Miracles of the Far East (Khabarovsky Krai)

During this tour we’ll visit a village of old believers, go hiking on slopes of Bureinskij ridge, enjoy a rafting down the river of Amgun, visit the Komsomolski nature reserve.



Dates: 27.08-05.09.2012
Duration – 9 days
Group – 4 people

Program of tour:
1 day (27 of August)
Arrival to the town Komsomolsk-na-Amure
Transfer in hotel. Accommodation in a hotel (double standard rooms).
Lunch. Excursion program. Museum of local lore.
Dinner – on your own way.
Spend the night in a hotel (double rooms)
2 day (28 of August)
Breakfast in a hotel.
Excursion to the Komsomolsky nature reserve, located on the left bank of the Amur River, 50 km away from Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Walk along the ecological path. Lunch.
Visit the ethnographical centre of Nanaian culture.
Nanaians live in Nanaysky, Komsomolsky, Amur regions of the Khabarovsky Krai
Nanaians concern to the native peoples of Amur region (“Priamurye”) with an ancient history and original culture. Traditionally they are occupied with fishing, hunting, and picking up berries and mushroom. The rivers and taiga provided Nanaians with all necessary: food and dress. The instruments of hunting were bow with arrows, spear various arbalets, loops, and nets on small fur animals. The hunting guns began to be used only in the beginning of the ХХth century.
Accommodation in wooden huts. Dinner
3 day (29 of August)
Breakfast
Transfer to the settlement “Berezovyj” (“Birch”)
On the way: the lake Evoron, Lunch
Accommodation in a wooden hut.
Walk in environs of the settlement. Dinner.
4-5 days (30-31 of August)
Breakfast
Visit the village of old believers, where you get acquainted with life and traditions of old believers. Lunch.
Accommodation in a wooden hut. Dinner.
5-6 days (01-02 of September)
Breakfast. Rafting along the river Amgun.
The river Amgun is formed by the confluence of the Suluk and the Ayakit rivers, their total length with the Suluk river head being 855 km. The Ayakit starts on the Bureinsky Range western slopes at an elevation of 1,188 m; the Suluk rises from the mountain lake of the same name. The main tributaries are the Badjal, the Milan, the Duki, the Nimelen, the Im, the Somnya; they are all mountain rivers.
Biodiversity of Amgun river basin is splendid because of presence of flora and fauna of Amur region. Amgun and its tributaries are the basic spawning places of humpback salmon, summer and autumn dog salmon (keta), as well as of masu salmon (sima). The Amgun river basin is known as the best habitat for elk and bear in the Krai.
Fishing. Swimming. Lunch.
Accommodation in double tents. Dinner.
7 day (03 of September)
Breakfast.
Climnbing the Bureinskij mountain ridge.  Lunch.
Accommodation in a wooden hut. Dinner.
8 day (04 of September)
Breakfast.
Transfer to the town Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Lunch – on the way
Accommodation in hotel. 
Farewell dinner. Spend the night in hotel (double standard room)
9 day (05 of September)
Breakfast in hotel
Transfer in airport

Cost includes:
- transfer
- rent of special equipment (tents, sleeping bags, equipment for preparing meal etc.)
- visit the nature reserve “Komsomolsky”
- guides
- meal, according to the program.
- accommodation,  according to the program.
Cost does not include:
- visa support
- transfer to/from the town  Komsomolsk-na-Amure
- alcohol
- equipment for fishing
- special warm clothes and rubber boots