Ethnotour to Chukotka

Day 1 Arrival to Anadyr

After meeting at the Anadyr airport, you will have lunch at a cafe, and then go to the village of Kanchalan on the Trekol all-terrain vehicle (70 km, about 2-3 hours on the way). Kanchalan is a small Chukchi village with a population of only 700 people. The main occupation of local residents is reindeer husbandry and fishing.
 
Upon arrival in Kanchalan, you will meet with the head of the settlement, walk around the village and get acquainted with its history. Then you will discuss the upcoming program, listen to the guide's story about local traditions and rituals, and take part in the ceremony of feeding the spirits. Then you will be accommodated at the boarding school. In the evening, you will have dinner in the school cafeteria and relax.

Day 2 The road to tundra

After breakfast, you will drive to the river and take part in ice fishing for grayling and smelt. Then you will have lunch and travel by ATVs to the reindeer herders' camp. You will drive across the tundra for 5-6 hours (about 100-120 km). On the way, you will stop for a small picnic.
 
Arriving at the reindeer herders' brigade, you will meet the locals and exchange gifts. They will invite you to the yaranga for dinner and tea. There you will listen to their stories about life in the tundra and local customs. You will spend the night in fur tents in the yaranga.

Day 3 Visiting reindeer herders

Today you will have an early breakfast and a trip to the reindeer herd. You will take part in a lasso throwing master class and see how the everyday life of Chukchi reindeer herders goes by.
 
Traditional local cuisine awaits you for lunch, and in the evening you will take part in a reindeer cooking workshop. You will also spend this night in tents in the yaranga.

Day 4 Road back to Anadyr

After breakfast, you will say goodbye to the reindeer herders and set off on all-terrain vehicles back to Anadyr. On the way, you will stop for lunch in the Kanchalan village.
 
Upon arrival to the city, you will check into a hotel and have dinner. Then you can visit the bathhouse.

Day 5 Meet the Eskimos

Today, after breakfast, you will be transferred by all-terrain vehicles across the tundra to the village of Uelkal (120 km, 5 hours on the way). It is the westernmost Eskimo settlement in the world with only 100 inhabitants. To this day the main occupation of local residents is hunting for marine mammals: walruses, seals and whales.
 
On the way, you will stop at the "Wing" - a plane that crashed here during the Second World War. There you will have a picnic and listen to stories about the history of Alsib - the famous air route between the United States and the Soviet Union, along which bombers flew from Alaska to Krasnoyarsk during the Second World War.

Upon arrival to the Eskimo village, you will meet the locals, learn about the history of the Uelkal village and watch a concert by the local folklore ensemble "Imlya". At dinner you can taste the traditional food of sea hunters (walrus or whale meat). You will stay overnight at a local club.
 

Day 6 Visiting military and historical monuments

There are many military-historical artifacts left in Chukotka. After breakfast, you will visit an abandoned military base - the Cold War tropospheric station, as well as the Alsib pilots' military cemetery.
 
Then you will have lunch in the village, after which you will go back to Anadyr. Arriving in the city, you will check into a hotel, have dinner and relax.

Day 7 Free day in Anadyr

This day will be used as a backup in case of bad weather on the previous days. If you complete the entire program, then on this day you will have a tour of the city and the surrounding area. You will visit the Chukotka Heritage Museum, where you will learn about the development of the peninsula, as well as see the city monuments.
 
You will return to the hotel for lunch and then you will have free time. If you wish and for an additional fee, you can ride a dog sled and try yourself as a musher.

In the evening, you will have a farewell dinner at the restaurant with a performance of a folklore ensemble (throat singing or folk dancing).

Day 8 Departure

In the morning after breakfast you will be taken to the airport for your departure flight. On the way, you will make a stop to visit the abandoned Gudym military base with an underground missile silo (a visit is possible if the passage is open).