Guam

Guam Gorge is a beautiful natural monument, the broken line of a narrow gorge stretches for three kilometers between the villages of Mezmay and Guamka. The walls of the gorge rise to a four-hundred-meter height, along the bottom of this majestic canyon runs the seething Kurjips River.

In its history, the gorge has repeatedly witnessed fierce battles. The name Guam, according to one version, comes from the name of a young Adyghe commander who defeated the Turkish army here in 1717. Luring the enemy into the gorge, the Adyghes caused a collapse that blocked the exit, and then from the high walls of the gorge with arrows and stones dealt with the Turks.

A narrow gauge railway was laid in the gorge. Now it's used by tourists. A train of three carriages departs from the village of Mezmay to the Cosmonauts' House - a small cafe in the middle of the gorge. The rails are laid on a narrow platform carved into the rock - on the one hand the walls of the gorge rise, on the other, Kurjips noises below the cliff. The second half of the valley can be seen on foot.

The bizarre forms of giant rocks, waterfalls breaking from a huge height, an extraordinary variety of vegetation that decorated the stone walls of the gorge - all this is worth seeing with your own eyes.