Company profile

What is “Vodohod”?
In 1804 Ivan Koulibin, a genius mechanical engineer from Nizhny Novgorod, created a “me-chanical” miracle – a vessel that was propelled up the current by the force of the currents itself. That miracle was intended to breast the current. First it was tested on the Neva river in 1782. Crowds of people were watching with rapt attention the vessel moving fast without oars or sails. Ivan Koulibin gave that invention the name “Water-going vessel” or “water-goer.” In Russian the word “water” reads “voda” and “go” – “hod” or “hodЪ” as it was spelled that time, so we have the name “Vod(o)hodЪ.” This word reminds us of two big Russian river ports – Saint-Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod and of course the greatest Russian rivers – the Neva and the Volga rivers.
 
Vodohod today
VodohodЪ-Saint-Petersburg cruise company works for you since 1999 year, its ancestor being the Saint-Petersburg branch of the former “Volga-Flot-Tour” Ltd., the primary user of river passenger fleet of the Volga and the North-West shipping companies. Well preserved traditions and ever im-proving level of service enables VodohodЪ-Saint-Petersburg to offer unique tours along Russian rivers. Rich experience of our personnel in cruise tailoring and management, intimate knowledge of the ways of achieving irreproachable service and maximum comfort for tourists on board the vessel guarantees you good time on board our ships.
Facts as of 2006: Number of vessels in service: 31 Number of tourists to have made a cruise in 2006: 47 089 Countries our tourists are from: Russia, Germany, Italy, Serbia, USA, UK, Australia, Sweden, Norway, France, Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Finland, Greece, Romania, China, Korea.

Services we offer
Our cruise fleet includes four-deckers, as well as smaller vessels, represented by boats of the Neva, Fontanka, Moika and Moskva classes, hovercrafts etc. Four-deckers feature:
- all outside, river view cabins with private bathroom/shower etc., restaurants and bars;
- attentive personal service including an experienced Cruise Manager;
- diverse entertainment programme on board;
- daily shore tours on itinerary cruises;
- seminars, presentations, conferences for business corporate events.
Smaller vessels fleet offers boat trips along rivers and canals of Saint-Petersburg, including the night ones during “white nights” in Saint-Petersburg. Hovercrafts make voyages in the Gulf of Finland. Reliability and mobility are the key words applicable to VodohodЪ-Saint-Petersburg cruise company.