New Year holidays in Teriberka

We do not recommend taking children under the age of 12 on this trip. Teenagers between the ages of 12 and 18 can only participate if accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Drinking alcoholic beverages on our tours is not welcome, and drug use is strictly prohibited. This is both a security measure and a measure of cultural recreation.

The tour is not intended for the participation of people with limited mobility, as well as those who are contraindicated for prolonged physical activity.

An experienced guide-instructor with extensive travel experience, special training and a certificate in first aid.

All groups are registered with the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A group first aid kit with a wide range of medicines and dressings.

Special training is not required, but it is worth remembering that the tour program provides for long hikes in difficult weather and climatic conditions (low temperatures from 0 ° C to -25 °C and strong winds).

You should pay special attention to collecting equipment and take our recommendations regarding this issue seriously.

Attention: It happens that the road to Teriberka is covered with snow, as a result of which it is not possible to enter or leave the village.

Usually, the most difficult months in terms of road closures are February, March and April.

Often, the road is cleared in 6-12 hours, but it happened that Teriberka was cut off from the mainland for 3-7 days.

This is an extremely unlikely development (this has happened to our groups only 2 times since 2017 and we were delayed no more than 6 hours), however, we strongly recommend not buying return tickets until your actual return to Murmansk from Teriberka.

If the tour group finds itself blocked in Teriberka due to the closure of the road for more than a day and is forced to spend the night in the village, then accommodation for subsequent nights and meals are paid by the participants themselves.

If a tourist group cannot get to Teriberka from Murmansk, then we offer an alternative program in Murmansk, waiting for the opening of the road to Teriberka.

And if the road does not open for more than a day from the start of the tour, then we discuss with the participants the refund of the money paid for participation in the tour, minus the actual expenses incurred for the organization.

Murmansk is home to Murmashi Airport, where planes fly from different regions of Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. You can also get to the meeting place of the group in Murmansk by train or by car. 

Our tour starts in Murmansk, at the Five Corners Square, from where we take the participants to Teriberka by minibus.

In order not to be late for the start of the tour, participants need to arrive in Murmansk no later than an hour before the meeting time.

A similar rule also works for the purchase of return tickets from Murmansk: you should take tickets no earlier than 2 hours after the end of the tour.

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 insurance on the website of a Large Country without commission directly from insurance companies.

We have included basic services in the price of the tour, without which the tour itself is impossible: transfers, accommodation, meals and guide services.

There are additional services and products that participants can purchase at their own request, we will only offer trusted suppliers and performers:

• Seafood (crabs, scallops, hedgehogs) is in short supply now, because there are a lot of tourists, and crab fishing is actually prohibited. But we try to find something for you. Usually, the price of a serving of seafood (3 phalanges of crab per 300-400 grams) + 2-3 scallops costs 1000-1700 rubles per person (data for autumn 2021).
• A boat trip. If the weather permits and it is possible to find boats, the price for 1 person is now about 2000 rubles. The price is formed from the cost of renting the entire boat with a capacity of 8 to 10 people. There will be 10 people on the boat, it will be cheaper, there will be one person - the price will be like for a yacht in Italy.
• Bathhouse. If everything is fine and the sauna can be rented, then its cost will be from 500 to 1000 rubles per person for 3-4 hours of steaming. Well, as in the case of boats, we are talking about a group visit, when the cost will be distributed to all participants.

The listed additional services are provided by other companies and people. We try to select high-quality and previously proven contractors for you. Unfortunately, we cannot always guarantee that the seafood will be caught, the boats will be free and will be able to go to sea, and the sauna will work. Due to the inability to standardize the quality of these services and the stability of their performance, we do not add them to the base cost of the tour.

In Teriberka, Megphone, Tele2 and MTS receive 4G reception. Beeline is only 2G.

The weather in Teriberka, although it has characteristic seasonal features, is still unpredictable.

Maybe +2°Since January? Yes, it can! Maybe -20°C in November? Yes, and it happens.

The proximity of the ice—free sea, the North Cape current, the influence of Atlantic cyclones and anticyclones from the depths of the Eurasian continent - this is what causes the changeable nature of the local weather.

However, if we talk about the seasons, autumn reigns in Teriberka from the beginning of September to the first half of October, from the second half of October to the end of November — the beginning of winter with frequent thaws, from December to April - winter.

Daytime temperatures in September are +8-10°C, in October it is already +3-5°C and frequent rains, November -1°C, December -3°C, January -10°C, February -8°C and frequent snowfalls, and in March about -3°C.

As you can see, there are no severe frosts in Teriberka, as, for example, in Yakutia. But it is important to remember that the climate in Murmansk or Khibiny is strikingly different from Teribersk and, if your trip affects not only Teriberka, it is worth studying weather forecasts in other parts of the Kola Peninsula.

It is important to know that winter is a period of strong winds (it blows steadily about 8 m/s, often increases to 12-14 m/s) and when choosing clothes, it is worth considering the wind-cold index.

In short, a wind with a speed of 10 m/s at an air temperature of -10 °C and a relative humidity of 85% will give a felt temperature of -20 ° C and the stronger the wind and the stronger the frost, the lower the temperature of the sensation will be.

Myths about the fact that the aurora can only be seen in January or only when the weather is frosty — we will immediately put aside.

It is important to understand the nature of the aurora — this is the glow of the upper atmosphere, resulting from the interaction of the Earth's magnetosphere with charged particles of the solar wind.

What does this tell us? It's simple: it should be dark (just completely dark, i.e. night), there should be no clouds, otherwise we simply won't see any "upper layers" and, of course, the sun should work hard. If all these factors add up, then the aurora can be observed at the latitude of Teriberka from mid-September to early April.

There are programs for smartphones in which, based on data about the sun, short- and long-term forecasts of the probability of the appearance of the aurora are formed, but it is important to understand that these are only forecasts.

No one can guarantee that you will see the northern Lights on your trip, and if you do, it's just marketing and deception :)

Whales are like the aurora borealis: you can't call them, pay them and arrange for them to float beautifully "on camera" at the appointed hour.

There is a season when whales are more common — usually September, October and November.

At this time, herring migrates in the Teriberka area, followed by whales. Sometimes you don't even have to go out to sea to see them: it's enough to stand on a high point on the shore and watch.

The tour already includes everything you need for a comfortable trip: we do not impose any additional services.

Nevertheless, participants, at their own request, can order a boat trip, seafood or a sauna (the description and prices are higher).

Souvenirs can be brought from Murmansk: starting from classic magnets, ending with smoked fish and clothes / accessories with the symbols of Murmansk and Teriberka.

There are several decent restaurants in Teriberka with an average check of about 1,500 rubles per person. There are similar establishments in Murmansk.

It is usually more than enough to take 10,000 rubles for additional expenses per person.

Cash is better, but now almost everywhere they accept bank cards.

There are no restrictions on foreign citizens visiting Teriberka in December 2021.

The only requirement is the availability of documents (passport, visa, temporary registration, etc., confirming the legality of your stay in the Russian Federation).

It is planned to check in for 50 people, who will be divided into 4 subgroups, according to the level of difficulty of the route.

For the participants of the tour, which falls on the celebration of the New Year, we will organize three meeting formats:

1. In the tundra on the ocean (we will take thermos flasks with mulled wine, a light snack and go (5 km from the hotel) to the seashore, meet 00:00 and launch fireworks). It will be possible to hide from the snow and wind in an abandoned building of the weather station. The most "wild" format.
2. In an abandoned building (if it is available on the night of the NG meeting). The format is a carnival mixed with a school disco of the 90s. The mandatory dress code is masks, and suits are optional. Hot mulled wine, a projector with congratulations from the president and fireworks are included in the program. The most "strange" format.
3. New Year's Eve at the hotel: buffet in the lobby, TV, dry, warm and no need to go anywhere. Salads and fireworks are included in the price, but you will have to take your own alcohol. The most traditional format.

We conduct a survey of those wishing to participate in one format or another immediately before the start of the tour.

New Year's Eve celebrations in any of the listed formats are already included in the price of the tour.