ARCTIC TIME MACHINE

3 DAYS SNOWMOBILE TOUR TO PYRAMIDEN

Adventurers! Open undiscovered world beyond reality and hours! Just you and a whole masterpiece of nature in the most mysterious region of the archipelago, Northern Isfjorden.
You will have a snowmobile trip through the huge and magnificent Nordenskiöld glacier, it will catch your imagination with “galactic” landscapes and “another planet” reliefs, and you will visit one of the most peaceful and picturesque bays of Svalbard.

Let’s travel through time and get back to the USSR with a full journey to an open-air museum Pyramiden!

3 days on snowmobile

1 glacier

No experience

required

Not available for children

Comfortable hotel accommodation

TRAVEL DATES IN 2023:

17.03 - 19.03

11.04 - 11.04
21.04 - 23.04

Availability check

TOUR PRICE PER PERSON:

Driver on the snowmobile

(one person on the snowmobile)

14 500 NOK/person

Passenger on the snowmobile

8 200 NOK/person

Extra charge for accommodation in SINGLE rooms in Pyramiden:

price TBA / person

THE PRICE INCLUDES:

Transfer

Transfer to/from the airport or your place of accommodation in Longyearbyen
Snowmobile trips between the settlements

Accommodation

2 nights in the hotel Pyramiden (TWIN/DBL accommodation)

Meals

2 Breakfasts
3 Set Lunches (set meal in the restaurant or field lunch during the snowmobile trip)
1 Set Dinner in the restaurant

Activities

Guided tour around Pyramiden
Snowmobile trip in surroundings
Commander 600 E-TEC, fuel 
Rental of winter overalls, boots, gloves, and a helmet

Safety

Guide services
Insurance covering search and rescue, evacuation costs in case of emergency

THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

Flight to/from and accommodation in Longyearbyen
One a-la-carte dinner in the restaurant
Bar drinks or a-la carte orders beyond the tour program
Other additional services
Souvenirs
Individual travel insurance

TOUR PRICE

WHAT IS INCLUDED

TRAVEL DATES

ITINERARY

DAY 1

09:00 - Pick-up from your place of accommodation in Longyearbyen to the Expedition Center Russkiy Dom

Tour briefing, safety and snowmobile instructions, equipment fitting and packing

Departure by snowmobile to Pyramiden by route: Longyearbyen - Adventdalen - Sassendalen – Nordenskiöldbreen - Pyramiden. The route depends on the time of the season, the state of the snow and the weather.

Snowmobiling time: 115-160 km, 5 – 6 hours

Hot drinks, sandwiches and sweets in the field

Nordenskiöld Glacial Wall

On the way, you will reach a wonderful place that makes you feel tiny in this huge world – the massive Nordenskiöld Glacial Wall, it is a common spot for polar bears to hunt seals, so there is a chance to meet them both, but from the safe distance, of course.

Arrival in Pyramiden, check-in, unpacking
Lunch in the hotel restaurant

Then, before you have dinner and get to your cozy bed you will be able to enjoy the evening on the sofas and a screen playing documentary films about Pyramiden past times. There is no internet or phone connection in the settlement, so for some people it becomes a digital detox and the gadgets do not interrupt sincere conversations and pure fun.

Dinner in the hotel restaurant
Overnight in the hotel Pyramiden

Pyramiden is a settlement located at the bottom of the mountain and named after it. It was founded in 1911. It's a town located in between mountains, huge glacier and moraine. In 1956 the settlement started coal production and in the 1970s-1980s a perfect socialism model system was built. In 1998 Pyramiden was preserved but its infrastructure arranged in the Soviet period has come down to us. Anyone who has spent at least a couple of hours in Pyramiden makes a point in this place's uniqueness. Today the town is open and it grows as a tourist location. A boiler house, hotel, restaurant and film stock cinema have been renovated. Pyramiden attracts not only tourists but also film directors, journalists, free riders and bloggers from all over the world.

The Nordenskiöld glacier is a glacial wall of the Lomonosov Plateau. The glacier flows roughly southwestwards and is 25 km long and 11 km wide. It has its terminus in Adolfsbukta, a branch of Billefjorden. It was named after Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish geologist who participated and organized several expeditions to Svalbard and made huge impact into its exploration.

DAY 2

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant

The path of the Vikings - snowmobile trip in Pyramiden surroundings. The route depends on the time of the season, the state of the snow and the weather.

Snowmobiling time: 80-100 km, 5,5 hours

The path will lead you through the region, named by Swedish explorers after the Norse mythological motifs. You will drive along the Mimirelva river overseen by Odin and Tor mountains. After you’ll reach the point called “Communism Summit” – one of the highest points of the region with the view of the whole area.

Lunch in the field or in the hotel restaurant

Guided tour around Pyramiden

You’ll have a guided tour in the settlement, learn the history of the place, visit well preserved buildings of Canteen, School and Kindergarten, Swimming pool and restored Cultural Palace with a warm cafeteria. The atmosphere of enthusiasm and nostalgia will be there with you at the place that has been revived in the middle of nowhere.

A-la carte dinner in the hotel restaurant (at extra cost). Immersion into the Soviet era cuisine

Overnight in the hotel Pyramiden

DAY 3

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant

At the breakfast, if the weather permits, your guide will offer you an additional short adventure or a walking tour in the magnificent Pyramiden surroundings.

Lunch

Visit to souvenir shop and post office

Departure by snowmobile to Longyearbyen by route: Pyramiden - Nordenskiöldbreen - Sassendalen - Adventdalen - Longyearbyen. The route depends on the time of the season, the state of the snow and the weather.

Snowmobiling: 115-160 km, 5-6 hours

Arrival in Longyearbyen (approx. 19:00)

Transfer to your place of accommodation

MAP OF THE TOUR

*On Svalbard, weather conditions change quickly so that is why for the safety and comfort of our guests, the tour program might be changed regarding the itineraries and destinations.