4-day Husky safari on the Top of the Earth: Kola Peninsula

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4-day Husky safari on the Top of the Earth

This husky safari is for dog lovers who want to get familiar with the real mushing; feeding, harnessing, sledding and hugging the lovely husky dogs. Travel approx. 40 km per day with a sled pulled by enthousiastic husky dogs on the tundras of Kola Peninsula. Together with a partner, who is in the sled, you travel through the endless nature in one of the last wilderness areas in Europe. From time to time you change from passenger to musher.

During this husky safari, the teams take care of the husky dogs themselves and help with the daily routines. You stay the first and the last overnights in a beautiful blockhouse with all amenities. While you are in the wilderness, you spend the night in a log cabin. A hot sauna and a delicious Dinner are waiting for you there.

The nights on the Kola Peninsula are long and you have a very good chance to see the Northern Lights dancing in the sky.

In short, an exciting and unforgettable husky safari is waiting for you!

Highlights Husky safari on the Top of the Earth: Kola Peninsula. This four-day husky safari is for dog lovers who want to get familiar with the real mushing. Travel with a sled pulled by enthousiastic husky dogs on the tundras of Kola Peninsula.

The beautiful Husky Park with their husky dogs
Husky sledding
meeting reindeers
virgin Arctic landscapes: tundra, forest, lakes, tarns and gaps
Northern lights (Aurora Borealis)

Details Husky safari on the Top of the Earth: Kola Peninsula. This four-day husky safari is for dog lovers who want to get familiar with the real mushing. Travel with a sled pulled by enthousiastic husky dogs on the tundras of Kola Peninsula.

4-day Husky safari on the top of the Earth

Accommodations:

2 nights in a luxerious cottage at the Husky Farm with sitting room, 1 sleeping room with a double bed, 4 beds on the loft, 1 sleeping place on a sofa in a sitting room, shower, toilet and washing basin with mirror.
1 night in a wilderness Lodge: two or three person rooms, toilets and showers in corridors, sauna

Level: from 10 y.o. as a passenger; from 16 y.o. as a musher.

Group size: From 6 persons

Duration: 4 days

Dates: Datums op aanvraag.

Price: EUR 1.350 per person

Price includes:

accommodation
transfer from Murmansk to Siberian Husky Park and back
2 day dog sledding (two people on a sled)
service of English speaking guide
snowmobile escort
special clothes and shoes for the Husky ride
mentioned meals: B – Breakfast, L – Lunch, D - Dinner
mentioned sauna

Documents: Het paspoort moet minimaal 6 maanden geldig zijn na terugkomst. Voor toeristen uit Nederland is een Russisch visum vereist. Voor meer informatie raadpleeg de website van het Russische consulaat in Den Haag. Na boeking sturen wij je de benodigde toeristische uitnodiging.

Insurance:

De deelnemer dient over een ziektekostenverzekering te beschikken die op zijn minst het Europese deel van de Russische Federatie dekt.

Itinerary Husky safari on the Top of the Earth: Kola Peninsula. This four-day husky safari is for dog lovers who want to get familiar with the real mushing. Travel with a sled pulled by enthousiastic husky dogs on the tundras of Kola Peninsula.

4-day Husky safari on the top of the Earth

Day 1: Transfer from Murmansk to Siberian Husky Park. It is located in Lovozero area – place of living Saami people on Kola Peninsula. Check-in at a Guest House. Dinner followed by briefing on trip itinerary and detailed route plan overview on map. Overnight. (D)

Day 2: After breakfast, you can help your guides to harness the dogs: 9-10 dogs for each sled. You will meet the dogs of your team and study their names. You will learn how to rule the sled, commands and signs used during moving. Then you will start Husky riding via the winter landscapes. Your way is going on forest roads, on icy lakes, over mountains and via frozen tundra. The way takes 4-5 hours. You can do some short stops on the way for making photos, light Lunch and hot tea. Your goal is a wilderness lodge in a middle of Lovozero tundra. Check-in at the Lodge. You also should take care about your dogs: to give them food, water and a place for sleeping. It is also nice to tell them some good words. Sauna, dinner and overnight in the Lodge. Distance: 40 km. (BLD)

Day 3: After breakfast, you harness your dogs. Your way is going back to the Husky Park. You will sledge around Lovozero mountain tundra and reach the Park in the late afternoon. After checking-in at the Guest House, you have a free time to look around at the Husky Park. The Husky Park has also a replica of a Saami village, where you get acquainted with the way of life of the Saami people, as it was more than a century ago and meet reindeers. Dinner and overnight at the Guest house. Distance: 40 km. (BLD)

Day 4: After breakfast, you go to the dogs’ kennel to say “Goodbye” to your fluffy friends. Then transfer back to Murmansk city. (BLD)

Remark: On day 2 and 3 two guides on snowmobiles will secure your trip, but they will drive enough far from you not to disturb your ride.

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This husky safari can be extended with the following optionals:

Moermansk:
- Tickets voor museum- en museumexcursies kosten van 100 roebel tot 1000 roebel per persoon.
- Excursie in een nucleaire-ijsbreker met een rondleiding in het Russisch of Engels.
- Stadstour in Heldenstad Moermansk.
- Excursie naar een Husky kennel bij Moermansk.
- Dagexcursie naar een Saami – nedersetting.
- Dagexcursie naar de Barentz zee en Teriberka dorp.
- Dagexcursie naar Husky Park bij Lovozero dorp.
- Dagexcursie naar Lovozero dorp; Hoofdstad van de Saamen.
Train/plane/bus tickets in or outside Russian Federation.