4-day Experience Khabarovsk Tour4 Days | Khabarovsk

Upon arrival in Khabarovsk, meet your driver and transfer to the hotel. After a short rest, take a sightseeing tour of the city to visit iconic places and hear interesting stories about Khabarovsk. This city, located on the Russian-Chinese border, is the largest in the Russian Far East and boasts a unique atmosphere and a fascinating history. Walk around Lenin Square and Glory Square and see the Transfiguration Cathedral. Stroll along the river embankment and enjoy the views from the Amur Cliff, the place where the city began. Continue to the picturesque city ponds, the Amur Bridge, and the Khabarovsk Regional Museum named after Grodekov. This museum was created in 1894 on the initiative of the Russian Geographical Society and provides an interesting overview of the archaeology, nature, indigenous peoples, and military and political history of the Khabarovsk territory. Return to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours

During your free time, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
Boat trip on the Amur River;
Trip on the Khabarovsk Embankment’s ferris wheel.

After breakfast, drive to the village of Sikachi-Alyan (75 km, 1.5 hours). This unique place, home to the indigenous Nanai people, offers visitors the chance to see petroglyphs from the Neolithic era, as well as experience the fascinating Nanai culture. After viewing the upper petroglyphs, visit the Nanai community, where you’ll be greeted in traditional style, with songs. Learn about the culture and lifestyle of the indigenous people of the Amur region as you meet members of the community and enter their homes. Take a master class on cutting fish and cooking tala (a traditional dish of Russia’s Far East, made of raw fish). Try the traditional cuisine, including fish and fish soup cooked on the fire and potato tala with dried chum salmon. The village experience will end with the opportunity to play Nanai games and have your photo taken in traditional costumes. Return to Khabarovsk. Overnight at the hotel.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 7-8 hours

Breakfast followed by a trip to the Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve (40 km, 1 hour). The 45,400-hectare reserve consists of typical mid-mountain landscapes of the Bolshoi Khekhtsir Ridge and boasts several species of wild animals including red deer, musk deer, wild boar, sable, Siberian weasel, harza, raccoon dog, and lynx. There are also such rare species as the Himalayan bear and the Amur tiger. While it’s rare for visitors to see such animals, your walk along the reserve’s ecological trail (from 31 May*) will showcase beautiful landscapes and typical Far Eastern flora. Highlights include tree species characteristic of the Manchu taiga and endemic medicinal plants such as aralia, lemongrass, and Siberian ginsengV. You’ll also visit the Museum of Nature to learn about the Nature Reserve and the Far Eastern flora and fauna. Return to Khabarovsk. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 4 hours
*The ecological trail is open only from 31 May. If you visit earlier in the month, you will not be able to walk this trail but will still have the chance to learn about the reserve and some of its flora and fauna.

During your free time, we offer the following optional activities (at additional cost):
Visit to the Fishes of Amur River Museum;
Visit to the Museum of the History of Khabarovsk;
Visit to Zoosad Priamurskiy (Khabarovsk Zoo);
Visit to North Park.

Breakfast followed by hotel check-out (by 12:00). Free time until your transfer to the airport. Departure. End of the tour.