Come with us on an odyssey into the unknown across a vast swathe of the country to see some unbelievable sights on one of these epic adventures!
Norilsk - Remote Russia: Forbidden mining colony in the artic circle. experience frontier life at the top of the world - a region of Closed Cities open for you to visit on this tour
Magadan - Abandoned Russia: Formerly the most off-limits and darkest part of the country, now there is much to see and to learn in an odyssey through this evocative land of dereliction and hope combined
These are tours like no other; ambitious, epic, gruelling, confusing, and simply mind-blowing. You've never been anywhere like this before!
Read on for a brief description of our 2021 Norilsk - Remote Russia tour - AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING
Above the Arctic Circle, where the mighty Yenisei River meets the Arctic Ocean there sits a vast deposit of valuable Nickel. In 1937 the Soviet Union forced prisoners to open this inhospitable area to industry and the city and area of Norilsk was born properly. Since that time this has been a 'closed city' with access to foreigners not permitted, but we have a (legal) way in and we would love to take you there with us!
The tour in summer 2021 will see us first arrive in the remote settlement of Igarka, then after exploring there make our way further north to the Norilsk area by boat up the Yenisei River. We will explore the three cities of Dudinka, Norilsk, and Talnakh, staying overnight in each of them. See daily life, the history of the fascinating area, descend into a training mine to see the industry that sustains and pollutes this place, gulags, abandoned areas, learn about indigenous peoples, exploration and opening up of the area and just so much more besides this - join us for an epic adventure at the top of the world!
Read on for a description of our 2021 Magadan - Abandoned Russia tour - AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING
from the regional centre of Magadan (a fascinating town, both dark and fun at the same time), to old gulag camps, exploring abandoned cities and towns, learning the dark history of these regions and seeing how people live there now. If this tickles your travel nerve then this is the tour for you! If you love adventure, and don’t mind roughing it a bit in a little-seen remote and mind-blowing part of the world you will have stories to tell for a lifetime after a visit to the deepest and most astonishing corner of Remote Russia
We’re proud to be able to offer our Magadan tour in 2021 that will take the willing traveller on an odyssey from the remotest corner of Russia deep into the interior, travelling along the world’s longest road; the Kolyma Highway – known as the ‘road of bones’ visiting the chilling gulag site of Dneprovsky, the utterly unforgettable abandoned city of Kadykchan, other semi-inhabited settlements in this stunning, rugged, and remote part of the world - much more than you would ever imagine is included in this adventure. Come with us on a journey to the edge of the world, and beyond!
This tour will be led by our general manager and travel specialist Simon Cockerell. Fascinated with the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, Simon has considerable knowledge of these areas, and has been to Russia over 30 times, to every corner of the country — the known and unknown, famous, infamous, and ignored!
Please contact Simon to register your interest in our next tour to Russia
Explore Norilsk - an epic journey
to a unique and forbidden place!
From 2,800 USD per person
Please apply by 30th April, 2021.
Explore Norilsk - an
epic journey to a unique
and forbidden place!
From 2,800 USD per person
Closed to outsiders since its foundation as a forced-labour nickel mining colony, Norilsk has since grown into an absolutely fascinating and utterly remote region of apocalyptic industrial landscapes, stunning natural beauty, a fascinating and hardy local population, and so much more for pioneering adventurers to discover – see this very remote and very special area with Koryo Tours!
We start the tour in Igarka, an unknown and super-remote place. It is reachable only by a very rare flight and home to some fascinating museums. From here, we travel up to Norilsk by ship along the Yenisei River.
Norilsk is a closed city in the arctic circle, known for being the world's most polluted city and the base of the largest nickel mines in the world - but is so much more than this! We will also travel to Dudinka - Port settlement controlling access from the arctic to the Siberian interior, and Talnakh, a Fascinating town and the base of some of the dirtiest and most apocalyptic industry on the planet. Beautiful and terrifying all at once.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These dates are provisional but planned. Final confirmation will come in October when domestic flight and boat dates are confirmed. We recommend not booking flights to/from Russia until that time
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Please apply by 30th April, 2021.
Epic trip at the edge
of the world - Visit Magadan!
From 4,200 USD per person
Please apply by 1st June, 2021.
Epic trip at the
edge of the world
- Visit Magadan!
From 4,200 USD per person
For fans of adventure, history, the obscure, and the evocative — this is the experience of a lifetime: Magadan!
See remote settlements, people living all kinds of lives across the region, abandoned gulags, abandoned towns and cities, stunning landscapes, and so much more. T
his tour will be led by our general manager and travel specialist Simon Cockerell, who first visited Magadan in the deep winter of 2010 to research this tour. Fascinated with the history of the Soviet Union, Simon has considerable knowledge of the area, and has been to Russia over 30 times and to every corner of the country — the known and unknown, famous, infamous, and ignored! We have been running the particular tour at select times since 2010 and it is now in its 6th incarnation — and better than ever. The remote edges of Russia can be a harsh and unforgiving place, with long journeys, gruelling roads, and other logistical issues. However, the rewards of amazing landscapes, incredible people, and some unsettling and tragic-yet-compelling history having been lived and left in this area more than make up for it.
See for yourself with the specialist who developed the itinerary especially for Koryo Tours’ adventurous travellers!
Magadan City - evocative settlement at the edge of Russia - famous for being a transit point for prisoner transfers but now capital of the region and a fascinating and eve fun place to visit!
Dneprovsky Gulag - once a tin ore mine and home to thousands of 'zeks'. closed in 1953 and left for the tundra to reclaim. See what is left and camp in this saddest of places. Hear tales of how this dreadful system came to be.
Kadykchan - once-thriving pioneer city from the early 1960s. home to thousands of optimistic young adventuring families. Not an abandoned ruin and testament to Russia of the 1990s. not a soul remains, but the city's structure is all there to see and explore.
Kolyma Highway - traverse this crucial but sinister trail, the 'Road of Bones'. Artery of the region hacked from the forests and permafrost by gulag prisoners. On this tour we drive th Road of bones out and back again to Magadan, but we follow two completely different routes - something very unique indeed!
All hotel rooms on our all-inclusive group tours feature twin beds, and will be shared. If you'd like a room to yourself then you can upgrade for an extra 40 EUR per night.
See moreAccommodation throughout the trip - in hotels, camping at the gulag, and sleeping rough in Kadykchan! (tents and sleeping bags where needed)
Meals apart from during free time
Transportation by various means - mini-bus, Kamaz truck, etc
Entry fees at attractions visited
Airport transfers
Russian visa support (LOI)
Guide and translation services throughout
The most amazing travel experience of your life - hard roads, tough travel, invaluable memories and experiences!
Flights to start and finish the tour (to/from Magadan)
Meal expenses during free time (approx 2 evenings)
Russian visa fee (varies according to nationality and place of issue)
Single room accommodation (it is optional. $40 supplemental per person per night)
Tips for the local guides, drivers
Camera fees where charged (usually around $1 in museums)
Incidentals such as souvenirs, laundry, alcoholic drinks, phone calls, etc
This tour requires 10 members to operate. The maximum number of participants is 16 members.
Please apply by 1st June, 2021.
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