Pyramiden: Urbex-Adventure '23
01.09.2023
# Flight Oslo > Longyearbyen | 09:45 > 12:40 | Airline: SAS
Price from 290 € p. Person include 1x 8kg Hand luggage & 1x 23 kg Checked baggage
# By hotel bus to Longyaerbyen
# 15:00-21:00 time to take pictures in Longyearbyen (Polar bear warning sign, abandoned buildings at mine No 2, Taubanenstation)
# Overnight: different options:
Russky Dome: 4 bed rooms (without Breakfast!) or Mary Anns Polarrigg: Single-Room (with Breakfest) or Twin-Room (with Breakfast).
02.09.2023
# 08:15 Shuttle to the port
# 08:45 Departure from the port
# 10:15 Arrivial Pyramiden, Pick up at the port and transfer to the Hotel
# short lunch break
# 13:00 Buildingtour of Ghosttown Pyramiden (2.5-3h), Buildings: Canteen, Kindergarten/School, Swimming-Hall, Palace of Culture
# After that time at your own disposal (Buildings from outside / drone flight…)
# Overnight Pyramiden: Twin-Room or Single-Room Hotel Pyramiden incl. Breakfast
03.09.2023
# 08:30 Breakfast
# 09:30 Start of the extended tour (3h), Buildings: Mining-Office, one of the largest residential buildings, Mine workshop)
# 12:30 short lunch break
# 14:00 Start of the extended tour (3h), Buildings: Cemetery, Helipad, Pigsty and bottle house
# After that time at your own disposal (I always run with my guests alone up the ramp, you must assess whether alone or whether I should also ask the guide here, Up there you not only have internet again but there are more abandoned buildings!)
# Overnight Pyramiden: Twin-Room or Single-Room Hotel Pyramiden incl. Breakfast
04.09.2023
# 08:30 Breakfast
# 09:30 Start Hiking tour to Petunia Bay (abandoned oil rigs), Duration 3-4h (during the tour you can take pictures of the port and the abandoned power plant)
# 12:30 short lunch break
# 14:00 Time buffer to photograph more buildings / time to fly with the drone
# 17:30 Transfer to the Harbour
# 18:00 per Boat back to Longyearbyen
# 19:30 Arrivial Longyearbyen
# Overnight: different options:
Russky Dome: 4 bed rooms (without Breakfast!) or Mary Anns Polarrigg: Single-Room (with Breakfest) or Twin-Room (with Breakfast).
05.09.2023
# 08:00-12:00 time to take pictures in Longyearbyen (Polar bear warning sign, abandoned buildings at mine No 2, Taubanenstation)
# 09:00-12:00 Alternatively, I’ll request a tour of Museum Mine No 3 for your group, From there you could then be taken directly to the airport
# By hotel bus to Longyaerbyen-Airport
# Flight Oslo > Longyearbyen | 14:30 > 18:50 | Airline: SAS
Price from 220 € p. Person include 1x 8kg Hand luggage & 1x 23 kg Checked baggage
Attention: the return flight has a stopover in Tromso. Most of the time it does not arrive in Oslo on time.
So plan generously for onward flights to your home country!
5 Day-Urbex-Adventure:
from 749 € per Person, include:
– 2 Nights in Longyearbyen
– 2 Nights in Hotel Pyramiden (incl. Breakfast)
– 2x Airporttransfer in Longyearbyen
– Shiptour Longyearyben > Pyramiden
– Shiptour Pyramiden > Longyearbyen
– 2x Harbourtransfer in Pyramiden
– 3x Building-Tours with the guide / Polarbear guards
– 1x Hiking-Tour Petunia Bay
The base price is based on the assumption: 4 persons in 4 bed room (without breakfast). Extra charge double room + 110 € per Person (inkl. Breakfast), Extra charge single room + 410 € (inkl. Breakfast). The total price is based on the assumption of at least 8 people.
The price does not include:
Meals not listed, drinks, any additional sightseeing/entrance fees and flights to and from Svalbard.
Terms of payment:
A deposit of 25% of the tour price is due immediately upon conclusion of the contract. The balance is due 4 weeks before the start of the trip.
Cancellation fees: up to 30 days before departure 25%, from 29-15 days before departure 40%, from 14-7 days before departure 60%, from 6-1 days before departure 85%, in case of no-show 100%.
Note hotels: in Longyearbyen the two accommodations have shared private bathrooms only. In Pyramiden the bathroom is in the room.
Attention: the return flight has a stopover in Tromso. Most of the time it does not arrive in Oslo on time.
So plan generously for onward flights to your home country!