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

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The ethnographic tour "Freaky Life" will allow you to touch the secrets of the preserved culture of the indigenous population of the Far North in its original form – tourists live in a real plague together with a family of nomads, take an active part in national rituals and traditional types of hunting and fishing.

Location

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Salekhard

from

US$ 603

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Weekends: 8am - 7pm (GMT +3)

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Tour highlights

National cuisine

We will taste traditional dishes at the same table with a family of nomads

Reindeer herders' skills

Let's learn how to rope a deer, harness a team and drive it

Life in the plague

We will learn the basic rules of life in the plague and take part in national rituals

Itinerary

Day 1 - Meeting
Meeting at the airport in Salekhard.
Getting to know the guide.
Airport – hotel transfer (minibus).
Hotel accommodation (not included in the price).
Dinner (not included in the price).
An excursion program around Salekhard, museum visits, and master classes are available on request.

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Day 2 - Reindeer herders' camp
07:30 Breakfast at the hotel (not included in the price).
09:00 Safety briefing.
Departure to the reindeer herders' camp (snowmobile).
Arrival at the camp, accommodation in the plague, acquaintance with the family.
Lunch.
Gradual immersion into the world of the Nenets reindeer herder, that is, into the world of his reindeer.
Here, the whole human life is subordinated to the rhythm of deer life.
Food (national cuisine).

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Day 3 - Traditions and customs
On this day, we will get acquainted with the way of life of local residents, learn the basic rules of life in the plague, learn how to rope a deer, harness a team and drive it.
It is possible to organize ice fishing with a trip to the reservoir (paid separately).
Optional: an evening dedicated to the traditions and customs of the indigenous population.
A brief overview of spiritual culture.
Three meals a day (national cuisine).

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Day 4 - Immersion in the life of a modern plague worker
Acquaintance with the way of life and lifestyle of a modern plague worker in Yamal.
Women have an equally important concern — making a house for the whole family.
To make a house means to make, process, smoke deer skins, from which they then sew nooks, a coating for the plague.
To dress and shoe the whole family from head to toe is also a woman's concern.
A lot depends on how warm and comfortable malitsa will be for men and yagushka for women: after all, you can't joke with a 40—degree frost in the tundra.
Breakfast and lunch (national cuisine)
14:00 Departure to Salekhard (snowmobile).
Arrival in Salekhard.
Hotel accommodation (not included in the price).
Dinner (not included in the price).

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Day 5 - Departure
Breakfast at the hotel (not included in the price).
Transfer: hotel – Salekhard airport (l/a, minibus).

Difficulty

Low physical intensity for amateurs and non-experienced travelers

Accommodation

Guest House

2 nights
Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Basic

The tour provides accommodation in a reindeer herders' camp in a traditional plague.

From 1 to 2 days and from 4 to 5 days, nights at a hotel in Salekhard are assumed, the tour price is not included, it is booked independently.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the number of participants, RUB.:

Quantity The man in group, people.	2	3	4	5	6
The price for human, rub.	118 200	98 600	72 500	59 400	53 100

Chum is the national dwelling of reindeer herders in the tundra.

The Chum has an open interior space where there are no rooms or even partitions, and the furniture is also minimal.

The space where we sit during the day becomes a bed at night.

We share one plague with the hosts, there are no guest plagues in nature and culture, which is due to the nomadic lifestyle, where every thing is overweight, so there is no excess in the tundra.

There is also no toilet as a building, there are bushes, hills and directions for boys and girls.

It will also not work to wash in the plague, there is too much trouble for such a short period, it will be possible to wash your hair at most. There is a washbasin in the plague, basic hygiene is present.

We sleep on deerskin beds, in sleeping bags. At night, the oven does not heat up in the plague and the temperature inside tends to street temperature by morning, so we are mentally preparing for this. But our sleeping bags are designed for low temperatures, so no one will freeze.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 12 tourists

Minimum age

12 years old

Duration

5 days 4 nights

Group meets at

Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Salekhard

Included in price

airport-hotel-airport transfer;
transportation services according to the program (minibus, l/a, snowmobiles, snowmobile, reindeer sleds);
accommodation in the camp;
3 meals a day in the plague, according to the program (national cuisine);
escort services.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Salekhard and back;
accommodation and meals in the city;
taxi services;
medical insurance;
purchase of souvenirs;
ritual slaughter of a deer;
ice fishing;
additional services of reindeer herders;
translation services for foreign tourists.

It's important to know

sleeping bag (comfort temperature -20C) – it is possible to rent 800 rubles/day;
sets of clothes suitable for weather conditions (snowmobile or ski suit, wool socks, cotton socks, wool sweater, thermal underwear, hat, mittens/gloves, scarf/balaclava, snowmobile mask) – it is possible to rent a suit – 800 rubles / day;
boots, boots – it is possible to rent 200 rubles/ day;
personal hygiene products;
minimum stock of favorite foods (sweets, drinking water, etc.);
personal medicines;
sun and wind protection products.

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