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Vodlozersky national park

The park is situated on the southeast border of Fennoscandia. Its northern part is in Archangelsk region, the southern one – in the Republic of Karelia. Two branches of the park have their centers in the villages of Kuganavolok and Onega.

The history of a man in Vodlozerje started about 8 thousand years ago in the era of mesolite. For a long time one of the main ways of developing the North of Saami and later Russian people have been laying through Vodlozero and Ileksa. More than a hundred of archeological monuments dating from the era of mesolite to the Middle ages were found here. The most outstanding historical and architectural monument of the Park is the ancient Ilyinskiy churchyard, which is located on the lonely island in the middle of the large lake. In the antiquity there was a pagan sanctuary on this place.

Nowaday the national park is the place where international scientific expeditions, seminars, conferences and ecological camps are hold. All the ancient traditions are now being revived. These are crafts, holidays and songs. New museums and exhibitions are being organized. Forest wardens take care of nature and equip tourist routes of the park.

Additional information:
There are 80 stops, houses, saunas and berths on the tourist routes. On the very place of a famous “road to nowhere”, an equipped guest house “Okhtoma” is located. In summer risk-lovers can make a canoe voyage down the rapid Ileksa river. It is also possible to raft down the rivers of Vodla, Vama and large lakes of the Park. For those, who prefer a quite rest, there are excursions and motor boat voyages. The territory of the Park is popular among the skiing tourism. Besides ski routes there are the exotic ones – snowmobile routes.