Northern Lights – a window into space

Program:

Day 1, 02.01.22:

Arrival at Khibiny Airport or Apatity railway station. Meeting and transportation to the Severnaya Hotel. Dinner is recommended in the hotel restaurant.

 Day 2, 03.01.22:

Breakfast. At 09:30, ask the reception to call a taxi for you atA snowy village, at the beginning of a 3.5-hour snowmobile safari (45 km). You will pass through the Kukisvum Valley connecting the northern and southern parts of the Khibiny. Under favorable weather conditions, you can climb the Vostochny Petrelius Pass, which offers a magnificent view of the valleys of the Malaya Belaya and Kuniyok rivers. Upon your return, you can have lunch at the Tirvas hotel-sanatorium next to the "Snow Village" (Buffet: 350 rubles), and then go to the "Snow Village". This is a unique structure made of ice and snow, a magical winter country, palaces and labyrinths with ice paintings, figures and decorations. You can go downhill on cheesecakes and walk on giant skis, ride a huge plastic "banana" behind a snowmobile. When you decide to return to the hotel in Kirovsk, call a taxi or contact a park employee to call a taxi for you. Subject to a favorable forecast, in the evening the guide takes the group on a hunt for the Northern lights (for an additional fee). (H)

 Day 3, 04.01.22:

Breakfast. Departure to Husky Park at 09.00. You will learn the amazing history of the Siberian Husky breed, go to the aviaries and be able to chat with charming and intelligent dogs. You will visit the reconstructed Sami camp, get acquainted with the way of life and way of life of the Sami people, as it was more than a century ago. Then you will enjoy dog sledding through the woods and frozen lakes. During a lunch of national Sami dishes (fish soup on cream, venison, berry pie), you will listen to an interesting story about the northern nature and traditions of the peoples of the North. After a 3-hour program, transportation to Murmansk to the Azimut Hotel in the city center. Lunch is recommended at the hotel restaurant. Subject to a favorable forecast, in the evening the guide takes the group on a hunt for the Northern lights. (for an additional fee) (PO)

 Day 4, 05.01.22:

Breakfast. At 09.00, departure from Murmansk. You have to drive through high plateaus, open to all winds, to reach the coast of the Barents Sea. Upon arrival in Teriberka, you will be shown the filming locations of the famous movie "Leviathan". Then you will descend to a wide sandy beach to see the unfrozen expanses of the Barents Sea. Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, you will travel to the winter fjords of the Barents Sea, where you will go by sleigh for snowmobiles. You will see a beach of round stones, a frozen waterfall and guns of the coastal battery of the Great Patriotic War. Return to Murmansk in the evening. Overnight at the hotel. Subject to a favorable forecast, in the evening the guide takes the group on a hunt for the Northern lights (for an additional fee) (ZO)

 Day 5, 06.01.22:

Breakfast. Transportation to the airport. (B)

If your flight is in the evening, you can leave your things in the hotel's luggage room and go on an independent tour of the city. Or book a guided car tour (for an additional fee).payment).

 Program Specification:

Attractions of the program:

·    Murmansk: the first nuclear icebreaker "Lenin"

·    Lovozersky district: Husky Park

·    Kirovsk: Snow Village, snowmobile safari

·    The coast of the Barents Sea: ice-free waters of the Arctic Ocean, fjords, frozen waterfall, WWII artillery pieces

· The village of Teriberka: the filming location of the famous movie "Leviathan"

Accommodation:

· 2 nights in a double room at the Severnaya Hotel in Kirovsk

· 2 nights in a double room at the Azimut Hotel in Murmansk

Level: Not applicable

Group size: 6 -12 people

Duration: 5 days

Dates: 02 - 06.01.22

Price: 55,000 rubles per person

Surcharge for single accommodation: 11,200 rubles

The price includes:

· accommodation

· transportation from the Khibiny airport to the Severnaya Hotel

· transportation from the Severnaya Hotel to Husky Park and then to Murmansk

· transportation from Murmansk to Murmansk airport

· 3.5 hour snowmobile safari in the Khibiny mountain tundra

· Husky Park program, including dog sledding

· a trip to the Barents Sea and to the village of Teriberka with departure to the shore of the Barents Sea on a sled for a snowmobile

· H – breakfast, O – lunch

Documents: passport, medical policy

For an additional fee:

· taxi from the Severnaya Hotel to the Snow Village: 180-200 rubles one way

· entrance ticket to the "Snow Village": 600 rubles per person

· departure for the hunt for the northern lights: 4,000 rubles per person