SCHOOL TRIPS
2020
«NATURE TRAILS»
1 day (buses with 19, 25, 43 seats)
8:00 – Departure from Arkhangelsk. 3.5-4-hour drive.
Arrival at Golubino Hotel. Tea party with local pastries.
12:00 – Interactive game “Nature Trails” in Karst Museum of the Pinega Nature Reserve / Quest in the Museum of Local Lore (optional)
14:00 – Lunch at the Golubino Forest Hotel.
Excursion to one of the most famous karst caves of Pinega. Acquaintance with local nature. / Guided walk through a protected area of the Pinega Nature Reserve.
17: 00-18: 00 – Departure to Arkhangelsk
Tour price includes: guide and transfer service, tea drinking, lunch.
TOUR PRICE – 1 200 RUB per person.
Adult accompanying the group (1 per 15) – FREE
2020
«TRAVELERS SCHOOL»
2 days / 1 night (buses with 19, 25, 45 seats)
DAY 1
10:00 – Departure from Arkhangelsk. 3.5-4 hours drive.
14:00 – Meeting Leshy – a tutelary sprit of forests in Slavic methodology.
Introduction to Travelers School. Dinner.
Interactive lesson “Nature Trails” in Karst Museum of the Pinega State Reserve / Quest in the Museum of Local Lore (optional)
17:00 – Checking into Golubino Hotel’s Guest House.
18:00 – Dinner.
18:30 – The intellectual game “Little Experts”
20:00 – Disco.
DAY 2
9:00 – Breakfast.
10:00 – Excursion to the karst cave / Excursion to the “Holy Spring” waterfall through a protected area of the Pinega Nature Reserve (optional).
12:30 – Awarding of “Traveler’s Certificate”
13:00 – Lunch.
14: 00-15: 00 – Departure to Arkhangelsk.
TOUR PRICE – 3 800 RUB per person.
Tour price includes: guide and transfer service, accommodation in a guest house, 4 meals a day.
Adults accompanying the group (1 per 15)— FREE
2020
«PROTECTED LANDS»
2 days / 1 night (buses with 19, 25, 45 seats)
DAY 1
10:00 – Departure from Arkhangelsk. 3.5-4-hour drive.
14:00 – Lunch. Excursion to the karst cave. Awarding of honorary caver certificates.
17:00 – Checking into Golubino Hotel’s Guest House. Free time (playground).
18:00 – Dinner.
Free time. Disco.
DAY 2
9:00 – Breakfast.
10:00 – Quest in the Museum of Local Lore in Pinega village/ Reindeer herders camp tour.
We will visit a nomadic reindeer herders camp and get acquainted with their way of life. And, of course, you get to see the real reindeers! These friendly animals with furry faces won’t leave you indifferent! We get to ride a reindeer team, feed them, chat with herders, and try on national clothes! Dinner.
16:00 – Departure to Arkhangelsk.
* The option of Reindeer Herders Camp Tour is available only in February-March. Please check with hotel manager.
TOUR PRICE – 4 200 RUB per person.
Tour price includes: accommodation in a guest house, 4 meals a day, guide service
Adult accompanying the group (1 per 15) – FREE
2019-2020
«THE BEAUTY OF PINEGA»
1 day (from 1 person)
8:00 – Departure from Arkhangelsk
11: 30 -12: 00 – Arrival at the Golubino Forest Hotel. Tea party with local pastries.
12:30 – Excursion to the karst cave (1.5 hours). Caving equipment is available at extra cost (optional).
14:00 – Excursion to the Holy Spring waterfall through a protected area of the Pinega Nature Reserve (1.5 hours).
15:30 – Excursion to the Krasnogorsk Bogoroditsky Monastery (inactive). Visiting the grave of Prince Golitsyn (1.5 hours).
16:30 – Late lunch at the Golubino Forest Hotel.
17:00 – Departure to the city of Arkhangelsk.
TOUR PRICE – 1 100 RUB per person.
Tour price includes: tea drinking, lunch, guide service
Adult accompanying the group (1 per 15) – FREE
2019-2020
«THE PRESERVED BEAUTY OF SOTKA RIVER. A DAY IN NATURE»
1 day (from 1 person)
8:00 – Departure from Arkhangelsk. 3.5-4-hour drive.
11:30 – Arrival at the Golubino Forest Hotel. Tea party with local pastries.
12:00 – Departure to Pinega village (17 km). Excursion to the Karst Museum of Pinega Nature Reserve. Drive to the Sotka River (15 km). Visiting a picturesque part of the northern taiga. Together we will admire the Sotka River – the most beautiful karst river in the Pinega district, and learn about the nature of the northern region.
Snack on a delicious barbecue lunch served in a picturesque location.
17:00 – Departure to the city of Arkhangelsk.
TOUR PRICE – 1 300 RUB per person.
Tour price includes: guide service, tea drinking, lunch.
Adult accompanying the group (1 per 15) – FREE
Round-trip transport is available at extra cost
When requesting transport services for school groups, you should submit a list of participants in the required format to the traffic police not later than 6 days in advance of the proposed trip.
Buses for school groups meet all the requirements for transporting children (two buses can be provided simultaneously). If a group wishes to book a different bus or room category, the company will recalculate the cost of the tour.
ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORT FARES
| 1 Day | 2 Days / 1 Night | More than 1 night | |
| 4 seats | 8 000 | 14 000 | +4 000 per add. day |
| 19 seats | 19 000 | 22 000 | +5 000 per add. day |
| 25 seats (PAZ) | 22 000 | 25 000 | +5 000 per add. day |
| 45 seats | 37 000 | 42 000 | +6 000 per add. day |
TOURIST REMINDER
Being part of the group requires tourists to observe the given time schedule and follow the route, taking into account the interests of the group. We ask you to stick to a schedule and follow the rules in order to avoid being late. The Golubino Forest Hotel reserves the right to change the order of services without reducing their volume. Persons under the influence of alcohol or drugs are prohibited from the tour.
Please note that the tour is designed for physically fit and active tourists. Hiking trail is 10 km long. Unpredictable northern nature often throws surprises in the form of regular rains and annoying midgets, so you should be prepared. River rafting involves independent rowing: the river is narrow and quite shallow.Consumption of alcoholic beverages and smoking is not permitted throughout the journey (Smoking is allowed in designated areas only).
Protected areas legislation prohibits any activity that may be contrary to the objectives of the reserve, including: fishing, hunting, making fires in non-equipped places, pollution of the territory, collection of zoological, botanical, mineralogical and other forest products.
Destruction and damage of barriers and other information signs and stands of the reserve as well as equipped recreation areas. Other activities violating natural processes, threatening the state of natural complexes and objects, and not related to the objectives of the reserve.
