The National Park “YugudVa” was formed on April 23, 1994, on the northwestern slope of the Urals.
It is one of the largest parks on earth. It is nearly 1,2 million hectares. It is in seventh place among the ten largest parks in the world. In 1995 its territory was included into the list of the World Natural Legacy of UNESCO. It is the first Russian national park which was included in this list.
The vegetation is rich and various. In the mountains, you can see coniferous and mixed forests, luxuriant subalpine and alpine grasslands with alpine and arctic tundra. In autumn you can pick bilberries, cloudberries, red bilberries, cranberries. In the park live bears, deer, polar foxes, squirrels, and wood-grouses. The main fish in the mountain rivers is grayling. In spring salmon swim to the mouth of the Barents Sea for spawning.
If you want to forget your daily life there is no better place to rest than in our park.
Tourism and Recreation in the Park
Each year, the tourist routes of the National Park become more popular. The administration of the park pays attention to the creation of new routes and the maintenance of existing ones. Tourist bases are continuously improved, while shelters, recreation sites and viewing areas are constantly being constructed.
Among the people visiting the territory of the park are Russians and Komi Republic residents, as well as citizens of Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, the Czech Republic. The annual number of visitors exceeds 4000 people; 2000 of them use the organised routes and services of the park. The average visit period is 7-8 days. The most popular routes include climbing up the peaks Managara and Narodnaya, the Nepristupny range and rafting down the Kozym, Shchuger and Podcherem rivers.
Some routes of the park are ideal for children’s ecological camps and expeditions.
Contacts
If you wish to visit the National park, you can send your applications by fax to +7 (82146) 24-7-63 or email to Yugyd-va@mail.ru
The park’s Directorate
Address: 169570, 5 Komsomolskaya str., Vuktyl, Komi Republic.
Tel./Fax +7 (82146) 24-7-63.
Director: Fomicheva Tatyana
Tel. +7 (82146) 2-47-63
ftsnpark@inbox.ru
Deputy Director for Science: Shubnitsina Elena
Tel. +7(8212) 63-63-44
yugydva2007@yandex.ru
How to obtain a permit to visit the park
To get teh permit you need to complete and fax or email an application form to the Directorate or to one of the park’s branches. Visitor groups arriving without a preliminary application will be served according to the extent possible.
The application should feature:
- names, surnames and patronymics, ID details of all the members of the group (required for the purposes of the Ministry of Emergencies)
- names of children under 14 years old and the group leader
- period of stay in the territory of the park
- the route details (please mind the park area!)
Whether the group needs:
- picking up from railway stations
- dropping off at the start of the routes
- hotel reservations
- guiding through the entire route
- the shelters and bathhouses along the routes.
The application will be processed within 10 days.
The services of the park
- Tourist stations with shelters and bases
- Tourist stations with camping
- Bathhouses
- Information services and registration with the Ministry of Emergencies
- Drop off to the start of the route
- Guide services
- Arrangements for the groups (hotel and ticket reservations, transport to meet and drop off the group etc)
If the group does not need the services provided by the park, it should none the less apply for the visit permit.
How to get there
The Directorate of the park is located in the Vuktyl town, and its subsidiaries – in the towns of Pechora and Inta. You can get to the park from the towns Vuktyl, Inta, Pechora, the villages Synya, Aranets, Kosyu, Kozym-rudnik, Kozhim, Priuralskiy and others.
There is one settlement on the territory of the park – the Podcherie village, which can be reached by bus from Vuktyl. Other settlements are located within tens of kilometres from the park’s borders.
Appropriate flights routes are: Moscow - Syktyvkar, St Petersburg - Syktyvkar, Syktyvkar – Ukhta, Syktyvkar – Pechora.
The towns Inta, Pechora, the villages Synya, Aranets, Kosyu, Kozym-rudnik are located on the north railway Moscow-Vorkuta. The fast trains stop only in Pechora and Inta.
The best way to get to the northern part of the park (the Sub-Polar Urals) is by train. A local train runs between Pechora and Inta 3 times a day.
There is also a dirt-road from Inta to the mountains, suitable for GAS-66 and URAL-type cars. It is a 80km drive to the Kozym river ford, 100km to the Sanavozh base, 130 km to the Zelannyi base, where a quartz mine is located.
Another dirt-road runs from the station Kozhim-rudnik, subsequently adjoining the Inta-Zelannyi road after the Kozhim river crossing.
The southern part of the park (the Northern Urals) can be reached from Vuktyl, where you can arrive from the Northern railway station in Ukhta by bus (about 230km). The regular bus to Vuktyl leaves from the railway station and the bus station in Ukhta. The road from Vuktyl runs eastwards and crosses the upstream regions of the rivers Ilych, Podcherie, Shchuger. You can reach the sources of the rivers Podcherem and Shchuger taking this road. The road is departmental (it belongs to “Gazprom” and is used to maintain the gas pipeline “SijanieSevera”, which runs through the territory of the park). A special permit is needed to use the road, which can be ordered in advance. In July-August the road may be closed due to the high forest fire risk.
The estuaries of the Shchuger and Podcherem rivers can be reached by water transport on the Pechora River from Vuktyl and Pechora. The village of Aranets on the Pechora River is 50 km way from Pechora, and the route is serviced with a regular bus. The tourist path from Aranets to the border of the park is 50km long.
Certain regions of the park can be reached by helicopter from Pechora and Vuktyl, where there are flight formations available, or alternatively from Inta airport.
For more detailed information on other options for getting to the national park “Yugydva”, contact the Directorate of the park and its subsidiaries.
The rules of visiting the "national park "Yugydva"
According to the legislation of the Russian Federation, any activity which can damage the natural complexes and the flora and fauna objects, cultural and historical objects, which contradicts the objectives and goals of the national park, is banned. This includes:
- Visiting the territory without a permit from the directorate of the park;
- Exploiting deposits and mining;
- Building highways, pipelines, power lines and other communication infrastructure, building and using economic and residential facilities not related to the activities of the national park;
- Driving and parking mechanical transport means, including motor boats and small vessels, not involved in the functions of the national park, cattle driving off the common routes and outside specially designated places and areas, timber-rafting;
- Flying at low altitudes above the national park and landing on its territory without a written permit from the Directorate of the park;
- Final felling and severance cutting, dipping, commercial hunting and fishing, commercial wild vegetation planting, biological, geological and archaeological collecting (without a special permit from the administration of the national park);
- Activities resulting in the hydrological regime alterations, soil disruptions and geological erosions;
- Violating the natural flora and fauna habitats;
- Removal of objects of historical and cultural value;
- Introducing living organisms for acclimatization;
- Dog walking and training;
- Destruction and damaging natural objects, natural, historical and cultural monuments, buildings and garden fixtures, billboards, signs, pillars and paths;
- Setting up sports and entertainment events;
- Setting up tourist bases and fires outside specially designated places;
For violation of the Rules, the infringer will be liable according to current legislation.
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