Altai Express

1-, 2-, 3-seat:
In the Soloneshensky district, the marallook "Iskra", amenities on the floor (shower, WC).
In the Ulagan district tourist complex "Nomad", amenities in the room (shower, WC).
In the area of Lower Katun - GLC "Manzherok", tourist complex "Pechki-Stories", "Sunny" or the like (comfort in the room).

Tour programme

Day 1

Meeting in Barnaul: at 6-7 am at the airport (at the exit from the baggage collection area), at the railway station (at the exit from the station on the left side), in the hotels of the city (as agreed).
Transfer Barnaul - Belokurikha (240 km). The resort is known for its healing air and rain-containing springs. Transfer Belokurikha – Solovka (40 km), a village founded by Old Believers and Russian settlers, known as a point of attraction for paragliders and a private cheese factory.
Lunch in the Kerzhatsk traditions "Lenten kitchen of the Old Believers".
Transfer Solonovka – Soloneshnoye (65 km). Excursion to the Soloneshen Museum of Local Lore (entrance ticket), which presents the expanded history of the archaeological object Denisova Cave, the culture of Russian (Old Believers) and Altai peoples.
Transfer Soloneshnoye - Spark (20 km). Placement in a maralka.
Dinner.
The Altai maral is a shy, cautious, majestic animal from the deer family. Pants - unossified maral horns - a complex of substances created by nature itself with a huge biostimulating force. One of the most effective methods of pantotherapy are pant baths - this is a wellness procedure using an aqueous extract from boiled maral horns. The use of pant baths, as well as products of pant maral breeding, increases the energy of the body, improves blood flow, promotes tissue regeneration, especially effectively accelerates the recovery of muscle tissue after its damage as a result of physical exertion, and also slows down the aging processes of the body. The positive effect is observed no earlier than 4-6 baths (the cost of bathing is from 1200 rubles / person).
On foot - 3 km, car - 365 km.

Meals: Lunch, dinner.

Cities: Belokurikha, Barnaul, Solonovka, Soloneshnoye

Attractions: maralique in the village of Iskra of the Soloneshensky district of the Altai Territory

 

Day 2

Breakfast.
Transfer Iskra – Denisova Cave (35 km).
Excursion to the Denisov Cave is a unique archaeological monument of world importance, in which a fossilized finger phalanx was found, belonging to a species of people that represents a special branch in evolution (Denisovets) and is different from Neanderthals and modern people.
Transfer Denisov Cave – Chibit (350 km) through the Keleisky Pass (1313 m), Yabogansky (1492 m) along the Baschelak Range through the Ust-Kansk basin to the famous Chui tract.
Further along the Chui tract up the rivers Katun and Chuya to the Kurai steppe. The history of the road goes back centuries, when this road was a pack path, an offshoot of the Great Silk Road, the “Chinese path”. It is included in the TOP-10 of the most beautiful roads in the world according to National Geographic. On the way, we overcome one of the largest passes Chike-Taman (1460 m), which means “Straight foot” in Altai. The pass has been known since the X century, today it is a steep winding road with an observation deck on top, since 1996 - a natural monument of the Altai Republic. Accommodation in the tourist complex.
Dinner.
On foot - 3 km, car - 385 km.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner.

Cities: Chibit

Attractions: Denisova cave, Keleisky pass, Yabogan pass, Ust-Kan steppe, Chui tract, Kurai valley, Chike-Taman pass

Ponds: Katun River, Chuya River

 

Day 3.

Breakfast.
Excursion to Kyzyl-Chin, known among tourists as "Mars" (90 km). On the way - a photostop against the background of the North Chui Ridge. Walk through the Martian mountains and canyons of the Kyzyl-Chin stream. Exit of multi-colored clays to the surface creates the feeling of another planet.
Transfer Kyzyl-Chin – Geyser Lake (80 km).
Excursion to the Geyser Lake is the only one of its kind - rare in beauty, clean, ice-free even in winter. It is always open in space "Earth eye" amazing turquoise color. On the mirror of the lake, you can see rounded or oval-shaped divorces, which in fact are only a reflection of the processes occurring at the bottom of the lake, where the “geisers” come to life, throwing a mixture of bluish clay and sand to the surface.
Return to the tourist complex (10 km).
Dinner.
On foot - 5 km, car - 180 km.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner.

Attractions: North Chui Ridge, Kyzyl-Chin Creek Canyon

Ponds of water: Blue Geyser Lake

 

4th day

Breakfast.
Transfer Chibit - Karakol (170 km).
On the way, visit the Kalbak-Tash tract, inspection of rock paintings - petroglyphs. About 500 compositions, numbering more than 5 thousand drawings. The time scale of petroglyphs - from the Neolithic to the Turkic era. The monument is located on the right bank of the Chui River.
Visit to the historical and cultural complex "Chui-oozy", the possibility of tasting Altai national cuisine: kaan - blood sausage, kurut - cheese, boorsaki (optional, for an additional fee).
Photostop in the northern part of the Altai Geopark, Chui-Oozy is the place where Chui and Katun merge.
Excursion (40 km) to the Karakol natural park "Uch-Enmek", which is a natural park that includes natural, historical, cultural, sacred complexes and objects: mounds, rock paintings, megalith complexes. A tour of the valley allows you to plunge into the Altai culture and its cosmogony.
Transfer Karakol – Lower Katun (170 km). Accommodation in the tourist complex.
Dinner.
On foot - 3 km, car - 380 km.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner.

Cities: Chibit, Karakol, Kupchegen

Attractions: Kalbak-Tash petroglyph complex, Chui-Oozy Natural and Economic Park, Uch-Enmek Ethnonatural Park

 

5th day

Breakfast.
Walking to the rock “Devil’s finger”, which got its name due to a very peculiar protrusion that resembles a finger.
After lunch at will: motorrafting on Katun (for an additional fee - from 800 rubles / person) with a visit to the Kamyshlin waterfall - is formed on the Kamyshla River - the left tributary of Katun, consists of two cascades 12 m high or rafting on the Lower Katun (for an additional fee - from 800 rubles / person).
Visit to the center of Altai crafts: an exhibition of felt products and tea drinking in Altai. The folklore program is a unique throat singing and playing national musical instruments.
Dinner.
On foot - 3 km, car - 120 km.

Meals: Breakfast, dinner.

Ponds: Katun River

 

Day 6

Breakfast.
Transfer Nizhny Katun - Biysk (130 km) - a city built by decree of Peter I in the 18th century. Now Biysk has the status of Science City and is the main gateway leading to the Altai Mountains.
Transfer Biysk - Barnaul (180 km).
Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to the museum and the restaurant "Mountain Pharmacy". Program finishes at 20:00.
On foot - 3 km, car - 310 km.

Meals: Breakfast.

Cities: Biysk, Barnaul

Attractions: Bijsk Old Centre