One of the very first operators to offer cruises to the Russian Far East, a region until recently 'off limits' to western visitors, adventure holiday specialist World Expeditions is adding this summer a remote trek to Kamchatka, one of the last unexplored places on Earth – so if you are looking for the trip of a lifetime, now you have a choice: on foot or by boat?

Kamchatka Expedition [NEW FOR 2015]
A land where fire meets ice, the Kamchatka Peninsula is the most volcanic area of the Eurasian continent – the land here is still being formed! Overall Kamchatka has 159 volcanoes (six of which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites) so there is almost always one active cone erupting. This new remote trek in the Russian Far East is designed for those who have been everywhere else and prefer to get well off the beaten path. Discover a wilderness of stunning bays, sculptural stone birch forests, boiling geysers and mineral hot springs, snow-capped fuming volcanoes and crater lakes as blue and clear as the sky. Highlights include the Mutnovsky and Gorely volcanoes with their spectacular chain of craters and spotting brown bears – Kamchatka has the highest concentration of bears in Russia. The trip joins in capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk, the second-largest city in the world which cannot be reached by road (there are no roads connecting Kamchatka with other parts of Russia).
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• Kamchatka Expedition (21 days) departs 17 August, from £4,390 per person

Jewel of the Russian Far East
This journey presents the unique opportunity of travelling down the entire coastline of the Russian Far East along Koryak and Kamchatka – eight time zones away from Moscow, this is where the day begins in Russia! A land rugged and off the beaten track, the native Chukchi people are predominantly reindeer herders, having adapted to this extremely harsh environment, whereas the peninsula's isolation has helped protect a healthy and stable wildlife population. Despite the short growing season, over 1,000 species of plants thrive and you can even find the southernmost expanse of arctic tundra in the world here. Late summer-early autumn is one of the best times to discover the region's wilderness: the reindeer and mountain sheep will be feeding in preparation for the harsh winter while the brown bears, which will have fed extensively on berries in the early summer, will be concentrated on the rivers and creeks looking for salmon.
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• Jewel of the Russian Far East (13 days) departs 31 August, from US$7,200/£4,630 per person

For more information and bookings please visit www.worldexpeditions.co.uk or call 0800 0744 135. World Expeditions' policy ensures there are no local payments. Prices do not include international flights, however these can be arranged on request.

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Notes for editors:
• One of the very first operators in what is now becoming a very popular area in travel, since its inception in 1975 World Expeditions has earned itself an outstanding reputation as a world leader in small group adventure holidays and cultural journeys.
• The two factors that distinguish World Expeditions from its competitors, the number of inclusions and the exceptional value of its trips, can be found today in more than 500 stand-alone itineraries, escorted by expert leaders and meticulously designed for those travellers who want to take the 'paths less travelled'.
• Always innovative, it was, among others, the first operator to offer cycling holidays in India (1977) and China (1978) and trekking trips in Mongolia (1980) and Tibet (1981). In 2013 it launched a dedicated 'World Cycle Journeys' programme, while as of 2011 it is the only company to offer the newly mapped Great Himalaya Trail.
• World Expeditions is independently owned and a truly global company, with nine offices around the world, including London, Sydney and Montreal.
    
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