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Rafting. The river of Okhta
The route: the river of Okhta.
The length of the route: 110 km.
The amount of days: 13 days.
Means of transportation: raft.
Transfer: the city of Petrozavodsk – the town of Belomorsk (bus, 400 km, 6 hours) and to the lake of Muyezero (110 km by bus, 3 hours).
Departure from the end of the route: the town of Kem – the city of Petrozavodsk (bus, 400 km, 6 hours).
Accommodation: a tent 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 6 years old.
Services: instructors’ work (1 instructor for 1 raft), transfer, meals (three times a day), the rent of equipment (rafts), life jackets, insurance, tents for 2-4 persons, sleeping bags, small warm mats, cartographic material, medical service, the service of the guide and the visa support.
The route: the city of Petrozavodsk – the lake of Muyezero – the lake of Troitsa – the river of Okhta – the lake of Yulyaozero – the lake of Rigoreka – the river of Okhta – the lake of Alozero – the river of Okhta – the lake of Lezhevo – the lake of Torosozero – the lake of Pebozero – the lake of Voronye – the island of Spirits – the lake of Korniozero – the river of Nizhnyaya Okhta – the river of Kem – a hydro station – the islands of Solovky.
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Day
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Programmme
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Length (km)
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1
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* Arrival in Saint-Petersburg. Transfer to the railway station. About 22.00 Departure to Petrozavodsk by night train.
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2
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* Arrival in Petrozavodsk. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Breakfast in a café. The trip 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 by hydrofoil.
* Lunch.
* A short city tour and shopping.
* Return to the hotel.
* Dinner.
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3
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* Breakfast.
* Going by bus to the beginning of the route – the lake of Muyezero (8 hours, lunch on the way).
Fixing the boats.
* Dinner.
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4
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* The excursion to the island of Troitsa.
Rafting: the lake of Munozero – the river of Okhta. (F,L,D)
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5 km
14 km
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5
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Rafting: the river of Okhta – the lake of Yulyaozero. (F,L,D)
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14 km
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6
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Rafting: the lake of Yulyaozero – the lake of Lezhevo. (F,L,D)
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19 km
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7
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Free day. Fishing. Sauna. (F,L,D)
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8
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Rafting: the lake of Lezhevo – the lake of Voronye. (F,L,D)
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12 km
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9
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Free day. Visiting the island of Spirits. (F,L,D)
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10
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Rafting: the lake of Voronye – the rapid of Kozhany. (F,L,D)
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13 km
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11
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Rafting: the rapid of Kozhany – the rapid of Muraveyny. (F,L,D)
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16 km
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12
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* Rafting: the rapid of Muraveyny – the rapid of Okhta – a hydro station. (F,L) Accommodation in the hotel in the town of Kem.
* Dinner.
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17 km
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13
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* Breakfast. Leaving Kem for the islands of Solovky (3,5 hours by motor boat).
* Accommodation in the hotel.
* The excursion around the central architectural complex, the Solovetsky monastery, the Transfiguration cathedral, household buildings, a refectory, turrets, the exhibition “The History of the * Solovky camp” (4 hours).
* Lunch.
* A boat trip to the island of Zayatsky, the Big Hare, (one of the biggest heathen sanctuaries of 2-1 thousand years B.C., stone-labyrinths, the complex of funeral structures, the first stone-harbour in Russia and the sights of the Andreevsky small monastery).
* Dinner.
* Return to the hotel.
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14
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* Breakfast.
* A boat trip along the system of the lakes and the canals of Solovky.
* Lunch.
* Departure to Kem by motorboat.
* Dinner.
* Departure by train.
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15
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* Arrival in St.Petersburg. Transfer: the railway station – the airport.
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The price includes: the accommodation, the meals, the excursions, transfer, the service of the guide, the rent of the equipment and the visa support to Russia.
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