RAL1. RUSSIAN LAPLAND


Type: Discovery

Tour duration: 8 days

Dates: January - February

Group Size: 4-8 pax

Mode of Travel: minibus, snowmobile sledges

 

Itinerary:

Day 1. Arrival in Murmansk. Transfer to the hotel. Acommodation. Free time. Overnight in hotel.

Day 2. Breakfast. Sightseeing tour: visiting monument to the defenders of the Soviet Arctic, "the Valley of Coziness" (a winter sports center), an Orthodox church, a monument to Cyril and Methodius (the founders of Slavic literature, museum of local lore.  Riding on a boat on the ice-free Kola-Bay, during which you can see the fish and the commercial port and the ships of the Navy.

Day 3. After breakfast - departure to the seaport where you have a unique opportunity to climb aboard the icebreaker "Lenin" - the first nuclear-powered icebreaker in the world.

Day 4. After breakfast a visit to Sami farm (40 km from Murmansk). Driving on reindeer sleigh on the frozen river Kitsa.

Day 5. A trip to Apatity - Kirovsk. Visiing the Botanical garden. Excursion to the museum of stone where the samples of minerals, ores and rocks of the Kola Peninsula most of which are rare and unique. Lunch. Moving to Monchegorsk.  Visiting the Lapland Nature Reserve. Drive back to Murmansk.

Day 6. After breakfast visiting the Murmansk Museum of Arts. The basis ofthe stock collection of the museum consists of works of contemporary native arts. A visit to the Museum of the Northen Fleet. The exhibition presents the history of creation of the Navy of Russia, a feat of the Northern Fleet during World War II, the postwar history of the fleet. Excursion to the brewery "Piligrim" with beer tasting, lunch.

Day 7. Drive to Lovozero village (180 km from Murmansk). Visiting the Museum of the Sami. Lunch in chum (national Sami home). A snowmobile ride, riding on a reindeer sleigh, Sami games.

Day 8. Trip to Teriberka which is located on the Barents Sea cost (125 km from Murmansk). Return to Murmansk.

 

Costs 2011: 0n request

 

Included:

  • excursions with English speaking guide
  • all transfers

Not included:

  • air tickets
  • visa
  • insurance
  • registration at tourist base
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