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     Journey to the Pole of Cold

          (Winter Oymyakon)

Dates: from December 1 to March 15.

Duration: 5 nights and 6 days.

Total length of the route: 1950 km.

Type of tourism: local history, cognitive, adventure ethno-tour.

Composition of the group: from 2 to 13 people.

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   A standard winter tour in the coldest season is very popular among adventurers. In this tour, tourists go to Oymyakon along the famous Kolyma highway and see the beautiful mountainous terrain of Tomponsky and Oymyakonsky districts. Endless forests and mountains, ice-free rivers, even in severe frost, will not leave anyone indifferent. In winter in Oymyakon, the temperature can often drop to -64 C. And in 1926 Academician Obruchev here established the lowest temperature in the northern hemisphere: - 71.2 С.

   Tourists will visit museums, the main attractions of the area, and also learn the daily life, folklore and life of the Sakha people. Yakut cows, pure-blooded omyakonsky horses, deer and winter fishing - wait for guests on the Pole of Cold. The tourist will try Yakut cuisine and will forever remember the taste of Stroganina, frozen whipped cream and foal. And, of course, he will meet with Chyshaan, the master of the cold, and will receive a certificate of a visit to the Northern Hemisphere Pole of Cold.

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Itinerary: Yakutsk - Churapcha - Cherkeeh - Khandyga - Kyubumme - Yuciugay - Tomtor - Oymyakon - Orto-Balagan - Tomtor - Kyubume - Khandyga - Yakutsk;



Notes:
We reserve the right to adjust and change the routes. We make individual tours at the request of tourists


1 day. Yakutsk.

Day of arrival of tourists in Yakutsk. Meeting at the airport and accommodation at hotels. At the request of clients - a short tour of the sights of the city.

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Day 2: Yakutsk - Khandyga.

On the second day we should only reach Khandyga (365 km from Yakutsk) and we will not be in a hurry. At the request of customers, there may be stops in Taatta and Churapcha. We spend the night in hotel Khandygi.

Meals: in the morning - breakfast in the hotel of Yakutsk; dinner at the roadside cafe Tungyul; dinner at the roadside cafe Walba.

9:00. Departure from the city of Yakutsk. Photosession on the Lena River;
10:00. Purchase of necessary things and food products in Nizhny Bestyah;
13:00. Lunch at the Tangulju cafeteria;
15:00. Visit to the Churapchin Museum;
17:00. Visiting the Cherkekh Museum in the Tattinsky ulus;

19:00. Dinner at the roadside cafe Walba;
21:00. The intersection of r. Aldan;
22:00. Late evening we come to Khandyga. Accommodation in hotels.

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Day 3: Khandyga - Kyubume - Tomtor.

From Khandyga to Oymyakon - 560 km. We make many stops for photographing. This is the most interesting part of the Kolyma track. Late in the evening we arrive in the village. Tomtor. Accommodation in hotels.

8:00. We leave Khandyga at 8 o'clock in the morning.
10:00. Breakfast in the cafe, Teply Klyuch village;
12:00. Photosession at the Tomporuk Pass, at the memorial cross to the victims of the Gulag;
13:00. Stop at the unfrozen stream "Tonmot-Uu-Shaman-brook". A set of healing water from a source.
15:00. Road section "Black clamp";
17:00. Hare Loop;
19:00. Kyubüme. Dinner;
21:00. Yuchugey village;
22:00. Tomtor. Accommodation in hotels.

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4 day. Tomtor - Oymyakon.
Today we will visit Oimyakon village, we will meet Chyshaan and get certificates. We will see the farm where the cows of the Yakut breed are bred and fish. And also we will visit Oyimyakonsk secondary school, where we will be presented with concert numbers from Yakut folklore.

8:00. Climb. Breakfast at the hotel;
9:00. Departure from Tomtor to Oimyakon village;
10:30. Farm of the Yakut breed of cows (Bereg-Yurdia village);
12:00. Arrival to Oimyakon village. Obtaining certificates of visits to the village of Oimyakon-Polus Kholoda from the local administration;
12:30. Photoshoot with Chyskhanom at the stellas "Oimyakon - Pole of Cold";
13:00. Lunch at the guest house;
14:00. Winter fishing;
16:00. The cultural program of the Oymyakonsk secondary school. Folklore, sports;
18:00. Departure from Oimyakon village;
20:00. Arrival to the village of Tomtor. Dinner at the hotel.

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5 day. Tomtor - Orto-Balagan.
On this day, the group will visit the horse base near the village of Tomtor. You can take a picture, ride a Yakut horse. Next we will go to the village of Orto-Balagan, where we will be shown in a short route on snowmobiles the methods of winter hunting for small animals and partridges. In the evening we will visit the cultural house of Chyskhana in the village of Tomtor, where the Yakut rite "Archy" is held - a ritual of purifying the spirit.

8:00. Climb. Breakfast at the hotel;
9:00. Departure to the base;
11:00. We go to the village of Orto-Balagan;
12:00. Arrival to the village. In winter it gets dark early, so we will immediately go on snowmobiles to the hunter's route, where we will check up traps, snares and dies.
15:00. Lunch in Orto-Balagan;
16:00. Acquaintance with the history of the village, visiting the local school;
18:00. We go back to Tomtor;
20:00. Arrival to the village of Tomtor. We visit the cultural house of Chyskhana - it's a spacious Yakutia buffoonery, where the "Archy" ritual is held, a dinner of traditional Yakut dishes;
22:00. Free time.

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6 day. Tomtor - Yakutsk.
The last day in the Pole of Cold. The group will visit the museums, the ice tunnel and go to the city of Yakutsk in the morning.

8:00. Climb. Breakfast at the hotel;
9:00. Tomtor Museum of Local Lore. N. Zabolotsky - Chyskhana;
11:00. School Museum. Museum of repressed writers;
13:00. Lunch at the hotel;
14:00. Tomtor. The ice tunnel, the gallery "Chyshaan's Residency - the Keeper of the Cold" with ice sculptures;
15:00. Exit to the observation deck of Mount Ebe, from where Oimyakonskaya valley and Tomtor village are clearly visible;
16:00. Departure to the city;
19:30. Uch. Kyubuma. Lunch in the cafe "Cuba".
Then we go to the city with stops in the roadside cafes.

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7 day. Yakutsk.
Day of arrival in the city of Yakutsk. We arrive in the city in the morning and settle on the hotels.

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If you pay extra, the next day you will be provided with a minibus and guide service for full familiarization with Yakutsk and Yakut culture. You can visit the Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North, the Khomus Museum, the Mammoth Museum, the Ethnographic Complex "Chochur-Muran" and the ethnic entertainment complex "Atlasov's Manor".

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    The location of the reindeer herd is not constant and changes its place all the time. To see a deer herd, you need to negotiate with reindeer herders, find out where they are, and stay for another 1 night and from the next morning, you need to go to the reindeer herdsmen's camp.
    Price: night in the hotel + arrival to reindeer herders = 6000 r. with each.
    Reindeer breeding program:
    -Dinner from the national dishes of the Even people;
    - Catania on deer sleds;
    -Photography.


The cost of the tour includes:
- Round trip;
- Minibus service from the airport to the hotel;
-Overviews in hotels;
-Breakfast, lunch and dinner in hotels;
-The whole cultural program in Oymyakon;
-Photography with Chyshaan;
-Certificate of visiting the Pole of Cold, where the minimum temperature is registered - 71.2;
-Demonstration ice fishing;
-The winter hunter's route on snowmobiles.

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The tour price does not include:
-Incoming tickets to the museums of Yakutsk;
- Air tickets to Yakutsk;
-Accommodation and meals in Yakutsk;
-Catering in cafes and roadside teahouses;
-Rating to the base of reindeer herders
-Excursions around the city;
-Service interpreter from foreign languages.

Hotel in Tomtor.


Our 14-person well-equipped hotel is built and completed in the spring

2017 year. It has a shower room, toilet, kitchen and living room and, of course, comfortable separate rooms. Our hotel is located in the village of Tomtor. This is the cluster center of the old Oymyakonya.
If desired, tourists are given the opportunity to spend the night in the villages of Oymyakon and Orto-Balagan, in ordinary guest houses without amenities.


Tour cost:

 1.   A group of 5 people and more - 60 000 rubles;

 2.   A group of 4 people - 70 000 rubles;

 3.   A group of 3 people - 85 000 rubles;

 4.   A group of 2 people - 110 000 rubles.

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