From Khakassia to Tuva
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| Day 1: 11.06. 18. Moscow - Abakan | Moscow-Abakan flight Aeroflot SU1478 from Sheremetyevo Airport 23:25-08.00 |
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| Day 2: 12.06. 18. Abakan - used by Kubaika (220 km) | Meeting at Abakan airport. Transfer Abakan - b / o "Kubaika". Driving along the federal highway Abakan-Ak-Dovurak to Abaza, in just three hours you will see a change in the picturesque natural landscapes of various climatic zones: steppes with the famous Khakass mounds, mixed forests of the pre-taiga zone and, finally, through the Tashtyp Pass - a real Siberian taiga! Arrival at the recreation center "Kubayka", accommodation. Rest. A great place to start a real journey: the base is located in the heart of Sayan, on the banks of the mountain river Ona. You are surrounded by truly virgin nature! Today you have time for hiking, horseback riding or just relaxing on the banks of a clean mountain river. Order excursions for an additional fee. Bath. |
| Day 3: 13.06. 18. Abaza - Tuva (230 km) | Today the whole expedition (about 230 km in one direction) - a car tour - "from Khakassia to Tyva"! Departure from Abaza along the Abakan-Ak-Dovurak highway through the Kanjul Pass (a magnificent panorama of the peaks of the Western Sayan) along the valley of the Karasibo River, Atgolsky Pass exit to the Ona River valley. (Sheer cliffs, narrow canyons, magnificent taiga and frenzied rivers), along the way unforgettable natural monuments - "Source of Youth" and "Blue Gate". The winding mountain road along the river B. He, leading to the Sayan Pass from the taiga to the high tundra, through lingonberry, blueberry and cedar places. Sayan Pass (2206 mN) – on top of the world! We descend from the Sayan Pass to Tuva. On the territory of Tuva - to the summer parking lot of Tyvan cattle breeders, a visit to the Tyvan yurt. If you have time and desire, you can take a walk to the lake Nameless. |
| Day 4:14.06. 18. Kazanovka | Excursion to the open-air museum "Kazanovka" (170 km one way). The museum is located in Askiz district of the Republic of Khakassia, about 127 km from Abakan. Here in February 1996, the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum-Reserve was created on the territory of 18 thousand hectares. Amazing nature, curious ethnography and archaeological monuments are the three components of "Kazanovka". Several millennia ago, people lived here who prayed to mountain spirits, depicted animals and various rituals on the rocks, built mounds. Archaeologists have been working in Kazanovka for many years. On the territory of the reserve more than two thousand only recorded monuments. Among them are excavated mounds and burial grounds, about a thousand cave paintings, which are six thousand years old. The earliest structures belong to IV-III in BC. |
| Day 5: 15.06. 18. Riding the river Ona | Ona river rafting. This is not just rafting, but a whole trip along the mountain river, with a rest on the picturesque banks, fishing and lunch at the stake! Do not forget to bring a photo or video camera, because often wild animals come to the river to drink water. During the rafting, we'll stop for lunch, go fishing, if we're lucky, catch the harrius. Bath. |
| Day 6: 16.06. 18. Kubaika b/o | Free day. On this day you can just walk around the taiga surroundings of the base, relax on the riverbank, ride horses, and additional car excursions will be offered to you. |
| Day 7:17.06. 18. Kubaika – Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP – Abakan | Depart from base. Trip to Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP (325 km), on the way (optional) visit the Church of St. Eudokia. Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP is the largest and most powerful power plant in Russia. This is a concrete-arch gravity dam with a height of 245 m, a length of 1065 m, a width at the base - 110 m, a width on the ridge - 25 m, the dam forms a large reservoir. During the tour, you will visit the observation deck and hear the history of the construction of the HPP. Transfer to Abakan, railway station. Going home. If you leave Abakan in the morning of the next day, do not forget to book a hotel and transfer in advance! |
| Day 8:18.06. 18. Abakan - Moscow | Flight to Moscow |
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