Reindeer-breeders offer tourists to stay in a nomad camp with them
A new tourist project, life among
reindeer-breeders, was developed in Mezensky district of Arkhangelsk Region. As
a participant of the project, Marina Potrokhova told Regnum, that Mezensky
district was the only place in the European north, where one can easily get to a
nomad camp within one day. And this advantage was decided to be used for
tourism development.
The area of Mezensky district has always
been a migration route for herds of deer. Every year in December one can watch
a fantastic sight: deer walk through centuries-beat paths with the leader ahead
and the rest of the herd behind. From now on it can be enjoyed by tourists who
will decide to live a life of a reindeer-breeder within the period from
December to April: to move with his deer and to look after them, to learn to
live in a chum and cook traditional Nenets and Pomor food, admire the
magnificent Aurora Borealis and the endless tundra.
This tour product was invented by
reindeer-breeders from Nenets region themselves and their friends from
Mezenskaya village Karyepolye. Finnish colleagues helped the owners, and they
were also the first to test this new and unique for the