Hundreds of steam columns rise over places of thermal activity. When a geyser erupts, the stream of water will be 10 or 20 meters high. Lots of gas bubbles burst over the boiling lakes' surface. Geothermal activity has a great effect on the development of wildlife and vegetation in the area. In spring, trees and grasses in these places come to life long before they do in other regions.
Bears come here for food after their winter-long sleep.
Ducks, woodcocks and swans teem on the banks of lakes, swamps and rivers. Many waterfowl spend winter in the Geyser Valley. And when winter is at its height, animals and birds are sure to find food near the places of geothermal activity and in lakes and water-reservoirs, which never freeze. It takes two hours to fly by helicopter from Petropavlovsk or Elizovo to the Geyser Valley. Some tourist companies organize trips there.