The valley of geysers again accepts tourists

The valley of geysers on Kamchatka opens for tourists. It took morethan a year to restore this geothermal reserve after a powerful landslip. Visitors can see more than two hundred thermal sources and almost one hundred geysers which are throwing out the vaporized air on tens of meters.

The valley of geysers again accepts tourists. The so-called month of silence is completed. In June to be here was unsafe. The matter is that in the end of May the marriage period of the inhabitants of these places - brown bears - begins. They become aggressive and can attack the person. Therefore the first tourist group has arrived here just now.

On the way tourists have not met brown inhabitants of a valley. About this fact even the most courageous have a little regretted. However, visitors of reserve admit - they went here to see and hear breath of the Earth. For the sake of it it was necessary to overcome 200 kilometers above tundra, volcanos, mountain ridges, the rivers and lakes. From five hours planned on excursion, three borrow flight in a valley and back. " That this miracle. It is a simply fairy tale, this is simply unusual place! " - admires the tourist.

One year ago the main Kamchatka sight almost has gone through the accident. The powerful avalanche which has destroyed tens geysers has descended from mountain in a canyon. The earth flow has radically changed a habitual landscape of a valley. Then a completely new natural object to reserve appeared - nonfreezing lake.

Such a changed Valley of geysers in a year became one of seven miracles of Russia. Experts are assured, it will involve people in a pearl of the Kamchatka edge. The unique natural object will accept tourists up to the middle of October.

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