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Cross-country skiing holiday (8 days)
Khibiny Tundra with luggage transport
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Winter is a fascinating time of year on the Kola
Peninsula. With snow blanketing silent mountains, and
Northern Lights spiralling in the polar night sky. The
tundra seems like a fairy-tale world. A true northern
winter reigns up here, beyond the Arctic Circle,
beckoning with its beauty and promise of adventure.
After an introduction about Kola Peninsula in Worlds
biggest city above the polar circle Murmansk, your
cross-country ski-tour will start from the shore of
Imandra Lake. You will ski between and over islands
through open area and forests with beautiful views to the
rounded Khibiny Mountains in Russian Lapland. The
overnights will be in small cabins, mountain guesthouse and
spa-hotel. A snowmobile takes care about the luggage
transport and you will ski along the snowmobile track.
The total length of the tour is about 140 km with the daily
ski distances between 20 and 40 km. Experience in
cross-country skiing is necessary.
Would you like to ski in the Winter Queen Kingdom?
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Cross-country skiing holiday program description: |
Day 1: Arrival in Murmansk airport. Transfer to a hotel in Monchegorsk (140 km). Check-in, dinner in Russian café
and overnight in the hotel.
Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel. This day we train and try-out our
equipment in the surroundings of Monchegorsk close to Khibiny Tundra.
Lunch during skiing day. Distance of skiing: 20 km (or more, if want).
In the afternoon we will have a Russian shashlik party in the forest.
Overnight in the hotel.
Day 3: Breakfast. Today we will meet our snowmobile guide whom
takes care for luggage transport and we start our ski-tour with crossing Imandra Lake towards Khibiny Tundra to a small village named Imandra
Station. Overnight in a country house in more person room. Distance of
skiing: 25 km.
Day 4: Breakfast. We continue beside the foot of the mountains
and change the lake area for a beautiful forest landscape. After a
campfire lunch we will come in a valley which leads us to the centre of
Khibiny Tundra. Dinner and overnight in a small wilderness hotel
surrounded by mountains. Distance of skiing: 30 km.
Day 5: Breakfast at the hotel. First we ski to eastwards to have
a beautiful view on the forest valley and then we ski through the valley
to the South. Campfire lunch during tour. Dinner and overnight in
Sanatorium Health Centre in twin room
with shower and toilet. The evening can be spent with the additional
services of the Centre; special showers, massage and other healthy and
medical services. Distance of skiing: 25 km.
Day 6: Breakfast. We continue our way westwards. Today will be
the summit of the ski-tour! We ski through valleys to the famous Ramzai
Pass, a cleft with high steep walls. We will ski in the desolate white
world of snow plateaus surrounded by the highest mountains of Khibiny
Tundra. Campfire lunch during way. Later we ski over the lake with lots
of islands on the foot of the mountains. We stay overnight at the
Tourist Base in Kislaya Bay in small wooden houses. Distance of skiing:
40 km.
Day 7: Breakfast. Transfer to Murmansk and check-in at the
hotel. Lunch on your own in the hotel. At 2 PM a guide
comes to the hall of the hotel to pick you up for excursion in the city
and a harbour. Visit to the Naval Museum with its photographs, artefacts
and models of the Northern Russian Navy. In evening a skating
possibility in the Ice Palace. Dinner on your own in the hotel.
Overnight at the hotel.
Day 8: Breakfast. Transfer to Murmansk airport by taxi.
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Cross-country skiing holiday details: |
Accommodation: |
• 2 nights in standard class hotel
incl. breakfast
• 1 night in simple house in more persons rooms
• 1 night in a wooden house in double rooms
• 1 night in a wilderness hotel in double or more persons rooms
• 1 night in standard class in the Health Centre incl. breakfast
• 1 night in business class hotel in standard class rooms including
breakfast |
Level: |
Experience in
cross-country skiing is necessary. |
Group size:
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4 - 12 persons
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Duration:
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8 days
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Dates:
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From the second week of January weekly until end of April starting from Saturday to Saturday.
Click here for asking start dates!
27.03 - 03-04-2010 (guaranteed departure date)
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Price:
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Price includes:
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• Accommodation
• Dinner on first day in Russian Café in Monchegorsk
• Three meals per day within the ski tour days 2-6
• Shashlik party
• At least 2 times banya (sauna)
• Luggage transport by snowmobile within the ski-tour days 3-6
• Guide services for 7 days (day of departure is without guiding;
transfer to airport by prepaid taxi.)
• German or English interpreter during visit Murmansk (4 hours)
• Excursion to the Navy Museum
• All mentioned transfers
• Visa invitation
• Rescue insurance (including helicopter evacuation in emergency
case)
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Additional:
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An equipment list will be provided at booking.
• Taxi from Murmansk centre to Murmansk airport: EUR 15,-- per taxi.
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Optional:
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• Skating the Murmansk Ice Palace– EUR 3 pp to rent skates and EUR 3 pp ph for being on ice.
√ Entrance: EUR 3,-- per hour
√ Skate rental: EUR 3,-- per hour
• Cross-country skiing equipment
√ Skies, shoes and sticks: EUR 10,-- per day
• Transfer from/to airports in Finland or Norway: EUR 99,-- pp one way (5,5 hours)
• Booking accommodations, excursions, activities in Finland, Norway, Karelia, Saint-Petersburg and Moscow.
• Booking train / plane / bus tickets.
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Documents
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Passport must be valid at least for 3 months after date of return. A
visa is required. We handle the tourist invitation.
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Program Overview
Cross-country skiing tours: |
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Name |
Days |
Group |
Data (dd.mm.yy) |
Activity |
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Cross-country skiing tour to
Khibiny Tundra:
Guided ski tour and luggage transport. Total length:
140 km
Average daily distance: between 20 and 40 km per day. |
8 |
4-12 |
From the second week of January weekly until end of April starting from Saturday to Saturday.
Click here for asking start dates!
27.03 - 03-04-2010 (guaranteed departure date)
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Skiing
Culture |
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Cross-country ski marathon
"Prazdnik Severa" as part of the yearly Northern Festival Murmansk in
end of March/ beginning of April
Marathon length: 50 km in free style cross
country skiing. |
4 |
From
1 |
02.04 - 05.04.2010
• Date of the Cross-country Ski Marathon: 04-04-2010
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Skiing
Culture |
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Cross-country ski tour in Khibiny Tundra
+ Cross-country ski marathon
Northern Festival Murmansk.
This is a combination of program KTCS04 and KTCS11.
Train, participate and win the First Price! |
10 |
4-12 |
from the 27th of March to the 5th of April 2010
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Skiing
Culture |
| Legend: |
Blue=departure dates,
Green=guaranteed departure dates,
Orange=some places free,
Red=fully booked |
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