New Year in Krasnoshchelye. Ethnographic tour

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New Year's Eve in the center of the Kola Peninsula in the village of Krasnoshchelye! This is a small village in the Murmansk region, which is unusual in that there is no land connection with other settlements. The main transport artery is the river. Perhaps that is why the pristine nature and original way of life of the Nenets villagers have been preserved here.

We will go to the ethnocultural center, where local craftsmen in bright folk costumes with songs, jokes and jokes will provide an exhibition and sale of "Kuzhan Ki". We will walk with a deer and chat with the descendants of reindeer herders in kuvax over a cup of tundra tea with venison sandwiches.

The length of the route from Lovozero village and back is 280 km.

Location

Olenegorsk, Murmansk

Tour highlights

Gastronomic interest

Let's try the dishes of national cuisine

Getting to know the deer

Let's take a picture and get to know interesting animals

Winter fishing

Let's go fishing in the vast expanses of the North

Itinerary

Day 1 - Meeting. Transfer to Krasnoshchelye village
Meeting guests at Murmansk airport (or Olenegorsk railway station) by car.
Transfer to Lovozero village (district center).
Upon arrival, lunch at Mikhail's cafe.
Briefing, departure to the route in a comfortable (insulated) 2-seater covered sleigh behind a snowmobile (important: the size of luggage is hand luggage).
An ethnographic program will be provided on the route (near Lovozero village)-a walk with a deer, pleasant communication with the descendants of reindeer herders in kuvax over a cup of tundra tea with venison sandwiches.
Upon arrival in Krasnoshchelye village, accommodation in the guest house "In the Far North".
Dinner with local dishes.

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Day 2 - Excursion around the village
Breakfast is at 9:30.
10:30 Tour of the village with a visit to the local museum "Vazhya Olom" (translated from Komi as "The Life of antiquity") and the library, the school local history corner "Rodvuzhyas" (from Komi — "Native roots").
14:00 Peasant lunch in the hut-dining room, after which joint preparation for the New Year's holiday – harvesting firewood for the bathhouse, bringing water from the hole on a snowmobile sleigh.
While the bathhouse is being heated, we will hold national competitions — lasso throwing, wrestling, sled jumping....
Sauna with birch and juniper brooms and lingonberry juice.
23:00 Festive dinner in the hut-dining room, New Year's Eve with round dances at the village Christmas tree.
Upon return, entertainment around the campfire and in the kuvax (mobile home of the peoples of the North).
Day 3 - Ice fishing
Late breakfast.
Departure to the vast expanses of the North in an open sleigh behind snowmobiles for ice fishing with tea from a samovar on coals.
Upon returning to the village of Arkaya banya, pancake gatherings for dinner.
Day 4 - Ethnocultural Center
Breakfast is at 9:00.
Exit to the village with a visit to the Orthodox church of St. Seraphim of Sarov, where you will have the opportunity to put a candle and survey the surroundings of the polar remote area by climbing the bell tower.
Photographing with animals bred by parishioners.
Free time for a walk through the forest on hunting skis.
14:0 Lunch of national cuisine.
Free time before going to the ethnocultural center, where local craftswomen in bright folk costumes with songs, jokes and jokes will provide an exhibition and sale "Kuzhan Ki"/with Komi "Skillful hands"/various knitting, soft toys, pickles.
20:00 Dinner with local dishes.
Day 5 - Departure
Breakfast.
Packing for the return trip, the legendary tying of ribbons.
Departure to Lovozero village, where (if there is free time before the return trip) it is possible to visit the museum of local lore, buy souvenirs and fur products.
Lunch at Mikhail's.
Departure to the airport or railway station.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Guest House

4 nights

Comfort

Basic+

The tour includes accommodation in a guest house.

The guest house has 3 bedrooms and a living room with wood-burning stoves.

One of the rooms has 2 wide beds and one 2-tier, heated washbasin.

The other two rooms have two 2—tier beds and a washbasin.

A rustic toilet on the street (there is a night room in the house), a sauna on the territory of the house.

The Izba-dining room (in retro style) is located 50 m from the guest house.

Tour conditions

Group

up to 8 tourists

Minimum age

14 years old

Duration

5 days 4 nights

Group meets at

Olenegorsk, Murmansk

Included in price

accommodation in a guest house;
meals according to the program, except breakfast on the 1st day and dinner on the 5th;
for a group of 8 people: 2 snowmobiles with 2 sleds, respectively;
the excursion program.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Murmansk and back;
private transfer to/from the airport or railway station – the cost is being specified;
alcoholic beverages;
meals not specified in the program;
visit to the Lovozera Museum of Local Lore.

It's important to know

T-shirts, underwear, H.B. socks;
thermal underwear made of thin polartek ;
sweatpants made of thick polartek (fleece), a sweatshirt made of thick fleece, preferably with a "throat" or a sweatshirt or a thick sweater;
down sweater (thin single-layer down jacket) under a jumpsuit OR a normal down jacket on top of a jumpsuit in case of severe cold weather. You can use a ski jacket or a jumpsuit;
sweatpants for staying in guest houses;
thick wool socks 2 pairs, one pair of thermal socks, also thick;
ski gloves + fleece gloves;
ski cap, if there is – your balaclava, if not – we provide;
the scarf is warm, if there is a windproof mask on the face. The balaclavas provided by the organizers cover the face well from the cold, but we recommend having additional protection;
downy climbing slippers (highly recommended, rubber slippers for the bath, a personal bath towel (almost everywhere in guest houses they provide, but it is advisable to have your own;
if you know that your lower back is stiffening, then take with you something warming like a scarf, shawl;
personal hygiene kit (brush, paste, etc.);
cold face cream;
personal first aid kit (if there is a need for special medicines);
ski mask — worn on top of the helmet (the combination of helmet and ski mask is most optimal for long-distance snowmobile trips);
sunglasses;
a small (up to 30 liters) shoulder backpack helps to keep your back warm, in addition, you can put small items you need on the road in it;
some participants of our tours recommend taking their own small thermoses for tea, it happens that someone does not have enough to drink on the route;
chocolates, nuts, sweets are also often not superfluous.

If you have poor eyesight. Glasses are not allowed on the route – they immediately sweat and freeze. Use contact lenses or special ski goggles with diopters. The organizers will not be able to provide you with such equipment.