In this 7-day tour, you will see all the best beauties of the central part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Your journey will begin in the capital of Yakutia – the largest city built on permafrost. Here you will enjoy a rich sightseeing program, where you will experience bitter cold in summer heat, visit the world-famous “Lena Pillars”, the non-melting “Buluus” glacier in summer, taste Yakut cuisine, and get acquainted with the rich cultural heritage of this amazing people living in a harsh yet picturesque land.
✨ What makes it special?
- ❄️ Buluus Glacier — touch the non-melting ice in 30‑degree heat (ice thickness up to 3 meters even in July).
- 🏔️ Lena Pillars — ascent of the legendary 200‑meter cliffs above the great Lena River.
- 🪶 “Algys” ritual and a shaman — receive a Yakut amulet through a live blessing, not a staged show.
- 🕳️ Kingdom of Permafrost — descend into an underground ice labyrinth where winter never ends.
- 💧 Kuruluur Waterfalls and Turuk Khaya Rock — swim in a wild cascade and see the “Lena Pillars in miniature”.
📌 Tour details
- 🗺️ Tour route: Yakutsk – Buluus Glacier – Lena Pillars Nature Park – Yakutsk;
- ⏱️ Duration: 7 days / 6 nights
- 👥 Number of participants: 1–20 people
- 📍 Start point: Yakutsk
🏷️ 📅 Price and tour dates
📅 Tour dates
- 📅 May 24 – 30, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 May 31 – June 6, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 June 7 – 13, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 June 14 – 20, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 July 19 – 25, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 August 9 – 15, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
- 📅 August 18 – 24, 2026, Discount: 8% until May 1, 2026, Availability: spots available
🏷️ Price per person:
With 3* hotel in Yakutsk
114,500 RUB
per person
(double standard room)
Without 3* hotel in Yakutsk
85,000 RUB
per person
(accommodation not included)
- Single room supplement – please check with the operator.
- Private tours – available on any dates, price on request.
- ATTENTION: discounts and promotions for individuals (Russian citizens only). Not applicable to hotel costs.
⏱️ Tour itinerary
🌄 Day 1. Getting to know Yakutsk
9:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Airport pickup for those arriving on the start day of the tour.
Time difference with Moscow is 6 hours. Check-in at the hotel from 14:00. If guests arrive on a morning flight, they can check in after the sightseeing program. Luggage can be left in the luggage storage room.
9:30-10:45 City sightseeing tour, walk through the “Old Town” district.
It is the historical center of Yakutsk, where many trading establishments used to be located, featuring reconstructed examples of pre‑revolutionary wooden architecture.
10:45-12:00 Visit to the exhibition “Treasure House of Yakutia”.
12:00 Set lunch at the restaurant “Muus Khaya” (additional orders from the menu are not included in the price).
14:00-15:30 Excursion to the Yakutsk State Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North named after E.M. Yaroslavsky.
The exhibition includes departments of archaeology, ethnography and natural history. Among them are stuffed animals of Yakutia’s wildlife, skeletons of the Tirekhtyakh mammoth and the Greenland whale, and much more.
15:30 Transfer to the hotel
🌄 Day 2. Lena Pillars
8:00 Departure to Lena Pillars Nature Park by car along the route: Yakutsk – Tiit Aryy village (180 km).
12:30-13:00 Departure by motor boat from Tiit Aryy village. Crossing the Lena River by motor boats to the Lena Pillars (Labydia area) (30 km).
A unique natural monument and geological history of the Siberian Platform. They amaze the imagination of a person who first finds himself on the great Siberian river Lena, which has cut its valley into the Prilenskoye Plateau of Central Siberia. They stretch with short breaks for 35 km. However, for about another 200 km, isolated cliffs stand against a background of scree or green forested slopes. The height of the Lena Pillars is determined by the depth of the Lena River valley incision into the Prilenskoye Plateau and is about 200 m.
13:00-14:30 Lunch at a roadside cafe / lunch box to go (not included in the price).
14:30-16:30 Ascent to the Lena Pillars. Excursion. Photo session.
16:30 Free time.
18:00-23:00 Departure along the route “Labydia area – Tit-Ary village – Yakutsk” (210 km).
23:00 Arrival in Yakutsk. Transfer to the hotel.
🌄 Day 3. Museum-Reserve “Druzhba” (Friendship)
— Early breakfast
7:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby
7:00-9:00 Departure to Kangalassy village (45 km).
9:00-11:00 Crossing the Lena River bed by car ferry from Kangalassy village to Ogorodtakh village (distance 30 km).
11:00-12:30 Departure by car to the museum.
— Time for lunch at a cafe.
— Excursion to the Lena Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve “Druzhba”.
An open‑air historical and architectural ensemble located in a very picturesque place of the former Lena ostrog (fort) (Yakutsk), founded on the initiative of the national writer of Yakutia Suorun Omollon. Famous explorers passed through the ostrog, including Semyon Dezhnev, Ivan Moskvitin, Yerofey Khabarov.
16:30-19:00 Departure to Yakutsk
🌄 Day 4. Religious exile in Yakutia and ethnographic excursion to Namsky District
Optional stop at a shaman in Krest-Kytyl village, Namsky District
09:00 Departure from the hotel in Yakutsk.
09:45 — 10.30 Stop in Markha village. Sightseeing tour “Religious exile in Yakutia. Skoptsy”.
11:00 — 11.30 Stop in Kildyamtsy village. Sightseeing tour “Wooden architecture of Russian farmers”.
13.00 — 14.00 Stop in Nikoltsy village, Namsky Ulus. Sightseeing tour “Nikolskaya Sloboda. History of agriculture in Yakutia”.
14.30 — 15.00 Namtsy village. Lunch at a cafe (not included in the price).
15.00 -16.30 Namtsy village. Visit to the Namsky Historical and Ethnographic Museum named after P. Sivtsev (open on weekdays, so departure to Yakutsk may be earlier).
18:30 — 20.00 Return drive to Yakutsk.
20:00 — Return to the hotel.
A visit to the shaman is possible with adjustment of the program (if the group wishes).
🌄 Day 5. Buluus Glacier and Kuruluur
Note: From August 20, the Buluus Glacier completely melts, so it will be replaced by the open‑air ethnographic museum complex “Samartay”.
9:00-9:45 Breakfast. Preparation for departure to Buluus Glacier.
10:30 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby. Departure to the Dorkylaakh ferry crossing across the Lena River (Yakutsk – Nizhny Bestyakh village) or, depending on the day and ferry crossing load, the crossing will be done via Mokhsogollokh village.
— Then we drive towards Buluus Glacier (95 km from Nizhny Bestyakh).
— Lunch at a cafe (or lunch box), not included in the tour price.
Buluus Glacier — a unique source of groundwater that forms ice fields of pure fresh water that do not melt even on the hottest days. In some years, the ice thickness in July reaches up to 3 m. The place is quite popular among tourists. The ice kingdom seems like pure fantasy on a hot summer day among green grass and tall coniferous trees. And in winter, even in severe frosts, water outlets appear on the surface of the blue ice, which spreads over the ice surface and freezes. All these permafrost phenomena cause amazement and enjoyment of the beauty.
From August 20, Buluus Glacier is replaced by the Samartay Museum.
Samartay Ethnographic Museum has been operating since 1991. It collects unique exhibits telling about the life and culture of the Yakuts, the flora and fauna of our region, documents, photographs, exhibits on the history of the region and the village. The museum grounds feature historical and architectural monuments: the Kazikatskaya Nikolskaya Church of 1890, an old grain dryer, a hexagonal hut “babaaryna”, other buildings of the 18th century, and the barn of the Yakut bay (rich man) Kirill (Kirile baai ampaara), built for protection from the “robber” Vasily Manchary.
— Departure to “Kuruluur” – a small but deep cascade of waterfalls with rapids and rocky banks, located on the Mende River.
— Stop at the sacred mountain “Turuk Khaya” (meaning steep cliff) – one of the holy places of Khangalassky Ulus. A monument created by nature itself (Lena Pillars in miniature). 80 m high, over 100 m long.
18:30 Departure to Yakutsk.
21:30 Arrival in Yakutsk. Transfer to the hotel.
🌄Day 6. Culture and traditions of Yakutia in Yakutsk
8:00-10:00 Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00-11:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby, departure for an excursion to the ethnographic center “Us-Kut”. Conducting the ancient blessing ritual “Algys” and presenting Yakut amulets.
11:15-11:45 Excursion to the underground complex “Kingdom of Permafrost”.
12:00 – 13:15 Climb to the observation deck of the sacred mountain “Chochur Muran”, walk along the mountain.
13:30 – 15:30 Lunch at the restaurant of the Chochur Muran complex (not included in the tour price, paid according to the menu). A short tour of the complex.
16:00-17:15 Visit to souvenir shops and the farmers’ market, where you can buy local products from fish, meat, berries, and more.
17:30 Transfer to the hotel.
🌄 Day 7. Way home
— Transfer to the airport.
✅ ❌ What is included and what is not included
✅ Included
- Accommodation in a 3* hotel in Yakutsk (double standard) – when choosing the rate with accommodation.
- Transfers according to the program (car, small boats).
- Guide‑escort services throughout the tour according to the program.
- Meals (according to the program).
- Excursions (according to the program).
- Entrance tickets and permits to tourist sites (museums, parks, etc.).
❌ Not included
- Air tickets to Yakutsk and back.
- Meals outside the program or special orders.
- Meals in cafes and restaurants during excursions.
- Additional services at the tourist’s request not included in the tour program (bathhouse organization, additional boat/car services, etc.).
- Personal expenses of tourists.
- Souvenir and alcoholic products.
🔔 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.
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