It is an exciting and comfortable snowmobile trip to the very heart of Khibiny Tundra. You will be sitting on a special enclosed sledge pulled by a snowmobile. You will have the opportunity to see the harsh beauty of the polar mountains, the snow-covered forest framed by mountains, ice lakes and ice-free rivers.
In addition, you can experience hiking on snowshoes and have a picnic at the campfire in the winter forest. During the snowmobile transfer your way will be lighted by the reflection of the moon and many stars on the snow-covered slopes. Under favourable circumstances you will be guided by the dancing northern lights Aurora Borealis.
Watch Aurora Borealis by snowmobile! (2 days / 1 night)
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Level: | Suitable for persons from 8 years old |
Group size: | From 2 to 10 persons |
Duration: | 2 days (1 night) |
Dates: | [../kolatravel.dates/ktss20-dates.htm] Other dates on request. |
Price: |
Prices are depending of groupsize. Please contact us. |
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Documents: | Passport must be valid at least 6 months after date of return. A Russian visa is required for tourists from most countries. See your country’s Russian consulate or embassy for details. We handle the tourist invitation. |
Insurance: | The participant must possess medical insurance that at very least covers the European part of the Russian Federation. |
Day 1: The tour starts at our safari centre close to Snow Village close to Kirovsk city.
At 10:30 changing clothes and start to drive in Khibiny mountains to direction of a mountain hotel via the mountain passes Ramzai and Kukisvumchorr.
We will stop several times on the way to make some beautiful photos.
Check-in upon arrival in the mountain hotel. Lunch.
After lunch, we will take a snowshoes hike to a panoramic point.
Dinner upon coming back. After Dinner you will be brought to the special equipped place sheltered from the wind.
Sitting on reindeer fur around the fire, being surrounded by the severe northern mountains, we will have a picnic.
If the weather permits, there is a possibility to observe Northern Lights and make impressionable photos.
For overnight we go back to the mountain hotel. (LD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 20 km
Day 2: Breakfast. After breakfast we drive by snowmobile and sleigh to a mountain lake, from where a beautiful panoramic view of the mountains opens.
Subject to good weather, we will make an ascent to the mountain pass. For Lunch, we come back to the hotel.
Then we start our trip back to Snow Village via Kukisvumchorr Pass. We are at the Snow Village around 16:00 o'clock. (BL)
Distance of snowmobiling: 20-25 km
This Arctic activity tour 'Radiance of Khibiny Tundra' in Murmansk region can be extended with the following optionals:
Name Safari | Hours | Km | Dates |
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'Kukisvumchorr Pass' | 1,5-2h | 20 | Daily |
'Charm of Kuelporr' | 2,5h | 40 | Daily |
'Ramzai Pass' | 3-4h | 40 | Daily |
'Mystic Petrelius' | 3-4h | 45 | Daily |
'Peak Kaskasnyunchorr' | 4-5h | 50 | Daily |
'Northern passes' | 4-5h | 60 | Daily |
'Partamchorr Pass' | 5h | 60 | Daily |
'Academic Lake' | 5-6h | 70 | Daily |
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