Slepikovsky Lighthouse and Devil’s Bridge
Jeep to the lighthouse and white dunes, then the train to the 1928 Japanese bridge
Duration
About 10 hours
Difficulty
Easy
Group
Groups
A jeep day on Sakhalin’s west coast: Slepikovsky Lighthouse, white dunes on the Sea of Japan and Devil’s Bridge.
The road takes about an hour and a half over the Kholmsk pass. In Kholmsk — a walk along the promenade. At the cape — the lighthouse, sand dunes and the shore. Devil’s Bridge was built in 1928: 41 m high, 125 m long. The guide tells the place’s stories and legends briefly.
Depart the hotel at 09:30, back in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk around 19:30. Times may be adjusted to the train schedule.
Itinerary
09:30
Leave the hotel
About an hour and a half to Kholmsk over the Kholmsk pass. Times may be adjusted to the train schedule.
10:30
Memorial gun
A 7-metre gun in memory of those who liberated Sakhalin and the Kurils
11:30
Kholmsk promenade
A walk along the waterfront
12:30
Cape Slepikovsky
A walk on the sand dunes, the Sea of Japan shore, the lighthouse
15:20
Board the train
To Devil’s Bridge. Times may be adjusted to the train schedule.
16:00
Devil’s Bridge
1928, 41 m high, 125 m long
16:20
Leave for Kholmsk
17:00
Kholmsk
Board the cars, drive to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
19:30
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Arrival
Included
✓Guide accompaniment
✓Jeep transfer
✓Meals
What to bring
Required
✓Comfortable shoes for the dunes and the shore
Meeting point
09:30, hotel pickup. We confirm the hotel and meeting point when you book.
Jeep route. Times may be adjusted to the train schedule.
Route