To think about a trip to the Great Arctic Reserve can be either a sophisticated tourist, such a gourmet, or interested in an eco-sleep that is bored with overseas beaches . In any case, it should be a person with a wealth, ready to shell out a decent amount for rest, which it is difficult to call a comfortable . There is a reserve beyond the Arctic Circle - on the Taimyr peninsula and small islands, where there is permafrost, where you can get there only by air, and even in the summer weather. . But you definitely will have enough impressions from one trip for a lifetime .

How to get to the

Administration of the reserve, but only here you can get permission to visit , and from here the tours start, is in Dudinka. Get to the city will have two modes of transport: first by plane to Norilsk, then by bus or taxi - the distance to Dudinka is 46 km.

Journey into the Arctic summer

Most of the reserve sites, and it is known to be the largest in Eurasia - its area of ​​more than 4 million hectares, comparable to the area of ​​Switzerland, is not visited by man. That is why ecotourism here, as they say, only in its heyday - that's the beauty. Now you can choose one of several entertaining tours.

Fishing on the edge of the earth

From July 15 to September 5, the reserve conducts fishing tours along the Efremov River, where at that time shoals of omul come. There is also Nelma, Asiatic smelt, ice-slamming, grayling, ruffus.

Birdwatching

In the Great Arctic you can try the now fashionable kind of ecotourism - birdwatching, in Russian, bird watching. It is held at the Biological Station of William Barents, located near the village of Dixon, where there are many international ornithological bases. With the onset of spring, the reserve's coast turns into a huge bird market. It is inhabited by pink and white seagulls, Siberian eiders, burgomasters, scourges, white-fronted geese, northern waders, black goosefishes.

Taymyr Labyrinth

This ethnographic and adventure tour is also for the lovers of extreme sports. Scoured in the maze of hundreds of channels of the Yenisei delta, tourists go out to the camp of the Nenets and get acquainted with their way of life and traditions for three days. In general, the tour lasts 8 days, and is held in July-August

"Meduza" Bay

Those who want to watch the unique world of Arctic animals, visit the historical monuments of the Arctic, it is worth choosing this ecological cognitive tour. This is a photosafe. Two weeks you will live at the biostation. The tour includes the transfer of Norilsk-Dixon, you will be delivered by an all-terrain vehicle or a boat. Tourists are accompanied by guides - they are biologists, cooks and doctors.

Hutuda-Biga

This is the name of the river, translated as "a river rich in life." So it was christened by the indigenous inhabitants of Taimyr - Nganasan. Rafting, sport fishing and even diving in the coastal zone of the Arctic Ocean are available here. You will live in tents, there are amenities in the camp. Alloys are conducted by instructors, accompanied by a huntsman, a chef and, if necessary, an interpreter.

Prices are for summer 2013.