Russia

Our sister company in the Heritage Travel Group - Heritage Expeditions operators these expeditions in its own Expedition Vessel the 'Spirit of Enderby'.

This region dominates the North Pacific, but few people apart from the locals know much about its history or its wildlife. Fewer people have ever had the opportunity to visit the region. Politics have successfully kept people away. Today with the politics relaxed it is possible to visit but the infrastructure can not support, nor does it want to, large numbers of visitors. The climate is severe, the landscape vast but the wildlife and the scenery is spectacular. The only practical way to travel to this region is by sea. The hundreds of islands in the "Kuril Island Chain" and coastline of the "Kamchatka Peninsula" and the Chukotka region offers numerous opportunities for wildlife observations and cultural exchange.