Cape Slepikovski, Devil and Witch Bridge
Description:
On this day, Sakhalin will show you new vivid impressions, behind which everything negative is forgotten.
Our way passes through the pass, which offers views of the Tatar Strait and the sea gate of Sakhalin - the city of Kholmsk. After driving through the city, we get to the old railway, which was built by the Japanese. On this narrow gauge we have to walk two kilometers. And here he is. . Grand structure: height of about 40 m, length - 125, width - almost 9 m. But it is not the size that is impressive, but the construction of the bridge. After passing through the tunnel length of 800 meters, we will go further to the Witch Bridge. The bridge was built by the Japanese in 1928. It was part of the railway line Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk-Polyakovo and is a complex engineering structure, attracts with its length of 200 meters and a height of 50 meters. In 1994, traffic on the bridge was closed due to the closure of the stretch. In 2007, a forest fire damaged part of the bridge.
Cape Slepikovskogo is located on the south-western coast of the island of Sakhalin, administratively part of the Kholmsky urban district of the Sakhalin region. It borders the northern tip of Nevelsky Bay.
Named in honor of the commander of the Russian partisan detachment that operated on South Sakhalin during the Russian-Japanese War, B.V. Grotto-Slepikovsky.
The modern name of the cape received after 1945. Until 1905 it was called Notoro, and in 1934 it was renamed Otoro Misaki.
Cape Slepikovskiy was recognized as a state natural monument of regional importance in 1995. The area is 609 hectares. A unique natural complex, including a number of objects of flora and fauna, which are found only here.
The price includes:
08:00 – Departure from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
10:00 – Excursion to the city of Kholmsk.
11:30 – Arrival at Nikolaychuk station. Walking to the Devil's Bridge, visiting the Witch Bridge (about an hour one way)
13:30 – 14:30 – Arrival at Oz. Secret.
15:00 – 16:00 – Arrival at Cape Slepikovsky.
17:00 – Departure back to the city.
19:00 – Arrival in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
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