Kurilskiy State Nature Reserve (Visa Needed)

Phone: +7 424 55 21 502 (Reserve Administration)

Address: 5 Zarechnaya St., Yuzhno-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, Russia 694500

Ecological Education and Ecotourism Department

kurilskiy @ mail.ru or kurilskiy @ gmail.com

https://peakvisor.com/park/kurils-nature-reserve.html

GPS: 44.098971444493976, 145.8991962119183

Most popular sites to visit are:

• Golovnin Volcano Caldera
• Tyatya Volcano
• The Pillar Cape (Stolbchaty Cape)
• The Ptichya River and the Ptichy Waterfall. The Ptichya (aka the Bird River) is the second largest river on Kunashir Island. It is actually a series of waterfalls, the color of water changes throughout its length apparently due to mineral springs in the upper reaches of the river).
• Veslovsky Peninsula with nesting places of the Japanese crane
• Cape Himmerling near Rogachev Lake is a rookery of bay seal and various bird colonies
• The Neskuchenskie Springs are the thermal springs where you can see hot gases wallowing time to time

Highest Peak: Tyatya

Elevation: 1,819 m

Nature

Cape Kamui, Shakotan

Otaru Dream Beach

Mt. Moiwa

Mishima San's Garden, Kutchan, Niseko

Itanki Beach, Muroran

Wind Garden Furano

Toyokoro Jewel Ice

Shichiku Garden, Biei, Obihiro

Shimamui Coast, Shakotan

Rare Encounters: An 800-Year-Old Tree! Hokkaido's Forest of Light

Taushubetsu Bridge

Ubaranai SANGO Grassland

Nakajima Park, Sapporo

Cape Notoro

Sangaitaki Park

Narukami Falls

Tenjinyama Park

Garo Falls

Kanrosensui Spring (Rishiri Island)

Ponyama / Mt. Pon (Rishiri Island), Hokkaido, Japan

Sankakuyama

Blue Pond, Shirogane, Biei

Nijukken Road / Hokkaido

Yagishiri Men Hitsuji Ranch