Southern Ural necklace

One of the most complete tours in the Southern Urals. A unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of nature and mysteries of this region. This tour is suitable for tourists who want to fully explore the Southern Urals and learn its secrets. It invites travelers to visit high mountain areas, explore mysterious caves and gorges, get acquainted with the unique flora and fauna of protected areas, as well as plunge into the atmosphere of ancient places and Bashkir national culture. Tourists will see a variety of landscapes, from oak groves to linden forests, visit picturesque lakes and holy springs with healing water. The whole route of the tour is planned in such a way as to provide a comfortable and interesting journey, allowing you to enjoy the magnificent nature of the Southern Urals and discover new amazing places.

 

Dates:

May: 01.05.2025, 08.05.2025, 27.05. 2025
June: 03.06.2025, 10.06.2025, 17.06.2025, 24.06.2025
July*: 01.07.2025, 08.07.2025, 15.07.2025, 22.07.2025, 29.07.2025
August: 05.08.2025*, 12.08.2025*, 19.08.2025, 26.08.2025
September: 02.09.2025, 09.09.2025, 16.09.2025, 23.09.2025
(* the cost of the tour on these dates is 137 000 rubles.) )

 

Tour programme

1 day. Excursion "History of Kaga village and Ural ironworks"

10.00 Meeting of the group in the city of Ufa at the central entrance of the UFA Department Store (October Avenue, 31).

Bus travel from the flat part of Bashkiria through the highlands to the mountainous regions of the Southern Urals to the ancient Russian village of Kaga (300 km).

Along the way, landscapes change from the Ural steppes to the majestic Ural mountains. Part of the way passes through the territory of the South Ural State Reserve. In good weather, there is a view of the highest peak of the Southern Urals - Big Yaman-Tau.

Lunch. Accommodation at the Tengri tourist base.

Acquaintance with the history of the area and inspection of the architectural monument - Nikolsky temple. Excursion "History of Kaga village and Ural ironworks".

The evening will be held in a friendly family atmosphere for leisurely conversations and sculpting dumplings from quality village products.

"At a cup of tea ..." - tasting of Bashkir honey, herbal tea and balms of local production.

Dinner.

Car travel per day - 300 km. The price includes: food - lunch, dinner; excursions - in the village of Kaga.

2 days. Shulgan-Tash Reserve

Breakfast.

Transfer to the reserve "Shulgan-Tash" (100 km).

Visit to the museum and demonstration complex of the Shulgan-Tash Reserve. The basis for the creation of the reserve was the habitation in this region of the nucleus of the pure-blooded aboriginal population of the honey bee - the Burzyan side bee ("Burzyanka") in the conditions of beekeeping - the Bashkir folk craft. This reserve was the first in the world to protect aboriginal wild bees. Tourists will have the opportunity to taste onboard honey (for an additional fee in the season).

Acquaintance with the object of natural and cultural heritage, included in the preliminary UNESCO World Heritage List: a unique monument of the Paleolithic era - the Shulgan-Tash cave (Kapova cave). Thousands of years ago, primitive people lived in it and left their drawings on the walls - images of animals. Such ancient drawings, before their discovery in this cave, were known only in the caves of Spain and France. Regardless of the time of year, the cave has a constant temperature of +7 Celsius. Therefore, it is necessary to have warm clothes with you.

Lunch with elements of Bashkir cuisine. Kuray master class.

Return to the Tengri tourist base (100 km).

Dinner.

Road travel per day - 200 km

The price includes: meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions - Shulgan-Tash reserve, historical and cultural museum complex Shulgan-Tash; master class. For an additional fee: tasting of onboard honey.

3 days. Walking to the Mountain of Grace

Breakfast.

Walking to Mount Grace (~ 10 km, of which ~ 3 km on foot).

A sharp, almost one hundred-meter cliff towards the bend of the White River (Agidel), from which a wonderful view opens, beautiful at any time of the year - a review of the Bashtau ridge. It is here that the best photos are taken against the background of the Ural mountains.

For an additional fee:

Excursion to the Bashkir State Reserve (30 km from Kaga village, ~ 3 hours) - 1500 rubles. In a group of 3 people. Acquaintance with the museum and excursion complex of the reserve will begin with the history and features of the nature of the reserve and the Southern Urals, and will end with a walk along the eco-path to the observation tower. At the enclosure with marals you can watch them, learn interesting facts about them and make memorable photos.

Alloy on catamarans (~4 hours, ~7 km) - 2800 rubles. In a group of 4 people.

Preparation for the route: transfer / walk to the place of the beginning of rafting, safety briefing, equipment, collecting catamarans and “getting up on the water”! Calm current of the river, green banks and picturesque rocks. During rafting, a stop is expected for rest and swimming. Finishing the alloy at Belsky Bridge. Removal from the route, transfer to the Tengri base.

Lunch.

Moving to Lake Bannoe, sanatorium and ski resort of Russia. (140 km).

Check-in at the campground.

Dinner.

Road travel per day - 140 km

The price includes: food - breakfast, lunch, dinner; walking,

For an additional fee: entrance to the beach of Oz. Bathroom

 

4 days. Walk on the GLC Bannoye

Breakfast.

Walk on the GLC Bath.

You will get acquainted with the features of the ski resort, along the cable car in comfortable cabins (for an additional fee), you will climb to a height of 942 m, from where you can see a wonderful view of the valley with many lakes (in good weather they can be seen up to 12). Those who wish can go to the beach of the deepest, cleanest lake of Bashkiria (Bannoye).

Lunch.

Bus crossing to Bashkir Zauralye (190 km).

On the way:

- acquaintance with the first capital of Bashkortostan (Bashkir ASSR) - Temyasovo village,

- Lake Talkas. The water in the lake is sodium-magnesium-calcium. The southern and southeastern shores of the lake are gentle, rocky with a sandy bottom. Convenient and comfortable for swimming. From the east to the lake descends the forested western slope of the Irendyk ridge.

– stop at the jasper exits – you can find and take with you a souvenir – natural jasper from the bowels of the Ural Mountains,

Accommodation in a hotel in Sibai.

Independent dinner in Shibai City.

Road travel per day - 190 km

The price includes: food - breakfast, lunch.

For an additional fee: dinner, entrance to the beach of Oz. Bath, ticket for the lift (from 700 rubles)

 

5 days. Visit to the Arkaim Reserve

Breakfast. Transfer to the state historical and cultural reserve "Arkaim" (85 km). On the way we cross the Ural River - the water border between Europe and Asia.

In the reserve, tourists are offered various excursion programs, which tourists choose on the spot at their request for an additional one. fee

For someone, Arkaim is a fortified settlement of the Middle Bronze Age of the III-II millennium BC, belonging to the “Country of Cities”. Scientists believe that this is an ancient city, whose age is estimated at about four thousand years, i.e. the age of Arkaim is older than the age of the Egyptian pyramids.

For others, Arkaim is a natural place of power, located on the site of a natural tectonic fault of the earth’s crust, in the mouth of an extinct volcano millions of years ago.

Independent lunch on the territory of the Arkaim reserve.

Return to the European part of Russia, to the city of Sibai, which is unofficially the capital of the Bashkir Trans-Urals.

Independent dinner in Shibai City.

Road travel per day - 180 km

Included in the price: food – breakfast.

For additional fee: lunch, dinner, excursions in Arkaim (for each choice)

 

6 days. Sibai Historical and Local Lore Museum

Breakfast.

Acquaintance with the copper capital of Bashkiria: a visit to the Sibai Museum of Local History.

Visiting the stone-carving workshop: acquaintance with the works of masters of stone-carving art, inspection of products made of jasper, granite, lapis lazuli and other ornamental stones.

Lunch. Transfer to the Nugush reservoir (310 km).

The road will pass through the southern part of the republic, where you will pass by various settlements and feel the authentic atmosphere of Bashkir settlements. And most importantly, throughout the route you will be surrounded by beautiful Ural nature.

Accommodation in the hotel complex.

Dinner.

Road travel per day -310 km

The price includes: breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions - Museum (Sibai), stone-carving workshop.

 

7 days. Nugush reservoir

Breakfast.

Walk along the eco trail in the Bashkiria National Park, located on the western spurs of the Southern Urals in the interfluve of the Nugush and White rivers.

Rest at the Nugush reservoir. Lunch.

Nugush Reservoir and the neighboring national park are the favorite places of rest in Bashkiria. The body of water, often referred to as the “sea” or “lake”, is surrounded by picturesque ridges. In

Close to the mountains, surrounded by forests, amazing natural monuments of the Southern Urals. Near the Nugush Reservoir (on the Nugush River) is the Yumaguzin Reservoir (on the Belaya River).

At the request of the group, a sightseeing tour on a boat along the Nugush reservoir is possible (for an additional fee).

Back to the campground. Dinner.

Road trip in a day - 25 km.

The price includes: breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions – entrance ticket to the territory of the national park.

For an additional fee: a boat ride.

8 days. Muradimov gorge

Breakfast.

Moving to Muradymov Gorge (85 km).

Rest in the natural park Muradymov Gorge. Mountain range survey. This corner of nature by the nature of the relief, geological structure, richness of plant and animal worlds is a unique natural monument: The Big Ik River made its way here among the mountains, forming a rocky gorge. Immediately from the entrance to the park there are impressive views of high, sheer cliffs. They are the remains of ancient marine barrier reefs.

Lunch. Transfer to Nugush Reservoir (85 km).

Rest on the water.

Dinner.

Road travel per day - 170 km

The price includes: meals - breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions - entrance ticket to the territory of the natural park.

 

9 days. Shihana Mountains

Early breakfast.

Transfer to Shikhanov (125 km). On the way: the village of Voskresenskoye, where the oldest metallurgical plant in the Urals is located.

Walk at the foot of Sheehan.

Shikhans are unique monuments of nature - the remains of ancient coral reefs formed in the warm sea of the Devonian period. Until now, in the fossil clusters there you can find corals, sponges, echinoderms and algae, which are about 300 million years old.

Dinner on your own. Transfer to Gafuri district (50 km).

Sightseeing tour at the Krasnousolsky resort, including the Tabyn chapel, the place of the appearance of the holy icon of the Tabyn Mother of God; Holy springs (mineral and healing water).

The uniqueness of the Krasnousolsk resort is that here on an area of only 15 hectares from the bowels of the earth knock out about 250 springs of mineral waters. Each of them differs in a set of specific microelements and has a unique effect on the human body.

Those who wish can swim in the fonts.

Moving to the village of Imendyashevo (60 km).

Accommodation at the Tabyn tourist base.

Dinner with elements of Bashkir culture.

Road trip per day -235 km.

The price includes: meals - breakfast, dinner; excursions - Geopark "Toratau", Krasnousolsky resort.

For extra pay: lunch.

10 days. Ukly-Kai Rock

Breakfast.

Horseback tour. You will learn interesting facts about horses and what is the peculiarity of the Bashkir breed, see the leader of the herd and foals, as well as tell you the secrets of cooking kumys and (if the season) taste this drink.

Radial walking walk in the vicinity of the village of Imendyashevo with a visit to the rock of Ukly-Kai (180 m above the level of Zilim).

Translated from Bashkir Ukly-Kai means “Shooting Mountain”. According to legend, young Bashkirs shot at the rock before marriage. If the arrow reached the mountain, it was believed that the boy became a man. In confirmation of the legend, arrowheads were often found on the slopes of the rock. Instead of walking, those who wish can supplement the rest with a horse-riding walk (for an additional fee).

Acquaintance with Bashkir culture: a story about national Bashkir costumes, a photo session in national costumes. Kumys tasting. Archery.

Lunch.

Bus journey (140 km) to Ufa.

On the way - the birthplace of the Bashkir poet Majit Gafuri.

Arrival in Ufa by 18:00 (local time) to the place of the beginning of the route.

Auto travel per day - 140 km. The price includes: food - breakfast, lunch; master class.

• transport service on the route (road transport depending on the size of the group),
• hotel accommodation,
• food (programmed),
• work of the accompanying (coordinator),
• excursion program (according to the program: services of guides or guides, entrance tickets),
• permits for the entry of vehicles into recreational areas, eco-fees,
• Accident insurance in the amount of 50,000 rubles.

 

Not included in the price:

• individual transfers (including air and rail tickets),
• individual food,
• additional services in hotels, alcoholic beverages, luggage tray,
• additional excursions (including activities, baths),
• Souvenirs.