Option 1. Kizhi Island by Khivus Hovercraft:

(Direct tours from Petrozavodsk in JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, provided ice is strong enough on Lake Onega!!!)

Tour dates: February, March, April: daily groups of 4 to 7 persons!

Duration: 6 hrs

February: daily,

March: daily,

April: daily,

May: daily,

Program:

10.00 am Group meeting on Petrozavodsk embankment. Trip by Khivus hovercraft.

noon Reaching Kizhi Island. Meeting your guide at the quay close to Kizhi museum & reserve.
Walking sightseeing tour: Traditional Russian Culture North of Lake Onega. Duration of the sightseeing tour: 1.5-2 hrs. Visiting and exploring the Transfiguration Cathedral, chapels, antique peasant huts, barns and other wooden architectural landmarks. Visiting the exhibitions featuring the history of Kizhi parish and the construction of Kizhi boats.

01.30 pm Tea party, tea from the samovar and Karelian pastries (paid extra, cafe on KIZHI Island). Or you can dine at a cozy restaurant on Kizhi Island (prior booking)

02.00 pm Masterclass on traditional crafts (paid extra).

03.00 pm Departure by Khivus hovercraft to Petrozavodsk

04.30-05.00 pm Arrival in Petrozavodsk.

Price, including transfers from Petrozavodsk:

adults – ₽4,900/person

students, seniors – ₽4,700/person

schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽4,500/person

children under 6 – ₽4,300/person

 Price (your own transport to Velikaya Guba):

adults – ₽3,400/person

students, seniors – ₽3,200/person

schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽3,100/person

children under 6 – ₽3,000/person

Price, including transfers from Petrozavodsk (international tourists):

adults – ₽5,200/person

students, seniors – ₽5,000/person
schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽4,900/person

children under 6 – ₽4,600/person

Price (international tourists with their own transport to Velikaya Guba):

adults – ₽3,900/person

students, seniors – ₽3,700/person

schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽3,600/person

children under 6 – ₽3,300/person

Inclusive: return tickets to Kizhi Island, entrance tickets to the museum & reserve, main sightseeing tour.

The maximum capacity of the hovercraft is 10 persons.

Individual service:

from 1 to 4 persons – ₽27,000 per group

Tours are arranged only in good weather!
We recommend wearing comfortable warm clothes and shoes without heels.

Option 2. Kizhi through Zaonezhye Peninsula and Velikaya Guba village:

Tour dates: if there is freeze-up in the straits in December, January, February, March, April: daily groups of 5 to 7 persons!

Duration: 12 hrs

December: 30, 31;

January: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19, 26;

February: 16, 17, 23, 24;

March: 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31;

April: 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27;

May: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11.

Program:

07.00 am Departure from Petrozavodsk to Velikaya Guba village (one-way trip: about 300 km by bus, 5.30 hrs with stops), from Velikaya Guba to Kizhi Island and back (on a hovercraft, 30 min one way);
09.15 am Stop in Medvezhyegorsk
10.45 am Stop in Shunga village
11.35am Stop in Tolvuya (Tsaritsyn spring)
01.00 pm Arrival in Velikaya Guba village, getting inside the motor boat or Khivus hovercraft.
Tour from Velikaya Guba to Kizhi Island (by Khivus-10 hovercraft from the pier) Departure on the lake to Kizhi Island.
01.30 pm Reaching Kizhi Island
01.30–03.00 pm Sightseeing tour "Masterpieces of Kizhi Island" around the main exhibition of the museum, exploring the gem of the Russian wooden architecture – Kizhi architectural ensemble. Uncovering unique multi-dome churches and icons of the Protection Church of Kizhi churchyard, dropping in the house of Onega's peasant, learning local living, exploring the oldest in Russia Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus, which was revered as an Orthodox shrine (90 min.);
03.00–03.45 pm Tea with Karelian pastries. Tea party in a Karelian house, savoring fragrant Kizhi tea and national Karelian pastries (45 min.)
04.30 pm Departure by Khivus hovercraft to Velikaya Guba village.
05.00 pm Arrival in the village, return trip to Petrozavodsk
09.00 pm Arrival in Petrozavodsk.

Price, including transfers from Petrozavodsk:

adults – ₽4,900/person
students, seniors – ₽4,700/person
schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽4,500/person
children under 6 – ₽4,300/person

Price (your own transport to Velikaya Guba):

adults – ₽3,400/person
students, seniors – ₽3,200/person
schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽3,100/person
children under 6 – ₽3,000/person

Price, including transfers from Petrozavodsk (international tourists):

adults – ₽5,200/person
students, seniors – ₽5,000/person
schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽4,900/person
children under 6 – ₽4,600/person

Price (international tourists with their own transport to Velikaya Guba):

adults – ₽3,900/person
students, seniors – ₽3,700/person
schoolchildren aged 6-16 – ₽3,600/person
children under 6 – ₽3,300/person

Inclusive: return tickets to Kizhi Island, entrance tickets to the museum & reserve, main sightseeing tour. The maximum capacity of the hovercraft is 7 persons.

Individual service:

from 1 to 4 persons – ₽27,000 per group

Tours are arranged only in good weather!
We recommend wearing comfortable warm clothes and shoes without heels.

Tours are arranged only in good weather!
We recommend wearing comfortable warm clothes and shoes without heels.