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Fishing tour on the lake and river Vivi
- Region:
- Central Siberia
- Code of tour:
- LCSibAkt13-0
- Name of tour:
- Fishing tour on the lake and river Vivi
- Date:
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- Trip duration:
- 11 days
- Categories:
- Central Siberia
- Price:
- Tour price for a season of 2006: Rafting variant: in a group of 8 pax – 1890 Euro per person; 6-7 pax – 2200 Euro; According to your wishes, extra days can be added to the program; the cost of one additional day is 20 Euro per person.
| Included | Full complex of services during the regional part of the tour: Transfers and hotel accommodation in Krasnoyarsk and Turukhansk (2 nights) Rental helicopter MI-8; Guiding services (one guide per 2 – 3 visitors). Services of an English-speaking interpreter (interpreters speaking German or other languages can be available according to preliminary agreement); Meals three times daily, cooking services; Rental boats, double tents and the other necessary equipment; Special equipment lease, AM-radio equipment, satellite telephone; Registration for foreign citizens in Turukhansk; Preparation for the trip – purchase food, obtaining fishing licenses, booking local airline tickets, etc. |
| Price does not include | airfares Moscow-Krasnoyarsk-Turukhask and back (approximate cost about 500 – 650 USD); Moscow program; alcoholic beverages; visa support; professional video-recording; meals in Krasnoyarsk, Turukhansk; insurance; items of personal nature. |
| Accommodation | hotels in Krasnoyarsk and Turukhansk. During the field part of the tour – tented camps, field banya (sauna), three meals a day (prepared by the cook or guides). |
| Route | Peculiar features of the trip: extremely remote area, primordial nature, and large exotic fish. Several species of fish that can be found only here. A good place to get a trophy-sized Taimen; Tour location: Region of the Kransoyarsk North, the Evenk Autonomous Area, the Lake Vivi and its surroundings, and the Vivi River (300 km to the northeast from the settlement Turukhansk); The basic species of fish: Taimen (Hucho taymen), Siberian Grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Siberian whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pidschian), Dryagina char (Salvilinus Drjagini), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), lenok (Brachmistax lenok), Valek (Coregonus cylindraceus), Paliya (Salvelinus lepeshini) and large examples of Pike, Perch and Burbot (Lota lota). |
| Groupe | 6 – 8 persons. |
Two variants of tours can be organized:
Stationary: residing for the most of time on the lake. Daily voyages by motor boats to the various points on the lake for fishing, and return back to the stationary camp for overnight;
Rafting: the visitors spend a few days on the lake, then travel by motor boats down the river Vivi up to the first large rapids situated 100 km downstream of the river; fishing on the river and its tributaries.
ITINERARY
1. Stationary variant: fishing on the Lake Vivi and in its surroundings
Fitness level: easy.
Taymen (Vivi River)
Day 1. Overnight flight from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk (4,5 hours). Take a local flight from Krasnoyarsk to Turukhansk (2 hours 40 minutes). Arrive the Turukhansk, accommodation at the hotel, registration for foreign visitors. Dinner. Leisure time at the hotel.
Day 2. Helicopter flight to the Lake Vivi (1 hour 55 minutes). Accommodation in the tented camp.
Days 3 – 7. Fishing on the Lake Vivi: Siberian grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Siberian whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pidschian), Dryagina char (Salvilinus Drjagini), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), valek (Coregonus cylindraceus), paliya (Salvelinus lepeshini). Fishing lenok, Siberian grayling, Siberian whitefish, taimen, pike and perch at the source and upper reaches of the river Vivi (at the distance of 20 km from the lake).
Greyling (Lake Vivi)
Days 7 – 9. Motor boat transfer downstream the Vivi river (about 20 km from the lake). Fishing on the river: Taimen (Hucho taymen), Siberian Grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Siberian whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pidschian), Dryagina char (Salvilinus Drjagini), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and large Pike and Perch. Accommodation in a tented camp on a river bank.
Day 10. Helicopter flight back to Turukhansk. Local scheduled flight from Turukhansk to Krasnoyarsk. Accommodation in a hotel in Krasnoyarsk.
Day 11. Transfer to airport. Departure to Moscow.
2. Rafting variant: fishing on the Lake Vivi and upper reaches of the River Vivi
(up to the first large rapids situated 100 km downstream)
Fitness level: easy.
Taymen (Vivi River)
Day 1. Overnight flight from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk (4,5 hours). Take a local flight from Krasnoyarsk to Turukhansk (2 hours 40 minutes). Arrive the Turukhansk, accommodation at the hotel, registration for foreign citizens. Dinner. Leisure time at the hotel.
Day 2. Helicopter flight to the Lake Vivi (1 hour 55 minutes). Accommodation in a tented camp.
Days 3 – 4. Fishing on the Lake Vivi: Siberian grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Siberian whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pidschian), Dryagina char (Salvilinus Drjagini), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), valek (Coregonus cylindraceus), paliya (Salvelinus lepeshini). Fishing at the source of Vivi river: Siberian grayling, taimen, and Siberian whitefish.
Days 4 – 9. Rafting down the river Vivi in motor boats (the total rafting distance is approximately 100 km). Fishing taimen (Hucho taymen), lenok, Siberian grayling (Thymallus arcticus), Siberian whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus pidschian), Dryagina char (Salvilinus Drjagini), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and large individuals of Pike and Perch. Accommodation in a tented camp on the river bank.
Day 10. Helicopter flight back to Turukhansk. Local scheduled flight from Turukhansk to Krasnoyarsk. Accommodation in a hotel in Krasnoyarsk.
Day 11. Transfer to the airport. Departure to Moscow.
Notes
If necessary, we will gladly assist with booking airline tickets, organize the program in Moscow, etc.Notes:
Under favorable weather conditions, the helicopter flight to the Lake Vivi might be organized in a day when the group arrives to Turukhansk by the flight from Krasnoyarsk.
In Krasnoyarsk, a sightseeing tour of the city, visiting the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station, Nature Reserve “Stolby”, etc., can be organized at additional fee.
In case of improper weather conditions, delays of helicopter flights are possible.
According to your wish, the changes can be made in this tour program; the duration or distance of the trip can be extended.
Those visitor who have special dietary requirements should notify us about that not later than 10 days prior to the trip.
Recommendations:
Apart from a usual set of personal things necessary on travel, the visitors should have a complete set of warm clothes, wind- and waterproof gear, high rubber boots, warm sleeping bag.
Organizers will provide necessary repellents for all participants of a tour, but, if you prefer a certain type of repellent, it is necessary to take care of it independently or to inform the trip organizers in advance.
Visitors suffering by chronic diseases should have necessary medicines.


