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Snowmobile Tour – Winter Kizhi 2026

Winter Kizhi by snowmobile
Price: upon request
3days/2nights
From: 2026-02 to: 2026-03
Sight: Kizhi Island and Snowmobile.
Categories of Tours: Active Tours and Package Tours to Karelia.
Season : winter

Hotels:
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Our snowmobile tour gives you the taste of true Karelian winter and acquaints with the famous Kizhi Island at more leisurely pace and without the traffic and crowds of a summer visit. Feel the thrill of speed as you head to Kizhi across the frozen Onego, the second largest lake in Europe. After such an adventure hot Russian sauna and a substantial dinner will be waiting for you. Isn’t it a winter vacation of a lifetime? 

Dates:

February – March 2026

Tour highlights:

  • Kizhi Island in winter
  • snowmobiling across the frozen Onego Lake
  • ancient Karelian villages
  • hot sauna

Price includes:

  • 2 nights in a cozy guesthouse;
  • Meals according to the program;
  • Snowmobile, snowmobile equipment rent and fuel;
  • Entrance tickets to the Kizhi Museum with excursion;
  • Transfer from Petrozavodsk to Gorka Settlement and from Gorka Settlement to Petrozavodsk by minibus;
  • Guide services

Snowmobile equipment:

  • BRP snowmobile;
  • Warm windproof overall or jacket + pants;
  • Snowmobile helmet;
  • Balaclava;
  • Snowmobile shoes;
  • Snowmobile gloves

What to take with you:

  • Backpack;
  • Comfortable clothes: pants, warm sweater, 2 pairs of woolen socks, 2-3 pairs of cotton socks, T-shirts, warm jacket, woolen hat, gloves;
  • Warm comfortable shoes.

Tour Summary:

08:00 Meeting at the railway station with the guide. Breakfast. Transfer from Petrozavodsk to Gorka Settlement

(90 km).

Getting equipped. Safety measures. Training course. After you got equipped and tried your snowmobile, it is time to start the adventure! Today’s distance is 80 km covering the following route: settlement Gorka - settlement Pegrema - settlement Yuzhny Dvor - settlement Lypovitsy - settlement Ersnevo. The route will take you along the forest trails and the frozen Onego Lake to the deserted and still living villages of Zaonezhye.

The highlight of today is Yuzhny Dvor Settlement, which is one of the most ancient villages of the area. It used to be situated on the trade route, which led from Novgorod the Great to the White Sea. The centre of the village was a church will a tall belfry, which also served as a navigation sign for the coming boats. Though the village is deserted today, the church still stands on the shore of the Onego Lake.

Picnic-lunch.

In the evening accommodation at the guesthouse. Sauna will help to relax after a long ride, and during welcoming dinner you will share your first impressions with the group.

09:00 Breakfast.

10:00 It is time to ride back to Petrozavodsk according to the route that is already familiar to you: settlement Ersnevo - settlement Pegrema - settlement Kedrozero (80 km). Picnic lunch. You feel more confident controlling the snowmobile and can enjoy this winter wonderland experience to the full.

16:00 Transfer settlement from Gorka Settlement to Petrozavodsk (90) km.

Dinner in Petrozavodsk and transfer to the railway station.

Breakfast. It is time to ride back to Petrozavodsk according to the route that is already familiar to you: settlement Ersnevo - settlement Pegrema - settlement Kedrozero (80 km). 

Picnic lunch. You feel more confident controlling the snowmobile and can enjoy this winter wonderland experience to the full.

Transfer settlement from Gorka Settlement to Petrozavodsk (90) km.

18:00 - Dinner in Petrozavodsk and transfer to the railway station.

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