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Carelia by snowmobile

Dates from January to March (5 days / 4 nights)
Descriptif

The Ladoga and Onega Lakes are the largest lakes in Europe. Our snowmobile adventure will take you to the North of Russia - from one lake to the other, across the whole Karelia, the land of forests, frozen lakes and old villages. We invite you through the vast space of snow for discovery of the area where Epic Russia is still alive. We will start in a small village and end in the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.

 

1st day Flight Geneva-Moscow or Geneva-Saint-Petersburg. Transfer to the railway station. Departure for Lodenoye Pole.
2nd day Arrival in Lodeynoe Pole from Moscow and transfer toa small village located at 100 km. Accommodation in double rooms in a cottage village near a lake. Breakfast. Safety briefing, outfitting, getting equipped and instructed in snowmobile driving. Set off for the snowmobile adventure (105 km) along forest roads and snowmobile tracks across the snow of the lakes. Return to cottage complex. Dinner, sauna.
3rd day Breakfast. Continue your snowmobile safari (140 km) in the forest and on the lakes.  Enjoy the harmony of nature and settlements, the peacefulness of the land. Lunch on the way. Visit of Kinerma, a small 440 years old village, a modest monument of traditional wooden architecture of the Karelian livvik ethnic group. The wooden houses and chapel, unhurried lifestyle of the villages make an impression of time standing still here. Accommodation in a guesthouse in double rooms. Sauna, dinner.
4th day Breakfast. Start your last day of snowmobiling (85 km) along the forest roads and snowmobile tracks. Arrive in Petrozavodsk. Early dinner in a restaurant.
18.00 Transfer to the railway station for departure by overnight train to Moscow or  St-Petersburg.
5th day Transfer to the airport. Flight Moscow-Geneva or Saint-Petersburg-Geneva
Price
Starting from CHF 1'675 / €  (2 persons on the snowmobile)

Included : the trip, the invitation and the registration, the accomodation, the meals during the tour, the transfers, the rental of the snowmobile and of the equipment, the accompanying instructors and translators, the saunas .

Not included : the visa, the meals during the trip, alcoholic drinks. 
Indispensable