Yenisei Tour: Yenisei and Angara

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A short combined tour to Yeniseisk. The city of Yeniseisk is called an “open-air museum”, the urban development includes 94 architectural monuments. In the first two days you will visit the sights and museums of Yeniseisk, as well as go on a picnic to the Monastery Lake. Next, you will have a mini-cruise along the Yenisei and an exciting passage of the Kazachinsky threshold. You will see the confluence of the Yenisei and the Angara, picturesque cliffs and the amazing beauty of the island.

Location

Krasnoyarsk

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Tour highlights

The Plane Museum

We will see the only collection of planes that is listed in the Guinness Book of Records

Holy Yenisei Lake

We will visit a wonderful place to relax and swim – on the Monastery lake

Yenisei Mini Cruise

Let's enjoy the mesmerizing beauty of the river banks, relaxing on board the ship

Itinerary

Day 1 - The road to Yeniseisk. Arrow. Private Plane Museum
07:45 Gathering of the group at the hotel "Lights of the Yenisei" (address 80 Dubrovinsky Street).
08:00 Departure by tourist bus to Yeniseisk, the way lies through the highway of regional significance "Yeniseisky tract", which connects the northern regions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
It runs from Krasnoyarsk through Lesosibirsk and ends in Yeniseisk.
The length of the highway is 345 km.
The highway passes through many settlements, formerly Yamshchitsky villages founded by Cossacks.
Merchants' shops, coachmen's stations, and taverns were opened.
On the way we pass the village of Kazachinskoye.
Next, we follow to the "Arrow" – the place where the Angara flows into the Yenisei.
There are many beautiful legends about the beautiful Angara, the only daughter of the old man of Lake Baikal, and the mighty handsome Yenisei.
Lunch is a picnic in nature.
Arrival in Yeniseisk.
Excursion to the private Plane Museum.
The only collection of planes that is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
Accommodation at the Yeniseiskaya Hotel.
The hotel is located in the city center, has a unique architecture of the 18th century and an ancient interior.
Supper.

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Day 2 - The monastery lake. Sightseeing tour of the city of Yeniseisk
Breakfast.
10:00 Excursion to the Monastery lake, located 30 km west of Yeniseisk.
Here, on the holy piece of the Yenisei land, prayer services and the sacraments of baptism are performed.
A great place to relax and swim.
Lunch.
Sightseeing tour of the city of Yeniseisk.
In arrivals from 08.07, 09.08, 21.08 visit the Yenisei Museum of Local Lore (in other arrivals from 14.07, 21.07 this day falls on Monday, and on Monday the museum is closed).
Yeniseisk is located on the Yenisei plain, on the left bank of the Yenisei, below the confluence of the Angara River, 330 km north of Krasnoyarsk.
The city of Yeniseisk is called an "open-air museum", the urban development includes 94 architectural monuments.
The complex of the Transfiguration Monastery and four churches are unique examples of Siberian Baroque, built in the middle and second half of the XVIII century. They are close to the Russian temples of the previous century in terms of planning and spatial structure and picturesque decor.
The stone civil buildings of Yeniseisk are mainly two–storey houses along the main street, on the embankment and central squares.
Supper.

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Day 3 - Cruise on the ship: Yeniseisk – Krasnoyarsk
Breakfast.
Room release.
Departure to the pier.
Boarding a passenger flight t/h "A. Matrosov"/"V. Chkalov", departure from Yeniseisk to Krasnoyarsk.
Accommodation in 2-bed cabins of the first class.
Lunch.
Boat tour, travel information.
Supper.

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Day 4 - Continuation of the cruise: passage of the Kazachinsky threshold. Completion of the tour
The passage of the Kazachinsky threshold is the most impassable section on the Yenisei near the village of Kazachinsky (233-240 km from Krasnoyarsk).
Its length is 4 km.
It is formed by rocky ledges, rocky ridges of the Yenisei Ridge, crossing the riverbed along its entire width.
The vessels are conducted upstream by the only special motor ship in Russia, the Yenisei tourer, moving by stretching a cable laid along the bottom of the river.
The Yenisei riverbed narrows to 350 m at the threshold, and the ship's passage is up to 70 m.
But how beautiful the Cossack threshold is, for all its severity!
Many artists have repeatedly painted his views.
The threshold originates at Kamenny Cape.
The water in the Yenisei is noisy and foaming at the rocks.
The high hills of the river banks fascinate with their beauty, beautiful rocks are visible, ending at the water's edge, for example, the Eagle rock on the left bank.
On the right bank there is an amazingly beautiful island with the name Islets, and behind it the picturesque Zaostrovskaya bayou.
The ship passes by a large transshipment pier and the village of Strelka, which stands at the confluence of two large Siberian rivers, the Yenisei and the Angara.
Breakfast.
Lunch.
Travel information.
Supper.
20:00 Arrival in Krasnoyarsk at the river station.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Cabin on the boat

1 night
Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Basic+

The tour provides accommodation in a hotel (2 nights, 2-bed accommodation, facilities on the floor) and on a ship in a 1st class cabin (1 night).

Additional payment for a room with amenities at the Yeniseiskaya Hotel (2 nights) - 4,000 rubles/person (2-bed accommodation)

Arrivals 14.07-17.07, 09.08-12.08, 21.08-24.08 – the ship A. Matrosov performs.

Arrivals 08.07-11.07, 21.07-24.07 – performed by the motor ship V. Chkalov.

The motor ship "V. Chkalov"

Arrivals 08.07-11.07, 21.07-24.07

The motor ship "V. Chkalov" is a three-deck motor ship , was built in Germany. The cabins have a washbasin with hot and cold water, a soft sofa, and a wardrobe. Showers and toilet cabins are located on the decks. At your service: restaurant, restaurant-bar (open in the evening), reading room, music room, buffet, ironing room.

A scheduled passenger ship.

In addition to tourists, there are also ordinary passengers on the ship. There are no entertainment facilities other than those provided by the program (there is no swimming pool, sauna, cinema, etc.).

Meals on the ship, as well as on the entire route, are complex (portioned), ordered and paid in advance.

Stops according to the ship's schedule, but in case of a delay of the ship or vice versa, if the ship goes faster than the schedule, then parking can be reduced or increased.

I class, upper deck (15 cabins) – single cabins.
I class, middle deck (25 cabins) – double cabins.

For an additional fee:

The Suite cabin is a 2-room cabin located on the upper deck.
In the cabin: 2-double bed, table, sofa, refrigerator, TV, bathroom with toilet, shower and washbasin, observation windows.

Another option

The ship "Alexander Sailors"

Arrivals 14.07-17.07, 09.08-12.08, 21.08-24.08

The three-deck motor ship 588 of the project. It was built in Germany in 1954, entered the Yenisei in the same year, and has been operating on the Krasnoyarsk-Dudinka, Norilsk-Dudinka-Krasnoyarsk line since 1954. The speed is 23 km/h, the passenger capacity is 250 people.

Cabins on the ship, with the exception of luxury cabins, have no amenities – only a small closet, a bed, in class 1 cabins there is a sink with hot and cold water, a shower and a toilet are on deck. To charge electrical appliances, it is advisable to have your own extension cord with sockets.

Three meals a day are served in 2 restaurants: on the main and upper decks. There is also a bar on the ship, the menu of which includes alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and snacks.

You can spend time with your family and friends not only on the deck, but also in the salons on the middle deck: in the reading and music rooms. There is no entertainment program on board.

A scheduled passenger ship.

In addition to tourists, there are also ordinary passengers on the ship. There are no entertainment facilities other than those provided by the program (there is no swimming pool, sauna, cinema, etc.).

Meals on the ship, as well as on the entire route, are complex (portioned), ordered and paid in advance.

Stops according to the ship's schedule, but in case of a delay of the ship or vice versa, if the ship goes faster than the schedule, then parking can be reduced or increased.

For an additional fee:

The Suite cabin is a 2-room cabin located on the upper deck.
In the cabin: 2-double bed, table, sofa, refrigerator, TV, bathroom with toilet, shower and washbasin, observation windows.

The p/suite cabin is a one-room cabin located on the upper deck.
In the cabin: 2-double bed, table, refrigerator, TV, bathroom with toilet, shower and washbasin, observation windows.

Tour conditions

Group

up to 20 tourists

Minimum age

5 years old

Duration

4 days 3 nights

Group meets at

Krasnoyarsk

Included in price

river tickets for a scheduled passenger ship (in a 1st class cabin);
the excursion program;
entrance tickets to the museum;
transfers according to the program;
3 meals a day;
accommodation at the Yeniseiskaya Hotel in a room with facilities on the floor;
services of a tour guide.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Krasnoyarsk and back;
airport transfer;
accident insurance (issued independently if necessary).

It's important to know

In order to make it always convenient for you during your trip, we advise you to take with you on the road:

comfortable, non-wrinkled clothes;
a few warm clothes, it can be cool at night by the water (windbreaker, thin hat);
comfortable sports shoes;
a raincoat or a waterproof jacket in case of rain, an umbrella may not always save you;
be sure to bring sunscreen, sunglasses, a cap or a panama hat - the sun on the Yenisei is very bright because of the purity of the atmosphere;
while walking on the boat, it is interesting to look at the shore through binoculars;
We advise you to take video and photographic equipment with you
your usual medications for headaches, stomach, etc., as well as specific medications, will not be superfluous;
personal hygiene products;
a towel;
repellents;
swimsuit (for women, swimming trunks for men).
we do not recommend taking a large suitcase on a tour, because some hotels do not have an elevator (for example, the Yeniseiskaya hotel).

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