Snowmobile Tour - Winter Kizhi
SNOWMOBILE TOUR – WINTER KIZHI
This snowmobile tour is a perfect getaway for those who have never tried snowmobiling as well as for those who want to experience true Karelian winter first hand. Woods glistening under a thick blanket of snow, endless frozen lakes and traditional Karelian wooden architecture unite in full harmony with fun and excitement that you get from riding a snowmobile.
Group: 6 - 16 pax
Duration: 4 days/ 3 nights
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Day 1 |
Arrival to Moscow or St.Petersburg. City tour, transfer to the train station, taking overnight train to Petrozavodsk. |
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Day 2 |
06:50/ 08:50 - Meeting at the railway station with the guide. Transfer Petrozavodsk - settlement Kedrozero (90 km). Breakfast. After breakfast, we take you through snowmobile safety instructions, do a riding briefing and equip you with boots, a special snowmobile suit and helmet. Starting in Kedrozero we drive through ancient Karelian villages Pegrema, Yuzhny Dvor and Lypovitsy andacross the second biggest lake in Europe, Lake Onego, to the world-known Kizhi Island. Tea with sandwiches on the way. Excursion in the ”Kizhi“ Museum of Wooden Architecture and Cultural History. After the excursion we drive to the settlement Sennaya Guba and get accommodated. Hot sauna and substantial dinner. |
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Day 3 |
After breakfast we head back to Kedrozero passing by the same villages of Lypovitsy, Yuzhny Dvor and Pegrema. Total distance 90 km.Tea with sandwiches on the way. Transfer settlement Kedrozero - Petrozavodsk 90 km.. |
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Day 4 |
Arrival to St. Petersburg/Moscow. Transfer to the hotel or airport. |
Price includes: accommodation and meals according to the program, transfers, snowmobile and snowmobile equipment rent, entrance tickets, guide services, train tickets in 4 persons compartment.
Snowmobile equipment:
Snowmobile «Yamaha VK-540 III».
Warm windproof overalls, snowmobile helmet, balaclava, snowmobile shoes and gloves.
What to take with you:
Backpack, comfortable clothes: pants, warm sweater, 2 pairs of woolen socks, 2-3 pairs of cotton socks, T-shirts, warm jacket, woolen hat, gloves, warm comfortable shoes.