Lodging

Camps on the Sedanka Float Trip are semi-permanent structures set up each spring and stowed away each fall.

There are three camps on the river, spread about 10 river miles apart from one another. Over the course the 6 day trip, anglers move between all three camps via inflatable rafts.

Each camp is identical in infrastructure. Two anglers share a high-tech, weatherproof, double-walled “tent cabin,” similar to the weather-port cabins in use in many Alaskan camps. They have wood floors, high ceilings, a wood stove for heat, bed frames and mattresses. (You must bring a sleeping bag for this trip.) There are two clean flush-toilet outhouses per camp, as well as multiple shower facilities with good water pressure and endless hot water, courtesy of an ingenious Russian wood-fired plumbing system.

The kitchen and dinning rooms are permanent log cabins, built long ago as trappers’ shelters. All camp infrastructure is connected by extensive wooden walkways.

The food in Kamchatka is tasty and plentiful, though certainly not gourmet. Fresh meats and locally grown, geothermal hot-house vegetables are the features of a cuisine not un-familiar to the American palette. Delicious soups like borsh and ukra are always the first course by Russian tradition, and are always a hit with our guests.

Beer and Vodka are available for sale in camp, but other or special libations need to be brought from the United States.

It is important to understand the Kamchatka experience is much more rustic than, say, an Alaska fly-out lodge. The focus of Kamchatka is most definitely on the fishing, yet the accommodations typically surprise our guests by how comfortable it is possible to be in such a remote environment.