Huskies and deer: excursion to the Karelian nursery

From 2 000₽ per person

Category:

Adventures and fun activities

Subcategory:

Excursion

Description

Type: Single-day activity
Duration: 4 hours
* We invite you to the residence of Karelian Santa Claus — to visit Talvi Ukko and his faithful friends: huskies and reindeer! Our program includes 2 excursions to real reindeer and a kennel for sled dogs, as well as a tea party with Karelian pastries and tea made with local herbs. There are never many Santa Claus. That's what Nikolai Stolyarov, the founder of the Karelian winter grandfather's residence, thought a few years ago and decided to create his homeland of Santa Claus. Talvi Ukko is the name of the "winter grandfather" (this is how his name translates from Karelian), who settled 30 kilometers from Petrozavodsk, on the outskirts of the village of Chalna. It turned out to be a real Sami-Karelian residence. And what kind of winter wizard is there without assistants? The main ones, of course, are reindeer. That's how my grandfather got a deer farm. By the way, the Karelian old man's reindeer are no worse than those of the Lapland Santa. Well, what kind of residence is this without real northern dogs – huskies and malamutes? There will be dogs too. Talvi Ukko-Stolyarov got so carried away that he turned out to have the largest kennel of sled dogs in Russia, since Nikolai himself, like his son, professionally participate in sled racing. In general, they know the business. Well, if Talvi Ukko has so many deer and dogs, then why should they stand idly by? So it turned out that people now come to visit their winter grandfather not only to take a walk around the residence, to look at the wizard's life, not only to taste tea on herbs with gates, but also to ride dogs and reindeer sleds. Moreover, they ride here both in winter and in summer. The patrimony is open all year round.
Available languages

Russian

Group type

Group

Age restrictions

Not restricted

Training level

Not required

Transfer

Transfer not included

Details

Included

Bus transportation service

The guide's job

Tea time

Dog and Deer Kennel tour

Excluded

Reindeer riding — children under 12 years old — 1000 rubles, adult — 1500 rubles

Husky riding (500 meters) — children under 12 years old — 1000 rubles, adult — 1500 rubles

Husky riding (1,500 meters) — children under 12 years old — 1,500 rubles, adult — 2,000 rubles

Tour of the Talvi Ukko residence - 300 rubles per person

Lumikki Palace tour - 300 rubles per person

Karelian farmstead - 300 rubles per person

Starting point

* 11:00 a.m. - rotunda on the embankment of Petrozavodsk (Yeremeyeva, 1).

Finish point

* Petrozavodsk
Золотое кольцо Карелии
Золотое кольцо Карелии
Organizer
Золотое кольцо Карелии - команда локальных гидов, любящих Карелию и умеющих раскрывать ее самые красивые места! Среди наших предложений не только известный горный парк Рускеала, красавец-водопад Кивач, святой остров Валаам и шедевр северного деревянного зодчества - остров Кижи, но и по-настоящему уникальные места, такие как мистическая гора Воттоваара, настоящие старинные карельские деревни, живописнейшие карельские фьорды и много другое. Тебе понравится!

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