Yakutsk is the largest city on permafrost, a harsh yet hospitable port, and the scientific and cultural center of northeastern Russia. Everything here is unusual: from the richest heritage of the Sakha people to the extreme winter conditions that become the main highlight of the journey. In December, daylight lasts no more than 4 hours, and frosts drop below −40°C, yet it is in this crystalline silence that the true magic of the North is born. You will see Yakutsk not as a postcard summer image, but the real one — in the glow of snows, among ice sculptures and ancient rituals.

Experienced guides will take you along a unique route where history, ethnography, the Ice Age and modern science intertwine. In 6–7 hours, you will live through an entire winter saga.

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✨ What Makes It Special?

🏙️ Stroll around Yakutsk — the largest city on permafrost
🙏 Participation in an authentic Algys ceremony at the “Us-Kut” ethno-complex
❄️ Underground tunnel of the Kingdom of Permafrost — an ice complex inside a mountain
🏔️ Panorama of the snow-covered valley from the sacred mountain Chochur Muran
🦣 Introduction to mammoth fauna at the world’s only Mammoth Museum
🔬 Excursion to the underground permafrost research laboratory (cryostorage)
🍽️ Lunch in a restaurant that is a replica of a 17th-century Cossack fort with genuine artifacts
⛄ Private format: tour from 1 person, start any day
🌌 Magic of polar winter — only 4 hours of daylight and crystalline silence

📌 Tour Details

🗺️ Tour route: Yakutsk.
⏱️ Duration: 6-7 hours
👥 Number of participants: from 1 participant.
📍 Start: Yakutsk.

🏷️ 📅 Tour Price and Dates

📅 Tour Dates

📅 • Individual, on request any day.

🏷️ Price per person:

Group up to 2 pers.: 30,000 RUB/group.

Group of 3-4 pers.: 12,000 RUB/person.

Group from 5 pers.: 10,000 RUB/person.

* prices for the winter season 2026-2027 will be adjusted in August 2026.
Individual tours – possible on any dates, price on request.

⏱️ Tour Program

🌄 Getting to Know Yakutsk

09:30-10:00 Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby, departure for an excursion to the ethnographic complex “Us-Kut”, along the way a short sightseeing tour of Yakutsk.

10:00-11:30 Tour of the complex, performance of the ancient blessing ceremony “Algys”.

The tour complex “Us-Kut”, located in the outskirts of Yakutsk, is renowned for its kind traditions and is based on the hospitality and industriousness of the Atlasov family, who put their love for their native land into it. Visitors can get an insight into the ancient culture of the Sakha people: hear the khomus and toyuk, see national rituals — offering to spirits, purification, greeting the sun. The territory features typical Yakut household buildings.

11:40-12:15 Tour of the underground complex “Kingdom of Permafrost”

“Kingdom of Permafrost” is a complex inside a glacier, located inside a mountain, featuring the residence of the Yakut Winter, Chyskhaan – the Lord of Cold, the Master of the North room, exhibition halls of the Ice Sculpture Festival, a large paleontological exposition of mammoth fauna objects, an ice slide and an Ice Bar.

12:30-13:30 Ascent to the observation deck of the sacred mountain “Chochur Muran”, walk on the mountain.

A beautiful view of the Tuymaada valley where the city of Yakutsk – the capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – is located opens from the mountain.

Chochur Muran – from the Yakut language the name translates as “pointed hill”. The hill is revered as a sacred mountain. According to legends, the first forefather of the Yakuts of the middle Lena River, Elley Botur, first organized Ysyakh (national summer festival) here.

13:30 – 15:30 Lunch at the restaurant of the “Chochur Muran” complex (not included in the tour price, pay by menu). A short tour of the complex.

Located in a beautiful spot under the Chochur Myraan mountain, it is a replica of the Yakut Cossack fort. The tour complex “Expedition 16.32” is named after the founding year of Yakutsk. The complex uses authentic, original items from private collections, rarely seen even in museums.

16:00-16:30 Visit to the underground laboratory of the Permafrost Institute (or the World Mammoth Museum).

— The Melnikov Permafrost Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The main research areas are studying the evolution of the cryolithozone under natural and anthropogenic factors, and engineering geocryology. The institute has an underground laboratory, cryostorage, and museum.

— The World Mammoth Museum was established in 1991 as a scientific and cultural center for the study of mammoth fauna and its habitat during the Ice Age. It is located in the capital of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – Yakutsk. In 1995, the museum became part of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This unique specialized museum stores, studies, and displays interesting and unique paleontological exhibits.

16:30-17:00 Transfer to the hotel

🌄 Additional Services (by prior request):

Airport transfers (round trip)
Meal arrangements (lunch, dinner)
Hotel reservations
Additional city excursions visiting cultural sites, markets, shops, and landmarks.
Winter suit rental

✅ ❌ What’s Included and What’s Not

✅ Included

Transfers according to the program
Guide-accompanying services
Excursions (as per program)
Entrance tickets to tourist objects (museums, parks, etc.)

❌ Not included

Air tickets to/from Yakutsk
Meals
Accommodation
Personal expenses of tourists
Souvenirs and alcohol products

🔔 Important Information and Conditions:

📌 Note:

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

💳 Booking and Payment Conditions:

The tour is considered booked upon payment of a deposit of 30% of the tour cost by bank transfer to the account of Chuchuna LLC under the contract.
The balance of payment by non-cash settlement no later than 28 calendar days before the start of the tour, unless other terms or other forms of payment are additionally agreed.