Dog Sledding Tour “Zaonezhye in Winter” (3 days)

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Dog Sledding Tour “Zaonezhye in Winter” (3 days)

   Note: “Zaonezhye” is the common name for a land in Northern Russia, located on the North-Eastern and Eastern sides of Onego lake, the second-largest lake in Europe. “Zaonezhye” area includes many small and big islands of Onego, as well. This area is famous for well-preserved monuments of the 19th, 18th, 17th, and earlier centuries connected with local russian, karelian and vepsian peoples’ culture and history. A lot of old wooden churches, chapels, houses and whole villages form the vast and unique open-air museum of the Russian North. Local population is well-known for its craft arts, tales and traditions, also.

Days and dates of operation:
December: 07, 14, 21, 28
March: 28
April: 04, 11
(valid for winter season 2007 - 2008)

Day 1
Arrival to Medvezhyegorsk town (from Petrozavodsk)
Transfer from Medvezhyegorsk to Tipinitsy village
Dinner
Getting acquainted with sleds, harnesses and dog-sledding
Getting ready for a short trip. Getting instructions
Training dog-sledding trips on the track
Route length up to 10 kilometres
Supper
Having rest in the guest-house “Tipinitsy”

Day 2
Breakfast
Getting ready for the trip: packing personal things, preparing the sleds and eqiupment for the long trip
Dog sledding trip on the route: Tipinitsy village – Vorony Ostrov village – Tambitsy village – Onego lake – Tipinitsy village
Lunch en route
Overview excursion: Vorony Ostrov village:
1. John the Precursor Birth chapel (the first half of the 18th century)
2. John the Precursor Head chapel (the end of the 19th century)
3. Over the cross chapel (the beginning of the 19th century)
Tambitsy village:
Saint Nicholas chapel (the first half of the 18th century)
Route length: 30 kilometres
Arrival to guest-house. Having rest
Visiting sauna
Supper
Having rest in the guest-house “Tipinitsy”

Day 3
Breakfast
Dog sledding trip on the route: Tipinitsy village – Yandomozero village – Velikaya Guba village
Visiting of Varvarinskaya church (1650 year) – Tipinitsy village
Route length: 25 kilometres
Dinner
Transfer to Medvezhyegorsk town
Departure back to Petrozavodsk

Price: from 21,000 rubles per person for two persons on one sleds and from 25,000 rubles per person for one person on one sleds (for winter season 2007-2008). The exact price depends on the quantity of persons in the group and on the dates of tour

Information about the official exchange rates can be found on the official web site of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia):

http://www.cbr.ru/eng/currency_base/daily.asp

Here You can find the official exchange rates on current date and on selected date.

Note1: The price may be changed by our company and depends on the cost of the equipment rent, the cost of the accomodations

The price includes: meals according to the programme, guest-house accomodation, rent of the dogs and sledding equipment, dog-sledding learning and practical training course, accompaning: snowmobile with guide and instructor, excursions according to the programme, sauna according to the programme

The price excludes: transport to / from Petrozavodsk

Additional services: snowmobile riding

Note2: In case of some unpredictable circumstances, some of the services included into the tour programme may be changed by other services, equal in price.

Note3: In case of some unpredictable circumstances, the sequence of the services included into the tour programme may be changed.

Note4: The possibility of the tour (i.e. days and dates of operation) depends upon weather

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