Aurora hunting

Day 1.

• Departure from St.Petersburg to Murmansk with the overnight train (the train journey take a bit more than 24 hours).

Day 2.

• Arrival to Murmansk.
• Meet at the train station with the guide, start of the city sightseeing tour.
• Visits to the sailors memorial, "Kursk" submarine memorial, WW2 Soviet polar defenders memorial and other city attractions.
• Excursion to atomic ice-breaker "Lenin" - the first atomic ship built in USSR especially for the North Arctic waterway.
• Transfer to PARK INN MURMANSK hotel 4* or similar. Check in.

Day 3.

• Breakfast at hotel.
• 09.00 - departure to Teriberka settlement located on the Arctic ocean coast. En-route photo stop to make the pictures of the breathtaking landscape with rocks and tundra.
• About 11.30 - arrival to Teriberka, excursion to the waterfall, Dragon Cave. Visit to the old wooden ships cemetery, old military air field, old meteorology station, established here in 1893.
• Picnic right on the Arctic ocean shore, with hot tea and sandwiches. Return back to Murmansk.23.00 - 02.00 - departure for the Northern Lights watching. The highlight of the tour! (This tour could be moved to one of the other evenings, depending on the weather conditions, to maximize the chances to see the Northern Lights).

Day 4.

• Breakfast at hotel. 07.00 A.M. breakfast at hotel and checking out.
• 08.30 - departure to Saam village. Familiarization with the casual life of Saams - ethnos of Kolskiy Peninsula.
  You will take part in the sacrificing ceremony (please keep 10 or 50 kopecks coins ready), in the traditional folk games such as lasso throwing, Saam ball playing.
  You will have the possibility to feed husky, Northern deer, Arctic foxes.
• Local lunch with traditional fish soup.
• Visit to the viewing deck of the local iron open-mine (300 m deep).
• 16.30 Arrival to Kirovsk - the Arctic mining capital. City sightseeing tour, visit to Mineralogical museum.
• Transfer to MOUNTAIN VALLEY hotel and check in. Overnight.

Day 5.

• Breakfast at hotel.
• Check out and departure to Hibiny. Taking cable car to Hibiny mountain. Excursion to the Snow village.
• Lunch and departure to Murmansk.
• 18.00 Arrival to Murmansk and transfer to the train station (in case the train departure back to Moscow, the train takes 1 day and 13 hours). Or transfer to the hotel for the extra night stay (not included into the package cost) in case the flight departure preferred.

Price per person.

The cost of the tour will be 886 Euro p.p. in a dbl for 2 pax, 569 Euro p.p. in a dbl for 4 pax participating, including the train tickets St.Petersburg-Murmansk as per program.
Single supplement - 87 Euro p.p.

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