We invite you to a two-day tour in which you will visit the White Sea-Baltic Canal, visit the Museum of the Karelian Front, get acquainted with the Belomorsky and Solovetsky archipelago.

Location

Republic of Karelia, Belomorsk
from
$214
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Duration
2 Days
1 Night
Departures
  • Group departures
    • Dates for next season
    • 26 – 27 May, 2025
    • 2 – 3 June, 2025
    • 9 – 10 June, 2025
    • 16 – 17 June, 2025
or
Accommodation
  • Camp Site
    1 night
Comfort
  • Basic+
  • Midscale
Difficulty
Easy
Suitable for everyone
Group
Up to 50 people
Minimum age
7 years old
Group meet at
Republic of Karelia, Belomorsk
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Weekdays: 8am - 8pm
Weekends: 8am - 7pm (GMT +3)
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Tour highlights

A trip to the White Sea
During the flight to Solovki, you will admire the archipelago of the Body, watch seabirds, and if you are lucky, you will meet seals and belugas
Getting to know the Solovki
Go on a tour of the Solovetsky Monastery, visit the existing temples and monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List
White Sea petroglyphs
You will see rock carvings, the age of which, according to various estimates, reaches 7.5 thousand years

Itinerary

  • Day 1 - Getting to know Belomorsk

    Arrival in Belomorsk: 

    • by evening train No. 092A or night train No. 016A (Moscow — Belomorsk, an additional night in the city is required);
    • by morning train No. 012H (St. Petersburg — Belomorsk, until 18.07 the train arrives at 09:44, from 19.07 — at 11:51). 

    Meeting with the guide at the main building of the railway station from the platform.

    Breakfast in the restaurant of the Gandvik hotel.

    Excursion to the 19th gateway of the White Sea-Baltic Canal

    On the instructions of I. V. Stalin, the 227 km long canal was built in twenty months — from September 1931 to April 1933. 19 locks, 15 dams, 12 spillways, 49 dams — such a number of hydraulic structures were erected by prisoners without the help of machines and attracted currency.

    Independent lunch at the Pomeranian cuisine restaurant at the Gandvik Hotel.

    Departure for a sightseeing tour of Belomorsk

    The small town stretches majestically along the coast of the White Sea for several kilometers. 

    Visit the Museum of the Karelian Front, located in one of the most significant monuments of the military history of Karelia and the military glory of the North of Russia — in the building of the former Headquarters of the Karelian Front. 

    In the museum you can visit a variety of places of the Karelian front — the exposition is built according to the geographical principle, and in the courtyard of the Museum there is a famous military equipment with guns of different calibers. 

    An excursion to the Belomorsky Petroglyphs is a monument that amazes the imagination of every person. 

    Rock carvings of an ancient man, whose age, according to various estimates, reaches 7.5 thousand years! The richest archaeological complex, which is world famous, includes more than 2,000 rock carvings.

    The size of the paintings is striking in its scope: from 5 cm to 2.5 m. The images carved on horizontal granite rocks with a quartz chipper are not only a genuine masterpiece of world art, but also the history of our ancestors! 

    Departure to Kem (villageRabochyostrovsk).

    Accommodation in the Berth tour complex.

    Free time.

    The group is released around 21:00.

    Day trips: 140 km.

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  • Day 2 - Getting to know the Solovki
Difficulty
Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Accommodation
  • Camp Site
    1 night
Comfort
  • Basic+
  • Midscale

The tour provides accommodation in the Berth tourist complex.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation, RUB.:

PlacementAdultChild under 12 years old
Double room21 90020 400
Single room22 700
Additional place20 80519 710

Extra night at the Berth tourist complex (breakfast is not included):

  • single room — 3,200 rubles/day; 
  • double room — 4,000 rubles/day; 
  • additional place — 1,800 rubles/day.
The Berth Tourist Complex 1 night

"The pier" — this is the largest hotel complex in the Kemsky district of the Republic of Karelia, with 8 cottages. 

The village of Rabochiostrovsk, which is located on the western coast of the Kemskaya Bay of the White Sea, is very easy to reach (12 km from the Kem railway station). 

They really know how to take care of a traveler here. Despite the fact that the winds of the White Sea can sometimes be strong and cold, every visitor will receive a truly cordial and warm welcome. 

Welcome to visit us at any time of the year. The northern nature is rare in beauty here. 

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Tour conditions

Group
up to 50 tourists
Minimum age
7 years old
Duration
2 days 1 night
Group meets at
Republic of Karelia, Belomorsk

Included in price

  • accommodation according to the program;
  • Meals: 2 breakfasts, 1 lunch;
  • transportation services according to the program;
  • the work of a guide;
  • entrance tickets;
  • excursions and visits:
    • excursion to the 19th gateway of the White Sea-Baltic Canal;
    • sightseeing tour of the city of Belomorsk;
    • visit to the Karelian Front Museum;
    • excursion to the White Sea Petroglyphs;
    • sightseeing tour of the Solovetsky Monastery.

Paid extra

  • railway tickets to Belomorsk station and from Kem station;
  • meals not specified in the tour program;
  • extra night in the Berth tour complex (breakfast is not included):
    • single room — 3,200 rubles/day; 
    • double room — 4,000 rubles/day; 
    • additional place — 1,800 rubles/day.

It's important to know

Personal equipment you need for the tour
  1. Passport of the Russian Federation (for citizens of the Russian Federation); compulsory medical insurance policy.
  2. Personal medicines. We cannot guarantee the availability of medicines necessary for you along the route of the group in pharmacies.
  3. The SIM card is only MTS or MegaFon.
  4. Raincoat to the floor (not an umbrella, namely a raincoat, an umbrella, as such, we do not take with us).
  5. Pills for motion sickness (Dramina is too strong, causes a pronounced hypnotic effect after the main action; better - Aviamore or Aviamorin — not so strong).
  6. Repellents.
  7. Sunburn remedy (in sunny weather on the water, you can instantly get burned and come home as a polar explorer).
  8. Cash (payment by card may be difficult on the islands).

Clothing and shoes:

  • a warm jacket, a must, a windproof windbreaker;
  • The sweater is warm;
  • hat + gloves; 
  • warm boots;
  •  sneakers; 
  • thermal underwear (it is better not to need it and will lie idle in a suitcase than it will be missed); 
  • warm socks;
  • swimsuit;
  • 2 sets of light clothes (a pair of T-shirts, shorts, light pants).

For women, a skirt and a headscarf (headdress) for visiting active monasteries and temples.

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Dates and Prices

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  • $214
    26 – 27 May, 2025 2 days 1 night
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  • $214
    2 – 3 Jun, 2025 2 days 1 night
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    9 – 10 Jun, 2025 2 days 1 night
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    16 – 17 Jun, 2025 2 days 1 night
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    23 – 24 Jun, 2025 2 days 1 night
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