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The Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands are located on the east of
Russia; to the north and quite near Japan. The Major
Kurile Archipelago stretches for 1,200 kilometers north west to the Kamchatka
Peninsula. It includes 56 islands, of
which Iturup, Kunashir and Paramushir are the largest. The
Sakhalin Island lies between the continent and the Kuriles. It is equal in size to the European countries of Austria, Switzerland or
Ireland. The Sakhalin resembles a giant fish in its shape. The broadest part of the island is about 160
km. The narrowest place - Poyasok Isthmus - is only 47 kilometers long.
Nature reserves, protected by the state comprise 11,8 % of the region´s area: 2 reserves
(Poronaysky and Kurilsky),1 special nature reserve of federal value
(Maliye Kurily),11 game preserves (protect and reproduce species),2 complex special nature
reserves, 47 natural monuments, 1 National Park "Moneron Island", situated on a rocky island close to the
Sakhalin southwestern coast. It is the first marine national park in
Russia. It is located in the Tatar Strait, by the farthest southwestern point of the
Sakhalin. The area of the island is about 30
square kilometers. The rare combination of various forms of underwater relief and influence of the warm
Tsusimskoye Current explain why there are so many specimen of subtropical
shellfish, sea urchin (Strongilacentrotus) and many fingered starfish in the underwater world of the
Moneron Island.
The tourists will be enchanted by the solemn cliffs, coming down steeply to the,
waterfalls, numerous bird colonies,
inhabiting the sea area close to the island small rocky islets, remnants of the Japanese
paths, crossing the whole island, legends about the island´s history.
Traveling along the island, the clients will find themselves in different climatic zones during several hours - shifting from the wilder ness of taiga to subtropical
forests, from the mossy tundra to the jungles of giant plants. Considerable part of the territory is covered with mountains.
From December through April "BSI group" offers skiing tours and ice
fishing. Sufficient snow layer on the Sakhalin appears in the middle of
December, and that is the right time to start winter trips. Imagine sensing the breath of win
ter, observing magnificent winter landscapes, enjoying breathtaking descent from the snow covered mountain
tops! You can experience all this on our winter tours.
In May and June "BSI group" invites tourists to join us in our rafting
tours. It is the time when nature on the Sakhalin awakes from its winter sleep,the snow melts intensively, rivers are abounding in water and their currents are rapid.
From June through October "BSI group" offers hiking, speleological
tours, trips around the lighthouses of the island, to the Kurile Islands,
as well as to the Moneron and Tyuleny Islands. Thus "BSI group" are looking forward to seeing your clients at any time of the year to take them to an exciting adventure tours throughout the
Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands!
- 27 July - 6 August, 24 August - 3 September: "Sahalin - Kunashir" (10 nts /11 days);
- 13 - 25 July, 10 - 22 August: "Sahalin - Iturup" (12 nts /13 days);
- 2 July: "Kombi" (12 nts/13 days);
- 20 June - 5 July: "Paramushir" (15 nts /16 days)
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