Journey Chupa - Kem

The main attraction of this hike is Solovki.

The Solovetsky archipelago is located in the Onega Bay, between the Karelian Pomorie and the Summer Coast of the White Sea, 90 miles from the Arctic Circle.

The Solovetsky Islands is the largest archipelago in the White Sea. It consists of six large and approximately 70 small islands. The area of the Big Solovetsky Island is 248 km². In addition to it, the islands are interesting: Anzer, Bolshaya Muksalma, Malaya Muksalma, Bolshoy Zayatsky, Maly Zayatsky.

Chupa is located in the Kandalaksha Bay. The Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea is a huge funnel-shaped fjord dotted with a large number of bays and lips with many rocky islands, great depths caused by tectonic faults in the earth's crust that occurred in the past.

In Chupa there is a yacht club that regularly holds the Kandalaksha Bay Cup regatta, which gathers yachtsmen from all over the White Sea, as well as receives guests from other regions.