Russia: Kamchatka
Malkinsky thermal springs

Are situated in a picturesque valley of one of the Malkinsky Bystraya river confluents, 3 km away from a small village of Malki, 2-hour car ride from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. The valley is 0.5 km wide, on its both sides there are volcanoes covered with stone birch forest. On big thermal platforms covered with pebbles, near a creek there are several groups of springs, thermal waters of which stream down into small reservoirs dug in pebble soil. Hundreds of people come here on weekends. There is a recreation center near the springs, on its territory there are cottages and a comfortable thermal pool. In Malky village a standard 4-day route of rafting down the Malkinsky Bystraya river begins.