Basic information
Region: Krasnoyarsk region
Group size (from and to): up to 8 people, 6 accompanying persons, including cook, guide, photographer, instructor-guide, organizing workers.
Number of days: (including arrival and departure days) 6.
Minimum age: 18 years old
Dates: summer 2025 on request
Difficulty (1 to 4): 2
There will be mosquitoes on the Anabar Plateau during this time period. Repellents will be provided by the tour operator.
PRICE RUB 650,000.
Program by day
Breakfasts, lunches, dinners during the whole program.
Day 1. Arrival day
- general information:
Our team will meet you in the rural settlement of Khatanga.
«Chill out” in the mammoth museum in the glacier. Here you can see the remains of a mammoth carcass, woolly rhinoceros, wild horse and many other prehistoric animals.
For lunch we will have shurpa from musk ox and sugudai from northern fish.
Khatanga is a place of traditional residence of Nganasans and Dolgans, it is their culture that we will get acquainted with: we will learn how to feed the fire, assemble a tent, make an amulet from reindeer horns, immerse ourselves in the culture of indigenous peoples of the Far North.
In the evening (if you wish) you can visit the Church of the Epiphany of the Lord.
Day 2. Journey to the day when the Earth stopped
In the morning we will be given a safety briefing, after which we will immediately go by boat to the base «Taimen’s House». The picturesque banks of the Khatanga and Kotuy rivers will accompany us for about 10 hours. On the way you will be given a lecture about the formation of Taimyr (after all, you are going to the bottom of the ancient ocean) and we will make stops in picturesque places.
Upon arrival you will have a northern-themed dinner and a sauna.
Day 3. Trekking in «Kugda-Yuryakh» tract and Kugda-Yuryakh brook
Immediately after breakfast we will go to explore stone temples, dolomite bottom of the ancient ocean, we will see the arrow of Kotuy and Kotuykan rivers.
The route is 4 km long.
After lunch we will go downstream of the Kotuy River about 3 km by boat and walk along the Kugda-Yuryakh River bed, which forms a small canyon with steep steep banks. We will climb to a small height and admire the beautiful mountains and stone remnants.
Day 4. Hunting for chrysolites
Taimyr is rich in minerals: amethysts, agates, carnelians, amber, large deposits of ammonites. But it is on the Anabar Plateau that there is an interesting place — abandoned, open-pit chrysolite mines. We will go to them. A 16-kilometer trekking on the tundra and a picnic in the nature awaits us.
Day 5. Fishing
An easy ascent to Vzletka Mountain, which overlooks the Anabar Plateau, awaits us.
The rest of the day we suggest to spend in trophy fishing on the principle «catch-and-release».
Day 6. Reserve day. Khatanga
In the morning we will head to Khatanga, with stops along the way to observe the reindeer migration.
After an 11-hour journey we will check in at the Mammoth Inn hotel.
Day 7. Departure to Krasnoyarsk or Norilsk
Accommodation
Location 1
Hotel «Mammoth INN», 4 stars
Accommodation in single and double rooms of standard class.
Location 2 “House of Taimen” base
Double accommodation at the base in houses of standard class (toilet outside), you can upgrade the class of accommodation for 70 000 rubles.
Terms and conditions
Included in the price
The cost of the program includes:
— tourist insurance for the period of the trip;
— tickets to Khatanga from Norilsk or Krasnoyarsk;
— three meals a day (alcohol is not included);
— photographer’s services;
— services of an instructor-guide and a guide-excursor (a researcher of the Taimyr Local History Museum);
— transfer according to the program;
— tickets to museums, cultural and entertainment program;
— accommodation in a standard class hotel in Khatanga (the hotel «Mammoth Inn» 4 stars, at the tourist’s request it is possible to upgrade the class of the room);
— boat trip on the Khatanga River;
— bed linen and hygiene kits during overnight stays at polar stations;
— rubber boots.
— group transfer around Khatanga settlement;
— bathhouse;
— first-aid kit;
— installment payment.
Pay extra
- — air tickets (Krasnoyarsk from 12,000 rubles or to Norilsk from 16,000 rubles)
- — souvenirs in Khatanga;
- — alcoholic drinks.
More info
Weather on tour dates: average temperature +17° C, temperatures can rise to +30° C, cold winds are possible.
In case you are a vegetarian, we will prepare a separate menu for you.
A restaurant chef will prepare food for you using Taimyr products. On the menu: ovtsebyk, reindeer, northern fish, mushrooms and berries.
6 chaperones: 2 organizers, cook, photographer, instructor-guide, tour guide.
What kind of transportation is used on the route: boat.
How the transfer is organized: cars.
What equipment is provided: no equipment is needed
Cost and description of optional excursions/activities: all included in the tour price.
Availability of mobile communication and Wi-Fi on the route: In Khatanga there is internet only in the hotel.