Our Chinese department:
08:00 Meeting at Petrozavodsk railway station.
Welcome to Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The port of the five seas, located on the shores of Europe's second largest freshwater reservoir, Lake Onega.
A real European city, with a national Karelo-Finnish flavor, the same age as St. Petersburg, cozy, beautiful, with its own unique history. It was founded in 1703 by Peter I, as the city was founded by Catherine II in 1777.
Breakfast in a cafe in the city.
Departure to Kivach waterfall.
Arrival at the reserve. Guided tour of the waterfall observation decks and the Nature Museum.
Kivach belongs to the geomorphological monuments of nature of federal rank. The waterfall was the second largest lowland waterfall in Europe (after the Rhine). The water falls in four ledges from a height of 10.7 m.
The waterfall appeared as a result of sawing through the waters of the Suna River of loose Quaternary sediments to the roof of the diabase ridge. Falling from the cliff, the stream deepened the riverbed in the thickness of lake loams and sandy loam below the ridge.
Let's take a couple of photos and go to the Girvas paleovolcano!
The ancient Girvas volcano is a unique natural site in its beauty. Just imagine — he lived more than one and a half billion years ago. There are frozen lava, rocks, sand dunes, and dense pine forests. If you are lucky, you will get to the water outlet from the reservoir and see an amazing sight — the Girvas waterfall.
And we're moving on! A unique natural monument awaits us — the White Mountain!
Marble quarried on the White Mountain is called Tivdian marble. It is so unique in color and strength that it was decided to use it in the construction of St. Petersburg.
From the shore, Belaya Gora is a high, steep wall made of marble and overgrown with forest in places.
A single path leads to the top, steep and overgrown with moss. The climb is not easy, although it is not very high. But your efforts will be well rewarded. From the very top there is a fascinating view of the lake, the forest, the village and the surrounding countryside.
Transfer to the recreation center.
Accommodation at the recreation center. Free time.
In your free time, you can:
- rent a boat, kayak or catamaran and take a walk around Sandal Island.;
- Rent gear and go fishing;
- master the sapboard;
- Go on a bike ride in the pine forest;
- visit a sauna with a samovar on Karelian herbs;
- rent sports equipment (volleyball, soccer, basketball; badminton; table tennis).
Supper.
