Easy - nothing more than normal walking while sight-seeing
Moderately Easy - 1-3 hours of physical activity daily
Moderate - 3-5 hours of physical activity daily
Challenging - 5-7 hours of challenging physical activity daily
Extreme - 7+ hours of challenging/extreme physical activity daily
Difficulty
Basic — most of nights in tents or rooms with shared WC, some nights in comfortable rooms.
Standard — most of nights in comfortable rooms, some nights in tents or rooms with shared WC.
Upgraded — all nights in comfortable rooms.
Comfort
Minimum age of the participant of this trip
4 Days
December - January
Highlights
- New Year's Eve à la russe with Russians and in a traditional way
- Acquaintance with the Karelian culture through master classes
- Stay in Russian Karelia on the shore of the frozen lake
- Variety of winter activities
- Get acquaintance with Karelian Santa Claus - Talvi Ukko
- Festive New Year's programme with fireworks
Tour Overview
Make it a New Year to remember with an adventure in Karelia. This break offers unique cultural insights, fun-filled group activities in nature and celebrate New Year in cozy atmosphere. Feel the thrill of a dog sled ride, learn about local traditions at a reindeer farm, participate in various winter fun activities and visit Karelian Santa Claus named Talvi ukko.
This tour is organized to make you feel the magic of Christmas holidays in the Karelian region into the heart of Russian winter.
Far away from civilization where time goes on in its rhythm, you will be warmly welcomed and surrounded with attention. You will get a good dose of sensations far removed from the daily routine: you will taste typical Karelian dishes and beverages, learn about local traditions. You will definitely make new friends with locals during this the most long-awaited event in Russia!
Tour programme
- Day 1NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONPetrozavodsk — Denisov Mys
- Day 2MEETING WITH TALVI UKKO AND VISIT OF SAMI VILLAGEDenisov Mys
- Day 3WINTER FUNDenisov Mys
- Day 4FAREWALL AND END OF THE PROGRAMMEDenisov Mys — Petrozavodsk
- 11:00Transfer from Petrozavodsk to the tourist base — Not includedWe can organise private transfer to the tourist base, please let us in advance. Transfer costs 2500 RUB for the group less 4 people If the group is more than 4 people, transfer costs 4000 RUB for minivan.
- 12:30Accommodation at the tourist baseUpon arrival, you get acquainted with the base. Welcome baskets with fruits and various sweets have already been served in the houses and rooms, so you can drink hot tea after the trip. Professional children's animators will work on all New Year's holidays. We prepare a plenty of interesting educational activities in a playful way: music, drawing, modeling for children.
- 13:30Lunch at the restaurant of the baseWe invite you to a restaurant, where favourite old fairy tales and cartoons about the New Year will be shown on the big screen. And of course, a hot and tasty lunch will be served.
- 14:30Master-class on making a Karelian dollIt will be interesting for children and adults to visit the master - class on making a national doll. It will be possible to make a Karelian souvenir "Doll - lovebirds" with your own hands and bring it home so that it will protect you from hardships and misfortunes.
- 16:00Prepartions for New Year's celebration
- 19:00FESTIVE DINNERThe most special night of every year starts. For you, a New Year's banquet table and a large festive program with Santa Claus. Congratulations to the president, fireworks, fun contests and music. In general, we will not limit ourselves only to congratulations, ordinary dances, but we will make sure that everything goes well and everyone remembers. Festive goodbyes to year.
- 23:55SPEACH OF THE PRESIDENT AND KREMLIN STRIKING CLOCKSChampagne. Continuation of the program: Ded Moroz (Russian Santa Claus) and his granddaughter Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), animation, gifts and firework!
- Overnigth at the base
Photo of the day
Route
Petrozavodsk — Denisov Mys
Accommodation
Accommodation at the tourist base Denisov Mys
- 11:00Late BreakfastA delicious breakfast in the morning will improve your health in the best possible way after a fun night. Breakfast in time is very convenient, if you are an early bird we are waiting for you in the morning, and if you want to sleep, then later. The choice is yours.
- 13:00LunchAfter a walk in the fresh frosty air, you want to have a delicious lunch.
- 13:00Sami village, animal farm and the Residence of the Karelian Father FrostAn exciting program awaits you today. You will learn how to drive a Finnish sleigh, visit a Sami village and a reindeer farm and a sled dog kennel, where you can take plenty of pictures and hug a Husky, make a visit to the Residence of the Karelian Father Frost. And if you wish, you can ride a dog sled (dog sledding - not included, extra charge, payment on site)
- 16:00Time at leisureWhat a winter without winter fun outside. In your free time, you can go ice skating on the lake, ski on prepared trails in forest, go ice-fishing. In the Russian sauna you can steam yourself with a birch broom and enjoy herbal tea. Well, of course, playing snowballs and making a snow woman. Ice fishing = 2400 rubles up to 3 people (time 2 hours) Russian sauna = 1200 rubles per hour (minimum order time 2 hours) Skates / skis = 150 rubles per hour
- 19:00Dinner in the restaurantThis evening we have prepared for you the best dishes from Karelian cuisine.
- 20:00Karelian National Ensemble performanceThe Karelian national ensemble owns all the main old singing traditions that have existed in Karelia for many centuries. You will hear old traditional songs, visit an old talk (party) and have fun as you did in the Karelian land 100 and more years ago. We guarantee a good mood, vivid impressions and fun!
- Overnigth at the base
Photo of the day
Route
Denisov Mys
Accommodation
Accommodation at the tourist base Denisov Mys
- 09:00Breakfast
- 10:00Visit of the forest zooThis is an amazing world of bears, moose, beautiful lynxes, wolves, chinchillas, ferrets, polar foxes and other representatives of the northern fauna. The guide will tell you about the animals, their habits in the wild. The highlight of the trip is the opportunity to participate in animal feeding!
- 12:00Return to the base
- 13:00Lunch at the base
- 15:00Free timeWe offer snowmobile safaris for an additional fee. An interesting route along the forest trail, where you can see one of the oldest churches in Karelia of the Descent of the Holy Spirit (16th century) and an ice-free spring with the purest water. The tour runs daily - 3000 rubles, if 2 people are on a snowmobile, 4300 rubles for solo traveller.
- 19:00Dinner at the baseIn the evening we are waiting for you in the restaurant, where you can enjoy dinner accompanied by an interesting show program and a disco.
- Overnigth at the base
Photo of the day
Route
Denisov Mys
Accommodation
Accommodation at the tourist base Denisov Mys
- 09:00Breakfast
- 11:00Check-out
- 12:00Excursion to the Kivach waterfall — Not includedIf you have a lot of time before the train, you can join the group excursion to Kivach waterfall - natural monument. Extra charge - 4000 - 4500 RUB per person.
- 13:00Transfer to Petrozavodsk railway station — Not includedTransfer to the railway station- 2500-4000 RUB per car. Please, let us know in advance.
Photo of the day
Route
Denisov Mys — Petrozavodsk
Discount system
| > 6 months | > 8 months | > 10 months |
| Amount of discount (total payment) | ||
| 5% | 10% | 20% |
| Amount of discount (deposit payment) | ||
| 0 | 5% | 10% |
Travel smart with our discount system!
| New departures available soon |
Price includes
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Transport as per itinerary
- Excursions and visits as per itinerary
- Russian-speaking guide services
- Meals according to the program
Price does not include
- Visa
- English-speaking guide
- Personal expenses and tips
- Transfer from airport / railway station on first day
- Transfer to airport / railway station on last day
- Banya
- Ski rental
- Ice skate rental
For more info, please download the detailed description of the trip.
Note
For childeren from 3-12 years old, tour costs 32 100 RUB per person. English-speaking guide is NOT included. Extra charge Transfer to the base on the first and last day - 2500-4000 RUB per car Ice fishing = 2400 rubles up to 3 people (time 2 hours) Russian sauna = 1200 rubles per hour (minimum order time 2 hours) Skates / skis = 150 rubles per hour
Reviews
No reviews anymore or no reviews at all for this tour. Below reviews for destination:
Total score
Work of BaikalNature office before and during travel / customer support
Quality of accommodation
Quality of transport / transfers
Quality of meals
Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Christian
From 13 June 2021 to 18 June 2021
Destination: Karelia
Tour: Kizhi + Valaam + Solovki
Custom tour: Kiji, Valaam et Solovki
Would you like to travel with BaikalNature again?
Bravo pour la réactivité et l'adaptation aux changements d'organisation (lié à la météo). On a pas trop apprécié l'hôtel de Sortavala. Et ... ce serait plus rassurant que le guide soit vacciné contre le Covid !
Total score
Work of BaikalNature office before and during travel / customer support
Quality of accommodation
Quality of transport / transfers
Quality of meals
Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Alban
From 8 August 2020 to 10 August 2020
Destination: Karelia
Tour: Rafting on Shuya River
Would you like to travel with BaikalNature again? Yes!
Très belle découverte de la nature russe, et immersion totale au contact des russes, très convivial et accueil plutôt sympa
Total score
Work of BaikalNature office before and during travel / customer support
Quality of accommodation
Quality of transport / transfers
Quality of meals
Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Jack
From 9 January 2020 to 11 January 2020
Destination: Karelia
Tour: Karelia Multi-Active
Would you like to travel with BaikalNature again? Yes!
Polina was absolutely incredible. She went out of her way to translate everything for me and ensure I was having a good time. Many thanks!
Total score
Work of BaikalNature office before and during travel / customer support
Quality of accommodation
Quality of transport / transfers
Quality of meals
Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Michel
From 6 July 2019 to 10 July 2019
Destination: Karelia
Tour: Kizhi + Valaam + Solovki
Would you like to travel with BaikalNature again? Yes!
Organisation globalement satisfaisante; les guides sont trop spécialisés sur leur site et ne donnent pas un aperçu général sur la Carélie, ce qui manque.
Total score
Work of BaikalNature office before and during travel / customer support
Quality of accommodation
Quality of transport / transfers
Quality of meals
Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Jean
From 28 December 2018 to 1 January 2019
Destination: Karelia
Custom tour: Nouvel An en Carélie + Cours de la langue russe
Would you like to travel with BaikalNature again? Yes!
Pas mal
How does our reviews system work?
They travelled with BaikalNature and speak about their tour. Discover their testimonies!
Since 2012, we collect reviews from travelers who trusted us. At the end of their stay with us, each participant of our tours receives an e-mail asking to answer a survey in order to evaluate the quality of the given services.
Survey focuses on:
- BaikalNature office / customer support
- Quality of accommodation
- Quality of meals
- Friendliness and professionalism of guides / management
- Quality and originality of visits / attractions / events
Rating goes from 1 – very poor to 5 – excellent.
The published rating is the average of the ratings assigned from the traveler to each of those 6 fields.
With due regard for transparency and integrity, we do our best to publish all reviews, good ones as bad ones.
Each review must follow rules below:
- No aggressive, coarse, violent, obscene, comments
- No private data (family name, telephone number, address and e-mail address) concerning both you and BaikalNature team, its hotel managers, transport companies, guides and other agents
- No off-topic. Comments should be directly associated with the given tour and/or our services
Reviews are published as they have been written by their authors.
This webpage is meant to be a space where one’s can share and discuss. Therefore, BaikalNature retains the right to answer travelers' comments.
Data « Overall rating » and « Travel with BaikalNature again? » give the average rating for all received evaluations. They are automatically calculated by our system.
Question about this trip
Sign up for our emails!
Why subscribe? First, our newsletters are captivating! We are one of the few tour operators specializing in Russian and Georgian nature, who invests a lot of resources into photo and video-shooting. That’s why even sitting in the office, you’ll feel like you are making your way among arctic ices, walking along taiga valleys, admiring volcanos or looking in the mirror of crystal Baikal waters.
Second, there is lots of useful stuff in our letters. The information about outstanding places, new routes’ descriptions, stories from expeditions and trips. And don’t worry, we write in an easy and entertaining manner.
And finally, we’re not pushy. You will get all this beauty
not often than once a month or two.
So you’re gonna miss us!