The hot springs in the volcanic areas are not rare occurrences. There are around 150 different groups of hot springs in Kamchatka. The following are the main ones:

Paratunka River Thermal Springs

Paratunka thermal springs are located 70 km away from Petropavlovsk- Kamchatsky. The water temperature doesn’t go below +38’C. The water temperature in the different springs is from +30’C to+ 70’C. Several hotels, guesthouses, and recreation centers have been built close to the hot springs. City buses and cabs can give a ride to these facilities.

Viluchinski Thermal Springs

Viluchinski hot springs include two groups of springs with water temperature from +40’C to +60’C. They are located not far from Veluchinski volcano in the picturesque valley of Viluch river. There is a Rodnikova mountain ski camp nearby with some housing and a swimming pool. It takes 10-12 hours to reach these hot springs by a highlander vehicle. 

Nalychevo Thermal Springs 

Nalychevo hot springs are the biggest thermal carbonic springs in Kamchatka, stretching between Goryachaya and Zholtaya rivers on the territory more than 2 square km. The highest temperature of the springs is +75’C. Although they are located 60 km from the city, they can be reached by helicopter in 20-25 minutes.

Taloviye Thermal Springs 

Taloviye thermal springs are located 6 km from Nalochevo springs on the left bank of river Porozhistaya, 2,6 km from its mouth. The outlets can be tracked for the distance of 1 km. The temperature is about +31-38’C. It takes 25-30 min to reach the springs by helicopter or by horse riding over the Pinachevski mountain pass.

Bolshiye and Maliye Banniye Thermal Springs 

The springs include 24 groups of more than 550 hot springs and mud boilers on the territory of around 1,5 km and are located on the left shore of Banniye river. The chemical structure of water is mostly sulphate-sodium with general mineralization 0.7-1.4 grams per liter. Maliye springs are 50 km away from Bolshiye ones. They stretch in the valley of river Maliy Kluch on the left shore. The water temperature is up to +75’C. There is a hotel and a camp there. They can be reached by a highlander vehicle. Driving distance is 40 km.

Khodutka Thermal Springs 

Khodutka springs are located in the South-East part of the peninsula in the valley of the Pravaya Khodutka river. They are a water source of a wide lake and Goryachaya river with the width of 115-20 m, the depth of 1,5 m, and the length of 1 km. The water in the springs is up to +77’C, gradually getting cooler to +49’C – +37’C down the river current. It takes 40-50 min to get there by helicopter from Elizovo.

Karimchinski Thermal Springs 

Karimchinski springs are located in the narrow valley of Pravaya Karimchina river, surrounded by high rock peaks. There are outlets on four thermal squares expanded on the distance of 3 km along the riverbank. The water temperature is up to +65’C.