We invite you on a one-day journey to Namsky Ulus — one of the oldest districts of Yakutia.

One day — and you find yourself in a real Yakut village, where people have grown bread on permafrost for centuries. Walk through the sites of the Skoptsy religious exiles in Markha, admire the wooden architecture of Russian settlers, step inside a traditional Yakut balagan, and visit a museum where you can explore the daily life of the Sakha people. If the group wishes, you may even meet a real Yakut shaman!

A calm format without physical strain — perfect for families and for those who want to see Yakutia beyond the capital.

This tour is your chance to see a real Yakut village and touch the history of the exploration of the North!

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✨ What makes it special?

🏛️ Religious exile tour — a guided tour in Markha about the Skoptsy exiled to Yakutia in the 19th century. If the group wishes, you may also visit a real shaman!
🌾 Nikolsky Land Use Museum — the history of growing grain and vegetables on permafrost: tables, diagrams, maps and interactive exhibitions.
🏚️ Yakut balagan — a traditional winter dwelling that you can see on the museum grounds.
📚 Ulus museum — the culture and daily life of the Yakut people: wooden and birch-bark utensils, farming tools, hand mills with stone millstones.
🚗 Departure from Yakutsk — transfer from the city to Namsky Ulus and back is included.
👨‍👩‍👧 Perfect for the whole family — a calm format without physical strain, interesting for both children and adults.

📌 Tour details

🗺️ Tour route: Yakutsk — Markha — Kildyamtsy — Nikoltsy — Namtsy — Yakutsk.
⏱️ Duration: 1 day.
👥 Number of participants: from 1 person.
📍 Start point: Yakutsk.

🏷️ 📅 Price and tour dates

📅 Tour dates

📅 • Individual, on request on any day (the program may be adjusted on weekends and public holidays).

🏷️ Tour price:

Private tour (1 person): 35,000 RUB per group.

Group up to 2 people: 39,000 RUB per group.

Group of 3–4 people: 15,500 RUB per person.

Group of 5+ people: 13,500 RUB per person.

Private tours – available on any dates, price on request.

⏱️ Tour itinerary

🌄 Discover Namsky Ulus

09:00–11:30 Departure from the hotel, with a guided tour along the way including stops on the religious exile in Yakutia and the wooden architecture of Yakutsk’s outskirts.
– Markha village. Guided tour “Religious exile in Yakutia. Skoptsy”.
– Kildyamtsy village. “Wooden architecture of Russian farmers”.

11:30–13:00 Excursion to the “Nikolskaya Sloboda” museum.
– The Nikolsky Land Use Museum covers the history of growing grain and vegetable crops on permafrost. The museum uses tables, diagrams and maps to illustrate the formation of the Soviet collective and state farm system in the Yakut village. Here you can see the outstanding achievements of the first farmers and learn about the activities of the first machine and tractor station. The museum also hosts interactive exhibitions, and on its grounds there is a Yakut balagan (traditional winter dwelling).

13:30–14:20 Lunch at a village cafe (not included in the price).

14:30–16:00 Visit to the Namsky Historical and Ethnographic Museum (open on weekdays; the departure to Yakutsk may be earlier).
– The ulus museum gives an insight into the life of ordinary rural residents of Yakutia during the important years of transformation of our harsh region, both economically and politically. Its collections include wooden and birch-bark items — round Yakut tables on three legs, willow stools, agricultural tools, hand mills with wooden and stone millstones. The ethnographic material is so diverse that the culture and daily life of the Yakut people can be studied from it.

If the group wishes — a visit to a shaman is possible with an adjustment to the program.

16:00–17:30 Return to Yakutsk.

🌄 Additional services (by prior request):

— Catering arrangements (breakfast, dinner)
— Hotel booking
— Additional city tours with visits to other cultural sites, markets, shops and attractions.

✅ ❌ What is included and what is not included

✅ Included

Transfers according to the program
Guide-escort services
Excursions according to the program
Entrance tickets to museums

❌ Not included

Meals
Personal expenses of tourists
Souvenir products
Additional services not included in the program
Offering to the shaman (determined by the tourists themselves)

🔔 Important information and conditions:

📌 Note:

Time stamps in the program are APPROXIMATE and depend on weather and other factors.
The program may be adjusted depending on the date and time of arrival of tourists, and the tour operator reserves the right, at its discretion, to change the visited object (museums and cultural sites), overnight places and slightly adjust the schedule.
Copying, distribution, or other use of the tour program without the written permission of the author is not allowed.

💳 Booking and payment terms:

The tour is considered booked upon payment of a deposit of 30% of the tour price by bank transfer to the account of Chuchuna LLC based on the contract.
The balance of payment by bank transfer no later than 28 calendar days before the start of the tour, unless other dates or other forms of payment are agreed separately.