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"Autumn in the Khibiny"
The world of the polar nature will be painted in the bright colors of autumn, and the slopes of the mountains will turn into a colorful carpet — these will appear before you Khibiny. This is not only one of the most picturesque corners of the Kola Peninsula, but also a real storehouse of natural treasures of precious minerals, rare plants and medicinal herbs. You will see this, walking through the rocky ravines and river valleys and getting acquainted with the unique flora of the Khibiny
Price: $ 760
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The tour program
The journey begins in Kirovsk, where you need to get yourself .
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tour program |
| 1 Day |
After arrival to Kirovsk, you will be transferred to the hotel (Shuttle service is charged extra).
You will be accommodated in rooms and Breakfast.
Then you will find a Botanical excursion to the valley of the Rock, located on the spurs of the mountains of Vadhavkar.
You climb up the trail just 300 metres, but will overcome distance in 400 km. Why is this happening, will tell you the guides.
During a tour of the Rocky gorge you will meet some of the oldest plants, which now can be seen on the Ground — ferns.
Especially amazing to meet them in the middle of Arctic Alpine tundra.
On the route you will have lunch in the fresh air.
In the evening you return to hotel, have dinner and rest.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km. |
| 2 Day |
After Breakfast, you will go on a tour, during which you will meet mushroom variety of Khibiny.
The route will pass along the Eastern spurs of the mountain Vadhavkar.
You will see a variety of species of fungi of the Arctic: lamellar and tubular, spiked and horned, korotkovichi and similar to mold.
In addition to the familiar boletus, mushrooms and aspen, you'll be able to see rare and unusual species.
For example, the mushrooms hydnellum or hydnum whose hat are soft spikes.
In the evening you will be able to learn more about the most interesting specimens under the microscope.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km. |
| 3Day |
Today will be devoted to studying medicinal herbs Khibiny.
Only here there are about 600 species of vascular plants, of which the official medicine is used about 30 kinds, and the people's around 80.
Acquainted with the "vegetable doctors," you will go to the valley of the lake Bolshoy Vudyavr.
Along with the guides will look for healing herbs, growing along streams, swamps and forest edges.
In the swampy lowlands of the field Umetskogo you meet the bean trefoil and marsh cinquefoil.
Extracts of watches are part of the digestive tea, and cinquefoil prepare tinctures and poultices for the treatment of joints.
On route you will have lunch, and for dinner you will return to the hotel.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km.
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| 4 Day |
It is considered that in the Khibiny mountains — only mountains and bare tundra.
During the Botanical tour, you'll see a variety of edible herbs and fruit plants of the Arctic.
The route will start in nurseries Polar-Alpine Botanical garden named Nicholas avrorina, and then you go up to the top of the mountain of Vadhavkar.
In the evening you return to hotel, have dinner and rest.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km. |
| 5 Day |
Today after Breakfast, you will have historical and Botanical tour to the pass of Ramsay.
It will start at the memorial on the site of the first science station in Khibiny "Tietta".
It was founded by academician Alexander Fersman in 1930 on the shore of the lake Small Vudyavr.
You will learn about the role that this research station has played in the history of the development of the Khibiny.
On the high Bank of the lake Small Vudyavr and on the steep slopes of MT stretches of thick grass spruce-birch forests.
A little deeper in the forest, you will see thickets of ferns.
On the route you will have lunch in nature.
Continuing the tour, you will climb to the last snowfields of the pass of Ramsay.
Here you will meet with yet another amazing representative of the flora of the Arctic — the Alga Chlamydomonas.
Due to mass reproduction of this Alga on the snow cover formed plaque red.
During the tour you will also learn about the history of the expeditions of William Ramsay in the Khibiny mountains.
Rising to the top of the pass, you will enjoy magnificent views of the valley of the river White with Small picturesque lakes.
In the evening you return to hotel, have dinner and rest.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km. |
| 6 Day |
After Breakfast you will go on a Botanical tour in Cryptogramophone gorge.
It received its name in honor of a rare species of fern, the cryptogram, included in the Red book.
It is in this gorge is the largest in the Khibiny mountains population of this fern.
By the beginning of the walking tour, you will drive the SUV.
Then you will walk along the river Aquavision, through the gorge, which in the 30-ies of XX century were the exploration of mineral is pyrrhotite.
Cryptogramophone gorge is a Botanical nature monument of the Murmansk region.
In fact, it is a series of rock cracks in the mount Lovchorr, transform into each other.
The gorge slopes are steep with steep areas and stone placers.
Along the way you will make a halt for lunch, and after the tour you will be taken to dinner at the hotel.
Then you pack up your things and go to railway station or to the airport for your flight home.
The length of the walking route is about 8 km. |
Dates of the tour you can request from the managers of the company ITS - Tour
tour price from 760$ per person
Accommodation during the trip
During the trip you will live in double rooms at Aparthotel "POWDER".
It is located in Kirovsk, at the foot of the Khibiny mountains, on the Northern slope.
The Windows offer views of the mountains.
The room has two levels: on the ground floor — bathroom with shower, a sofa, a flat-screen TV and an equipped kitchenette with fridge, electric cooker, kettle and set of dishes.
The second floor has sleeping places for the catwalks.
The hotel also has a spacious lounge area with free Wi-Fi, a bar and a drying room.
What is included:
- — double occupancy in hotel apartments
- — breakfasts, Lunches and dinners
- — transport services according the program
- — services of tour guides
- — excursions according to the program
What to pay:
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railway tickets to Kirovsk or
tickets
to Murmansk or Apatity (from 10 500 RUB/person round trip)
- — transfer from the railway station of Kirovsk (450 RUB/person)
- — transfer from the airport Khibiny (Apatity, Russia): +850 rubles/person.
- — transfer from the airport of Murmansk (+5000 RUB. per car up to 4 persons)
- — personal expenses
- —translation services
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