Kivach Nature Reserve - one of the oldest in Russia, was established in 1931. It is formed around the eponymous waterfall, which is its main attraction. Visiting the reserve and the waterfall is included in almost all excursions in Karelia

The road and the entrance

The reserve is located in the Kondopoga district, the village of Kivach Falls. You can get here by bus from the Petrozavodsk bus station, the journey time is about 1, 5 hours; The distance from Petrozavodsk is 60 km

The passage and passage of unauthorized persons is allowed only along the road connecting Sopokha with the village of Kivach. The road passes through a beautiful protected pine forest, where tourists can drive by private car to the equipped parking lot at the Central Manor in the village of Kivach and see the Kivach Falls, the Nature Museum and the arboretum of the reserve. Admission fee: 40 RUR adults, 20 RUR pensioners and students, 10 RUR children.

Museum work hours: 9: 00-21: 00.

The cost of the excursion is 50 RUR per person (group up to 5 people). Tel .: (814-51) 3-32-23, 3-32-20, 2-35-53

Weather forecast

The climate is characterized by a long, relatively mild winter and a short cool summer. The average annual temperature is -2 ° C. The average duration of the frost-free period is from 104 to 153 days. The average monthly temperature in January is -11 ° C, July is +15 ° C. . In the spring and especially in autumn the weather is unstable

Kivach waterfall What to see

Derzhavin - the first Olonets governor and an outstanding poet, wrote the famous ode "Waterfall", then Kivach occupied a prominent place in the work of many poets, painters , novelists . Waterfall is beautiful at any time of the year: short basalt rocks water p . Suna eight-meter height with heavy cast streams descend down, forming a powerful foam in tatters, the whirlpool and producing an impressive noise . The most famous visitor to the waterfall - Emperor Alexander I I . On the occasion of his arrival in 1868, was laid to Kivach good road, built a gazebo on the right bank and the house for the night - on the left and below the waterfall - a bridge across the river Suna .

On the territory of the reserve recorded 197 species of birds, about 569 species of vascular plants, 48 ​​species of mammals. There are 3 species of reptiles and amphibians 5 and 18 permanent dwelling fish species