Cruises on a ship in Russia make such cruise companies like Rusich, Infoflot, Vodochod, Mosturflot, GAMA, VolgaWolga and some others.
Departure cities may vary. So, for example, cruises around Russia on a ship from Moscow open up the opportunity for river travel along the Volga, Don, and Oka. This is due to the fact that the capital is a major river port, thanks to the Moscow River. Cruises on the rivers of Russia from St. Petersburg are also possible. The Neva River opens such directions as cruises to Valaam and Kizhi, cruises to Solovki.
The most popular river cruises in Russia are cruises on the Volga. The Volga is the largest river in Russia and Europe. On the Volga is located a large number of ancient and modern Russian cities and historical sights. Cruises along the Volga are not only a unique opportunity to travel in the comfortable environment of a modern cruise ship and visit several cities at once in one cruise, but also to join the culture and cuisine of different regions of Russia, visit the numerous sights of our country. The attractiveness of cruises along the Volga is that in one cruise trip you can visit the forest, steppe and even semi-desert zones of our country, see with your own eyes the cities of numerous Russian regions: Tver, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod regions, Chuvashia, the Republic of Mari El, Tatarstan, Ulyanovsk, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd and Astrakhan regions.
Among river cruises in Russia, trips along the Oka are also popular. You will be able to visit a number of the most interesting river ports in Russia, located on the Oka River, where cruise ships make stops. river boats. river cruises along the Oka is not only a unique opportunity to see several cities of the central region of Russia at once in one cruise trip, but also to learn a lot of new things - cruise river companies strive to diversify the cruise program during sailing, including entertainment events and interesting excursions.
Cruises in Russia on the ship also include tours of Vyatka. The Vyatka is the largest tributary of the Kama, on which ancient Russian cities are located. unique history. Cruises along Vyatka of various durations start from Nizhny Novgorod, Cheboksary, as well as other Russian ports. In addition to the excursion program included in the price of the cruises, on board the motor ships along the Vyatka, tourists will find a carefully designed entertainment on board, which is interesting for both adults and teenagers. On the routes along the Vyatka, there are so-called "green parking lots", equipped, as a rule, on the banks of the river in the most beautiful places Oh.
Cruises in Russia on the ship cover routes along the Don - one of the largest rivers in Russia, which flows into the Taganrog Bay Sea of Azov. There are many interesting Russian cities on the Don, including the million-plus city of Rostov-on-Don. Cruises on the Kama also have something to see. These are the ancient, beautiful Russian cities of Tchaikovsky, Perm, Yelabuga, Chistopol, Nizhnekamsk, Naberezhnye Chelny, Berezniki, Solikamsk and others.
TO the best cruises the northern rivers of Russia include cruises along the Yenisei, one of the greatest and most beautiful rivers in the world, flowing through all the climatic zones of Siberia and flowing into the Arctic Ocean. The main attractions of the Yenisei River region are the "museum city" Yeniseisk, where there are 94 architectural monuments, and the Stolby Reserve, a natural rock complex of amazing beauty. Cruises along the Yenisei also include a visit to the Strelka - the place where the beautiful Angara flows into the Yenisei, a visit to the one-of-a-kind museum of planes, climbing chairlift and, of course, the reserve "Stolby" - unique reserve with rocks that over time have taken the form of giants, mythological creatures and real animals.
The list of cruises on the rivers of Russia would be incomplete if the Lena River is not included here. This largest river Central Siberia on the map of river cruises in Russia. During the trip, tourists can get acquainted with the history of this most beautiful region, learn how the Cossacks conquered Siberia, see folklore performances, visit the city of Mirny, the diamond capital of Russia, pass Lena Cheeks, one of the most beautiful places in Lena. But, of course, the main attraction of the region is national park"Lena Pillars".
Booking river cruises in Russia online on the website of the Cruise House company, tourists using a unique tour selection system can immediately select a cruise package with air travel and transfers at the most low prices. You can also look at the calendar of river cruises in Russia for 2019-2020 on our website.
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Almost lost after the revolution of 1917, the special spirit and flavor of river cruises began to revive again in shipping, and with them the popularity of this type of recreation, glorified by the classics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is being revived. And really - where else to feel how "wide is my native country", if not on the deck of a cruise ship, slowly cutting through the water surface?
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River cruises are gaining popularity not only due to nostalgia for pre-revolutionary times. Firstly, this is one of the few types of vacation that does not require travel time, because it is a "travel" in itself: your vacation begins at the moment of departure and ends when you arrive at your destination, and you manage to visit many places without " falling out” of vacation days for travel in trains or buses. Secondly, your hotel travels with you, and you can return to your cabin at any time if you are tired or feel unwell. Thirdly, modern ships are equipped with everything you need: most of the cabins on them are equipped with private facilities, there are restaurants, bars, video rooms, billiard tables, karaoke and even swimming pools, so if you wish, you can spend the entire cruise on the ship without ever going on board. land.
However, those who are not happy with such a prospect will not be disappointed either: almost all river cruises involve a rich excursion program, “green stops” with picnics under open sky and other entertainment, and if the weather permits, then with swimming.
Routes and features
River crises last from 2 to 20 days, depending on the route. As for the routes, the most popular are various cruises along the Volga, Kama and Don (the duration depends on the number of stops and the saturation of the excursion program), as well as sightseeing and religious tours of the northern directions (Valaam, Kizhi, Solovki) - and numerous hybrids of these two types .
So, cruises to the north are traditionally traveled from St. Petersburg (it is both cheaper and faster - you can fit in 2 days off), and travel along the Volga to the south usually starts in Moscow. At the same time, routes of the form "Moscow - St. Petersburg - Moscow" are gaining popularity, usually lasting from 6 to 11 days and combining part of the Volga and northern directions. The main sightseeing points are usually Valaam and Kizhi.
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Cruise prices
The cost of the cruise usually includes: accommodation and bedding (usually the price is indicated for one person, not per cabin - keep this in mind), 2 or 3 meals a day (due to a busy program, the ship cannot stop for every meal of passengers, but eating every day in a restaurant on the menu is still expensive), excursions according to the program, guide services and entertainment on board the ship.
Those who are determined not to take additional excursions should consider their leisure time on free time, because the tourist finds himself alone (or in the company of the same tourists) in a city that is most often completely unfamiliar to him. It makes sense to know about locality more and outline the circle of objects that you would like, and most importantly - you will have time to visit before the ship leaves.
The subtleties of choosing a cruise
There are a few more points worth discussing.
First, health insurance. Russian tourists, resigned and realizing the need for medical insurance abroad, when traveling in Russia they rely solely on compulsory medical insurance and maybe, which are not always saved. For almost all cruises, medical insurance is offered on a voluntary basis, and it makes sense to use it: you can get it right at the office of the travel agency, it is a penny relative to the cost of any cruise, and your soul will be calm.
Secondly, you should carefully consider the choice of not only the route, but also the ship. The website of almost every travel and shipping company has fairly complete information about a particular ship, including the year of launching and reconstructions. Do not neglect this opportunity. In addition, for your own peace of mind, you can ask the captain to show all permits before boarding.
It is worth learning more about the ship, not only for safety reasons, but also in order to understand the reason for the difference in prices. So, the same five-day tour "St. Petersburg - Valaam-Svirstroy - Kizhi - Petrozavodsk - Mandrogi - St. Petersburg" with a similar excursion program can cost 24,000-30,000 RUB per person on one ship, and 28,700-65,000 RUB on another, that is about one and a half to two times more expensive. Part of this money is spent on additional points of the excursion program, but still - why is there such a big difference? Having opened the information about the ships, we learn that the “expensive” ship was recently restored, it is larger, more comfortable, all its rooms are equipped not only with a bathroom, but also with a refrigerator, and on board much more fun. And here it is already possible to make a conscious choice: what we sacrifice - money or comfort.
Prices on the page are for November 2019.
PAKHRA RIVER
The Pakhra River is located in the Moscow Region, it is the right tributary of the Moscow River, its length is 135 kilometers. Before traveling by boat on the water, everything must be carefully prepared, I described this in detail in the previous
Moscow river
For such travel lovers, for nature lovers like us, there is nothing brighter than traveling along the rivers in our native Moscow region. We adventurers have got it in full, no comparison with hiking and traveling in our own car. There are a large number of rivers in the Moscow region
Beautiful places on the Pakhra River
And rivers with such banks, almost like (figuratively speaking) in the Amazon basin. Here you can observe the life of wildlife. Here is a miracle of flora and fauna, all kinds of animals and birds tend to the water in search of drink and coolness! And how many tents and cars with numbers of different regions on the banks of this river?
Barbecue on Pakhra
Whether you take a long walk for three or four days or just one day off, water tourism will take you to the world of inimitable nature, the branches of trees from one side of the river reach the branches of the other side of the river and they form a kind of tent, above us. We glided on the water in the shade of the trees, a pleasant
Now launch and let's go ...
coolness, and in the air there was a bird chirp and we looked at various underwater inhabitants, here we swam, we didn’t turn it on all the time, often rowed and listened to the silence and buzz of bees ...
Again the river Pakhra
What beautiful hills overgrown with forests on the banks of the Pakhra River, what bizarre limestone formations were discovered and developed here in the 15th and 16th centuries, limestone was taken from here for construction, from where the name of Moscow came from - “Moscow-white stone.” And how wonderful it is to organize a picnic on the banks of a beautiful rivers with a folding table, folding chairs and cook buckwheat with stew on a fire in a cauldron! The Moscow region is rich in navigable rivers, you can take a river cruise on a boat, but we liked traveling on motor boat!
Six person French tent
A significant part coastline the Pakhra rivers are occupied by such thickets that you can’t even go ashore and swim! beach places or a place for a fisherman to get ashore. To travel along this river, we always choose its mouth and begin to move against the current.
Of course, areas of calm waters are most suitable for study trips, where you can leisurely examine interesting objects and shoot them with a video camera or camera, or you can observe them with twenty-fold binoculars.
We travel only in summer and only during daylight hours. Interestingly, along the banks of Pakhra, there are anomalous zones. At Dubrovitsy, Pakhra merges with the Desna River, the width of the river here is a maximum of 50 meters, here good fishing: pike, crucian carp, large bream, perch, ide and ass are found ...
This is the area where the kite bird of prey lives, it settles on tall trees near the river ... When traveling on a motor boat, you need to stock up sunscreen, mosquito repellent and a wide-brimmed hat. Observing nature in the floodplain of the Pakhra River requires patience, keen eyesight, well-calculated time and good luck! Rivers have always played an important role for our ancestors, they have always served as transport arteries, dams were built on them, water worked for a person, turned the wheels of mills.
It served and serves as a source of food. Today, the rivers in the Moscow region and in have become an excellent resource for ecotourism. We rowed and with the help climbed up the river to a rift (about six kilometers), there are no rapids here like on the rivers of Siberia, Far East, Karelia, but there is silence here, the calm of a flat river. Rafting on this river is devoid of extreme sports, here is calm and once again calm. take off.
You need to take a tent, a sleeping bag and a tourist rug for everyone with you, we will definitely take a first aid kit with us first medical care, in case of rain, you need to have a plastic wrap on a motor boat. Be sure to take a gas burner with a set of gas cylinders with us on every trip.
How many times on a motorboat have we encountered at full speed half-flooded trees “flooders”, branches of trees sticking out of the water, but God have mercy, we did not tolerate an accident and in 9 years we have not glued a PVC boat even once!
We also had an unpleasant incident with the motor! I didn't hold it, I slipped when I was carrying it from the motorboat to the shore, I stumbled and the motor ended up in the water! The instructions say that in this case you need to contact service center, the motor cannot be restored on the spot, but I disassembled it, dried it, lubricated it, reassembled it, it worked like new!
What good fellows the Japanese are manufacturing and assembling Tohatsu motors! The motor has served me for 9 years and works like clockwork!
Moscow-river near the village of Ostrov
Travel across lakes and rivers in motor boats with Tohatsu motors!
Many travelers dream of wonderful romantic cruise. And it doesn't matter if it's a sea or river trip. Do not think that they exist only in books or films, and that this is a pipe beautiful dream. Such a dream is easy to turn into reality. There would be a desire, and a fascinating journey along the river will become a grandiose and memorable event in your life.
Let's go today let's go on a virtual river tour. And if you like something from our offer, take note for your next summer vacation. After all, dreams must come true!
Journey down the Nile
Are we sailing in a boat or in a time machine? Loading the oars and sailing the longest river in the world is like traveling back in time, going back a thousand years. Time slows down to the speed of the flow river Nile, and ancient temples, oxcarts, wild palm trees seem to float past you. Nothing has changed since the pharaohs ruled in Egypt.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Stop in Luxor to see the monolithic pillars of the city of Karnak, visit the Luxor Temple (especially in the evening when it is fully illuminated) and the pharaonic burials in the Valley of the Kings.
- - Stay overnight at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan City and enjoy delicious cocktails at the luxurious terrace bar.
- - Visit the tomb of Ramses II at Abu Simbel.
- - Be sure to get to the Blue Nile Falls in Ethiopia.
Journey through the Northwest Passage
Sail the legendary sea route across the Arctic Ocean. Become for a while the explorers of the Victorian era who were looking for a cherished goal: a safe sea passage from North America to wealthy Asia.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Stroll through Northwest Passage Park, visit the Gjoa Haven Outreach Center in Nunavut.
- - Make a stop at Beachy Island, in historical place where the Franklin expedition wintered before disappearing without a trace. Traces of the expedition members and their rescuers remained.
- - Visit Cambridge Harbor, where explorers stayed and where the wreck of the Fram schooner, the great explorer Roald Amundsen, is kept.
Journey through the Norwegian fjords
norwegian fjords, formed from glaciers, with crystal blue water, is a real wonderland. These deep, flooded valleys that seem to cut through the coast of the country were recognized by the magazine National Geographic Traveler one of the best tourist places in Europe.
Things to do while traveling:
- - See the impressive rocks of the Geirangerfjord
- - Take an exciting journey through railway from Hardangervidda to the village of Flam.
- - Visit the city of Ålesund and enjoy the modern architecture of this beautiful city.
- - Stop in Bergen, the city with the beautiful harbor of Bryggen, which is listed world heritage UNESCO. The city is surrounded by seven hills and fjords.
Traveling the Mississippi River
The majestic and main water artery of America, which gave life to the blues, introduced us to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, gave birth to Budweiser beer and much more. Mississippi witnessed the Civil War and the end of slavery. Sail it down to New Orleans, heading towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Things to do while traveling:
- Visit Mark Twain's parental home-museum, walk through the places that were described in his famous novels and where his characters walked.
- Visit the Museum of Fugitive Slaves in Memphis, which will tell you about the transportation of slaves down the Mississippi, about their escape to freedom.
- Go on a pilgrimage tour to Graceland in Memphis, visit the Elvis Presley House Museum.
- Enjoy the blues in Clarksdale.
- Try river-flavored dishes: Tamale (cornmeal tortilla with meat and red pepper, steamed) and pork ribs in Clarksdale or Tamale with pepper and steak in Greenville. And enjoy the full range of Creole cuisine in New Orleans.
Journey along the Ganges
Ice drops gather in streams that cascade down and suddenly turn into smooth, calm, chocolate-colored river water that purifies sins, transports the souls of the dead and nourishes Indian farmlands. This "Mother Ganga" sacred river of India.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Travel from Gangotri Temple to Gaumukhu where the Gangotri Glacier is located. It is he who is the source of the Ganges River.
- - Meditate in the ashrams (abodes of hermits and sages) in the city of Rishikesh.
- - Take a photo for memory and feel the devout spirit of India in holy city Haridwar.
- - Sail past the dilapidated ancient marinas in Varanasi.
Journey along the Amazon River
Amazon at one time it is an immense and mythical river. Therefore, a cruise on this river evokes images that are layered on top of each other: exotic, dense rainforests, indigenous tribes, diverse wildlife shrouded in mysticism and possible danger.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Go kayaking through the flooded forest.
- - Enjoy sleeping in a hammock on a boat while drifting slowly downstream.
- - Hear the chirping of hundreds of birds and the shrill cry of a howler monkey.
- - Make a stop in a coastal town and walk through the lush rainforest.
Journey along the Mekong River
This river is considered one of the largest in the Indochinese Peninsula. Sailing along it means seeing the entire cultural and geographical flavor of the continent, getting to know the diversity of Buddhism, getting to know the rural way of life in Asia in its beautiful, almost always based on naturalness, mystical beauty. Let's go on a river cruise Mekong.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Walk along the sources of the rivers of the Tibetan Plateau, where different cultures collide in the shadow of the Himalayas.
- - Explore the Chinese mystical and enchanting province of Yunnan, marked by white stone peaks and cut by deep river ravines.
- - See monks in orange clothes, walk the shady streets of Luang Prabang, see the architecture of colonial buildings, get acquainted with local crafts and visit pastry shops.
- - Explore rich, colorful underwater world the Mekong Delta.
Journey along the Yangtze River
It is believed that a journey along the third longest river in the world - Yangtze- is the most memorable river cruise. Sailing between the Three Gorges and the impressive cliffs is nothing short of magical.
Things to do while traveling:
- - Get to the "Three Gorges" during the fog and enjoy the beautiful views through the smoky veil.
- - Go on a trip along the river on a rented boat alone.
Attention! The site administration site is not responsible for the content of methodological developments, as well as for the compliance of the development of the Federal State Educational Standard.
The development is intended for children 6-7 years old, to consolidate knowledge in a playful way about plants and animals in water bodies.
The place of the game situation in the educational process: GCD, educational activities in sensitive moments.
Materials and equipment: doll Funtik, Vodyanoy, who gives tasks to children during the trip, cards with the inhabitants of the rivers, cards with the image of the pond and its inhabitants, album sheets, colored pencils, wax crayons.
Plan-scenario of the plot of the game situation: Children find a picture of Funtik standing by the river. The teacher invites the children to guess where Funtik invites them to travel this time. The children decide that they will travel along the river. To do this, children build a ship from a floor constructor and chairs and go on an excursion. Along the way, they meet a Waterman who asks them to play with him, as he is very bored. The merman and children play with pleasure, performing a number of tasks. After that, Vodyanoy asks for help to come up with and draw environmental signs that would explain to everyone what should not be done near a pond or in a pond. The children promise to help. Upon returning from a trip, they invent and draw prohibition signs.
Synopsis of the game situation "Journey along the river"
Children on the blackboard see a picture of Funtik standing by the river.
- Guys, today our old friend Funtik invites you on a trip. Where do you think? (down the river). And how did you guess? (children's answers: because Funtik is standing by the river).
- And what can you travel on rivers and seas? (Children conclude that they will travel along the river on a ship).
But we don't have a ship. How can we be? (Children offer to build a "ship" and go on a journey with Funtik).
- Guys, what are we going to build our "ship" from? (Answers of children). Yes, we can use floor construction parts and chairs. Then - to work!
- Well done! We got a wonderful pleasure ship, on which there is enough space for everyone. I suggest you take your seats.
- Guys, you need to be careful not to miss the appearance of various inhabitants of the river. We need to choose a tour guide. He will monitor their appearance and take out cards with the image of various plants and animals from the bag prepared by Funtik.
Rules of the game: if the "guide" calls a plant, you need to turn left (look down to the left side), if the animal - look to the right; up - if the bird is named, down - if the beast is named.
- You see, guys, it’s not difficult to swim along the magic river - you just need to work together with oars (Vodyanoy appears)
Water: Dear children, girls and boys, play with me. I love to solve riddles.
Educator: Dear Vodyanoy, but we know how to compose them, right, guys? We do have pictures. And let's compose riddles for the Waterman, without naming what is shown in the picture and not showing these pictures until the Waterman guesses your riddle.
Children make riddles to the Waterman. At the end of the game, Vodyanoy thanks the children for the pleasure and offers to play his game "Full speed ahead!"
Vodyanoy: I want to see how you can act in a coordinated manner, clearly execute commands.
The waterman can give various commands: stand in a circle, pay off for the first or second, pass the ball in different ways, etc.
Vodyanoy: Guys, I ask you to help me resolve the dispute between the inhabitants of the ponds that are in my possession. Every year I have to change their name in accordance with what kind of inhabitants they have more.
After completing the work, the children need to be told how they found out who is more in the pond, what result they got, what the name of the pond will be called, the inhabitants of which they counted (if there are more fish - fish, crayfish - crustacean, frogs - frog)
The waterman thanks the children for their help, notes the knowledge and skills demonstrated by the children, their interest in the inhabitants of the rivers.
- But I have one more problem: not all people with kindness come to the river. If only we could come up with such drawings-signs so that everyone understands that the river needs to be protected.
Children say goodbye to Vodyany, thank for interesting trip by the river and promise to fulfill his request. "Sit down" in the "ship" and return to the kindergarten.
Educator: Let's try to fulfill the request of the Waterman? (discussion: what is dangerous for the river, because of which the water in it is polluted). Now let's draw the prohibition signs.
We will attach signs to poles and put them near our small pond on the territory kindergarten- let everyone see and understand how to protect rivers and ponds.
