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 a special ointment with you, as well as clothes and hats that cover all parts of the body as much as possible.

Mosquitoes are found everywhere from late May to early September, but are especially active from early June to mid-July. Woodlice are most active in the morning and evening. Midges, outwardly resembling flies, attack during the day. Horseflies are most active on hot, sunny days. Do not forget the mosquito repellent and midges.

Snakes are found in some areas of Karelia. They are not aggressive, but we recommend that tourists refrain from walking on tall grass and choose closed shoes for traveling.

The climate in Karelia is temperate continental. The summer is cool, but prolonged heat is possible. The weather often changes, there are thunderstorms and prolonged rains. The water in rivers and lakes warms up to 18-20 ° C at the end of June — July. White nights will last until the middle of summer.

The weather in Karelia is changeable, the wind may suddenly increase, and a storm may start on the lakes. This is especially true of the Onega and Ladoga lakes. In this regard, there may be changes in the excursion programs related to movement on the water.

With a large wave on Lake Ladoga, high-speed vessels do not enter the route for technical reasons, but are replaced by slow-moving ones. Therefore, the travel time to Valaam Island is up to 2 hours one way (instead of 50 minutes), and the excursion program on the island is reduced or changed (if it is impossible to get to a particular hermitage by water due to weather conditions).

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 20 minutes along Lake Onega. On the island — 4 hours):

Transfer from the Upper Reaches to the pier in Petrozavodsk.

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 churchyard. 

During the tour of the island, 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: 5700 rubles/adult, 3700 rubles./children under 16 years old.

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

Transfer to the gathering with the group.

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

We're going sailing. Shuya is waiting for our adventures: M. Yumanishki — por. Crooked — pore. Big Tolly (2-3 k.s.), 3 km. 

Rides on the threshold of a Big Crowd. Continuation of the alloy. 

Picnic (field lunch in nature). 

Transfer to the Upper Reaches.

Cost: 2,700 rubles/adult, 2,500 rubles/student.

• Sightseeing trip to Valaam Island + Ruskeala Park:

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

Bus travel — Petrozavodsk — Sortavala — Ruskeala Park — Petrozavodsk. 

Travel by meteor — Sortavala — Central manor — Nikonovskaya Bay — Sortavala.

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

A fast lunch in the monastery refectory. 

Boarding the ship and moving to Nikonovskaya Bay. A tour of the Gethsemane and Resurrection Hermitage. 

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

Transfer to the Upper Reaches.

Cost: 10,500 rubles/adult, 7,600 rubles./children under 12 years old, 4,400 rubles./children under 6 years old with a seat on the bus and lunch.

• Sightseeing trip to Ruskeala Mountain Park (12-13 hours, standard program):

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

Bus travel — Petrozavodsk — Ruskeala Park — Petrozavodsk.

Tour of the Ruskeala Marble Canyon.

The pearl of the park is the famous Marble Canyon. 

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

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

Transfer to the Upper Reaches. 

Cost: 4100 rubles/adult, 3900 rubles/wk, pence 60+, 2900 rubles./children 5-7 years old.

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

Transfer to the beginning of the program.

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

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

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

The old and abandoned quarry of stone mining, which was 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 formations, 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 the 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, enjoy the extraordinary variety of the natural landscape of the Northern Ladoga region, where sandy and pebble beaches alternate with huge boulders covered with "ram's foreheads" and steep cliffs, forming landscapes of extraordinary beauty. 

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

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

Free time.

Return to the Upper Reaches.

Cost: 6600 rubles/adult, 6100 rubles/school, student, 60+ pence.