Golden Tour of Altai, 2.
Description:
Museum Cave
Incredibly picturesque cave, often visited by tourists. It is located on the right slope of the middle valley of the Karakol River. The relative depth of the cave is 33 m, length is 850 m. This is a typical “wild” cave for professional speleologists, but its visit is available to everyone who wants to plunge into the underworld, where in absolute darkness nature creates amazing structures of stalactites and stalagmites, and complete silence is only occasionally disturbed by the squeak of bats. At one time, human and animal bones were found in the cave.
The duration of the tour is 4 hours.
Denisova cave
- a unique monument of archaeology of world importance.
The cave is located at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level - the only monument of the Altai, containing multimeter thicknesses of cultural sediments, a kind of "salt cake", including more than 20 cultural layers and thus representing different epochs of human development.
Cascade of waterfalls on the Shinok River.
The Shinok River is the left tributary of Anui, flowing into it near the Denisova Cave. In the mouth of Shinok there is no noticeable river, which is a great many in the Altai mountains. Its untranslatable name is of Turkic origin and only consonant with the well-known Ukrainian word. Interestingly, on a fairly detailed map of the scale of M 1: 200,000 (two kilometers) available to the common man, nothing remarkable was noted throughout the river. Meanwhile, on average, about 15 km from the mouth, there are three waterfalls. And not simple, but grandiose! The largest is 70 meters high, the medium in size and location is 28 meters high, and the smallest is 10 meters. The distance between the falls is -1.5 - 2.5 km. The river valley in this area is narrow, with steep slopes - a real rocky gorge overgrown with taiga. The valley of waterfalls on the Shinok River is an amazing sight! A natural reserve has been created here.
The duration of the tour is 5 hours.
* There may be minor changes to the program.
The tour price includes:
Accommodation throughout the tour at bases and campsites of various levels;
3 meals a day throughout the route;
- Road transport throughout the route;
- Water transport;
- Visiting museums;
- Excursions, horseback riding and entertainment activities on the tour program;
- Interpreter-conductor services;
- Bathhouse requested by tourists.
The tour price does not include:
- Flight Moscow - Barnaul and back;
Excursions and entertainment activities not included in the tour program.