For the first time, Yakutia Airlines' Japan-Kamchatka service will be synchronized with its Alaska-Kamchatka service, allowing travelers from Alaska to fly to and from Japan with just a brief connection in Kamchatka each way. The total flight time is only 8 hours, and total travel time - 11.5 hours. The through service operates on Saturdays/Sundays, July 18-August 16. The Japan-Kamchatka service also operates on Wednesdays starting July 15, allowing a traveler to visit Kamchatka for 3-4 days en route between Alaska and Japan, if desired. Click HERE for detailed schedules.

NOTE:  Travelers on this route must have all necessary travel documentation and visas to enter/exit Japan, the US and Russia. At the interim stop at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, travelers must clear Russian customs and immigrations inbound and outbound.

 

Yakutia is one of the rare places on Earth where vast wild spaces have been left completely untouched by civilization. The resumption of Anchorage - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky - Yakutsk flights makes travel to and from Yakutsk convenient and comfortable. We have assembled the list of unique tours for you to consider this summer:

LENA RIVER CRUISES. Cruise along the Lena River through the countryside of Siberia and stop along the way at notable Yakutian towns and settlements exploring rich native cultures, including Lena Pillars Nature Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site

SIBERIAN TAIMEN FISHING. Catch a Siberian taimen, world's largest trout. These ancient fish achieve the largest size and age of any salmonid, with lengths reputed over seven feet and weights up to 200 lbs. or more!

REINDEER HERDERS IN YAKUTIA. Take a river journey to reindeer herders' summer camp deep into the Siberian taiga! Get aquaintaed with cultures and traditions of local Yakut people.

ROAD OF BONES: YAKUTSK-MAGADAN or MAGADAN-YAKUTSK. Known as the Road of Bones, the road was constructed during the Stalinist era by Gulag inmates. Travelers may have an opportunity to see: sightseeing in Magadan/Yakutsk, multiple villages along the Kolyma highway, Gulag camps, ghost town of Kadykchan, multiple abandoned gold miners' settlements, wildlife, and more.

TOUR TO BULUUS GLACIER. This non-melting glacier reforms every winter, thanks to an underground spring, and in the summer, in 90 degree F weather, the thickness of the ice reaches up to 3 meters (9.8 feet). For many visitors, a walk on this glacier is the experience of a lifetime.

MAMMOTH TUSK HUNTING. In Yakutia, the tusks of long-dead mammoths, which have been encased in ice for centuries, are now becoming exposed. Join local tour operators for mammoth tusk hunting expeditions.

YAKUTSK CITY TOUR. Explore one of the most distant of Russia's cities, a strategic outpost in a region of permafrost, renowned for its temperature extremes. Discover unique Mammoth museum, 492 feet deep tunnel of Kingdom of Permafrost, and more.

 

Warplanes to Siberia - ALSIB 2015 "The Secret of the Alaska-Siberia Airway (ALSIB)

Museum of Flight, Seattle on July 11th and
Great Falls, Montana on July 17/18/19th.