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Hot springs are Kamchatka’s geothermal treasures

Sublime is the only word to describe the pleasure of sinking back into a natural hot spring. Kamchatka’s volcanic birthright bestows on the peninsula hundreds of wild hot springs, some of which, have been “tamed” and developed to wonderful hot swimming pools. Whatever your pleasure, from truly wild to a spa, Kamchatka’s healing hot water is one of the most unique experiences on the peninsula.

 On the wild side of hot

The most accessible wild hot springs are found in Nalychevo Nature Park. Hiking, skiing, snow machining, or helicoptering into the park is a great reward for your effort by offering several hot springs. The park has left the hot springs in their pristine state and built alongside several of charming wooden changing rooms and outhouses. Contact Nalychevo Park’s headquarters for information about other hot springs throughout the park. Besides Nalychevo Park, all over the peninsula are hot springs that have been visited by locals for hundreds of years.

Timonovsky Hot Springs is renowned for its fabled healing of one Father Timon who had been left at the spring to die, only to recover his health due to the hot springs and a nearby mineral water spring. A favorite of skiers, Radnikova Hot Springs near Mutnovsky Volcano is located near the recreational cabins of a local ski club. The Valley of Geysers, renowned for erupting steam geysers and boiling mud pots also has some lovely hot springs.

In the center of Esso village is a huge Olympic sized swimming pool filled with hot water. This community center is open year round, free of charge.

Tamed hot springs for everyone
Paratunka Valley just 30 minutes’ drive from the airport and 45 minutes’ drive from Petropavlovsk is a wonder of geothermal activity. In this area are nearly 30 hot swimming pools fed by wells bring up the naturally hot and mineralized waters. Here visitors may rent a room or cabin at one of several recreational facilities or simply come for a dip before returning to their home or hotel in the city. This is a favorite pastime of residents, so if meeting and mingling with the locals is for you, Paratunka is a good place to come. Hot springs are Kamchatka’s geothermal treasures.