Okhotsk

For other places with the same name, see Okhotsk (disambiguation).

Okhotsk (Russian: Ох'отск, o-HO-tsk) is a village in the Russian Far East centered around silver mining and fishing. The village has a population of approximately 4,500 people. It was the first settlement in the Russian Far East.

Get in

There is no road leading to Okhotsk.

• 1 Okhotsk Airport (Аэропорт Охотск OHO  ^IATA). fields 3.5 hour flights from Khabarovsk with Khabarovsk Airlines (☏ +7 42135 30 610) and occasionally Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. It also offers helicopter flights to surrounding settlements.  

Do

Fishing and hunting tours are organized in the summer in Khabarovsk and cost about $2000 for two weeks.

Buy

Marekanit is a natural glass stone that is usually black with white spots and is created as a result of fast cooling magma. The only place on earth it can be found is in Okhotsk mines.

Sleep

• Hotel Okhotsk (Проживание в Охотске), Ulitsa Lunacharskogo, 22-5, ☏ +7 924 403 10 06. This hotel is a set of rooms in an apartment house. $60. 

Go next

After you visit this wonderful city, you can visit Vladivostok or Nakhodka.