Reboot in Karelia, 5 days

Air and railway tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

Please observe the dress code when visiting the holy places. Women — skirt, shawl, covered shoulders. Men — trousers (not shorts).

The period from early May to mid-June is particularly dangerous due to the activity of encephalitic ticks. Prepare in advance for a trip to Karelia during this period — get a preventive vaccination against tick-borne encephalitis, take with you a special ointment, as well as clothes and hats that cover all parts of the body as much as possible.

Mosquitoes are found everywhere from the end of May to the beginning of September, but they are especially active from the beginning of June to the middle of July. Woodlice are most active in the morning and evening. Midges, which look like flies, attack during the day. Horseflies are most active on hot sunny days. Don't forget the mosquito and midge repellent.

Snakes are found in some areas of Karelia. They are non-aggressive, but we recommend that tourists refrain from walking on tall grass and choose closed shoes for traveling.

Additional medical insurance is not included in the price of the tour. If desired, you can apply for insurance on the website of a Large Country without commission directly from insurance companies.

• A trip by "comet" to Kizhi Island (1 hour and 20 minutes along Lake Onega. On the island — 4 hours):

Transfer from the Upper Reaches to the Petrozavodsk pier.

Kizhi Island is the pearl of Zaonezhye, located among the Kizhi skerries.

The main attraction of the island is the museum of wooden architecture, in the center of which is the ensemble of the Kizhi cemetery. 

During the island tour, you will visit a traditional peasant's house, learn a lot about Karelian crafts and traditions, listen to the bells and see one of the main Orthodox shrines of the Russian North -the Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus. 

Transfer to the Upper Reaches (duration 7-8 hours).

Cost: 6000 rubles/ adult, 4000 rubles./children under 16 years of age

• 2-hour rafting on the Shuya River + picnic:

Transfer to the gathering with the group.

Arrival at the beginning of the rafting trip is the Yumanishki threshold (40 km from Petrozavodsk). Division into crews, equipment, safety instructions.

We're going sailing. Shuya is waiting for our adventures: M. Yumanishki — por. The curve is a pore. Big Tolly (2-3 square meters), 3 km. 

Pokatushki on the threshold of a Big Crowd. Continuation of the rafting. 

Picnic (field lunch in nature). 

Transfer to the Upper Reaches.

Cost: 2,900 rubles/person, 2,700 rubles/student

• Sightseeing trip to Valaam Island + Ruskeala Park:

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

Bus trip — Petrozavodsk — Sortavala — Ruskeala Park — Petrozavodsk. 

Meteor ride — Sortavala — Central estate — Nikonovskaya Bay — Sortavala.

Sightseeing tour of the central estate of the Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery.

Lenten lunch in the monastery refectory. 

Boarding a motor ship and transfer to Nikonovskaya Bay. Guided tour of the Gethsemane and Resurrection hermitages. 

Transfer to Ruskeala Mountain Park, land tour of the park. 

Transfer to the Upper Reaches.

• Guided tour to Ruskeala Mountain Park (12-13 hours, standard program):

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

Bus trip — Petrozavodsk — Ruskeala Park — Petrozavodsk.

Ruskeala Marble Canyon Tour.

The pearl of the park is the famous Marble Canyon. 

Filled with natural waters, it is the oldest open-pit quarry for stone mining. From here, blocks were obtained for cladding many architectural creations of St. Petersburg, including the majestic St. Isaac's Cathedral. 

Ruskeala waterfalls is a cascade of Tokhmin waterfalls, the places where the movie "And the dawns here are quiet" was filmed. The Tohmajoki River is one of the major waterways of the Northern Ladoga Region. 

Transfer to the Upper Reaches. 

Cost: 4,400 rubles/ adult, 4,100 rubles /school, pence 60+, 3,100 rubles /5-7 years.

• Wonderful places of Ladoga region: Ruskeala+Ladoga skerries:

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

Transfer to the most beautiful corner of Karelia — Northern Ladoga region (260 km, 4 hours on the way), in the Ruskeala Mountain Park. 

On the way, stop at the observation deck at the Akhinkoski waterfalls, where footage from the film "And the Dawns here are quiet" was shot (if technically possible). 

Upon arrival at Ruskeala Mountain Park, there will be a land tour "The Road of Mountain Masters". 

The old and abandoned quarry of stone mining, which has been developed for almost three centuries, is now equipped for tourists to visit. 

You will see a unique creation — a huge bowl, carved by human hands in an array of marble strata, which stretches from north to south for 456 m, and its width is 109 m. 

Take a walk along the extraordinary lake, which is framed by gentle and steep cliffs of light gray marble, reaching a height of 25 m above the water mirror.

Free time in the Mountain Park. 

For an additional fee, you can have lunch at the cafe of the Mountain Park.

Transfer to Sortavala.

Departure to Ladoga skerries. 

A weekend boat trip along the Ladoga Skerries is a great opportunity to forget about the hustle and bustle of the city, be alone with the amazing nature of the North, and enjoy the extraordinary diversity of the natural landscape of the Northern Ladoga region, where sandy and pebble beaches alternate with huge boulders covered with "ram's foreheads" and sheer cliffs, forming landscapes of extraordinary beauty. 

The route is circular, passing around the islands of Kivisaari, Laivatsaari, Karnetsaari with a landing on the island of Honkasalo with a visit to the viewpoints of the open Ladoga.

Return to Petrozavodsk (about 4 hours on the way).

Free time.

Return to the Upper Reaches.

Cost: 6900 rub./adult, 6400 rub./school, student, pence 60+.