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Depart
Moscow | | Day
2 | | Thu, Jul 31 | |
Arrive Novosibirsk | | Day
3 | | Fri, Aug 1 | |
Novosibirsk • Total Eclipse Day | | Day
4 | | Sat, Aug 2 | |
Depart Novosibirsk - Arrive
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| | Day 1
Wednesday, July
30, 2008 No
Meals
Depart Moscow | |
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Those arriving
on international flights to Moscow, will be transferred to the domestic
airport for the overnight flight to Novosibirsk. (Sample air: Depart Moscow
23:55 – Arrive Novosibirsk 06:55 next day) | |
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| Day 2
Thu, July
31
B/L/D
Novosibirsk | | |
Arriving
in the morning, we will collect our luggage at the airport and board our
motorcoach to begin an orientation tour of Novosibirsk. With a
population of 1.6 million, Novosibirsk is the largest city in Siberia,
and its industrial and scientific center. Novosibirsk did not exist
before the Trans-Siberian railway was built, growing up around the place
chosen for the rail line’s Ob River crossing. | | |
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Our driving tour will include stops at Lenin Square
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the Ascension,
as well as the Opera and Ballet Theater whose landmark rotunda and tall
portico have become one of the city’s highlights. Our next stop will be the
Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional Studies, whose task has been to collect
original artifacts and information about Siberia’s many indigenous peoples,
most of who were still living in the old ways in 1920 when the museum was
founded. Today, fourteen of the Siberian indigenous nations are represented
here, as well as the early Slavic settlers in the area. | |
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After lunch we’ll continue on to
Akademgorodok (Academy City) for a tour of the community. Founded in 1959 by
Nikita Khrushchev when he relocated USSR’s top scientists to this special town
built expressly for scientific research, Akademgorodok continues today as
perhaps the most renowned world-class research campus. | |
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After check-in to our hotel,
we’ll have time to relax before dinner and an orientation/weather briefing
in preparation for tomorrow’s total solar eclipse. | |
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Overnight: Golden Valley Hotel (2 nights) | |
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3 Fri, August 1 B/L/D
Novosibirsk: Eclipse Day! | |
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Today is dedicated to
experiencing the total solar eclipse from our
specially selected centerline viewing site.
Join us this evening for a celebratory dinner and to share our eclipse
experiences. | |
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| | | | | | | First contact (eclipse begins): 16:41 | | | | Second contact (totality begins): 17:44 | | | | Third contact (totality ends): 17:46 | | | | Fourth contact (eclipse ends): 18:45 | | | | Duration of totality 2m20s | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Novosibirsk Eclipse Day Weather | | | | by Eclipse Meteorologist Jay Anderson | | | | | | | | Russia’s fourth-largest city provides ready access to the eclipse track and to the most favourable area for viewing outside of China. Novosibirsk lies within a small region of south central Siberia that has a notable sunny microclimate. Lying in the midst of the world’s largest landmass, the city is well-removed from oceanic moisture sources. The immense Altai Mountains and the Gobi Desert to the south block monsoon flows that invade Asia at this time of year. | | | | | | | | Southern Siberia experiences the same types of weather systems typical of the northern Great Plains, with periodic low-pressure disturbances and generous thunderstorms. Temperatures are pleasantly warm and humidities typically low. Cooling associated with the eclipse will tend to dissipate smaller cloud elements and the higher angle of the Sun when compared to Chinese locations will make viewing more certain in a partly-cloudy sky. | | | | | |
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4 Sat, August 2
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Novosibirsk-Moscow | |
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After an early breakfast,
our eclipse adventure comes to a close as we transfer to the airport for our
return flight to Moscow. (Sample Air: Depart Novosibirsk 07:40am – Arrive
Moscow 08:40am) | |
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Upon arrival in Moscow, we will transfer as a group from the domestic
airport to the international airport for onward flight connections. | |
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$2295 USD per person, double occupancy. Add
$340 USD for single occupancy (limited availability).
Deduct $400 per person if arranging your own flights to/from Novosibirsk. | |
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- Roundtrip flight
Moscow – Novosibirsk (if applicable).
- Accommodations in
Akademgorodok or
Novosibirsk for 2 nights, with
breakfast daily, local service charge and tax.
- Private coach
airport/hotel transfers.
- Meals per the
itinerary: 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches and 2 dinners.
- Professional
bi-lingual Tour Manager throughout the tour.
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Professionally-guided walking and driving tours per itinerary.
- Entrance fees to all
sites listed in itinerary.
- Bottled/purified
water with all meals and on buses.
- Russian visa
invitation.
- All gratuities to
Tour Manager, local guides & drivers.
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- International
airfare and taxes
- Russian visa support
and processing
- Travel insurance -
highly recommended. Application information provided with
initial invoice.
- All items not
expressly listed above - including but not limited to: food or beverages
not included in group meals, items of a personal nature such as laundry,
alcoholic beverages, telephone expense, excess baggage fees, evacuation
costs, other items not expressly listed as included.
- Travel Insurance to
cover cancellation, emergency medical, evacuation costs, trip
interruption, etc.
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A $500 USD per person
advance payment (payable by check drawn on a US bank or using MasterCard,
Visa, Discover or American Express cards), along with a completed
reservation form, confirms your space. A second advance payment of $500 is
due September 25, 2007. The balance is due March 15, 2008.
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All advance payments, less a $200 per person service fee, are
refundable until July 25, 2007. From July 26 to September 25, 2007, there
will be a $400 per person cancellation fee. From September 26 to March 15,
2008, there will be a $600 per person cancellation fee. There are no refunds
after March 15, 2008. Air cancellation terms are additional. | |
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Optional trip cancellation/medical insurance is highly recommended. Application
information will be provided with initial invoice,
or you can sign-up online by pressing the Travelex button below. | |
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