Polar hiking tour in Monche Tundra

Hiking tour in Monche Mountains itinerary:

Day 1, Sunday: Arrive in Monchegorsk. Hotel check-in upon arrival. Guide will come to the hotel in the evening to meet you and check equipment. Dinner in a restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2, Monday: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to start point in mountain. From there hike to the pass through the mass-mountain of the Monche tundra ridge. From a top of the pass proceed down on a path to the west slopes of Monche tundra and the Vite River’s valley and make camp. Distance of hike: 8 km.

Day 3, Tuesday: Hike along the west bank of the Seidjavr Lake through the virgin pine and spruce forests which age is 400-500 years old. If we are lucky we can see elks, bears, fox or reindeers. It’s possible to fish in the rivers. Cross the Vite River and proceed to the Seidjavr Lake. Make camp. Distance of hike: 4 km.

Day 4, Wednesday: Leave rucksacks in camp and walk light to the Pingkyauranch Lake. The nature there is like Japan banzai gardens where mountain and forest landscape are shown in miniature. There are really special trees on a bank of the lake whose water has unusual light-green colour. Proceed the beautiful river delta. Distance of hike: 15 km.

Day 5, Thursday: Hike to the valley Lemkorr and climb up to the second high peak on the Kola Peninsula - 1114 above the sea level. From the very top a breathtaking view opens to blue forests with pearls of lakes and shining fillets of rivers: all fairy-tale Lapland is on your palm! Distance of hike: 12 km.

Day 6, Friday: Cross the Vite River and proceed up to the mountain ridge of Monche tundra. Stop to look round the waterfall Devichyi Kosi (Girl’s plaits). Continue the route to the beginning of a tectonic cleft, where snow is kept until the end of Summer, and walk down to the foot of Monche tundra. From there transfer to Monchegorsk. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7, Saturday: Breakfast at the hotel. Departure.

Hiking tour in Monche Mountains

This hiking tour in Monche Mountains can be extended with the following optionals:

• Rental of light weight 2-persons tents (2,5 kg) packed in 2 bags: EUR 7,--/day
• Monchegorsk:
  • Entrance tickets museums: approx. 50 roubles per person
  • 2 hour yacht excursion on the biggest lake of Kola peninsula named Imandra. Up to 8 persons.
  • One day hiking tour to the waterfall Devichyi Kosi (Girl's plaits) in Monche Tundra with campfire lunch.
  • One day bicycling tour in hilly area with campfire lunch.
  • Karting centre in Monchegorsk.
  • Cross-country skiing in Monchegorsk suburbs (winter).
  • Skating in Ice stadion in Monchegorsk (winter).
  • See link above for more info.
• Train/plane/bus tickets in or outside Russian Federation.
• Transfers from/to KuusamoIvalo/Rovaniemi and Kirkenes airports.