Week-long rafting on the Keret River with access to the White Sea

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

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

Meeting 04:00 (Moscow time) Meeting of the group at the Louhi railway station. An instructor with a sign will be waiting for you on the platform.

The meeting time may change if the train schedule is updated!

To get by train for rafting on the Keret River and the White Sea, you need to buy tickets to Louhi village with arrival in the morning at 04:00 (train 016A Arctic arrival: 04:00). 

Return tickets should be taken from the village of Chupa for the evening at 20:00-23:00 or overnight (trains 147C departure: 22:29, 285A departure: 22:29).

Fishing in the Keret River is prohibited, but if you have a license, you can safely fish. 

The approximate cost is 2,000 rubles/tackle. 

Fishing is allowed on the White Sea.

In late June and early July, the first mushrooms and cloudberries appear, and blueberries and lingonberries ripen in early August. There is a mushroom peak in August and September.

Cell phones catch well on the lake. Varatskoye and the islands of the White Sea. It is best to take Megafon and MTS.

The Keret River is located in the very north of Karelia and flows into the White Sea, the water temperature in the river usually does not warm up above +15...+20 °C, the sea does not warm up above +15°C. 

The warmest time is from mid—July to mid-August. During the day, the temperature can be from +15°C to +25°C, at night from +7°C to +15°C. 

On rafting on the Keret River, we will go under the motor along the White Sea, so we recommend taking a lot of warm clothes! 

The period of white nights on the Keret River is from the beginning of June to the end of July. 

Remember that the weather in Karelia is unpredictable!

On the route we will see the unique nature of the north: rocks, forests, clean water. 

The underwater world of the White Sea is rich and peculiar. The surface of the rocks is covered with soft corals and sea anemones, starfish and ophiura crawl between the stones. 

The White Sea is rich in marine life: beluga whales, grey seal, Greenland seal, ringed seal, lakhtak seal (sea hare), very often they can be seen sailing by. 

Dwarf birch is found in places along the shores and in the forests. 

It is a polar day in June and July, and it is only by the end of August that the nights turn dark.

Almost all of our routes can be taken by a beginner. But you must adequately assess your own physical and moral preparation for a particular trip.

Any active person, regardless of age, will be able to go on a water hike. The main thing is to have a desire, a reserve of energy and a positive attitude.

Persons under the age of 16 are accepted only with parents or organized groups with an adult leader who is responsible to parents for the life and health of children, and to us for children's compliance with safety rules and behavior on the route. Children under 12 years old are always given a discount.

Very young children up to 6 years old have repeatedly participated in our campaigns, we do not recommend taking them if this is your first trip, you have no idea where you are going, you are not sure of your strength and the strength of the child.

Our main task is to have a safe vacation.

Professional instructors are required to know the route perfectly, all the obstacles on the rafting, the level of difficulty of thresholds in different waters, as well as all possible emergency exits from the route.

For each rafting trip, we register a tourist group with the Ministry of Emergency Situations, which gives an additional guarantee of assistance in emergency situations.

Also, before the tour, you can arrange travel insurance yourself.

Mosquitoes and midges are present on the route, their number depends on the weather, time of year and parking place. We recommend taking non-biting clothes and insect sprays. Insects do not bother on the water. There are no ticks or venomous snakes on the route.

The food is cooked over a campfire. Water is taken from lakes, streams, rivers and springs. Tourists participate in cooking under the strict guidance of an instructor.

The menu includes various soups, porridges, pasta, potatoes, seasonal vegetables, sausage, cheese, meat (stew), mayonnaise, ketchup, tea, coffee, condensed milk, butter, sugar, dried fruits, gingerbread, cookies, dried fruits, sweets, bread, mineral water.

Alcoholic beverages and snacks are not provided. Amateurs usually worry about this in advance. Drinking alcoholic beverages on a float. The remedy is prohibited!

The car can be parked at a paid parking lot. Details can be specified at the time of booking. 

Yes, you can take a dog with you on a rafting trip if:

• the dog must know the basic commands "Sit!", "Lie down!", "Phew!", "Next!" and "To me!";
• The dog must be vaccinated and treated against ticks. Also, a remedy for ticks should be taken with you for the entire duration of the hike;
• It will be useful to put a dog tag or collar with your address on it so that it can be returned to you if it gets lost;
• be sure to bring with you: a leash and a muzzle, a certificate of vaccinations, a dog first aid kit, a bowl and a napkin;
• additionally, it does not hurt to take: a favorite dog toy, its litter, a rescue dog vest for rafting.

Any time frame is possible for groups of 12 people or more. Please specify the details when booking. 

Yes, you can take a child from 3 years old with you. But you need to be sure that he will be able to withstand a week's rafting and field conditions. 

If you haven't taken your child on a rafting trip yet, we recommend that you try to go on a short rafting trip.

Discounts:

• 20% discount for children under 12 years old;
• Participation is free for children under 5 years of age;
• with their swims. This tour will be 30% cheaper.

The raft is much less maneuverable than a catamaran, so the raft may simply not fit into difficult narrow rapids with many turns.
The catamaran, thanks to its "agility", can skip all impassable areas.

The catamaran usually passes shallow rivers, rivers with difficult rapids (3-4 k.s.), where there are no long stretches (areas of calm water). In Karelia, these are rivers: Umba, Pista, Tumcha, Keret, Tokhma, Kiten, Uksa, Loimala.

In the raft, the participants sit half-sideways on the balloon (their legs remain inside the raft). On a catamaran, the landing is knee—deep - tourists sit on balloons "on horseback", on special inflatable "seats", while their legs are fixed in special stirrups.

The catamaran is designed only for an even number of 2-4-6 rowers (teamwork does not play a mediocre role on this rafting facility), 8 participants can be put in the raft, while the main responsibility for
the exact passage of the threshold lies with the instructor.

In Karelia, a wetsuit may be required when rafting on rivers, depending on the time of year, water temperature and weather conditions. 

Here are the main situations where its use is recommended: 

• cold water (spring and early summer). In spring and early summer (May-June), the water in the rivers of Karelia is very cold, often close to the temperature of melting snow. A wetsuit will help keep you warm and avoid hypothermia if you fall into the water.;
• In summer, if the weather is rainy or windy, the wetsuit will protect against hypothermia and discomfort. This is especially true for multi-day rafting trips, when it is not possible to dry clothes quickly.;
• difficult routes with a high risk of getting into the water;
• Rivers with rapids, strong currents, or technically difficult areas are more likely to be in the water. A wetsuit will ensure safety and comfort in such conditions.;
• autumn rafting (September-October).

You must provide height and weight data so that suits can be booked and checked for you.