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

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