It's a freaky life. Immersion in the culture of Yamal

The schedule for this day is approximate. 

We do not specify the exact time of the meal, as this is not a hotel, and there is no cooking according to the schedule. But we will definitely have breakfast, lunch, dinner and drink tea several times.

During the day, we will get acquainted with the way of life and lifestyle of men and women at the camp. By the way, building a house is a woman's responsibility. Traditionally, it is a woman who should collect the plague, although now men, of course, help. After all, no one wants to wait and freeze.

And what is to make a plague? It is necessary to make, process, smoke deer skins, sew them into nooks to cover the plague with them. The woman keeps the fire burning in the oven and dresses the whole family. But a lot depends on how warm and comfortable malitsa will be for men and yagushka for women. After all, frost is not to be trifled with in the tundra.

The day will be active and interesting: we will learn the rules of life in the plague, learn how to rope deer and harness them, learn about the customs and way of life of the indigenous peoples of the north. And not in a museum, but in real life.

We have breakfast and go on snowmobiles with trailed sleds or reindeer sleds to the main herd of deer. We continue our immersion into the world of reindeer herders and their herds. 

We look at the beautiful animals and learn that different deer have different rights and responsibilities. And about the fact that in the tundra, a person's whole life obeys the rhythm of deer life.

Every day, despite the weather, sled deer are caught. And we will see how it happens. To do this, in the morning, with the arrival of the herd, a corral of sleds (sledges) is arranged. Instead of an alarm clock, there is the clicking of deer hooves. The sled stands in a semicircle and is connected by a rope. First, the sled deer enter this corral, and then they are caught and harnessed.

We will see everything and try it ourselves. Life always turns out to be more interesting than an invented program. Perhaps during our stay, reindeer herders will need to vaccinate the herd, hunt or go ice fishing. We definitely won't be bored.

We return to the camp, have lunch and exchange impressions. Usually by the third day, something unusual happens in the soul, and the world becomes a little different from what it was. It is precisely for these revelations and insights, for changing their worldview, that our guests most often thank us.

We say goodbye to the owners of the plague, thank them for their hospitality and take the trek back to Salekhard.

Gradually we return to reality and get used to everyday life again, which will definitely be a little different now.

See you again on the hospitable Yamal land, friends!

Return tickets must be taken the next morning after the end of the program (a night in Salekhard is not included in the tour price).