Chochur Muran Ethnographic Complex
Чочур Муран
A Yakut cultural village west of town, with wooden structures, traditional summer birch-bark tents, winter houses and Yakut horses, where you can eat Yakut cuisine.
The ethnographic village lies on the shore of Lake Chochur Muran, about 7 km along the Vilyuy Highway west of town. It includes a traditional Yakut winter house, conical birch-bark summer tents, horse-tethering posts, and an ethnic-style wooden restaurant and hotel. Visitors can eat Yakut dishes such as frozen raw fish slices, horse meat and kumis (fermented mare's milk). In winter there are reindeer and horse-drawn sleigh rides, and in summer there are occasional folk performances. It is often visited on the same half-day trip as the nearby Permafrost Kingdom. A taxi takes about 20 minutes.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Permafrost Kingdom
- Melnikov Permafrost Institute
- Lake Saisary
- Mammoth Museum
- Museum of Khomus
- Archy Diete Spiritual Culture Center
- Lenin Square
- National Art Museum of the Sakha Republic