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Canoeing/Ladoga
14 days/13 nights
The route: the lake of Ladoga (southern Karelia).
Means of transportation: canoes „Neva-2“.
Transfer to the beginning of the route: the city of Petrozavodsk – the village of Impilakhty (bus, 200 km, 4 hours).
Transfer from the end of the route: the town of Sortavala – the city of Petrozavodsk (bus, 350 km, 6 hours).
Accommodation: tents for 2-4 persons, a small mat, a sleeping bag.
Meals: 3 times a day, on fire, in the open air.
The age of tourists: from 14 years old.
The group: 4-7 persons.
The price includes: the work of the instructor, the service of the guide, the transfer according to the programme, meals, the excursion programme (the city tour in Petrozavodsk, the excursion in the village of Kinerma, the excursions to the waterfall Kivach and Martial Waters), the rent of the equipment, life jackets, insurance, tents for 2-4 persons, sleeping bags, small warm mats, cartographic material, medical service, visa support.
The route: Petrozavodsk – the bay of Impilakhty – the island of Pellotsary – the mountain of Ayno – the island of Honkasalo – the bay of Chapayev – the island of Rahkasary – the island of Putsary – the town of Sortavala – Petrozavodsk (bus).
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Day
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Programme
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1
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* Arrival in St.Petersburg. Meeting the guide. Free time in the city. Tourists go to the railway station themselves.
22.12 Leaving St.Petersburg for Petrozavodsk by train.
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2
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* Arrival in Petrozavodsk.
* Breakfast in a cafe (extra paid).
* Going to the island of Kizhi by hydrofoil. The excursion around the Kizhi Architectual Ensemble and the historic village of the 19th century.
* Free time on the island.
* Return to Petrozavodsk.
* Lunch (extra paid).
* Going to the beginning of the water route – the town of Pitkyaranta.
* Dinner.
* Fixing canoes for the trip.
* Spending the night in tents.
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200 km
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3
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* The water route: Mursula – Impilakhty – the island of Hunukka. (B,L,D).
* Spending the night in tents.
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14 km
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4
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* The water route: the island of Krestovy – the island of Pelotsary – the island of Ortsary – the mountain of Ayno, going to the high point to see the picturesque view. (B,L,D).
* Spending the night in tents.
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12 km
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5
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* The water route: the island of Honkasalo – the bay of Chapayev. (B,L,D).
* Spending the night in tents.
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8 km
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6
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* Free day. Fishing is possible. A tourist sauna. (B,L,D).
Spending the night in tents.
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7
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* Going to the island of Putsary. (B,L,D).
Spending the night in tents.
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20 km
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8
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* Free day. Visiting the small monastery on the island. (B,L,D).
Spending the night in tents.
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9
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* Going from the island of Putsary to the island of Sammatsary. (B,L,D).
Spending the night in tents.
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14 km
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10
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* Going from the island to the place near the town of Sortavala. (B,L,D).
Spending the night in tents.
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16 km
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11
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* Breakfast.
* Going to Sortavala. The fast boat trip along Lake Ladoga to the island of Valaam. The Valaam Archipelago in Lake Ladoga consists of approximately 50 islands. For many years Valaam has attracted religious people by its magnificent monasteries, churches, chapels, nature, its economic infrastructure based on smart engineering decisions, and its amazing collections of plants introduced from different climatic zones. Kuingy, Tchaikovsky, Shishkin and Leskov, Korovin and Shmelev, Tyutchev and Zaitsev paid visits to this place. This nature is wild, sullen, attracting with its wilderness in which inspired stern beauty may be observed. You see the cliffs, proudly protruding out of the abyss; they stand like giants on guard. The monks abandoned Valaam along with the Finnish army in 1940 during the Soviet-Finnish Winter War. Then, after World War II, the island became part of the Soviet Union and the monastery was used to house people who had been badly injured during the war. Valaam and its monasteries have now become a popular tourist destination and its permanent population of 500 swells during the summer, with an influx of children, tourists and pilgrims.
* Visiting the Transfiguration monastery, the Father Superior cemetery, transfer by boat to the Voskresensky and Gefsimansky small and secluded monasteries (extra paid).
* Lunch in a refectory.
* Return to Sortavala. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation in the hotel.
* Dinner.
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18 km
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12
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* Breakfast. Departure to Petrozavodsk. On the way to Petrozavodsk visiting the historic village of Kinerma.
* Lunch – Karelian cuisine with traditionall cakes „kalitky“. The hostess of the village gives an excursion around Kinerma. This small 17 house village is a unique complex monument of folk wooden architecture of the Karelian-Livviks. In the centre of the village there is a worship fir-tree grove with the Smolensk Mother of God chapel, built in the 18 century. For the first time Kinerma was mentioned in 1563. The village experienced a long period of suffering and destruction. In spite of this, you can still meet representatives of the old Karelian families, the founders of this village.
* Arrival in Petrozavodsk.
* Accommodation in the hotel.
* Dinner (extra paid).
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350 km
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13
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* Breakfast.
* The city tour by bus. The capital of Karelia - the city of Petrozavodsk was founded in 1703 by the Emperor Peter the Great to provide support in his war against Sweden (1700-1721). Saint-Petersburg - capital of Russia at that time – dates back to the same year. Inspite of its three century history Petrozavodsk remains an eternally young and dynamically developing town.
* The bus trip to the first Russian resort “Martial Waters”. The first spa in Russia (1719) opened by Peter the Great not far from Petrozavodsk - “Martial Waters” - was named after Mars, the god of war and iron. The Russian Emperor visited the spa four times, each time recovering from illnesses and ailments. It became not only a famous health centre but also an unrepeatable object of the historic and cultural heritage of Russia.
* Lunch in the café in the town of Kondopoga.
* Visiting the waterfall Kivach – the second plain waterfall in Europe.
* Return to Petrozavodsk.
* Dinner in a cafe or restaurant (extra paid).
* Departure by train.
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14
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* Arrival in Saint-Petersburg. Transfer to the airport (extra paid).
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Attention:
- If the weather is bad the route can be changed.
The price includes: the accommodation in the hotels and tents, meals according to the programme, a sauna, the excursions, the transfer, the service of the guide, the visa support for Russia.
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