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A winter tour of Central Yakutia will generously give you vivid impressions. In a week you will see the best beauties of the central part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

An eventful excursion program awaits you in Yakutsk: visit the largest city on permafrost, visit UNESCO natural monuments (Lena and Blue Pillars), enjoy Yakut cuisine and get acquainted with the rich cultural heritage of the amazing people living in a harsh and picturesque region.

Location

the city of Yakutsk

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Tour highlights

The diversity of the animal world

You will be able to look at horses and cows of a unique Yakut breed.

Impressive spaces

Go to admire the incredibly charming and breathtaking beauties

Scenic views

Climb to the observation deck of the sacred mountain "Chochur Muran", where you can enjoy a beautiful view of the Tuimaada Valley.

Interesting routes

You will take an all-terrain vehicle or a highly passable UAZ to the recreation center, and along the way you will get the opportunity to see the inhabitants of the natural park.

The coldest street market

Visit one of the exotic places of Yakutsk, where not only fresh frozen products are sold, but also souvenirs, meat, fish, dairy products.

Majestic Lena Pillars

You will see a unique monument of nature and geological history, which amazes the imagination of a person who finds himself on the Lena River for the first time.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Getting to know Yakutsk
08:30 Meeting with the guide at the airport, transfer to the hotel. The difference from Moscow is 6 hours.
Check-in at the hotel from 14:00, if guests arrive on a morning flight, you can check in after the tour program. Luggage can be left in the luggage room.
09:00 A short sightseeing tour of the city, a walk through the "Old Town" area.
It is best to start exploring Yakutsk from the "Old Town" — a historical and architectural complex located in its central part.
A walk through the "Old Town" will definitely charge you with vivid emotions. Buildings in the style of the XIX century, streets paved with logs, cute cafes and restaurants, shopping malls. It is always quiet and cozy here due to the limited traffic in this part of the city.
09:45-11:00 Visit to the exhibition "Treasury of Yakutia".
The exhibition "Treasury of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)" features thousands of exhibits in three exhibition halls, introducing visitors to the variety of mineral resources of the republic — gold, silver, platinum and their most interesting nuggets from the point of view of geology and crystallography, as well as various precious and semi–precious stones. The pride of the Treasury is the collection of diamonds and diamonds.
The exhibition introduces visitors to the history of the development of jewelry art and the jewelry industry from past times to the present day.
Depending on the time of arrival, it may be replaced by the Yakutsk State Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North named after E. Yaroslavsky.
The exhibition features departments of archaeology, ethnography and nature, including stuffed animals of Yakutia, skeletons of the Tyrekhtyakh mammoth and bowhead whale, and much more.
12:00 Lunch at a restaurant or cafe in Yakutsk (not included in the price of the tour, business lunch on weekdays, a la carte on weekends).
14:00-15:30 Visit to the peasant market in Yakutsk.
This is one of the exotic places of the city and its real attraction. It is home to the coldest street market in the world. In addition, not only fresh frozen products are sold here, but also in the covered part of the market you can buy souvenirs, various meat, fish, dairy local products and more.
Prepare things for eviction.

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Day 2 - Lena pillars
08:00-13:00 Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby and departure to the Lena Pillars Nature Park along the route: Yakutsk – Lena Pillars by car (220 km, estimated travel time of 4 hours).
In the period from December to mid-February, part of the route runs by snowmobile on the Lena River ice, the length is 3 km. In spring, when there is a strong wind, the road to the Lena Pillars can be covered with snow, then part of the way can also be covered by snowmobile.
Along the way, stops at the sights and historical sites of the Khangalassky district:
ancient caves and primitive rock carvings dating back about 4,000 years (if there is an ice road, usually from February to April);
the area of the celebration of the national holiday "Ysyakh";
a road on the frozen surface of the great Lena River, one of the largest rivers in the world;
you can see the Yakut villages, as well as look at horses and cows of a unique Yakut breed.
12:00 Lunch with yourself or on the way to a cafe (not included in the price of the tour).
Arrival in Batamai village, transfer to a snowmobile and drive to the opposite bank of the Lena River to the famous Lena Pillars (3 kilometers).
Lena Pillars is a unique monument of nature and geological history of the Siberian Platform. They amaze the imagination of a person who first found himself on the great Siberian Lena River, which cut its valley into the Prilensk plateau of Central Siberia. They extend with short breaks for 35 km. However, for another 200 km or so, lonely cliffs are isolated against a backdrop of scree or green slopes overgrown with forest.
The height of the Lena Pillars is determined by the depth of the incision of the Lena River valley into the Prilensk plateau and is about 200 m.
13:00-16:00 Climbing the Lena Pillars. Excursion. Photographing.
16:00-21:00 Departure along the route "Labydia locality — Yakutsk" (220 km).
21:00 Arrival in Yakutsk. Transfer to the hotel.

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Day 3 - Sightseeing tours to Markha village, Kildyamtsy village, Nikoltsy village. Namsky Historical and Ethnographic Museum named after P. Sivtsev
09:00 Departure from the hotel in Yakutsk.
09:45-10:30 Stop in the village of Markha. Sightseeing tour "Religious exile in Yakutia. The Eunuchs."
11:00-11:30 Stop in Kildyamtsy village. Sightseeing tour "Wooden architecture of Russian farmers".
13:00-14:00 Stop in Nikoltsy village, Namsky ulus. Sightseeing tour "Nikolskaya Sloboda. The history of agriculture in Yakutia".
14:30-15:00 Namtsy village. Lunch at a cafe.
15:00-16:30 P. Namtsy. Visit to the Namsky Historical and Ethnographic Museum named after P. Sivtsev (open on working days, so perhaps departure to Yakutsk will be earlier).
18:30-20:00 Return trip to Yakutsk.
20:00 — Return to the hotel.
It is possible to visit the shaman in the village. Krest-Kytyl Namsky district with program adjustments (if desired by the group).

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Day 4 - Departure to Gorny ulus
08:00 Departure from Yakutsk to the village of Berdigestakh, along the way stops in beautiful places, along the way you can see the Yakut breed of horses and cows, drive along the Yakut villages along the federal highway "Vilyu".
Excursion to the local history museum of the village (or to the workshop for making national musical instruments of the Mokhnachevskys; or to the creative workshop of fashion designer Augustina Filippova).
Lunch at a cafe (not included in the price of the tour, the average check is 400 rubles).
12:30 Transfer to an all-terrain vehicle "Trek", "North Truck" or a high-passable UAZ (transport depends on the quality of the road and the number of people in the group), departure to the campsite in the Sinaya Nature Park (campsite depending on the departure date: "Oron-Bes" or "Kharanachylakh" or "Warannah").
Along the way, you can see the inhabitants of the natural park, such as bison, moose, roe deer, etc.
15:00 Accommodation, dinner, rest, overnight (taiga comfort, bunks, outdoor facilities, indoor washbasin).
The campsites are located on the territory of the Sinaya Nature Park. Here you will feel like a real taiga resident. You can enjoy the night starry sky, wild winter nature.

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Day 5 - Blue pillars
08:00 Breakfast. Departure to the Blue Pillars.
On the way, visit the writings of the ancient people "Andreevskaya".
Guided tour of the Pillars of the Blue River.
Possible meeting of forest bison, moose and other wild animals of the winter Yakut taiga.
Free time, photo shoots.
Lunch: sandwiches and tea in a thermos (we prepare it in the morning before departure for the tour).
16:30-20:00 Departure to Yakutsk (270 km) (at 20:00 p. Berdigestakh).
20:30-23:30 Departure from the village of Berdigestakh to Yakutsk.

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Day 6 - Getting to know the culture and traditions of Yakutia
08:00-10:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00-11:00 Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby, departure for an excursion to the ethnographic center "Us-Kut".
Conducting the ancient rite of blessing "Algys" and presenting Yakut amulets.
The Us-Kut tourist complex, located in the vicinity of Yakutsk, is famous for its good traditions and is based on the hospitality and hard work of the Atlasov family, who invested their love for their native land in it. You can get an idea of the ancient culture of the Sakha people: hear khomus and toyuk, see national rituals — treating spirits, cleansing, meeting the sun.
The buildings typical of the Yakut lifestyle are located on the territory of the center.
11:15-11:45 Guided tour of the underground complex "Kingdom of permafrost".
The Kingdom of Permafrost tourist complex is a glacier complex located inside the mountain, with the residence of the Yakut Winter Chyskhaan, the Lord of the Cold, the room of the Master of the North, the exhibition halls of the Ice Sculpture Festival, a large paleontological exposition of mammoth fauna objects, an ice slide and an Ice bar.
12:00-13:15 Climb to the observation deck of the sacred mountain "Chochur Muran", walk along the mountain.
The mountain offers a beautiful view of the Tuymaada valley, where Yakutsk, the capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), is located.
The name Chochur Muran translates from Yakut as "pointed hill". The hill is revered as a sacred mountain. According to legend, the first ancestor of the Yakuts in the middle reaches of the Lena River, Ellei Botur, organized ysyakh (national summer holiday) here for the first time.
13:30-15:30 Lunch at the restaurant of the Chochur Muran complex (not included in the price of the tour, payment according to the menu).
A short tour of the complex.
Located in a beautiful place under the mountain Chochur Myraan, it is made in the form of an exact replica of the Yakut Cossack prison.
The Expedition 16.32 tourist complex is named after the founding of the city of Yakutsk. The design of the complex uses real, original things and objects from those times from private collections, which are rarely found even in museums.
16:00-17:15 Visit to the World Mammoth Museum.
The World Mammoth Museum was established in 1991 as a scientific and cultural center for the study of mammoth fauna and its habitat during the Ice Age. It is located in the capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk. In 1995, the museum became a part of the Academy of Sciences of the RS (Ya).
This is the only specialized museum in the world where interesting and unique paleontological exhibits are kept, studied and displayed.
17:30 Transfer to the hotel.

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Day 7 - Completion of the program
Transfer to the airport.

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Difficulty

Involves moderate physical activity

Accommodation

Hotel

5 nights
Camp Site

1 night

Comfort

Basic+

The tour provides accommodation in a 3* hotel in Yakutsk to choose from (5 nights) and at a campsite in the Blue Park (1 night).

Single occupancy is possible for an additional fee according to the hotel rates.

The cost of the tour for 1 person is 115,000 rubles/person.

The Alaas Hotel

The Alaas Hotel is located in the historical center of Yakutsk. The accommodation will pleasantly surprise you with its facade, which is decorated with ritual Yakut hitching posts (serge). The interior of the hotel impresses with a combination of modernity and authenticity.

The rooms are equipped with comfortable beds with a fresh set of 100% cotton linen, sound insulation, bedside furniture, lamps for evening reading, a small work area with a desk, a safe for storing valuables.

The bathroom is equipped with plumbing fixtures, a hairdryer and cosmetics. A high-speed Internet point and a TV with cable are available.

You can have a delicious lunch at the restaurant "Han GUK Gwan", "Duets", "Zanzibar".

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Lena Hotel

The cozy Lena Hotel is one of the oldest in Yakutsk, which began its work in 1932. The building is located in the central part of the city, 0.9 km from Lake Taloe.

Each room category is decorated according to the classical style, in bright and pleasant colors, which makes your stay even more comfortable. It has wooden furniture, a TV and a telephone, as well as a private bathroom with toiletries, towels and a hairdryer.

If desired, you can go to the nearby bars and cafes.

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Another option

The Sterkh Hotel

The Sterkh Hotel, located in the central part of Yakutsk, welcomes guests with its unique decor and interior design style.

It offers a TV with a DVD player and satellite TV, a mini-bar and a refrigerator, a dressing room, and an expanded set of bathroom accessories.

The Tamerlane restaurant offers culinary masterpieces of the traditional cuisine of the peoples of the Far North, Russian and European dishes. The DaVinci coffee shop offers a wide range of coffees and desserts. It is possible to deliver food to the rooms of visitors.

The local history museum and the state Theater are within walking distance. Numerous cultural centers, shopping and entertainment facilities are located near the hotel.

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Another option

The hotel "Marrakech"

The boutique hotel "Marrakech" is located in Yakutsk. This is a modern and stylish hotel where you can comfortably relax and work productively. The reception is open around the clock, so the administrators will help you at any moment.

The rooms, as well as the entire hotel, are decorated with oriental motifs. The guests are offered double rooms of various categories, each of which is equipped with air conditioning, a TV and a private bathroom.

There are a large number of shops and restaurants within walking distance of Marrakech.

The Theater is just a 5-minute walk from the hotel. Oyunsky, and in 10 minutes there is the museum named after E. Yaroslavsky.

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Tour conditions

Group

From 4 to 40 tourists

Minimum age

6 years old

Duration

7 days 6 nights

Group meets at

the city of Yakutsk

Included in price

accommodation in guest houses and campsites during the tour;
accommodation in a 3* hotel in Yakutsk (accommodation in a standard double room);
transfers according to the program;
accompanying guide services throughout the tour according to the program;
meals and excursions according to the program;
entrance tickets and permits to tourist sites (museums, parks, etc.).

Paid extra

flights to Yakutsk and back;
meals outside the program or on spec. to the order;
meals in cafes and restaurants during excursions;
single room at the hotel;
additional services optional, not included in the tour program;
personal expenses;
souvenir and alcoholic products.

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Air tickets are not included in the price of the tour. You can purchase them yourself or contact us for help.

Winter tour of Central Yakutia

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