Program: Off-road Adventures>>KTOR01

Day 1, Friday: Arrival in Kandalaksha and check-in at a hotel. Dinner in a restaurant (without guide). In the evening you can drive to the old quarter of Kandalaksha to view old Pomor houses and have a nice view over the Kanda Bay.
Optional: a guide can meet a group on Finland territory and help them to cross Russian border.
Optional: car insurances can be bought by a guide in advance and brought by him to a group to Finland.

Day 2, Saturday: Breakfast. Guide picks you up at 8:00 o’clock and drive eastwards; Your Polar Off-road Adventure starts after 5 km with a breath taking downhill drive to the White Sea shore where we stop for short walk to the ancient stone structure of the 'Babylon' Labyrinth. Lunch in forest. Continue to Umba village to watch a performance by the Pomor Folk Ensemble. Proceed to beautiful wooden cottage on the White Sea coast close to Umba, where we will have sauna, dinner and overnight.
Asphalt: 110 km, Gravel: 0 km, Off-road: 30 km.

Day 3, Sunday: After breakfast drive to fishing settlement Tetrina Tonya for excursion. Continue driving along the coast; weather-permitting, a swim at a sand beach. Lunch by the sea. Arrive at Kashkarantsy, a traditional Pomor village. Drive a picturesque coastal track to Lodochny Bay. Visit the Chapel of the Unknown Monk. Visit an old Amethyst mine close to “Cape Ship” which juts far into the White Sea. Sauna, dinner and overnight at our simple wooden houses on Lodochny Tonya. 

In the evening you can try your luck in finding your own lucky Amethyst stone or go for a swim in the White Sea.

Asphalt: 40 km, Gravel: 60 km, Off-road: 60 km.

Day 4, Monday: Breakfast. Drive to the mouth of the Varzuga River – the easternmost point on the Kola Peninsula accessible by terrain vehicles. We continue the sandy roads to the 17th century village of Kuzomen. Lunch in Pine dunes. Via sand dunes and forest roads, continue to Varzuga, the earliest settlement on the Tersky Coast. Visit the still-functioning Uspenskaya Orthodox Church, constructed in 1674. Optional by rowing boat across the Varzuga River, for a walk among traditional wooden houses and a short hike through forest to springs welling out of the sand (8 km). Drive back for overnight and sauna and dinner in our cosy wooden houses on Lodochny Tonya. Possibility to drive more along the shore or forest tracks or to find Amethyst stones.
Asphalt: 0 km, Gravel: 25 km, Off-road: 50 km.
Remark: This day can also be done in opposite direction depending on the tide of the White Sea.

Day 5, Tuesday: After breakfast drive back for 80 km to a small village along coast gravel road and continue north wards to Kirovsk via an unused challenging forest road. We have to concur muddy, stony and sandy tracks and to cross several rivers. Wilderness lunch. In the end of the day we will enter a small remote village named Inga, where we enjoy the ready sauna, dinner and spend the night in our typical Saami turf house where you will sleep on reindeer fur.
Asphalt 30 km, Gravel: 100 km, Off-road: 70 km.

Day 6, Wednesday: Breakfast. We continue the forest road further northwards and on the horizon we can see the Khibiny Mountains. The tracks are like day 5.  Lunch in lumberjack house in Oktyabrsky. Then we drive a muddy road with a lot of water pools to the rests of a Stalinist labour camp. Dinner, sauna and overnight in our lumberjack guesthouse  "Jolki Palki"  in twin rooms in a remote village, named Oktyabrsky close to Khibiny Mountains,. Asphalt: 0 km, Gravel: 0 km, Off-road: 70 km to village + 40 km to Stalinist Camp and back.

Day 7, Thursday: After breakfast we drive to a valley in the centre of the Khibiny Mountains to a mountain lake and waterfall. Wilderness lunch. during day. Sauna, dinner and overnight in small mountain hotel. Asphalt 35 km, Gravel:7 km, Off-road: 25 km.

Day 8, Friday: Breakfast. We continue the mountain valley to the north and pass a beautiful lake area. We are going  to drive around Khibiny Mountains via beautiful forests with desolate villages on the Imandra Lake shore. This track is quite heavy with muddy, stony parts and many rivers to wade through. The track end up at the Apatity factory. From there we drive to the guesthouse in Oktyabrsky. Sauna, dinner and overnight. Asphalt 50 km, Gravel: 0 km, Off-road: 70 km.

Remark: For tours in June day 7 and 8 can also be done in opposite direction with a chance to drive the same way back depending on the snow conditions in the mountains.

Day 9, Saturday:  After breakfast we have two options depending on the water levels of lakes and rivers.  When the water levels are low we will drive off-road along the foot of the Lovozero Tundra and have to cross many rivers; bridges are broken or not trustful. We come up close to the mining village Revda. We continue by usual road to Saami village Lovozero. Asphalt: 30 km, Gravel: 0 km, Off-road: 90 km. OR:
When the levels are high than the risk is too high for our vehicles by water and we will drive on asphalt via Monchegorsk to Lovozero.  Lunch in Monchegorsk.
Optional: 2 hour yachting on Imandra lake.
Optional: excursion in Saami museum in Lovozero village.
Asphalt: 230 km, Gravel: 5 km.
Check-in in a small and cosy hotel. Sauna and dinner in the evening.

Day 10, Sunday: Breakfast. Drive to the miner’s settlement Revda located at the foot of the Lovozero Mountains. Proceed to one of the mountain summits of Lovozero Mountains (1.106 m) with steep walls of 200 m and with beautiful view on the Kola Peninsula. Lunch, and drive to Worlds biggest city above the Polar Circle Murmansk. Check-in at the hotel in the centre. Dinner on your own. Asphalt: 220 km, Gravel: 0 km, Off-road: 20 km.

Day 11, Monday: Breakfast in hotel. Spend some time in the centre of Murmansk and/or departure Murmansk to continue your own route to Ivalo in Finland ( asphalt: 200 km, Gravel: 100 km) or to Kirkenes in Norway (asphalt: 300 km). When you have more time visit some interesting museums like the Historical Museum and the Northern Fleet Museum or have an excursion tour (optional).