Uncharted Chechnya

The Republic of Chechnya preserves its customs of hospitality, ancient settlements, medieval buildings, modern skyscrapers, impressive mosques, and all this against the backdrop of the wildlife of the majestic Caucasus Range. Open Chechnya with us!

Beginning of the road 20 -22 September 2019, 02 - 04 November 2019

21:30. A band gathering at the Drama Theatre. 22:00. Departure by bus from Krasnodar accompanied by a guide.

The road is flat, the distance is 700 km (the journey is about 11 hours, taking into account stops).

First day

Meet the capital of the republic - Grozny

Approximately at 10 a.m. arrival in G. Terrible accommodation in the hotel "Berkat"

• Sightseeing tour "New Grozny", which is conducted by a licensed local guide. The route includes a tour of all the main attractions of the city, which have become symbols of the new Chechnya: the National Museum of the Chechen Republic, the Journalists’ Square, the memorial complex of the Walk of Glory, the Ahmad-Hadzhi Kadyrov Museum, the main mosque “Heart of Chechnya”, the only Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael, A. Kadyrov and V. Putin Avenues, the Grozny City complex of high-rise buildings.
• A visit to the Central City Market “Berkat” is a place where you can buy everything from ready-made food to perfume for the spill. From early morning to evening, the everyday life of the inhabitants of Grozny is concentrated here. Cooking right behind the shelves, bidding in the Chechen language, repairing clothes, stuffiness and a mixture of various aromas, smells and voices. Advice: maximum attention - the market is the market.
• A visit to the National Museum of the Chechen Republic, after which you will understand the cultural and historical aspects of the Vainakh people.
• A visit to the museum of A.Kadyrov, which in terms of richness and beauty of interior decoration can be compared with famous monuments of world architecture. The interior of the museum is a kind of amalgam of traditional Moorish and European styles.
• Ascent to the helipad of one of the skyscrapers “Grozny City”. This event will undoubtedly be the culmination of the day! From the 30th floor there is a dizzying view of the whole city with its satellites.
• Visit the largest mosque in Russia - "Heart of Chechnya".
• You will personally see that Grozny today is a surprisingly clean, modern, beautiful, comfortable and absolutely safe city, with cozy cafes and new shopping centers.
• Free time in the evening in the city center to see with your own eyes the fabulous illumination and highlighting of attractions, visit the well-known far beyond the republic "Shashlykov Street", have dinner in one of the cafes and share your impressions of what you saw with the tour participants.
• Return to the hotel on your own, rest. Night at the Argun City Hotel.

Second day

To the Beauties of the High-Mountain Lake Kezenoy-am and the City of Guards

Good morning in Chechnya. 8:00. Breakfast at the hotel.

08:45. Going to the mountains to get acquainted with the history and life of the Vainakhs, as well as with their traditions, which have been preserved there for centuries. We are accompanied by a local guide who will gladly answer your questions, and the view of the surrounding landscapes will please the eye and will not let you get bored for a minute.

• The stop at the architectural and ethnographic museum “Shira-Yurt” is a copy of a typical medieval Chechen village. There are 17 courtyards built here, each of which represents one of the districts of the republic, where old objects of life of Chechens are collected. In front of the entrance there is a stone watchtower about 25 meters high.
• Stop at the market village Vedeno, which during the Caucasian War was the last stronghold of Imam Shamil in Chechnya. Here you can taste national Chechen cakes with cheese (Chepalgash) and pumpkin (Hingalsh).

After that, we will start climbing the mountains, where the asphalt is replaced by a good dirt road, there are 30 km to the lake, which we will overcome in 1.5 hours, with stops at observation decks for photo shoots.

• The next stop in the village of Harachoy at the spring "Maiden Spit" and the monument to Zelimkhan where you will be told a beautiful legend about the militant legendary abrek.
• We begin climbing the beautiful mountain serpentine to the top of the Haarami Pass (2177 m). Oronym is translated from Vainakh as “forbidden”. For many years, there was an ongoing struggle between Chechens and Andians for this part of the ridge. A special council of the country of mountains met with representatives from both sides. We talked for a long time, but did not come to reconciliation. The best solution to this question, which cost many victims, the people found to declare "forbidden" - "Hyaram" and, consequently, no man's mountain.
• From the pass we admire the largest alpine lake of the North Caucasus Kezenoy-Am. A wide valley, at the end of which, amid the bizarre shape of cliffs, a bluish-azure bowl of 2.7 km area stretches. Scientists note that not only water, but also the climate around the wonderful lake, extremely healthy and healing. The delight of seeing the beauty can not be hidden from others! We're making photo stops.
• Arrival at the tourist complex "Kezenoy-Am", located in the mountains on the shore of the lake of the same name.
• Drive to the ancient city of Hoi, which is located 1.5 km from the lake on a rock terrace hanging over a beautiful gorge. The toponym "Khoi" from Chechen translates as "the habitat of the guards" and is associated with the fact that the village was border and its inhabitants carried out guard service. This is a unique object of history and culture, where ancient buildings with unusual vaults, walls with petroglyphs of the XI century have been preserved. Nearby is an ancient cemetery with amazing tombstones and buildings.
• Return to the Argun City Hotel.
• Visits to the beautiful Argun Mosque “Mother’s Heart” named after Aimani Kadyrova. The mosque was built in 2014 in the high-tech style and is the first mosque in Russia, made in an ultramodern form.

During the day, depending on the weather, the vaults of the mosque change shades of colors from light gray to turquoise blue. A separate decoration of the mosque is the central chandelier. It weighs seven tons and reaches thirty meters in diameter. A thousand light bulbs that make up a single composition are painted with verses from the Quran.

• Dinner for an extra charge. Night at the Argun City Hotel.

Third day

Legends of the Argun Gorge and Nikhaloyev Waters

Good morning in Chechnya. 8:00 Breakfast at the hotel. Room release.

08:45. Excursion to the Argun gorge on minibuses with local guides. We will visit the amazing edge of the towers and the cradle of the Nakhs - perhaps one of the most exciting and informative trips to the Chechen land. Here are the famous ancient Ushkaloi Twin Towers, which have long become the hallmark of Chechnya.

• At the beginning of the mountain path, we will stop at the Chanty-Argun spring and, in addition to the ringing of crystal water, we will hear from guides about the marriage traditions of the Chechen people.
• In this tour you will find breathtaking views of gorges, mountains and waterfalls, which you will have time to capture at the stops for photo shoots.
• In the village of Tazbichi, you can not only see, but also climb to the very top of the old watch tower, in which the Vainakhs served to protect their lands from nomadic raids.
• Lunch on the way back at the recreation center "Nikhaloevsky waterfalls", here you can try the national Chechen dishes - "Zhizhig-galnash" - gallushki with meat and Chechen soup - "nokhchi chorp".
• After lunch, walk along Nikhaloyevsky waterfalls.
• At 16-00 departure to Krasnodar (arrival approximately about 02:00).