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Opala River is rich on fish, with all of Kamchatka’s salmon species represented, and flows through an uninhabited area. It is situated relatively close to the town Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and surrounded with beautiful landscapes. The river flows through the caldera of the Opala Volcano. There are very high chances to see a Brown Bear.
Opala River (length 161 km, surface area 4070 km2) is a large river on the South-Western part of the coast of Kamchatka and plays an important role in the reproduction of the Far-Eastern Salmonides. There are no human settlements along the river banks. Fishing is organised from rafts and river banks. Rafting begins in the middle reach of the river, some 100 km away from the river mouth. The river is 100-200 m wide. The summer temperature of the water is not higher than 5-7°C. The rafting goes by two groups of springs: Verkhne-Opal`skie (thermal) and Nizhne-Opal`skie (mineral). One part of the rafting route goes through an old cauldron of the Opala Volcano, 5 km from its slopes.
Species that can be observed in Opala River during spawning:
King Salmon – a few hundred individuals
Sockeye Salmon – a few thousand individuals
Pink Salmon – up to 5 million individuals in peak years
Chum Salmon – more than 55,000 individuals
Silver Salmon – up to 25,000 individuals
There are big numbers of Malma and Rainbow Trout in the river. There is also a small number of sima, Steelhead and East Siberian Char. The spawning sites of the salmon start some 10-12 km from the mouth.
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(for the season of 2008):1850 Euro per person in a group of 7 pax,
2050 Euro per person in a group of 5-6 pax,
2200 Euro per person in a group of 4 pax. |
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