Description
AMUR RIVER CRUISE Khabarovsk – Komsomolsk – Nikolaevsk
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1. Theme |
SIGHTSEEING & FIRST SIGHT CULTURE, ETHNOS, LOCAL MINORITIES NATURE & WILDLIFE WATER TRIPS, CRUISES INDUSTRIES GASTRONOMY |
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2. Region, city, itinerary |
Khabarovskiy region (krai) Downstream: Khabarovsk – Troitskoye, Dzhari – Komsomolsk – Amursk – Bulava – Annenkiye Vody – Tyr – Nikolaevsk Upstream: Nikolaevsk – Tyr – Anneniskiye Vody - Bulava – Komsomolsk – Troitskoye, Dzhari – Khabarovsk |
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3. Seasonality |
July – September |
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4. The complexity, style of the tour |
Moderate Cruise expedition Soft adventure Comfortable extreme |
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5. Accommodation |
Accommodation: 9 cabins to accommodate 20 tourists. Of them: 5 TWIN - 2 single beds in the cabin 4 TRPL - 3 single beds (2 at the bottom + 1 folding bed at the top) Equipment: air conditioning, table, toilet, shower, hygiene products, towels, bed linen, drinking water. Facilities and entertainment on the ship: cafe, sun deck, sauna, water recreation and fishing facilities, disco bar. Safety on board: life jackets in every cabin, lifeboats, evacuation plan in every cabin and deck, fire safety alarm, smoke detectors. Accommodation at hotels in Khabarovsk and Nikolaevsk. |
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6. Number of days |
11 days / 10 nights |
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7. Number of people |
Up to 20 pax in group |
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8. Booking conditions |
2-3 months before the tour |
You start your cruise from the capital of the Khabarovsk Territory - City of Khabarovsk. You will be picked up at the airport or at the railway station and introduced to our legendary city. We sure know what to tell you about the city’s history and its people, besides a well-known fact that Khabarovsk is a city with the bridge printed on a 5000 bill!
Around 4:00 or 5:00 pm you begin your journey down the Amur River and by late night you arrive in the center of the Nanai District, the village of Troitskoye. After spending a night on board a yacht / boat, in the morning you take a tour of the village. The natives of the village -Nanai and Ulchi - are very hospitable and always welcome guests. You will visit the local museum, ethno-cultural center, and a local family, where you will be served a delicious Nanai fish meal.
After lunch, you continue your journey and the next stop along the way is the second largest city in Khabarovsk Territory - Komsomolsk-on-Amur. A full day program will delight you.
At 6:00 pm you leave this wonderful city to move to the Ulchi village of Bogorodskoye. You arrive in the village at night, spend the night at the village;in the morning take a walk around the village and continue on your way to Tyr (100 km from Nikolaevsk) through Susanino and the Annenskye Vody Sanatorium, where you make a stop to take mineral baths and have a delicious meal. In Tyr, you will be given the opportunity to enjoy fishing from the shore or boat and making the very special Far Eastern fish soup. You spend the night in Tyr and by the end of the next day you arrive in the city of Nikolayevsk-on-Amur - a sea gate of the Khabarovsk Territory. You will enjoy a boat trip along the Amur Estuary and the stay in Nikolaevsk for one day to get acquainted with the very first city on the shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, its history, culture, native people. As a part of the program is a visit to the local fish processing enterprise with a production tour and fish tasting.
Return from Nikolaevsk to Khabarovsk is by any of the Avrora Airlines daily flights.
MODEL PROGRAM 2024 (to be corrected on your request, if necessary)
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Day 1. Arrival in Khabarovsk
Arrival of the group in Khabarovsk. Meeting with the guide, transfer to the hotel.
Sightseeing tour of Khabarovsk, acquaintance with the history, important personalities and modernity of Khabarovsk. The city on three hills, a city of parks, squares and museums, has always been and remains a transport hub, from where all travel in the Far East begins. Our tour is called "The City on the five thousand banknote". We will start with the monument to the first Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, Count N.N. Muravyov – Amursky (one side of the bill) and finish in the unique museum of the Amur Bridge (the other side of the bill).
-, ln, dn
Guide and bus for 6 hours
Day 2. Start of the cruise
Today, after breakfast and a short walk through Muravyov-Amursky Park, we will arrive at the river port, the crew will warmly welcome you on board and present you with their houseboat for the next 7 nights. On the embankment you can see the monument to Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov. This writer is dearly loved by Khabarovsk residents for the novel of his life "Amur-Father". That is how the locals still call the Amur river.
At the very beginning of our journey, we will pass under the famous Amur Bridge, depicted on the 5000 banknote, and make a wish that will definitely come true! Don't forget, you started your journey from Khabarovsk! And the name of this city comes from the Old Russian "khabar", which means "luck"!
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and bus for 2 hours
Activites on board: Accordion concert, Musical evening "Popular favorite tunes: let's sing together"
Day 3. Troitskoe, Dzhari
On this day, we will continue our journey along the Amur River. Landscapes of the endless taiga will float by, only sometimes typical wooden houses appear on the bank. In the morning, the ship arrives in the village of Troitskoye, the center of the Nanai district of the Khabarovsk Territory. Nanai people live here too. Right on the bank, the locals will greet you with the national rite of "purification by fire", then we will visit the local museum of local lore, which will bring you closer to the ancient shamanic heritage of the people. We will visit the market and the Church of the Holy Trinity. In the neighboring hospitable village of Jari, we will visit the local cultural national center, where we will enjoy national songs and dances, and the needlewomen will teach us the secrets of national embroidery. And at parting, we will try dishes of national cuisine.
After a hearty tasting of Nanai fish dishes, we will return to the ship to continue our journey along the Great Amur.
Bf, ln, dn
Bus for transfers to Jari
Activities on board: a master class on learning Far Eastern songs accompanied by an accordion
Day 4. Komsomolsk-on-Amur
On the sunny deck, you can watch how the Amur River gradually turns into a powerful wide stream. In the morning we will dock at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and walk along the beautiful embankment near the memorial complex to the city's First Builders. Today we will visit the city, which is the industrial center of the Khabarovsk Territory and visit the Expocenter of the KNAAZ Aviation Plant. And after lunch, we will find the pearl and one of the seven wonders of the Khabarovsk Territory – Lake Amut and the geological collection of the local museum, which will tell us about the geological riches of this area.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and bus for 8 hours
Activities on board: chef master Far Eastern “sharaban” (baked fish dish) cooking together
Day 5. Amursk
We invite you to the satellite city of Komsomolsk - the legendary Amursk. In half a day we will visit the delightful Botanical Garden of the city of Amursk and !Attention! A fish processing facility where we can immerse ourselves in the fish processing during the tour and buy several local kinds of fish. What could be better than a delicious souvenir?
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and bus for 4 hours
Activities on board: lectures on local history
Day 6. “Green” stop and fishing
Today we will get to the village of Nizhni Halby. Today we will set aside for a walk through the village, we will get acquainted with the culture of the Nanai people, look at the features of the national show fishing and taste delicious fish soup on the banks of the bayou in the open air.
We're going back to the ship. ..And we keep our eyes peeled all the time: maybe we'll be lucky enough to see a tiger or a bear by the river!
A special experience awaits you on the same day. The ship will sail past the bizarre rock columns of the Amur Pillars - erect humanoid rocks, each of which has its own name. Passing by Siberian oaks, larches and firs, which are reflected in the river.
Bf, ln, dn
No guide and coach service
Activities on board: a fishing master class.
Day 7. Bulava
Our unusual journey today will take us downstream to the village of Bulava. The name of the village goes back to the famous shaman who lived here. And in fact, shamanism is still widespread among indigenous peoples. During the tour of the village, you will get acquainted with the village, the museum and visit the national family, where you can buy very interesting souvenirs of the local craftsman. We will visit the Ulchi open-air museum and learn about the ancient shamanic cult and the sacred bear festival, take part in watching the performance of the children's national ensemble and participate in a master class on making national souvenirs from birch bark.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide for 4 hours
Activities on board: a master class on birchbark products in national Ulchi style.
Day 8. Annensky waters
Today we will visit the “Annenskiye Vody” (Ann’s Waters) sanatorium, where we will enjoy a hot bath in the pool with natural mineral water from local springы. Those who wish can also take mud baths. For a century and a half, the healing properties of the water of the Annensky springs and the therapeutic mud of Lake Gavan, the purest air have a rejuvenating effect on the patients of the sanatorium. The traditions of sanatorium treatment, founded in 1866, will help you improve your health and gain strength.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and bus for 4 hours
Activities on board: lectures on local history
Day 9. Tyr, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
Today we will reach the picturesque village of Tyr. Already from the water you can see the rocks known as the "Tyr rocks". They're crossing the river. This part of the route is amazing in its splendor, be sure to take a selfie against the background of the rocks. And while walking, admire this splendor right in front of you. A red-book white-shouldered eagle can fly over you right here. Maybe you'll be lucky to take a picture with him!
Tyr is a military fort, the main attraction of which is the cannon (open-air) museum, towering high above the majestic Amur.
Nearby, the Amgun River flows into the Amur River. Tyr and Amgun are located about 100 kilometers from Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, the final point of our cruise.
After lunch on the same day, we arrive in the village of Innokentievka, a place of compact residence of the Nivkhs, another indigenous people of the Amur region.
Today, after overcoming the last leg of the way along the river, we will finish our cruise, the length of which will be almost 1400 km from Khabarovsk to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. The Amur River in the Nikolaevsk-on-Amur region is almost two km wide and flows into the Pacific Ocean.
We say goodbye to the captain and his team! We say goodbye to meet again on the banks of the great Amur River!
Transfer to Nikolaevsk, dinner, overnight in the city of Severn.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and bus for transfers
Day 10. Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
After breakfast we go on a sightseeing tour of Nikolaevsk, an outpost in the Sea of Okhotsk, a city 12 years older than Khabarovsk, founded in 1846. The guide will tell you about the difficult years of development of the Far Eastern lands. We will definitely visit the richest museum of local lore in the Far East. And after that, we are welcomed at the ethnographic center of the Nivkh people (one of the 8 indigenous small peoples of the Amur region), where they will tell us about culture and folk crafts, show a concert and treat us to national dishes.
Under favorable weather conditions, we will drive to the Amur estuary in the village of Ozerpakh, where in good sunny weather you can enjoy beautiful views of the northern part of Sakhalin, watch fishermen and swim in the river.
Today we will say goodbye to Amur river. After lunch, the group takes a plane back to Khabarovsk.
Upon arrival in Khabarovsk, we check into a hotel, dinner, overnight at a hotel.
Bf, ln, dn
A guide and a bus for 6 hours in Nikolaevsk.
Transfers in Khabarovsk.
Day 11. Khabarovsk. Back home.
Guided tours for your choice (for an additional fee) before lunch.
Transfer with a guide to Khabarovsk airport. Departure from Khabarovsk.
Bf, -, -
Transfers in Khabarovsk.MODEL PROGRAM 2024 (to be corrected on your request, if necessary)
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Day 1. Arrival in Khabarovsk, Nikolaevsk-on-Amur
Arrival in Khabarovsk. Meeting with the guide. Transit for a flight to Nikolaevsk-on-Amur.
14:00-15:35 Khabarovsk – Nikolaevsk-on-Amur SU4595
Transfer to Sever (North) hotel, accommodation.
Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Nikolaevsk.
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Guide and coach for transfers in Khabarovsk and Nikolaevsk.
Day 2. Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. The beginning of the cruise.
In the morning, after breakfast, we go on a sightseeing tour of Nikolaevsk, an outpost in the Sea of Okhotsk, a city 12 years older than Khabarovsk, founded in 1846. The guide will tell you about the difficult years of development of the Far Eastern lands. We will definitely visit the richest museum of local lore in the Far East. And after that, we are welcomed at the ethnographic center of the Nivkh people (one of the 8 indigenous small peoples of the Amur region), where they will tell us about culture and folk crafts, show a concert and treat us to national dishes.
We will have lunch at a local cafe and finally go to the ship. Transfer to Innokentievka – a place of compact residence for nivkhs. Here we will be warmly welcomed by the crew on board and will present you their houseboat for the next 8 nights.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and coach for 6 hours in Nikolaevsk.
Day 3 Tyr
Nearby, the Amgun River flows into the Amur River. Tyr and Amgun are located about 100 kilometers from Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. The Amur River in the Nikolaevsk-on-Amur region is almost two km wide and flows into the Pacific Ocean.
Today we will reach the picturesque village of Tyr. Already from the water you can see the rocks known as the "Tyr rocks". They're crossing the river. This part of the route is amazing in its splendor, be sure to take a selfie against the background of the rocks. And while walking, admire this splendor right in front of you. Right here, a red-book white-shouldered eagle can fly in front of you. Maybe you'll be lucky to take a picture with him!
Tyr is a military fort, the main attraction of which is the cannon (open-air) museum towering high above the majestic Amur river.
Bf, ln, dn
No Guide and coach
Activities on board: lectures on local history
Day 4. Annenskiye vody (Ann’s waters)
Today we will visit the Annenskiye Vody sanatorium, where we will enjoy a hot bath in the pool with natural mineral water from local springs. Those who wish can also take mud baths. For a century and a half, the healing properties of the water of the Annensky springs and the therapeutic mud of Lake Gavan, the purest air have a rejuvenating effect on the patients of the sanatorium. The traditions of sanatorium treatment, founded in 1866, will help you improve your health and gain strength.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and coach for 6 hours.
Activities on board: lectures on local history
Day 5. Bulava
Our unusual journey today will take us to the village of Bulava. The name of the village goes back to the famous shaman who lived here. And in fact, shamanism is still widespread among indigenous peoples! During the tour of the village, you will get acquainted with the village, the museum and visit the national family, where you can buy very interesting souvenirs of the local craftsman. We will visit the Ulchi open-air museum and learn about the ancient shamanic cult and the sacred bear festival, take part in watching the performance of the children's national ensemble and participate in a master class on making national souvenirs from birch bark.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide for 4 hours.
Activities on board: a master class on birchbark products in the national Ulchi style.
Day 6. Zimmermannovka
In the village of Zimmermanovka we will make a stop for a walk around the village. Let's relax in the fresh air, chat about this and that with the locals, who have been living for generations catching numerous species of Amur fish. If possible, we fish from the shore.
Bf, ln, dn
Activities on board: lectures on local history.
Day 7. Natural landscapes
Non-stop passing-by. Admiring the scenery on the bank, entertainment on board, fishing.
Bf, ln, dn
Activities on board: chef master Far Eastern “sharaban” (baked fish dish) cooking together
Day 8. Komsomolsk-on-Amur
On the sunny deck, you can watch how the Amur River gradually turns into a powerful wide stream. In the morning we will dock at Komsomolsk-on-Amur and walk along the beautiful embankment near the memorial complex to the city's First Builders. Today we will visit the city, which is the industrial center of the Khabarovsk Territory and visit the Expocenter of the KNAAZ Aviation Plant. And after lunch, we will find the pearl and one of the seven wonders of the Khabarovsk Territory – Lake Amut and the geological collection of the local museum, which will tell us about the geological riches of this area.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and coach for 6 hours.
Activities on board: Accordion concert, Musical evening "Popular favorite tunes: let's sing together"
Day 9. Troitskoe, Dzhari
Arrival in Troitskoye and Dzhari villages (the administrative center of Nanai district).
On this day, we will continue our journey along the Amur River. Landscapes of the endless taiga will float by, only sometimes typical wooden houses appear on the bank. In the morning, the ship arrives in the village of Troitskoye, the center of the Nanai district of the Khabarovsk Territory. Nanai people live here too. Right on the shore, the locals will greet you with the national rite of "purification by fire", then we will visit the local museum of local lore, which will bring you closer to the ancient shamanic heritage of the people. We will visit the market and the Church of the Holy Trinity. In the neighboring hospitable village of Dzhari, we will visit the local cultural national center, where we will enjoy national songs and dances, and the needlewomen will teach us the secrets of national embroidery. And at parting, we will try dishes of national cuisine. After a hearty lunch of Nanai fish dishes, we will return to the ship to continue our journey along the great Amur.
Bf, ln, dn
Transfers to Dzhari
Activities on board: a master class on learning Far Eastern songs accompanied by accordion
Day 10. Khabarovsk, the end of the cruise
Today we arrive in Khabarovsk, the capital of the Far Eastern Region. At the end of our journey on the outskirts of Khabarovsk, we will definitely pass under the famous Amur Bridge, depicted on the 5000 bill, and make a wish that will definitely come true! Don't forget, you arrived in Khabarovsk today! And the name of this city comes from the Old Russian "khabar", which means "luck"! We say goodbye to the captain and his team! We say goodbye to meet again on the banks of the great Amur River!
Sightseeing tour of Khabarovsk "The city on five thousand banknote", we get acquainted with the history, important personalities and modernity of Khabarovsk. The city on three hills, a city of parks, squares and museums, has always been and remains a transport hub, from where all travel in the Far East begins.
After lunch (Far Eastern cuisine), we will stay at the hotel and spend the night in comfort. The Intourist Hotel is conveniently located next to the Cliff – the bridge of the foundation of Khabarovsk and not far from the Amur embankment, where you can take a walk before going to bed. On the embankment you can see the monument to Nikolai Pavlovich Zadornov. This writer is dearly loved by Khabarovsk residents for the novel of his life "Amur-Father". That is how the locals still call the Amur.
Dinner, overnight at a hotel.
Bf, ln, dn
Guide and coach for 6 hours.
Day 11 Khabarovsk, return home
Guided tours for your choice (for an additional fee) before lunch.
Transfer with a guide to Khabarovsk airport. Departure from Khabarovsk.
Bf, -, -
Transfers in Khabarovsk.
