Dagestan in 7 days

Tour dates: August 11-17

Your impressions:

• Enjoy the endlessly interchangeable mountain scenery. Snow-white peaks, flowering slopes, grazing sheep and goats, tiny houses scattered like a toy installation. Driving through this beauty, you will feel like an actor of an endless series about beauty. At each turn, new views and angles. Let your eyes have as much fun as they want.
• Admire the rays of the sun at sunset from the top of the largest sand barchan in Europe. Here you can sit on the warm sand and look into the distance, or you can frolic like a child, taking absolutely unthinkable photos.
• Visit the colorful markets. The atmosphere of the local bazaars is a delight for any traveler.
• Sit for a cup of tea in the shade of trees in Derbent, Russia’s oldest and southernmost city. Sea air and aromas of spices will give calmness and excellent mood!
• Watch the work of masters in the highland villages. Slowly, thoughtfully. Notice how much emotion and creative energy they have in their hands. These are amazingly hospitable people who will welcome you as a dear guest. In general, Dagestan is a history where you can not plan time. Unexpected acquaintance can be the beginning of unravelling such a huge tangle of positive impressions that this process is completely captivating! The beauty of nature and millennial traditions of the mountaineers is a great cocktail for a real gourmet traveler!
• The author’s tour to Dagestan in 7 days is an opportunity to take photos that all your friends will envy!

TOUR PROGRAMME:

Day 1: Makhachkala - Barhan Sarykum

Meeting of participants of the trip in Makhachkala. Hotel accommodation. After changing clothes and relaxing a little from the road, you will go to the sunset to the Barhan Sarykum. This is the largest sand barchan in Europe, which is located on the territory of the Dagestan Reserve. On this dune, more than 200 meters high, the film “White Sun of the Desert” was filmed. You will climb to the top and feel how the heat from the sun-heated sand fills you with energy. The curves that the wind draws on the slopes of the dune look very photogenic. Break your Instagram with thousands of likes! After sunset, return to Makhachkala and dinner in an authentic restaurant-museum. Meals included: dinner.

Day 2: Makhachkala - Chirkey Reservoir - Sulak Canyon - Dubki

Today you go to one of the main attractions of Dagestan - Sulak Canyon. Its depth is up to 1920 meters, so the heart freezes from the views opening from here. After breakfast, we leave the hotel and start our way to the village of Dubki, located right by the canyon. Along the way you will take a refreshing walk on a speedboat along the Chirkey Reservoir. Turquoise water and unusual relief of its shores make an impression. Lunch in nature. Hotel check-in. You will meet the sunset at one of the species points of the Sulak Canyon. Especially cool from this height to watch the soaring eagles in the last rays of the sun. Dinner at the panoramic café. Hotel night.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch in nature.

Day 3: Dubki - Irganai Reservoir - Gotsatl - Hunzah

Breakfast. Eviction from the hotel and transfer to the Irganai reservoir. The landscapes of these places are tuned to a calm romantic manner. Here you slowly walk and relax, enjoying the beauty of nature. Further, our way will lie in the village of masters of jewelry art Gotzatl. Here you will learn about the secrets of the masters of copper coinage, watch their work and possibly buy something for your interior. Then we go to the village of Hunzakh where we will stay for the night at the hotel.

Meals included: breakfast.

Day 4: Hunzah - Tobot Waterfall - Karadakh Rock - Salta Falls - Gunib

Breakfast. Today we will start unusually. You will get acquainted with the hereditary tightrope walker, who will pass especially for you over the abyss along the Hunzakh canyon. Here is the main attraction of Hunzaha - 70-meter waterfall Tobot. After exploring the landscapes of the canyon and waterfall, we go towards the Karadakh Rock - a gorge 2-4 meters wide and up to 170 meters high. You will pass through this narrow place feeling the coolness of the water and the energy of the rock massifs. After such a busy morning, you will have lunch in nature. Next, a small move and another wonder of nature - the underground Salta waterfall. The road to Gunib. Check-in and overnight at the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch in nature.

Day 5: Gunib - Choch - Derbent

The ascent is dark and departure to the viewpoint on the mountain to the Shamil Tower. From here you can see the dawn and take great photos. The main thing is to feel a new day in the mountains. We go back to the hotel and have breakfast. Keep the way further, and the first stop will be the viewpoint from which Aivazovsky painted the painting “Aul Gunib in Dagestan”. Then stop at unusual and very beautiful terraces on the slopes near the village of Chokh. Those who have been to China, Vietnam and Indonesia will immediately receive a dose of nostalgia. We look into the village of Chokh with memorable architecture, get acquainted with its inhabitants. Moving to the coast of the Caspian Sea, to Derbent. Hotel check-in.

Meals: Breakfast.

Day 6: Derbent

Dawn you will meet in the suburbs of Derbent near the ekranoplan "Lun" (Soviet strike missile ekranoplan). Now it is on the shore, at the edge of the sea. At dawn, there are fewer people here, and the Caspian Monster itself looks more impressive. Breakfast. Inspection of the fortress of Naryn-Kala and the streets of the old city. Derbent is a city with its unique atmosphere and hospitality. And by the way, the oldest city in Russia. Feel its unhurried rhythm and just rest.

Meals: Breakfast.

Day 7: Derbent - Makhachkala

Hotel eviction. Transfer to Makhachkala. On the way, we will stop for a farewell lunch at a restaurant by the sea. “Tour to Dagestan in 7 days” ends, but the memories of this amazing republic and its inhabitants will remain with you for a long time. We are sure that this trip will be only the first chapter in your story about Dagestan. I want to come back here because it is warm, calm and always welcome.

Meals: Breakfast.

Habitation:

Accommodation in hotels in Derbent and Makhachkala and in guest houses on the way. All rooms are double, with the possibility of accommodation in single areas with a surcharge.

1. Accommodation in hotels in Derbent and Makhachkala. Accommodation in guest houses on the way.
2. Meals according to the program. In addition to traditional dishes, you will also taste the national cuisine.
3. Program transfers during the tour.
4. Driver and guide services