SCHEDULE AND COST:
Dates::
August 9 - 17, 2023
Duration: 9 days / 8 nights
Number of participants: 1 – 7
Cost per person:
- 279 000 rubles to any quantity of participants
Early booking discount: 10% (valid until 9 February 2023)
Everything is included (except for flight and medical insurance).
Estimated cost of the flight to Naryan-Mar: 19,000 - 25,000 rubles.
TRAVEL PROGRAM:
Day 1. August 9, 2023 (Wednesday). Naryan-Mar*
Departure to Naryan-Mar *.
* Recommended flight UTair UT-333, departure from Moscow at 9:10, arrival in Naryan-Mar on the same day at 11:50 am or another flight arriving no later than 16:00.
We meet at the airport of the city of Naryan-Mar and go on an excursion around Naryan-Mar.
After the excursion (duration 2.5 - 3 hours) check-in on the the flagship of the RUSARC fleet - the yacht Peter I.
Safety briefing, start of the expedition.
Evening departure from the port of Naryan-Mar along the Pechora River
Meals: dinner
Accommodation: expeditionary base
Day 2. August 10, 2023 (Thursday). First anchorage - Matveev Island
A protected area, an abandoned weather station, ancient Pomor crosses of the 16th century, a lighthouse that you can climb, a walrus rookery... We carefully observe the life of animals, do not disturb their peace, we go for a walk. And further - we go to the island of Vaygach, sacred for the Nenets.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: yacht Peter I
Day 3. August 11, 2023 (Friday). Sacred island Vaygach
Vaygach is a whole archipelago, surrounded by 111 tiny islets and rocks. The Nenets name of the island is "Khebidya-ya" - "holy land". Legend has it that the World Old Man and Old Woman, Vesako and Hedako lived here. The path along the Land's End, the knot of the Pomor route to the Siberian seas is a sacred place for the indigenous peoples of the North. Ancient sites of the Stone Age, huts, Pomor crosses-landmarks of the Russian shores, hundreds of idols, traces of sacrifices, a dozen sanctuaries with telling names - Lisiy Kamen, Oleniy Kamen, Bear's Head, Bolvanskaya Gora. Here, each stone is steeped in mystery, deep history and unique atmosphere.
Morning disembarkation - we walk in the area of the Semilikogo Idol.
Then we go by sea to the north of the island, look at the walrus rookery and in the evening we drop anchor in a cozy bay, closed from all winds, where a real hermit lives. And if we're lucky, we'll find him at home!
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: yacht Peter I
Day 4. August 12, 2023 (Saturday). Strait of Kara Gate - Novaya Zemlya
At dawn, we set out on a course to the north, crossing the famous strait - the Kara Gates. In the afternoon we get to the Rusanovo camp, inspect well-preserved buildings, make several landings on the surrounding islands. Novaya Zemlya is full of islands and deep bays, and our main adventure there is finding polar bears.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: yacht Peter I
Day 5. August 13, 2023 (Sunday). Novaya Zemlya skerries
We cruise around the islands, bays, skerries. We are inspired by northern nature, we are looking for polar bears, we are seeing historical sights.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: yacht Peter I
Day 6. August 14, 2023 (Monday). Tundra Islands in the south of Novaya Zemlya
We leave for the southernmost tip of the archipelago. Here, far from humans, on Kusovaya Zemlya and the islands of Bolshoy and Maly Loginov, local deer, wild geese and swans live.
We walk carefully, very anxiously and carefully - there may be clutches of eggs and broods of chicks literally under our feet. In the evening we set off on the way back - at the mouth of the Pechora River.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: yacht Peter I
Day 7- 8. August 15 - 16, 2023 (Tuesday - Wednesday). Return to Naryan - Mar
In case of good weather, we spend another day on the islands in the south of Novaya Zemlya and move a back way (in bad weather we go back on the 7th day, as the transition will take more time)
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: in cabins on the yacht
Day 9. August 17, 2023 (Thursday). Return home
We get up early in the morning, have a delicious breakfast and leave with a transfer to the airport*.
The expedition to the Arctic has come to an end, and now your life will never be the same again!
* Recommended flight UTair UT ‑ 334, departure from Naryan-Mar at 12:50, arrival in Moscow at 15:35 or another flight with departure no later than 15:00
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: no