Description
4 elements – 4 capitals
Water – Earth – Air – Fire
Reveal mysterious Russian far-east through magic of elements: Earth – Sakha (Yakutia), Fire – Kamchatka, Air – Khabarovsk, Water – Vladivostok. At the beginning of the tour each participant is presented with 4 souvenir bottles to collect the elements in each region and take all elements back home.
DAY 1 Vladivostok
We start from Vladivostok – WATER element – which opens the force of the sea, and let you enjoy the beauty of the city at the shore with its architecture, embankments, lighthouses, bays and gulfs.
City sightseeing around Vladivostok. The sea-port hosts daily thousands of tourists showing its best sights as: legendary submarine C-56, lore museum named after Arseniev, Korabelnaya embankment, the Tsar Arch. And we can hardly stand against sea cruise in the city waters. We continue our excursion with crossing the far-famed bridge depicted on 2000 banknote to the Russkiy island. The island became the part of the city after APEC Forum and International Economic Forums taking place here with Russian president certain participation annually. You will be charmed with the beauty of the island and world level of the premises located here: Far-Eastern Federal University, Miriinskiy Theater, Oceanarium.
After lunch at local restaurant we continue with sea-cruise from Korabelnaya Embankment. On route are: Tokarevsky Lighthouse – Rysskiy Bridge – Basargin peninsula – Skryplev’s Lighthouse – Ayax Bay Vyaylin’s Cape. During the cruise we make the ceremony of filling-in the bottle with sea water of Vladivostok.
Fore dinner you are sure to taste king crab and sea food which is the visit card of the city.
DAY 2 Yakutsk
Sakha (Yakutia) – EARTH element – is the largest land in Russian taking 1/5 of the country territory. Besides, 90% of diamonds, precious and semi-precious stones and metals are excavated in Yakutia. Mammoth finds in Yakutia are far-famed around the world and attract numerous tourists and scientists to Yakutia too investigate the phenomenon of those findings.
DAY 3 Lena Pillars cruise
Lena Pillars is a forty-kilometer series of steep cliffs stretching along the right bank of the Lena River. The length of the rocks is more than forty kilometers. Today it is a natural reserve of Yakutia. The 100-200-meter-high rocks become more and more beautiful and mysterious each year due to local climatic conditions. The view of the Pillars is especially spectacular at sunset and sunrise: from a distance the mountain range with its outlines resembles an ancient castle or a magic palace, and the river at the foot serves as a mirror, making the pillars twice as large and majestic.
Comfortable three-deck cruise liners (the Austrian design model Q065) allow you to enjoy the beauty of the Lena River and its environs. The cruise liner standards and conditions meet all the international requirements of quality and comfort.
During eco-path upstairs to the viewing deck at top of Lena Pillars you‘ll fill-in your bottle with stones of the ERATH element.
DAY 4 Khabarovsk
In the morning we arrive to the quietest and peaceful city which till 2018 was the capital of the Far Eastern region – Khabarovsk – AIR element. From the days of its foundation Khabarovsk was the biggest economic, transportation, administrative and energetic hub of whole Far East. The city is located on the right bank of the mighty Amur river which you will have a chance to cruise today. From the riverside the city even more beautiful and during the cruise you will see Khabarovsk main sights depicted on 5000 banknote: the statue of Muraviev-Amurskiy and the Amur Bridge. During the city sightseeing you will know why those 2 objects were given the honor to be commemorated on Russian banknotes.
Fresh AIR of 3rd element for your bottles to fill in is all around during evening balloon flight over the city. Delightful impressions and wonderful photos from up above the sky!
For dash adventurous persons we are ready to organize more exciting flight by powered paragliding!
DAY 5 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
The FIRE element is sure to surprise you at Kamchatka peninsula. We are going to visit thermal springs splashing right from burning hot depth of Kamchatka geysers.
We offer for your choice 2 types of helicopter flight:
1. Geysers Valley is a unique phenomenon discovered 60 years ago and attracting tourists and scientists from all over the world. The valley is hidden in one of the deepest canyons of Kronotskiy Reserve. It is full of geysers and fountains, mud glaciers, thermodriftweed, dry and wet sulfur lakes. You will enjoy the beauty and impose of the scenery of the valley, the mountains, active volcanoes, taiga, rivers and lakes. After helicopter landing you ‘ll have a walk in the valley and see the biggest geysers explosions.
2. Another excursion offers no less delighting views of 3 main volcanos of Kamchatka: Mutnovskiy, Gorely, Vilyuchinskiy. From a bird flight height, you’ll have a look right inside the volcanos’ craters. After helicopter landing you’ll enjoy the healing power of the natural hot springs in deep forest with magnificent view and surrounded by grand mountains of Kamchatka.
Catch the FIRE element to your bottle at geysers or volcanoes!
DAY 7 Khabarovsk
Meet mysterious Russian soul. Today is the last day of our trip. We prepared a special folklore program “Sarafan-show” with demonstration of Russian traditions, rites, customs, beliefs, wedding ceremony elements, national Russian costume. You’ have a chance to try on Russian costume and make photos in it. Russian Samovar Tea ceremony will finish our day. Try authentically Russian snacks: bliny, pirozhki, bubliki, baranki, sushki, sweets. Russians usually drink tea with honey, varenye, balsams and syrups which you find on the table also.
We hope the tour reveals the beauty and magic of the Russian soul. From now and on you remember how wonderful was you trip having look at the bottles of 4 elements. We now believe Russia is forever in your heart and you will come here more and more times.
This tour is a modal plan that can be changed or prolonged in the cities of visit depending on your requirements and flight schedules.
