Esso Hot Springs
- Location
- Esso, Kamchatka, Russia
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.2
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Esso Hot Springs is a natural geothermal site near the village of Esso in the Even District of Kamchatka, Russia, where bicarbonate-rich thermal water feeds simple outdoor bathing pools in a remote subarctic valley accessible via the remarkable Northern Road that traverses the heart of the Kamchatka peninsula through Even reindeer herding territory. Esso, often called the 'Kamchatka Switzerland' for its alpine scenery, serves as a base for exploring the Bystrinsky National Park — Kamchatka's largest natural park and a UNESCO World Heritage component — and its remote hot springs embedded in pristine tundra and taiga landscapes. The Even culture of Esso, with its reindeer herding tradition, traditional music, and shamanic spiritual heritage, provides an extraordinarily authentic indigenous Siberian context for this backcountry thermal experience.