Snowmobiling from Khibiny Tundra to the White Sea

Snowmobiling from Khibiny Tundra to the White Sea

Day 1: Meeting at the railway station Apatity or at a hotel at 09.00. Transfer to the café to have breakfast. Then to start point of the tour. Changing clothes and start to drive to Khibiny mountains to direction of a mountain hotel. Check in. Lunch. After lunch a snowmobiling tour in surrounding of the hotel. Dinner in the evening. Overnight in the hotel. (BLD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 60 km

Day 2: Breakfast. Start to drive by a snowmobile to Umbozero lake. Wilderness lunch at a campfire. After lunch we have a speed snowmobiling on the lake ice and via lake system and frozen swamps, and via forest area up to Lovozero lake. Overnight in a private house in 2-4 person rooms. (BLD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 120 km

Day 3: Breakfast. Start to drive by a snowmobile to the East direction via virgin landscape of Kola Peninsula. Wilderness lunch at a campfire. After lunch we continue driving to a Saami village Krasnoshelye. Overnight in a guest house. Sauna. Diner. (BLD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 130-145 km

Day 4: Breakfast. Excursion in the village, visit to a local museum, snowmobiling in the neighbourhood, ice fishing, watching reindeers. Lunch during the day. Evening performance of a local folk group. Dinner and sauna in the evening. (BLD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 40 km

Day 5: Breakfast. Start to drive by a snowmobile to an ancient village of Sea dwellers Varzuga. Wilderness lunch at a campfire. Overnight in a guest house. Sauna. Diner. (BLD)
Distance of snowmobiling: 140 km

Day 6: Breakfast. Excursion in the village, visit a famous church complex of 17th century, snowmobiling to the mouth of Varzuga river and to an ancient village Kuzomen. Coming back to the guest house. Lunch. After lunch, transfer by bus to Kandalaksha city (250 km) or to Murmansk airport (480 km). (BL)
Distance of snowmobiling: 45 km

This Snowmobiling from Khibiny Tundra to the White Sea can be extended with the following optionals:

• Single- or double-entry invitations for Russian visa request.
• Murmansk:
  • Tickets for museums and museum excursions cost between RUB 100 and RUB 1000 per person.
  • Entrance ticket to Atomic Icebreaker to join an excursion in Russian language: RUR 600 pp. Individual excursion to Atomic Icebreaker with a lecture in English language can be arranged.
  • City excursion in Hero city Murmansk.
  • Trip to Husky kennel close to Murmansk.
  • Trip to Saami Settlement close to Lovozero.
  • Trip to Teriberka and the Barents sea shore.
  • Trip to Husky Park close to Lovozero.
  • Trip to Lovozero village; Capital of the Saami.
• Train/plane/bus tickets in or outside Russian Federation.
• Transfers from/to KuusamoIvalo/Rovaniemi and Kirkenes airports.