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Thrilling excursion to World's First Atomic Icebreaker "Lenin"!

 

"Have you ever been on the bridge of a real Atomic Icebreaker?" We invite you on the bridge, in the Captains cabin, crew cabins, galley, control rooms for communication, turbines, engines and the reactor room. It's thrilling but it's absolute safe.

Take this chance of your life!

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Visit "Snow village" in Kirovsk

An icy architectural wonder known as Snow Village is built each year at the foot of the Khibiny Mountains, in the Murmansk Region, near the city of Kirovsk. The snow castle is decorated by snowpaintings on the walls and ice sculptures.

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Festival of the North in Murmansk

The Festival of the North is an annual sports event in about 20 winter sports that takes place in the towns of the Murmansk region in March and April since 1934. The first Murmansk Ski Marathon took place on March 31, 1974. The Murmansk Ski Marathon is usually held on the first Sunday in April in Murmansk and accompanied with traditional reindeer competitions. It seems to be the peak of the North Festival. It is really worth to see or even to participate! Beside it you can watch Murmansk city which is the largest seaport in the Russian Far North, and fully deserves its title as the "Gateway to the Arctic". More than a dozen merchant, fishing, icebreaking, research and military fleets make their base here. The city has a lot of places of interests like the First Nuclear Icebreaker "Lenin", the Naval Museum, the Ship Company Museum, and the Oceanarium as well as the Regional Historical Museum, the Art Museum and the Folk Art Center. One of highlights of the city is Second World War Memorial "ALESHA". The majestic monument for The Defenders of the Arctic was installed on a high hill above Murmansk in 1974 in memory of the War; a figure of a watchman with a rifle of a height of 34 meters, which is visible almost from any point of the city.

Official EUROLOPPET ski marathon in Murmansk region during the Festival of the North - Prazdnik Severa. kolatravel,murmansk region,cross-country skiing,kola peninsula,northern festival,festival of the north,russian lapland,ski marathon,reindeer races,snowmobile,nuclear icebreaker,atomic icebreaker,prazdnik severa Reindeer races in Murmansk region during the Festival of the North - Prazdnik Severa. kolatravel,murmansk region,cross-country skiing,kola peninsula,northern festival,festival of the north,russian lapland,ski marathon,reindeer races,snowmobile,nuclear icebreaker,atomic icebreaker,prazdnik severa

We invite you to come to enjoy the Festival of the North and to meet Murmansk region and Murmansk City, a capital and the largest city in the world behind the Polar Circle.

 

This tour includes snowmobile safari
"Magic of Polar Night"

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Proposed program

 

Day 1, 4th of April, Friday: Arrive in Murmansk airport. Meet up by a car. Transfer to a hotel and check-in.

Day 2, 5th of April, Saturday: Breakfast at the hotel. Watching Saami games with reindeer races in Dolina Uyuta. In evening a skating possibility in the Ice Palace. Overnight in the hotel.

Day 3, 6th of April, Sunday: Breakfast at the hotel. Watching Saami games, reindeer races and ski Marathon. The closing Celebration. In evening a skating possibility in the Ice Palace. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4, 7th of April, Monday: Breakfast at the hotel. Take a public bus to Kirovsk city at 08.00. Arrival in Kirovsk around 13.00. (Bus ticket is 600 RUR). Check-in at a hotel upon arrival. Ask reception to call taxi for you to come to the Snow village. (Taxi costs around 150 RUR). The Snow village is a big construction with sculptures and labyrinths being made entirely of ice and snow - natural and pure materials. Illuminated with colored lights corridors, halls and rooms take us into a fantastic world of winter tale, where Santa Claus and Snow Maiden welcome guests. You can have fun sledging down from a snow hill or to be busy with snow carving. Nearby there is a small reindeer fold with four reindeers. If it is open then for small fee (around 200 RUR) you can come inside and see reindeers, to touch them and make photos. Call taxi to come back to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5, 8th of April, Tuesday: Breakfast and check-out. Pick up from the hotel at 09.00. Transfer to Snow Village which is a start point of the tour. Changing clothes and start to drive in Khibiny mountains to direction of a mountain hotel. Check in. Lunch. After lunch a snowmobiling tour in surroundings of the hotel. Dinner in evening. Sauna. Overnight at the hotel. (L,D) Daily distance: 60 km

Day 6, 9th of April, Wednesday: Breakfast. Start to drive by a snowmobile via several passes. Wilderness lunch at a campfire. After lunch we snowmobile to the East Petrelius Pass (883,3 m) to and coming back to Snow Village via Kukisvumchorr Pass. We are at the Snow Village around 18.00. Transfer to Murmansk and check-in at the hotel. (B,L) Daily distance: 60 – 70 km

Day 7, 10th of April, Thursday: Breakfast at the hotel and check-out. Transfer to Murmansk Airport for departure.
 
Wilderness hotel in Khibiny Mountains; "Kuelporr"
Good isolated small hotel in centre of Khibiny Mountains
Dining room
Sleeping rooms up to 6 pers. Has also twin bed rooms.
Douche and  toilet in hotel. Sauna with ice-hole in river!
 

Festival of the North in Murmansk details:

Tour highlights:
• Murmansk: places of interests
• Murmansk: Naval Museum. Exhibitions about the Northern Russian Fleet.
• Murmansk: The Regional Historical Museum.
• Murmansk: Oceanarium. Water theatre where seals play a show.
• Murmansk: The Festival of the North
• Murmansk: Saami games and, reindeer races
• Murmansk: Ski Marathon
• Kirovsk: Ski Marathon
• Kirovsk: Snowmobiling tour "Magic of Polar Night" in Khibiny Mountains
Accommodation:
• 6 nights in twin room in **hotel.
Level:
Not applicable
Group size:
From 2 persons
Duration:
7 days
Dates:
From 04-04 until 10-04-2014
Price:
EUR 906,-- per person, single supplement: EUR 144,-- per person
Price includes:
• Accommodation in economy class hotel (breakfasts included)
• Transfer from/to airport to\from a hotel
• Transfer from Kirovsk Snow village to Murmansk
Documents:
Passport must be valid at least 6 months after date of return. A visa is required. We handle the tourist invitation.
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