Breakfast at the hotel.
Free day.
For those who wish, optional excursions are offered for an additional fee. Additional excursions are booked and paid for when booking the tour, the number of seats is limited:
1. "Top Island" (duration — 2.5 hours).
Connoisseurs of serenity, tranquility and silence, as well as photographers — this sea trip is for you!
In half an hour, a high-speed boat will take you to the tiny island of Bolshoy Top in the middle of the boundless sea, where there is a lighthouse marking the dangers for large ships.
On the neighboring Small Top, far from the standard tourist routes, pomeranians and terns nest, and seals, ringed seals and sea hares rest in good weather.
The islands are covered with a tundra carpet, the "northern ginseng" grows here and the largest quartzite slab on the White Sea is located — sparkling milk crystals covered an area of about 30 square meters.
And don't forget: the main principle of communication with untouched wildlife is "Don't touch anything!".
In the absence of unrest at sea, disembarkation takes place on an unequipped shore! When planning to participate in this excursion, please count on your strength to be able to jump off the bow of the boat onto land.
The cost of the tour is 3,000 rubles/person.
2. "Cape Beluzhy boat trip" (duration — 2 hours).
Belugas — white northern whales, peaceful inhabitants of the Arctic Ocean — come to the White Sea in the summer. A sea trip to Beluga Cape will be remembered by every minute: The cape's water area is one of the few places on the planet where you can observe whales in the wild.
Since mid-June, at low tide at sea, whale mating games, the birth and upbringing of cubs take place here. There is also a station of oceanographers who have the opportunity to observe these beautiful creatures every day. Do not miss your only opportunity to look into the eyes of whales, to feel the power and beauty of these amazing marine mammals.
Note: delivery to the shore of Cape Beluzhy is carried out by sea boat.
The observation of belugas depends on the time of the sea tides, since the favorable observation time is low water.
The cost of the tour is 3,000 rubles/person.
3. "Small Muksalma" (duration — 3-3.5 hours).
Malaya Muksalma Island — a separate world behind the tourist facade of Solovki — has always been closed to the mass tourist. But we have opened this route!
We will take a speedboat along the coast of Bolshoy Solovetsky Island to the southern part of the Solovetsky Archipelago.
Maneuvering among the rocky shoals, we will pass the huge Muksalom reef, covering the approaches to the Small Muksalma.
This reef is one of the reasons why the island is inaccessible. Even among the local White Sea captains, only the most experienced and reliable know this route.
Finally, we will disembark at the pier of the village of algae harvesters — this is the purpose of our excursion — a unique place not only on the scale of the White Sea, but also, perhaps, the whole of Russia.
Here, from June to October, algae is extracted manually, as it was 100 years ago, on traditional White Sea carbine boats.
We will see how kelp is harvested and dried before being sent to Arkhangelsk, from where the algae will return to Solovki again in the form of cosmetics and dietary supplements.
And of course, we will learn a lot of details about the life and work of local fishermen, and about what and how they make algae.
The fishing village is a "non—tourist" place. No sleek "Potemkin" huts and animators imitating traditional crafts. Tourists are not expected here — there is a lot of work.
We will also have the opportunity to observe the harsh life of the White Sea fishermen and feel the peculiar brutal spirit of this place.
The cost of the tour is 3,500 rubles/person.
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