Norilsk – Putorana – Dixon Plateau

Breakfast.

Transfer to Norilsk.

Bus tour of Norilsk.

Today, Norilsk is an industrial city with a rich history, the city-forming enterprise "Norilsk Nickel". 

Double accommodation at the Talnakh Hotel. 

Lunch.

Excursion to the Anhydrite mine.

Supper.

Breakfast at the Talnakh restaurant. 

Transfer to the pier, boarding a boat on the Norilka river.

Departure by boat to the Putorana Plateau, Lake Lama (5 hours on the way).

Next, our path lies along the Talaya River, we climb up to the island of Melkoe.

The lake is connected to Lake Lama by the strait or, as the locals call it, the Lama River (Lamochen) with a length of 18 km.

Here is the famous Lake Lama – northern Switzerland, Taimyr Lake Baikal, the polar Ritsa.

Excursion to the waterfall "Southern Neralakh". 

Lunch. 

Excursion to the waterfalls of the Vitamin river.

There are thousands of cascading waterfalls of different heights and beauty on the territory of the Putorana Plateau. 

Sometimes it seems that you have entered the land of waterfalls. 

In each canyon, water is pouring from all the ledges.

Because of its noise, you can't hear conversations.

Departure by boat to Norilsk. 

Accommodation at the Talnakh Hotel. 

Late dinner at the hotel.

Breakfast at the Talnakh restaurant.

Excursion to the waterfall "Red stones". 

In the foothills of the Putorana plateau, not far from Norilsk, there is a gorge of Red Stones.

Lunch at the Talnakh restaurant. 

Excursion to the Talnakh branch of the Museum of the History of Development and Development of the Norilsk industrial district.

Its exposition is represented by sections on the nature of Taimyr, the history of the development and construction of Talnakh, and the development of mining. 

Museum materials allow us to trace the geological and paleontological history of the territory of Norilsk from Archean times to the Cenozoic (present day); the history of the discovery of deposits and the construction of mines, the life of the village, the city, and today the Talnakh district, the "ore capital" of Taimyr. 

A walk along the observation deck.

The observation deck is open in the upper part of the city, offering a fantastic view of the lower part and the entire surrounding tundra. 

The staircase leading to the fifth microdistrict has become a popular tourist route. 

Now they not only go up and down it, but also walk and take pictures. 

Dinner at the Talnakh restaurant.

Breakfast. 

Transfer to Alykel airport.

Departure to Dixon. 

Dixon Airport is located on an island 5 km from the main part of the Arctic village. 

Arrival, accommodation at the hotel.

Lunch.

Sightseeing tour of the village.  

Excursion to the cargo terminal of the seaport.

The Diksonsky district includes Severnaya Zemlya and Cape Chelyuskin, the northernmost points of Eurasia. 

During our trip, we will visit the monuments of N. A. Begichev, the explorer of the Taimyr Peninsula.

Supper.

Breakfast. 

Departure to the campsite on the Kara Sea.

Accommodation in fishing cabins. 

Excursion along the coast of Chichagov, along the tundra, along the bays of the Kara Sea. 

The nature of the eastern part of the Chichagov coast is more severe. 

Closer to the bay of the Pyasina River, icebergs are also found – massifs that broke off from the ice shelves. 

Sailing ships without the help of powerful icebreakers in these places is possible only during 2-3 summer months. 

The sparse sparse vegetation consists mainly of perennial plants. 

Mosses and lichens predominate, creeping forms of shrubs, there are few herbs. 

The shores are high and steep. 

The stone statues are striking in their beauty. 

Eternal glaciers that never melt are found in the bays.

Return to the base. 

Lunch. 

Photo in the bay. 

Supper.

Breakfast. 

Continuation of the tour of the bays of the Kara Sea.

The charm of the tundra is stronger than any prejudice, stronger than the hardships of everyday life and the difficulties of a long journey. 

The whole life of the tundra landscape with all its biological chains and links lies in plain sight. 

White hare, arctic fox, fox, wolf, reindeer live in the Taimyr tundra, squirrel in the forest tundra, muskrat in the lakes; there are many valuable fish in rivers and lakes, and in the seas there are moraine hare, beluga, seal, walrus. 

Every year in the spring, numerous feathered birds return to their harsh homeland in the tundra.  

The short summer of the tundra is full of the sounds of wildlife. 

The edge of the sunset is called the Taimyr tundra in summer. 

Lunch. 

Departure to Dixon. 

Accommodation at the hotel. 

Supper.

Breakfast. 

Continuation of the sightseeing tour of Dixon. 

The village of Dixon is the only settlement on the territory of the Krasnoyarsk Territory where military operations took place. On August 27, 1942, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer approached the shore and opened fire on the port and the workers' settlement. 

The entire population of the island took part in the defense of Dixon. 

"Admiral Scheer" was forced to abandon the landing and turned back. 

In 1915, specialists of the Russian Society of Wireless Telegraphs and Telephones installed a radio station with a capacity of 15 kilowatts. 

Meteorological instruments were also installed here: a weather vane, a rain gauge and an English psychometric booth. 

But the developing shipping in this area of the Kara Sea required regular information about the weather and the state of the ice. 

In early July 1916, the steamer Lena with the expedition members left Krasnoyarsk, in July-August, the assistant head of the hydrometeorological unit of the State State University, I.K. Tikhomirov, re-organized meteorological observations. 

Lunch. 

Return to the hotel.

Supper.

Breakfast. 

Transfer to Dixon airport. 

Departure to Norilsk, Alykel airport. 

Transfer to the Talnakh Hotel.

Double accommodation at the hotel.

Supper.

Breakfast. 

Rooms are available until 10:00.

Departure.