirs are overgrown with bright green thermophilic algae. Near the shelter "Nalychevo" four lakes were equipped with wooden towers, where there are changing rooms. The water here is really hot (up to +50°C), has a high content of biologically active substances and strong healing properties. A wonderful panorama of the multi-peak Zhupanovsky volcano opens from the springs. During the period of high water, the springs are flooded by the Hot River.
Thermal springs of Kamchatka

How to get where it is:
springs come to the surface 12 km southeast of Vershininskaya mountain. From the village of Pinachevo, located on the border of the natural park, you can walk to the springs in two days. This way through the Pinachevsky Pass requires a certain level of physical fitness and equipment for organizing overnight stays in the field. By helicopter, you can get from Yelizovo to the Nalychevo shelter in less than half an hour.

7. TALOVSKIE THERMES

Talovskie springs are considered the most exotic in the Nalychevo Valley. They are located on the left bank of the Porozhistaya river valley, 2.6 km upstream of its mouth. Here, 4 groups of thermal springs come to the surface. Waters gushing out of the ground accumulate in funnels located on top of large travertine domes. Chemical compounds containing iron and arsenic give volcanic rocks their colorful bright brown and orange hues. The contrast with emerald grass is especially effective.

How to get there:
Talovskie springs are 12 km away from the cordon "Central" of the natural park "Nalychevo". You can get to the park by helicopter from Yelizovo in 25-30 minutes, as well as on foot or on horseback through the Pinachevsky Pass. From the cordon "Central" to the Talovsky thermal baths, the path passes through the Malysh pass, which has a height of 500 m.

8. MALKINSKY THERMAL SPRINGS

Rich outlets of hot springs are located 5 km east of the settlement of Malki on the left bank of the Klyuchevka River. Its narrow half-kilometer valley is very picturesque and overgrown along the sides with a forest of Kamchatka stone birch. A not very large thermal area is covered with a layer of pebbles, through which six groups of thermal springs break through, having a water temperature of up to + 84 ° C, their waters mix with a cold stream, and below, several reservoirs for swimming are dug in the pebbles. A recreation center was built near the thermal baths, where there are houses for accommodating guests and an equipped swimming pool for swimming in hot water. This place is very popular among Kamchadals, and on weekends and holidays a lot of people come to the Malkinskiye thermal baths.
Thermal springs of Kamchatka

How to get there:
from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Malki about 2.5 hours by regular bus (130 km). From the motorway to the term 5 km on foot.

9. LARGE AND SMALL BATH HOT SPRINGS

The rich baths in the upper reaches of the Bannaya River valley, which flows in the south of the peninsula, have become known since the 18th century, when in 1738 they were visited by the ethnographer, geographer, traveler and explorer of Kamchatka Stepan Krasheninnikov. Large Bath Springs are a very large outlet from more than 550 hot springs and mud pots. The gushing springs are especially picturesque in winter, when the frost settling from steam covers all the vegetation around them.


The Small Baths are 5 km away from the Big Baths and are located in the valley of the Small Klyuch River, on its right bank. The area of ​​their output is small, less than 40 square meters. m, and the water temperature reaches + 77 ° С. The chemical composition of all the Baths is similar - these are sodium sulfate hot waters. For tourists, a hotel and a campsite were built near them, and a bathhouse was also equipped.

How to get there: from the village of Sokoch about 40 km by SUV.

10. KHODUTKINSKY THERMAL SPRINGS

A group of hot springs, very popular with tourists, is located in the southeastern part of Kamchatka, in the valley of the Pravaya Khodutka River. It is notable for the fact that the abundant outlets of thermal springs merge into a whole hot river. Its width reaches 15-20 m, and its depth - up to 1.5 m. Along the banks, the temperature of the springs reaches + 77 ° C, and thermophilic vegetation here has a bright orange color.

The water in this hot river gradually cools down from +49°С to +37°С, and after about 1 km it gives up its waters to Pravaya Khodutka. Many people come here to swim and swim along such an unusual hot river, but because of the high temperature and salinity, it is just not easy to swim in it.


How to get there:
The springs are located at the foot of the Khodutka and Priyomysh volcanoes in the Elizovsky district of Kamchatka. You can get to them in 40-50 minutes. by helicopter from Yelizovo.

11. Country hot springs (Small valley of geysers)
Country hot springs are often called the Small or Mini Valley of Geysers because there are many bubbling water and mud boilers and even steam fountains. There are no real geysers here, and the gushing effect is formed due to the fact that hot gases of fumaroles pass through the cold waters of a mountain stream, heating them.

Dacha springs consist of several groups scattered over a kilometer, the most powerful and interesting of which is the Active (or Kotel) group. It is located in a small gorge of a tributary of the river Falshivaya. Here everything hisses, boils and bubbles, fumaroles work with great noise, and rising clouds of steam can be seen from afar. Indeed, this place is like a fragment of the Valley of Geysers.

Dachny hot springs are located in the upper reaches of the Falshivaya River at the southeastern foot of the Skalista Hill, north of the Mutnovsky volcano. The Mutnovskaya geothermal power plant is also located nearby. You can get here in the summer on a gravel road in almost any car, provided that the road is completely free of snow, usually between July and September.

12. Aagsky (Chistinsky) mineral springs are located in the upper reaches of the left source of the small Chistaya River, approximately 2 km. northeast of the tourist trail descending from the Pinachevsky pass to the Nalychevsk springs. They were discovered and first described in 1962 by volcanologist E.A. Vakin.
The springs consist of two groups of numerous griffins: the upper one, with cold water at the outlet temperature from 5 to 11 ° C and a small flow rate, and the lower one, with water temperature up to 39 ° C and a flow rate of about 10 l / s. Their main external attraction is the deposits of orange iron hydroxides. They form chains of small pools, pressed against the steep walls of the cone, and tens of meters from the outlets color the riverbed. Many outlets of carbonated water with a predominance of carbon dioxide. The taste of water is sour, pleasant.
Mineralization - about 1.1 g / l; silicic acid: — up to 0.16 g/l.
A small group of mineral water outlets is known under the name of the Aag Narzans, located 1.2–2 km east of the Aag hot springs. From the Nalychevo camp site, a well-trodden path goes to them. They come out on an extended section of the bed of one of the streams flowing into the Shumnaya River. Water outlets are surrounded by light yellow decomposed rocks. The cobblestones lying in the way of the flowing mineral water are covered with a coating of sediments of the same color. The taste of water is sour. There is a smell of hydrogen sulfide.

13. Anavgai hot springs are located in the valley of the Bystraya River at the foot of a 5-meter terrace ledge. Over a distance of 180 m, there are several springs with water temperatures ranging from 22 to 65 °C.
The composition of the water is sulphate calcium-sodium with a total mineralization of 0.7-1.3 g/l. The water contains a small amount of silicic acid, boron, arsenic. The composition of the gas is nitrogen with a small admixture of CO2.
In the old days, the only winter route connecting Kamchatka with the regional administrative centers, as well as the way from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to northern part peninsula passed through the village of Anavgay.
Anavgai springs were also used by the local population. Here a bathhouse was built into two compartments, which was more used by visitors. Thirty years ago, while drilling, a fairly large underground hydrothermal pool was discovered here. A small greenhouse complex was built, residential buildings were built. In this geothermal field and in its vicinity, 11 wells were drilled with a depth of 480 to 810 m. The wells revealed thermal waters with a temperature of 69°C, all of them self-flowing and with flow rates above 10 l/sec. Hot water is supplied to all buildings, and even now visitors and tourists use the bathhouse more.

14. Apachinsky mineral hot springs. The springs are located in the valley of the Shikova River, 15 km. southeast of the village of Apache. On the left bank of the river, hot springs at the exit points formed four depressions with a diameter of 2-4 m and a depth of 1-2 m, at the bottom of which 2-3 jets of hot water with a temperature of 56-72 ° C come out.
The name "Apache" came about as a result of the adaptation of the Itelmen word "Apache" to the Russian language. "Apache" was the name of the Cossacks of the Itelmen toyon, which means "Father" in translation.
In 1879, the exiled physician Benedikt Ivanovich Dybovsky made a great contribution to the study of sources, mainly in the medical aspect. For this purpose, he visited eight groups of thermal springs, among them were the same Malkinsky, Nachikinsky, Banny and Nizhne-Paratunsky, and added Apachinsky. This is the first mention of Apachinsky hot springs.
The total water output of the springs is 11.5 l/s. The chemical composition of the water is bicarbonate-chloride sodium with a mineralization of 0.7-0.8 g/l and a silicic acid content of up to 110 mg/l. Boron, lithium, iron, and aluminum are present in small amounts in water.
Due to the high water temperature and elevated air temperature, a unique natural complex has formed in the vicinity of the thermal springs. The Apachinsky hot springs are home to a rare species of Oreorchis patens and other protected species of vascular plants confined to thermal habitats in Kamchatka.

15. The Apapel mineral hot springs are a natural monument located on the territory of the Bystrinsky Natural Park, which was included in the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage List in 1996 in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka nomination.
The natural monument includes a rock ledge on the right side of the Appapel stream and the Appapel hot springs.
The thermal springs consist of 9 griffins located on the right bank of the Right Anavgay River, on both banks of the Appapel Stream, in the zone of hydrothermally altered rocks with a high content of gold and silver. On the right steep slope of the ravine, the rocks of the zone once formed a ledge measuring 2.5 * 5 * 4 m, under which a bath was arranged. The bizarre outlines of a colorfully painted rock, reminiscent of ancient pagan stone sculptures, combined with jets of steam rising at the foot, created the impression of an ancient temple with a prayer altar near the statue of God. The type and nature of the sources caused local population superstitious reverence. However, as a result of exploration work in 1968-1971. the rock-idol was destroyed.
Spring water temperature - 97°С, flow rate - 10 l/s, salinity - 1.49 g/l; the content of silicic acid - 0.2 g/l, boric acid - 0.103 g/l, arsenic - 0.0023 g/l. Microcomponents - antimony, bromine, some metals, including mercury. A compound of mercury - vermilion colored quartz blocks in the stream bed. Individual grains of cinnabar are part of the sediments. The amount of mercury in water is insignificant - 0.004 mg/l. The springs have a rich thermophilic flora.

16. Belovskie hot springs are located in the middle reaches of the Belaya River. From them to the Tumrok (Verkhne-Schapinsky) springs are 4 km. Consist of 3 groups. One, the lowest, is located on the right bank, in a shallow hollow, separated from the river by a low ridge. Among the bushes, a low carbonated boiler with a temperature of 58 ° C is noticeable. The second, also right-bank, group consists of small hot streams oozing along the bank at the very edge of the river.
The third group is knocked out at the foot of the left side of the valley and consists of two boilers with travertine domes with a temperature of 58°C. The left-bank springs are opposite the right-bank ones.
The total debit of all sources is 5 l/s, mineralization is 4.5-5 g/l. The composition of the water of the Belovskie springs is bicarbonate-chloride sodium with a total mineralization of 4.5-5.0 g/l, with a silica content of up to 180 mg/l. The waters of these springs are characterized by the highest content (for Kamchatka thermal waters) of metaboric acid (up to 500 mg/l), as well as arsenic (above 12 mg/l). In water and sediments from waters, the content of iron, manganese, phosphorus, and antimony is significant. Drinking water from these sources is prohibited!
The Belaya River begins in the ruined crater ancient volcano White. Already extinct fumarole activity and water erosion destroyed the central and western parts of the Bely volcano, forming a large basin. Its slopes, composed of light decayed rocks, are cut by ravines. Washing out the slopes, the river becomes unclear and takes on a whitish color, for which it got its name.

17. Mineral springs "White Waterfalls" are located on the outer slope of the central crater of the Koshelev volcano. Here, on a small terrace, numerous springs are knocked out of cracks under pressure, which form low fountains, merge into two streams and fall from a 20-meter cliff, giving rise to a fairly high-water right source of the Left Pauzhetka River. The western stream falls from a steep cliff, the eastern one rolls down a steep stepped channel.
At the very exit from the earth, clear water literally turns white before our eyes, taking on the appearance of highly diluted milk. The beds of the streams begin to be covered with a white coating, which becomes thicker and denser downstream. Dozens of fountains and hundreds of streams are also knocked out on a cliff on both sides of the waterfalls, increasing their power and increasing the width of the painted area. The spray scatters on the sides, covering the black rocks with a white coating like snow.
The water temperature at the exit points is 4.2°C. Its taste is slightly astringent. The precipitate consists of 60% alumina, 40% of iron compounds and other substances. At depth, under high pressure, these compounds are in a dissolved state, but when they reach the surface, the pressure drops sharply to atmospheric pressure, the solubility decreases, and alumina precipitates as a white precipitate.

18. Large Bath hot springs have been known since S.P. Krasheninnikov (1737-1740) visited them. They are located on the floodplain terrace on the left bank of the Banna River and are represented by 24 groups on a thermal area of ​​about 1.5 km. There are more than 550 boiling, bubbling, gushing, sometimes with a geyser regime, concentrated, less often scattered outlets of thermal water, as well as mud boilers. The walls of individual griffins and the areas around them are covered with geyserite. The former activity of these springs is evidenced by thick slabs of geyserite, exposed above the water's edge in the Banna River.
The name of the sources comes from the name of the Bannaya River, which, in turn, comes from the Itelmen word “Baanyu”, as S.P. Krasheninikov marked it on the map in 1738. Many mistakenly interpret the origin of the name of the river from the word “banya”.
The springs are fed by hot waters coming from the bowels of an extinct volcano - Goryachaya Hill (do not confuse it with the Hot Hill in Paratunka).
Bolshie Banny hot springs are one of the largest deposits of mineral waters in Kamchatka. The power of the springs and the high temperature prompted the start of exploratory drilling here in 1961. The reserves of underground heat turned out to be very large. But it was found that in the upper parts of the pipes, where the temperature of superheated water and pressure exceed the critical point, vaporization and precipitation of calcite begins, which quickly clogs them. For this reason, the sources were abandoned.
The chemical composition of the water sources is predominantly sulfate sodium with a total mineralization of 0.7-1.4 g/l with a silica content of up to 300 mg/l. The composition of the spontaneous gas is dominated by nitrogen and CO2. Boron and arsenic are present in very small amounts in water and geyserite.
The flow rate of the Big Bath Springs is 60 l/s; mineralization - 1.13 g/l; the content of silicic acid - 0.23 g/l; temperature above the boiling point.

19. Verkhne-Opalsky hot springs are a natural monument located on the territory state reserve"Deer Dol". Verkhne-Opalsky hot springs are located on the right bank of the nameless left tributary of the Left Opala River, about 3 km. from its mouth and 4 km. east of a height of 536 m. The springs are located in a birch forest on a flat, slightly inclined surface. They are represented by 4 high-yield (up to 25 l / s) griffins located on altitude about 300 m. Griffins are located in two sources of the thermal stream and are 100 m apart from each other. The total length of the thermal stream before its confluence with the left unnamed tributary of the Left Opala River is 500 m.
The water temperature in all griffons is 72-74 °C. The composition of the water is chloride-sulphate-sodium, the total mineralization is 0.4 g/l. There is intense gassing. Nitrogen predominates in the gas composition.
Approximately 200 meters from the source of the thermal stream, where the water cools down to 44-45 ° C, a cozy bath with a sandy bottom is arranged on the left side.
Indications for the use of waters: functional disorders of the nervous system, especially neuralgia, allergic conditions, skin diseases.

20. Golyginskiye hot springs (Golyginskiye Kluchi) are located on the right bank of the Golyginskaya River, 2 km. above the confluence of the Kuzanyok River into it. Hot water is knocked out on both sides of a small stream that obliquely cuts the side of the second terrace above the floodplain. From the sources to the shore of Golygina there are about a hundred meters of dense thickets. The terrace above the floodplain is occupied by a birch forest and glades stretching towards the mountains.

21. The rattling springs are located on the territory of the South Kamchatka Federal Reserve, which was included in the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage List in 1996 in the Volcanoes of Kamchatka nomination.
Rattlesnakes is a name from old maps. Later, volcanologists renamed them Verkhne-Koshelevskiye steam hydrotherms.
Verkhne-Koshelevskiye hot springs are located outside the modern Koshelevskiy volcano, on its western slope, where the already disappeared Western Volcano was once located. From its main cone, only a deep basin remained - a former crater, from which the left source of the Shumnaya River begins.
The thermal site of the springs occupies the bottom of an oblong basin 300X100 m in size and 15 m deep. composed of a clay-like mass of decomposed rocks along which mounds and boulders are scattered. Small jets of steam escape everywhere. In the depressions there are mud pots with moving clay mass and heated puddles. Feet sink into the heated ground, and you should be careful in low shoes.
At the very end of the thermal platform, steam outlets are especially large. At the foot of an overhanging rocky cliff about 8 m high, there is the Thundering Cauldron. This is an oblong-shaped lake about 20 m long. Steam clouds rise from its surface and break out from under the rock, covering everything with a dense curtain. Only occasionally can one distinguish, but rather guess by the sound, what is happening there. And from there you can hear the deafening blows of emissions, the sounds of water splashes, hissing and buzzing steam jets. They cause the earth to tremble and drown out the voice of man. This seething cauldron is the most powerful in Kamchatka among the cauldrons of the same type in terms of the strength of action and sound.
From the hot springs begins a hot river with a water temperature of 90 °C. On its way of 3 km., rolling down from a height of about 300 m., it forms many rapids and small waterfalls, which ends with a two-cascade waterfall about 25 m high, and finally, having cut a long-term snowfield with a long tunnel, flows into the Third River.
Before reaching the Third River, the snowy slope of the Koshelev volcano prepared a surprise for us. On the same fault system of the intersecting Kambalny Ridge, several groups of thermal springs are knocked out. They are located at an altitude of 300-400 m above the Pauzhetka river valley, and some of them have an exotic appearance. An annular funnel is found in the center of the snow wedge. Having descended into it on a rope and found yourself in a striking grotto, you can see that its walls sparkle with firn. In the middle of a spacious hall, instead of a ceiling, you can see the sky. The grotto is occupied by a clearing with flowers and lush grass. The glade is crossed by a tiny warm stream that goes into the thickness of the snow - a winding tunnel as high as a man. There is a warm stone in the grotto among the snow, here you can sunbathe, using the Kamchatka sun, and watch fussy wasps flying from flower to flower.

22. Dvukhyurtochnaya hot springs are located on the left bank of the Dvukhyurtochnaya river, 0.8-2 km above its confluence with the lake of the same name. The springs consist of four groups: Central, Southern, Western and Eastern.

The central group is located at the foot of the left side of the valley on a thermal platform stretching along the foot for 400 m, about 200 m wide. Over a dozen griffins are located on this platform, composed of light-colored travertine. Both the griffins themselves and the beds of the outflowing brooks are covered with white filamentous thermophiles or with a thicker, continuous brown-green carpet. Streams flow into the swampy part of the clearing surrounded by birch forest and there they are lost in the grass. On two stronger streams, baths enclosed by log cabins are arranged. When the water temperature in the griffins is 65-73 °C, the temperature in the baths is about 40 °C. The total output of water from the springs of the Central Group is 2.4 l/s.

The southern group of springs is located closer to the river, approximately 200 m from the leftmost channel, at an altitude of 280 m. It consists of one large and several small griffins. The main griffin is a gassing lake with a diameter of about 4 m. A stream flows out of the lake towards the river. Temperature of exits -74 °C. In this griffin, traces of mercury were found in the water, and in the sediments - a high content (2%) of cinnabar - mercury sulphide. The total output of water from the sources of the Southern group is 3 l/s.
The western group is located higher up the valley, on the left bank of the Second Thermal stream. It consists of several outlets with a temperature of 20-56 °C. The total output of water - 3 l / s. Mineral water of the Western group for internal use is strictly prohibited.

23. Zhirovsky hot springs. Deep, in some places more than 700 m, the narrow Zhirovaya valley cut into the volcanic plateau. The height and steepness of the walls further emphasize this depth. There are two groups of springs in the valley: the upper one is of a fumarolic nature, located in the upper reaches of the Left Zhirovaya River, and the lower one is in the middle reaches of the Zhirovaya River.
The lower group is the Zhirovsky springs, which have been known for a long time and served as a place of treatment and recreation for the inhabitants of a small village of fishermen and hunters that once existed in Zhirovaya Bay. The springs are located 10 km from the ocean, at the foot of a huge rocky cliff. They consist of several large and many small griffins with water temperatures up to 99 °C.
Debit of Zhirovsky hot springs - 30 l/s, mineralization - 0.63 g/l; silicic acid - 0.166 g / l.
Indications for the use of Zhirovsky mineral waters: injuries, diseases of the supporting organs, peripheral nervous system, blood vessels (thrombophlebitis, residual effects of phlebitis), allergic skin diseases.

24. Kekhkui hot springs are located in the valley of the Kekhkui river, which flows north of the Pinacheva River. To get to them, you should walk about 15 km from Pinachev along the tourist path leading to the Nalychevo hot springs, turn up and go down to the Kekhkuy river through the Krasnoarmeisky pass. 1 km below, a rare chain of hot spring outlets stretching for several kilometers along the valley begins.
The temperature of the springs in them is low - from 18 to 33 ° C, and they are rarely visited by tourists. Attention is drawn here by thick old deposits of travertine, exposed in cliffs at a height of 10-15 m. They testify that the outlets of thermal waters were once stronger, and the bottom of the valley was higher.
The total debit of sources is 25 l/s. The waters are carbonic.

25. Koryak mineral springs (Koryak narzans). At the northern foot Koryaksky volcano, in the upper reaches of the right sources of the Shumnaya River and the source of the Pravaya Nalycheva River, there is a large group of cold (10-15 °) mineral springs. The springs were first studied by the volcanologist Yu.P. Masurenkov in 1963. Numerous high-yield sources are dispersed over an area of ​​more than 4 km2. The springs come out in the sloping sides of shallow ravines, depositing ocherous deposits of iron hydroxides. They look like small flat-bottomed reservoirs, griffins in steep-walled depressions or exits from cracks in cemented sands and boulders, which give rise to entire streams of mineral water. Above the area of ​​modern discharge, under young volcanic slags, the same sediments and sands cemented by iron hydroxides occur, which indicates the long-term existence of the springs.
The total debit of the sources may exceed 50 l/s. The water of the springs has a pleasant taste, it belongs to the valuable rare hydrocarbonate-magnesium type of carbonic waters.
Passes through the sources hiking trail, going from the Avachinsky Pass to the Nalychevskiye Klyuchi. early summer this is a favorite vacation spot for skiers - snow lies here until the end of June.

26. Mineral springs "Red Cascades". The Belaya River, in the upper reaches of which these springs are located, originates from the destroyed crater of the ancient Bely volcano. Fumarolic activity and water erosion destroyed the central and western parts of Bely volcano, forming a large basin. Its slopes, composed of light decayed rocks, are cut by ravines. Washing out the slopes, the river becomes cloudy and takes on a whitish color, for which it got its name.
In the lower part of the basin, the mineral springs "Red Cascades" are located. Numerous streams of cold water, very sour and unpleasant in taste and smell, are knocked out on large inclined platforms. The emerging dark red precipitate of iron hydroxide - limonite forms small dish-shaped pools located one above the other like the steps of a very gentle staircase. Tiny streams and thin films overflow water from one pool to another. These tiny waterfalls sparkle beautifully in the sun.
The temperature of the springs in summer is 10–11°C, mineralization is 20 g/l, pH is 3, the main component is calcium sulphate.

27. Ksudachinskiye (Shtyubelevsky) hot springs. At the foot of the Soaring Ridge, on the narrow sandy shore of the lake, streams of Ksudachinskiye (Shtyubelevsky) hot springs are knocked out. There are no permanent baths here, as they are washed out by the surf, but it is not difficult to dig a new hole in the heated sand. True, the water will be too hot, and you will have to dilute it with cold from the lake. You experience the rarest sensation when one hand is in the cold water of the lake, and the other in the hot springs. Amazing views of the caldera all around!

Outlets of water with a temperature of up to 70 ° C stretch along the coast for 250 meters. Hot water is also knocked out at the bottom of the lake. In winter, its coastal part does not freeze.
Mineralization - 0.60 g / l; silicic acid - 0.050 g / l.
The caldera of the Ksudach volcano is a natural monument of a complex nature.

28. The Nizhne-Dzendzur mineral hot springs are located on the right bank of the Zhupanova River, 2.5 km before the large right tributary of the Dzendzur flows into it. The springs begin (counting upstream) as shallow outlets at the foot of the coastal cliff. The largest exit is located higher - closer to the Dzendzur volcano, it is extended for swimming. Unfortunately, the slope of the cliff was dug up, the soil is sliding into the pool.
The maximum water temperature is 40 0С. Some exits are aerated. The main gas is carbon dioxide. Mineralization - 2.3 g / l; silicic acid - 0.088 g/l, boric acid - 0.106 g/l, carbon dioxide content - in the stage of complete saturation.
As an independent goal tourist route these sources are unlikely to justify the difficulties and length of the path from the valley of the Nalycheva River. But on the route laid further, for example, to the Karymsky volcano, they will be a pleasant stop.

29. Previously, among the hunters and the local population, the Nizhne-Schapinsk hot springs were known under the name "Kipeliye Klyuchi". The springs got this name for the "boiling" surface of their reservoirs, formed by numerous bubbles of carbon dioxide. They are located 60 km from the village of Shchapina.
Hot springs conditionally consist of two groups - Right-bank and Left-bank.

On the lower terrace of the right-bank group there is a warm lake measuring 70x30 m, along the banks of which there are numerous outlets of water and gas with a temperature of 33-35 0C. A rather powerful warm stream flows out of the lake. Closer to the river, a griffin spouts with a water temperature of 31 °C. On the second terrace at the foot of the slope lies another small warm sparkling lake. Thick deposits of travertine are visible in the outcrops.
The left-bank group is located fifty meters from the river, on a low platform folded with travertine measuring 130X60 m. There are two pools 5X7 and 5X4 m with a water temperature of 37 and 39 ° C, respectively. Strong emissions of gas rising from the bottom create a boiling effect. Jets of gas bubbles act on the skin as light irritants, providing a healing effect and delivering a pleasant sensation. In these pools, which are at the same time therapeutic baths, with their comfortable temperature you can sit for hours.

The presence of a large amount of carbon dioxide in the sources is beneficial for people, but for small animals and birds, as in the Nizhne-Opalsky carbon dioxide sources, it is detrimental. If mice or birds get into the recesses of the soil, where gas can accumulate in calm weather, this ends with their death. Sad pictures of death alternate with warm streams full of life, murmuring in the channels, colored by iron oxides and thermophiles in cheerful red-pink tones.

The composition of the gases released in the basins and adjacent areas by volume consists of 96–99% carbon dioxide. The total flow rate of both groups is 28 l/s, mineralization is 2.6 g/l; silicic acid - 0.108 g/l, boric acid - 0.075 g/l, microcomponents - iron, manganese, phosphorus; carbon dioxide—100% saturation.
According to therapeutic indicators, the springs belong to carbonic siliceous ones. Among the population of the Kamchatka River valley, they have long been very popular. A hut was built next to the pools, in which hunters and people who independently got here for treatment stop.
Not far, not reaching the sources; near the trail from Shchapin there are several small domes made of mineral deposits with gassing summit gryphons with a temperature of up to 33 °C. This group of springs was named Uzkiye after the name of the Uzkaya river flowing nearby.
Nizhne-Schapinskie (Narrow) springs are a natural monument. Within a radius of 150 m, any construction, deforestation and violation of the integrity of the turf cover are prohibited.
Indications for the use of waters: diseases and consequences of injuries of the organs of movement, allergic diseases, functional disorders of the nervous and cardiovascular systems.

30. Okskiye (Oksinskiye) hot springs are located in the middle reaches of the Anavgay River on the northern slope of the Chempura hill opposite the former base of geologists Snezhnaya. At a height of 150 m above the bottom of the valley, rather strong springs are knocked out with a temperature of 56 ° C. Hot streams gather into small lakes or flow down the slope in thin films, staining them with deposits of reddish hues. The brightness and variegation of color is enhanced by thermophilic bacteria and algae. At the source of the largest stream, a solid bathing house was built.
Debit sources - 7.2 l / s; silicic acid - 0.155 g/l; arsenic (0.001 g/l) and carbon dioxide are present.
The springs are regarded as highly curative.

Sometimes reaching a height of up to 80 meters, the fountain, shrouded in thick clouds of steam, beats for a while, then disappears, leaving behind dissipating steam, a time of rest comes.
But not all geysers are exactly like those described above, there are those that form “gurgling pools”, and sometimes entire “boiling” pools that disappear after the eruption, leaving only a filled vent that goes deep underground.
The sites next to the geysers are covered with geyserites or, as they are also called, streaks - this is silica contained in boiling water.

Valley of Geysers

The famous Valley of Geysers, hidden in the hard-to-reach gorge of the Kronotsky Reserve, this enchanting spectacle is located along the river of the same name - Geysernaya, and is a five-kilometer canyon of amazing beauty. More than 200 hot springs are registered here, of which 30 are large geysers. Some sources gush with a frequency of 10-12 minutes, while others need to wait for eruptions for hours, sometimes this time is 5-8 hours.

Each geyser has its own "character".
But in general, the whole valley represents a wealth of colors and shapes, slopes of incredible color, bizarre rocks, cones and "flower beds" of geyserites, flowing hot water, puffs of steam and fountains of boiling water. The soil around the source is always warm, and sometimes even hot, covered with incrustations. For example, at the very big geyser the height of the fountain reaches several tens of meters;
Not far from the mouth of the Geysernaya River, on the banks of the Shumnaya River, on a rocky platform, the Pervenets geyser is located. Its pool is approximately 1.5 meters in diameter and 1.5 meters deep, surrounded by a "border" pool of stone blocks. First, the pool is filled with water, which, filling it, flows, and then suddenly, with a roar, flies up with an oblique jet to a height of up to 20 meters, beats for 2-3 minutes, disappears, going deep, leaving a hole at the bottom, escaping at an angle somewhere then deep underground.
The Valley of Geysers is hidden deep in the mountains like a “treasure box”, and if you are an endless romantic, this is the place to see.

Geyser Malachite Grotto

Valley of Geysers, where it is located, general information
The Valley of Geysers is one of the largest geyser fields in the world and the only one in Eurasia. The Valley of Geysers is located on, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Volcanoes of Kamchatka natural complex.

It is a deep canyon of the Geysernaya River, on the sides of which, on an area of ​​about 6 km2, there are numerous outlets of geysers, hot springs, mud pots, thermal sites, waterfalls and lakes. On this territory, limited in size, there is an abnormally high biodiversity and a high contrast of natural conditions and microclimate.

The valley of geysers is difficult to access; a protected regime operates on its territory. Its ecosystem is unique for Russia and very vulnerable to external influences, therefore, constant environmental monitoring of the state of the natural complex is carried out, and recreational load is strictly regulated.

Since 1992 here travel companies, under an agreement with the reserve, helicopter excursions are organized, there is a strict system of rules and requirements for organizing excursions in order to maintain the balance of the ecosystem.

In 2007, after heavy rains hit the region, a landslide came down, a dam formed on the site of the valley of geysers.

In 2013 heavy rains contributed to the revival natural monument. A new landslide destroyed the natural dam, releasing the springs. When the water subsided, the geysers began to beat again. And, according to experts, there are even more of them.

Geographic location, how to get there
The Valley of Geysers is located on Russian Federation. Spatially, it is located within the Eastern Range, in the deeply eroded southeastern part of the Uzon-Geysernaya caldera, which is part of the basin of the Geysernaya River, a tributary of the Shumnaya River.

spring in the Valley of Geysers

general characteristics
There are 3 separate groups of thermal springs in the Geysernaya river valley:

Kikhpinychevskaya group - at the source of the river, on the slopes of the Kikhpinych volcano, with thermal springs of acidic composition and a weak flow rate, and with fumaroles;
Upper geyser group - in the section of the river with a southeast strike, with active fumarole activity;
Actually the Geyser group - on a section of the river in its downstream, where the bulk of thermal springs and all geysers are concentrated. It is usually called the Valley of Geysers.
This group of springs is located in the lower reaches of the Geysernaya River, near its confluence with the Shumnaya River, on a segment with a total length of approximately 2.5 km. There are 20 large geysers there, and several hundred thermal water outlets, emerging in the lower part of the sides of the canyon with a depth of about 400-500 m, in the riverbed and at the bottom of Geysernoye Lake, from which almost boiling water flows, the temperature of which exceeds 95 ° C and rise hot steam jets.

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