Reindeer Herder's Day In Khanty Style. A trip to the village of Muji
From 23 000₽ per person
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Type: Multi-day activity
* March in Yamal is still winter, with frosts and blizzards, winds and snowfalls. The main feature of this time is a much longer daylight hours than in twilight January. And at this time it is customary to organize the main holiday of the indigenous people of Yamal – Reindeer Herder's Day. Reindeer teams come to villages and towns, they carry poles and fur coverings for the plague and the simple belongings of tundra and forest nomads. Entire towns of plague grow up on the banks of rivers, and reindeer herders in their best traditional clothes compete in speed, accuracy, skills and strength.
In 2024, the village of Muzhi, located in the south-west of Yamal, opens a series of these bright holidays. This territory has long belonged to the ancestors of the Khanty, and in the first half of the 19th century, the Izhemsky Komi-Zyryans crossed the Ural Mountains with their reindeer and settled on the banks of the Little Ob River, next to the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, built in 1840. Incredibly, the village of Muji is even mentioned in Jules Verne's novel "Caesar Cascabel", whose characters visited here in 1868. Beautiful winter landscapes and an eco-friendly atmosphere attract guests who want to touch the local lifestyle of residents who have remained true to their traditions.
It is generally believed that Yamal is a tundra and Nenets. But here you will see a different Yamal: with forests along the banks of the Ob River, where Khanty and Komi-Zyryans live. Reindeer Herder's Day in Muzh is an unforgettable event built on the centuries–old traditions of local peoples and amazing local history.
An additional highlight will be given to it by the spring mood of your favorite holiday in early March! This trip will be a wonderful gift for the women you love!
The tour includes traveling along the Salekhard – Muzhi – Salekhard route by car. The program includes a reindeer sledding parade, a national skills competition, exhibitions and master classes. The key elements of the competition in national sports are reindeer sledding, cross-country skiing, throwing tynzyan on a horse, triple national jump, sled jumping, tug of war and national wrestling.
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day 01
March 8th
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Arrival in the village of Muzhi in the evening. A 3-hour program at the guest house with a national dinner, workshops, puzzle games, and a fitting of traditional clothes and jewelry.
day 02
March 9th
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Reindeer Herder's Day. Transfer to Khanty-Muzhi village, visit all the entertainment venues: a deer procession and a reindeer sledding competition, a foot court with dishes of national cuisine; reindeer sledding races (men's and women's).
Lunch at the guest house; internal transfers on reindeer sleds and horses, a "Shopping courtyard" with local souvenirs and local products, presentations, master classes, rituals and exhibitions in the "Ethnogorodok", immersive and musical performances, guided tours of the Zhivun Park Museum, an exclusive master class on harness management, return to Manhood.
day 03
March 10th
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Quest tour "in the footsteps of the heroes of Jules Verne". The participants will feel like the heroes of the novel "Caesar Cascabel", who traveled a long way from North America through the Bering Strait and visited their Husbands in 1868.
You will walk along the path of literary characters, visit the "mayor's house", receive personal identification certificates – a document from a traveler of the past – and meet with a local merchant. You will travel through the Cities of the past on a phaeton or in a sleigh drawn by horses of the local Priobsky breed.
On the tour, you will also get acquainted with the culture of the Komi-Zyryans, the founders of the village of Muzhi, visit two observation decks, admire the views of the Ob floodplain and the Muzhinsky Ural ridge, through which the first Komi settlers came to the banks of the Ob River in the distant past. After lunch departure to Salekhard
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* Salekhard, we will pick you up from the airport, from the hotel or from another other location in the city.Finish point
* G. SalekhardPopular tickets
All ticketsЗемля Лугуя (Ямал)
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Мы организуем познавательные путешествия по юго-западной части Ямало-Ненецкого округа, где не ведется добыча газоводородов, нет ни одного города и постоянных дорог. Компания является туроператором и работает на рынке с 2020 года. Мы являемся проводниками в первозданную ямальскую природу - просторы Оби и горы Полярного Урала. С нами вы можете отправиться к людям, живущим в единении с природой - оленеводам, рыбакам - хранителям хантыйских традиций. Если нравится коллекционировать необычные путешествия, у нас найдутся для вас увлекательные предложения!