Dates: 3 - 12 August , 2026

Duration: 10 days / 9 nights

Number of participants: 5 – 8

Cost per person:

• 433 000 rubles for 8 participants or
• 439 000 rubles for 7 participants or
• 449 000 rubles for 6 participants or
• 465 000 rubles for 5 participants.

Everything is included (also local flights to Chukotka and three meals a day), except:
- flight to Anadyr and back,
- health insurance,
- Russian visas (if required)

*Club discount or other discounts do not apply to this route.

Estimated cost of flight Moscow - Anadyr - Moscow: 40,000 rubles.

Single supplement: upon request (not guaranteed, discussed and paid separately. Depending on the option - from 25,000 to 50,000 per trip).


TRAVEL PROGRAM: 
ТУР НА ЧУКОТКУ
Day 1. August 3, 2026 (Monday). ARRIVAL ON CHUKOTKA

Arrival in Anadyr. Meet and greet at the airport. Document processing and passport control.
Accommodation in apartments in the settlement of Ugolnye Kopi.
Lunch at the canteen.
We make a journey into the past with an excursion to the abandoned Gudym Strategic Rocket Forces base—a haunting monument to the Cold War era. Constructed in the late 1950s, this facility was a fully subterranean nuclear weapons base, a secret city buried from the world. Accompanied by a specialist local guide, you will delve into its mysterious tunnels and uncover its stories. We will break for a picnic amidst this powerful history.
Dinner.

Meals: lunch, dinner
Accommodation: apartment

* Recommended flights:
- direct from Moscow to Anadyr by Aeroflot, departure from Moscow on August 2 at 19:35 with arrival in Anadyr at 12:25 on August 3
- or any other flight from Moscow or another city with arrival in Anadyr no later than 14:00 on August 3.


Day 2. August 4, 2026 (Tuesday). ANADYR – PROVIDENIA

After breakfast, a short transfer will take us to the airport. A flight from Anadyr to Providenia, located on the easternmost part of the Chukotka Peninsula. Meet at the airport with Beringia National Park staff, document check. Transfer to Provideniya, check in in a hotel or hostel.
Having lunch in the hostel canteen.
A walking tour of the village, a visit to the local history museum "Bering Heritage Museum" with a guided tour of the exhibits, and a visit to the monument to Vitus Bering's First Kamchatka Expedition.
Dinner, discussion of the expedition and necessary equipment.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: hotel or hostel


Day 3. August 5, 2026 (Wednesday). PROVIDENIA – GILMIMYL BAY

After breakfast, we'll travel on the Trekol all-terrain vehicle to Rumilet Bay. We'll transfer to boats and make the sea crossing to Glazenapa Bay on Arakamchechen Island.
During the sea crossing, you'll have the opportunity to observe feeding gray and humpback whales, as well as seabirds (cormorants, horned puffins, tufted puffins, and Pacific guillemots). If there's a walrus rookery, you can watch them. We'll also visit the grave of Yegor Purin, a sailor clerk on the clipper Gaidamak, who was buried here in 1875.
After a picnic lunch, we hike to the Senyavinsky Hot Springs tourist base and conclude our wonderful day with a dip in the hot springs. Dinner and overnight at the guesthouse.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: apartment


Day 4. August 6, 2026 (Thursday). PENKIGNEI BAY – YANRAKYNNOT

After breakfast, we will take a boat trip to Merkinkan Island and enter Penkigney Bay, where we'll explore the largest bird colony of tufted puffins and horned puffins, observe humpback whales (if present), visit the Pestsovaya River delta, and explore a former reindeer herders' camp.
After a picnic lunch, we'll visit the village of Yanrakynnot.
The uniqueness of the village of Yanrakynnot lies in the combination of two cultures: the reindeer herders and the coastal Chukchi. The village is located on a hill on the shore of the Senyavin Strait, where the Marich River flows into the strait.
In the vicinity of Yanrakynnot, a visit to the monument erected to Vice-Admiral S.O. Makarov, a Russian naval figure, oceanographer, and polar explorer, is planned. A short guided tour of the village is also planned (we will have the opportunity to see the school, administration building, library, abandoned fur farm, old Chukchi houses, etc.).
Accommodation is at a boarding school.
Dinner in the school cafeteria, overnight stay at the boarding school.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: boarding school


Day 5. August 7, 2026 (Friday). YTTYGRAN ISLAND "WHALE ALLEY" – NUNENGAN ISLAND

After breakfast, sail along the Senyavin Strait to Yttygran Island, visiting the sacred and religious site of Whale Alley and taking a guided tour of the island. This large sanctuary, approximately 500 meters long, consists of two rows of buried bowhead whale bones and skulls.
Lunch is a picnic, followed by a boat trip and a sightseeing tour around the uninhabited island of Nunengan, where we'll have the opportunity to see a huge bird colony and a sea lion rookery. Return to the base for a dip in the hot springs. Dinner and overnight at the guesthouse.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: apartment


Day 6. August 8, 2026 (Saturday). MARINE HUNTERS COMMUNITY – NEW CHAPLIN

After breakfast, we'll sail to the Inakhpak marine hunters' base. If possible, we'll be able to observe the marine trade carried out by the Eskimo marine hunters of the village of Novoye Chaplino.
A boat trip and gray whale watching (the possibility of observing the whaling is currently under discussion). We observe this with the permission of the local community. Photography and video recording of these activities are strictly prohibited. We ask for your understanding.
A trip on a Trekol all-terrain vehicle to the traditional village of Novoye Chaplino, an Eskimo settlement, and a walking tour of the village. Stories about the history of whaling are shared.

The Chukchi are indigenous people inhabiting the Chukotka Peninsula and the shores of the Chukchi Sea and the Bering Sea region of the Arctic Ocean within Russia. They speak the Chukchi language. Chukchi originated from the people living around the Okhotsk Sea. According to most recent genomic research, Chukchi people are the closest cousins of the First Americans in Asia. Chukchi is traditionally divided into the Maritime Chukchi, who had settled homes on the coast and lived primarily from sea mammal hunting, and the Reindeer Chukchi, who lived as nomads in the inland tundra region, migrating seasonally with their herds of reindeer. The Russian name "Chukchi" is derived from the Chukchi word Chauchu ("rich in reindeer"), which was used by the Reindeer Chukchi to distinguish themselves from the Maritime Chukchi, called Anqallyt ("the sea people").

The Inuit (Eskimo, Yupik) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, Chukotka and Alaska. The Inuit languages are part of the Eskimo-Aleut family. Inuit are the descendants of what anthropologists call the Thule culture, who emerged from western Alaska around 1000 CE. They had split from the related Aleut group about 4,000 years ago and from northeastern Siberian migrants, possibly related to the Chukchi language group, still earlier, descended from the third major migration from Siberia. They spread eastwards across the Arctic.

Dinner, overnight stay in a guest house.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: apartment


Day 7. August 9, 2026 (Sunday). PROVIDENIE – NATIONAL PARK "BERENGIA"

After breakfast, return to the village of Provideniya, where you'll check into a hotel or hostel. You'll meet with park staff, who will present and explain the National Park.
Beringia National Park is Russia's easternmost protected area, located on the Chukotka Peninsula. Founded in 2013, it is a "living museum of the Arctic," preserving the unique natural and cultural heritage at the junction of two continents and oceans.
Discussing the tour, sharing impressions, and enjoying an evening sauna.
Dinner and overnight stay at a hotel or hostel.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: hotel or hostel


Day 8. August 10, 2026 (Monday). SETTLEMENT OF AVAN - PROVIDENIE

After breakfast, transfer by Trekol all-terrain vehicle to the ancient abandoned Eskimo settlement of Avan, located on a picturesque spit separating Lake Istikhed from the Bering Sea. Tour of the ancient settlement.
Picnic lunch. Marine mammal watching (fur seals, ringed seals, whales) and seabird watching. Return to the village of Provideniya.
In the evening, enjoying a banya and a farewell dinner, where you can share your impressions of the trip with the group.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: apartment


Day 9. August 11, 2026 (Tuesday).  ANADYR

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight to Anadyr. Upon arrival, you will be met and transferred from the airport to the city by a unique method: a cross-water barge crossing.
After checking into the "Anadyr" Hotel and meeting with a local guide, we will have lunch. After lunch, we'll go on a city tour (visiting the monuments to Grinevetsky, Rytkheu, Mandrikov, and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker) and an observation deck overlooking Anadyr.

In the afternoon, we will take a walk to the passenger pier. Here, during low tide, you can witness a remarkable natural spectacle: beluga whales and nerpa seals hunting for salmon, often swimming against the current. This is a fantastic opportunity for photography. The rest of the time can be spent purchasing souvenirs in the city.
The day finishes with a farewell dinner.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Anadyr Hotel, double rooms or apartment

Day 10. August 12, 2026 (Wednesday). ANADYR - RETURN FLIGHT

After breakfast we will buy souvenirs and cross the estuary, transfer to the airport. Flight Anadyr - Moscow by Aeroflot, departure in the afternoon.

Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: no

* Recommended flights:
- direct from Anadyr to Moscow by the Aeroflot airlines, departure from Anadyr on August 12 at 15:25, arriving in Moscow at 14:30 on August 12,
- any other flight from Anadyr to Moscow or another city with departure from Anadyr not earlier than 13:00 hours on August 12.



* The program schedule is subject to change, provided all main activities are retained. If certain site visits and/or tours cannot be completed due to external conditions, they will be replaced with alternatives whenever possible.

** The program is dependent on the flight schedule (which is subject to change) and flying weather. Sea and/or tundra excursions are also weather-dependent and may be restricted or canceled at any time for safety reasons.

*** An expedition participant to Chukotka must be highly motivated: they must respect the cultures of the Chukchi and Inuit peoples, be fully aware of the trip's objectives and potential adjustments to the plans due to weather conditions, as well as decisions made by the indigenous communities. The expedition participant must be in good physical condition and possess the ability to adapt to an unfamiliar group and culture.

**** Photography of certain activities may be restricted or entirely prohibited by decision of the indigenous community. This specifically applies, in whole or in part, to the whale hunt and the butchering of the catch.


RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS TRIP:

Preparing for a trip to a unique region like Chukotka raises many questions, as such a journey is not easy to plan and execute. This is primarily due to the lack of tourist infrastructure and, secondly, the challenging climatic conditions.

Transportation

If you have successfully flown into Anadyr airport, it does not guarantee that your journey will proceed along the entire route as planned. First and foremost, your ticket for the internal flight must be purchased well in advance, as there is a constant shortage of seats on flights within Chukotka, and all tickets are sold out within six months as soon as they go on sale. Furthermore, flight delays to the districts are frequent, so we strongly recommend purchasing your return ticket from Anadyr with at least a small buffer—one or two days after your planned return from the district—and with the possibility of changing the departure date.

Once at the airport, getting to the city is not easy. Even in good weather, you need to take a taxi to the pier, wait your turn for the ferry to cross the estuary, and on the other side, take another taxi to your hotel. For our tourists, we organize transport via a barge: upon exiting the airport, you board a minibus that drives onto the barge, crosses the estuary, and takes you directly to the hotel. However, if the weather is poor—stormy—the crossing can be difficult or canceled, so there is a risk of not making it across. To avoid the risk of missing your flight the next day (according to our schedule, we fly to the district the next morning), upon arrival in Chukotka we spend the night on the airport side, in the settlement of Ugolnye Kopi, to ensure an easy reach to the airport in the morning. We leave the sightseeing in Anadyr city for the return trip.

Accommodation

Upon arrival in Anadyr, we arrange accommodation for one night in private apartments or at the "Nord" Hotel. Why "or"? The fact is that currently, the "Nord" Hotel is the only one on this shore and is often used in emergencies to accommodate people stranded due to weather. For example, children returning from summer camps. Therefore, this hotel does not accept reservations. To ensure our tourists are not left without lodging, we prefer to work with private apartments. However, if there are available rooms at the hotel on the requested date, we can arrange accommodation there.

When we reach our main destination—the village of Lorino—we will be accommodated in apartments with local residents. We do not reserve them in advance because the apartments vary in comfort level, and it's better to decide on the spot to avoid misunderstandings, which do occur. The approximate cost per person is about 3,000 rubles per night. If single occupancy is required (one person in a room, with a shared bathroom in the apartment), you may be charged for the entire room or apartment—from 6,000 to 15,000 rubles per day. This is decided only on site.
During the route, we may have overnight stays in a reindeer herders' brigade—in tents or a yaranga (traditional dwelling)—or at the Akkani hunting base—in a cabin or a "balok" (trailer hut). Here, the use of a sleeping bag is expected.
Upon return to Anadyr, we plan to check into the "Anadyr" Hotel, basic standard twin sharing. Accommodation in apartments is also possible.

Meals

In Ugolnye Kopi, Anadyr city, and Lorino village, we provide three meals a day. During long journeys over water or through the tundra, we organize a picnic—hot tea and snacks. Upon return to the base, we then arrange a full hot meal. Since tourists come to Chukotka to learn about how the local people live, and cuisine is one of the most interesting cultural expressions, we try to give you the opportunity to sample as much "Chukotkan exotic" food as possible—dishes made from marine mammal meat, reindeer meat, fish, and caviar.

Of course, it is difficult to provide a full diet for vegetarians and vegans, as all goods are delivered to local stores during the short navigation season. Sometimes there are shortages of vegetables and fruits, which are affectionately called "freshies" here. In any case, we must know about your dietary restrictions in advance. Certainly, in summer, grains and pasta are plentiful. But you will have to forget about some delicacies until you return home. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate some specific individual diet requirements (adherents of diets such as vegetarian, vegan, keto, gluten-free, and lactose-free need to bring their own food from the mainland).

Clothing

Before the trip, many people ask for a list of recommended equipment, and upon receiving it, start arguing: "Why do we need sleeping bags if we're not sleeping outside? Why boots?" The list contains exactly that—RECOMMENDATIONS! It's your right to do as you see fit. But most visitors underestimate the severity of the local climate. Once you go out to sea—you realize you should have dressed warmer. Boots, for example, are necessary for boarding and disembarking from the boat when there are waves.

Of course, we might get lucky, and boots won't be needed—sometimes there is a complete calm. But what if the opposite happens? You are in sneakers, a wave comes up, and you have to jump into the water? Of course, we will figure something out and get out of the situation, and maybe even come out dry. One piece of advice—do not neglect the recommendations, bring warm clothing—like a windproof ski suit, boots (preferably high rubber boots), a sleeping bag, and a thermos. We hope that a rental point will open in Lorino soon, where you will be able to rent everything you need.

Hygiene

To avoid awkward situations and for infection prevention, we recommend everyone bring a traditional tourist mess kit—Cup/Spoon/Bowl/Knife—a set of personal utensils. This is especially useful when visiting reindeer herders—there isn't enough tableware for everyone in the yaranga, and it's also not very convenient to have the hostess wash up after everyone. Furthermore, you will feel more at ease—it's more reliable and safer to use your own personal bowl or cup.

This is also why we recommend having your own sleeping bag—specifically for hygiene reasons. You don't need an ultra-low-temperature bag—in summer, we still sleep indoors, so a lightweight, compact sleeping bag is sufficient.

Respect for the Hosts

We urge everyone to treat the people we are visiting with attentiveness and care. The culture of the marine hunters and tundra reindeer herders is a rare phenomenon that needs protection. Therefore, we ask you to listen to the requests and requirements of the community regarding various rules and taboos, including those concerning photo and video filming, which are currently limited and strictly regulated. We ask you to treat this with tact and understanding, and not to film bloody scenes of animal butchering, not to photograph dirt, decay, or drunk people—you may encounter all this, but do not make it an information story.

Safety

The nature of Chukotka has largely preserved its pristine state—on one hand, it is incredibly beautiful, on the other—dangerous. Even within the village boundaries, you might come face to face with a predator; this must always be remembered while in Chukotka. Always listen to what the locals say—where you can and cannot go.

We will conduct a safety briefing for travel at sea and in the tundra, but common sense and caution are the foundation of your safety.

Welcome to Chukotka! We wish you a wealth of positive emotions and unforgettable impressions

• Local flight from Anadyr to Lavrentiya and back (total included baggage and hand luggage weight - 15 kg, excess baggage is subject to an additional fee)
• Transport services according to the program (transfers, taxis, ferries, boats, all-terrain vehicles)
• Accommodation in hotels/base in twin sharing
• Accommodation in apartments, two people per room (an apartment may have several rooms)
• Three meals a day
• Permit for entry into the border zone
• Entrance tickets to National Parks (entrance fee and permit), museum tickets
• English-speaking and Russian-speaking guide

Cost excludes (to be additionally paid):

• Flight to Anadyr and back
• Medical insurance
• Russian visa (if required)
• Alcoholic beverages and souvenirs
• Additional activities not included in the program, for example, visiting reindeer herders (approximately 30,000 RUB per person, but depends on the brigade's location and the number of participants)
• Single occupancy supplement (not guaranteed, discussed and paid separately. Single occupancy in apartments means a separate room. Depending on the option – from 25,000 to 50,000 RUB for the trip).


To take with:

• Sets of clothing suitable for the weather, including: lightweight sets (trousers, long-sleeve t-shirts), warm items (fleece, sweater, windproof trousers)
• Very warm jacket and very warm, windproof pants – for sea outings. It can feel much colder at sea than on shore.
• Thermal base layers
• Headwear for different conditions: baseball cap / sun hat / panama for the sun, warm hat with wind-stopper material for the sea excursion
• Windproof gloves
• Neck gaiter (buff)
• Swimwear / swim trunks
• Raincoat / poncho
• Comfortable, closed, waterproof hiking boots (with membrane)
• Comfortable, lightweight shoes (sneakers) for walking
• Rubber boots (optional)
• Large backpack or duffel bag for your belongings
• Small daypack for excursions (25-30 liters)
• Dry bag
• Sleeping bag with a comfort rating of +5°C
• Headlamp
• Thermos (optional)
• Personal hygiene items: towel, wet wipes
• Personal medication (including analgesics, antiseptics, antibiotics, your necessary personal medicines, antivirals, intestinal medication)
• Sun protection (cream, spray), wind protection cream
• Mosquito head net (optional)
• Repellents: sprays, creams
• Copy of your insurance policy
• Photo and video equipment, spare batteries
• Waterproof bag for equipment and documents (optional)