The winter tale of Altai

If you want to fully experience and learn the spirit of Siberia, then come to us in winter. You will feel the power, see the harsh beauty and grandeur of nature, breathe deeply in the cedar taiga air, taste real Siberian food, swim in an ice hole while soaring in a Russian bath, ride a husky dog harness and much, much more. Believe me, Altai is beautiful at any time of the year!

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Rout Description

Price of the tour per 1 person	66400 rubles
Extra supplement for Single accommodation	7350 rubles
Age restrictions	Children under 10 years are not allowed Children from 10 to 18 must be accompanied by an adult
Price includes	– transfer from and to the airport,  – all tour rides on a comfortable off-road minibus, –  meals  according to a program, – program excursions, – a guide-interpreter services , – museum tickets, – recreational meetings, – migration registration – “Rossgosstrakh” insurance (medical costs, Insurance from an accident), – visiting Russian banya (sauna) according to the program
Starting point of the rout, gathering place of the group	Barnaul, airport/railway station
Duration	8 days/7 nights
Rout length	bus 1800 km, snowmobiles/ATVs, quad bikes – 30 km, by foot ~ 8 km
Number of tourist in a group	from 4  people
Number of  accompanying persons	a guide- interpreter,  driver
Accommodation It’s possible to change hotels on another hotels with the same level or equivalent.	Hotel “Barnaul” (1 night, standard Twin with all accommodation) Hotel  “Artubash” (2 nights, standard Twin with all accommodation) Hotel  “Salut” (2 nights, standard Twin with all accommodation) Hotel “Rasul” (2 nights, standard Twin/Dbl with all of the facilities on the floor )
Meals	From the first day of breakfast till the lunch of the 7 day.
Extended services* (order and pay additionally)	Additional charges in touristic complexes, souvenirs, alcohol, personal expenses, dinner in Barnaul city, extra payment on tour complex “ Manzherok” (cableway)

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Tour Program

Day 1.  National museum of Republic Altai (430 km by auto)

Morning arrival in Barnaul.  Meeting at the airport. Breakfast in a café, in the center of the city.

Excursion around the central and historical parts of Barnaul. After that we moving to the heart of the Gornyi Altai- the Teletskoye lake. The lake occupies the fifth place in Russia among the deepest (325 m) lakes of our country. The length of the lake is 78 km, maximum width up to 5 km, and its Area is relatively small – 223 km2, but thanks to a great depth in it contains a huge amount (40 km3) excellent fresh water, oxygen-rich, transparent to a depth of 12-15 meters.

On the way make a stop at home of V. M. Shukshin, known Altai writer, actor, Director, in the village of Srostki. In Gorno-Altaisk you will visit the National Museum. A. V. Anokhin by name, with one of its main exhibits – the mummy “Altai Princess” found on the Ukok Plateau. The sarcophagus with the mummy is open on a certain schedule of the museum.

Lunch in a cafe. Arrival on the  lake Teletskoe, accommodation in a comfortable double rooms on the hotel “Artubash”. Dinner in a cafe.

Day 2. Zaimka ( hunting house) Kono – Silver source 30 km – snowmobile/ATV quad bikes , 2 km by foot.

Breakfast in the cafe. Today enjoy an excursion on the snowmobile / ATV  guad bikes on hunting-house Zaimka Kono!  Accompanied by an instructor, for 2 persons on a snowmobile / ATV, you move out of the old forest roads to the cozy, covered with heat and light cedar lodge.

A family of  taiga inhabitants lives nearby, surrounded by a fairy forest. Family members affect their health and good spirits. At the lodge you will be served with hot tea. After the tour, we return to the hotel “Artubash”. Lunch and dinner at a café. At the request of the group in the afternoon walking tour (2 km) to the “Silver Spring”. 

Silver Spring has been known for a long time. In 1839  it was consecrated by the Reverend Makarios Nevsky, the founder of the Orthodox Mission in Altai. Water source is enriched with silver ions, and has health properties. The cedar grove near the source of silver is growing extremely powerful 500-year-old cedar , who willingly  shares his power with anyone who tries to embrace his powerful trunk, but in order to cover the whole trunk of the tree  you need at least 4 people. After dinner, at your service, Russian banya (sauna) with a rest room.

Day 3 Ski complex “Manzherok” (250 km – by auto)

Breakfast. Moving in the valley of the Katun River and on to the village Uznezya. On the way of our trip we visit the village Manzherok  where you visit the lake with the same name and local ski-resort. Walk by cableway on the “Sinukha mounting”. From the top of the hill you can see a beautiful view of the valley Katun and the lake “Manzherok”. For thous who wants to skiing, snowboarding or use the snow tube on the local tracks may try it for an extra charge. Lunch in a cafe. Arrival in Uznezya village, accommodation on the hotel “Salut” in the comfortable double rooms. Dinner in a cafe.

Day 4.Chemal – Blue lakes (60 km by auto, 4 km – by foot.)

Breakfast.  At the first part of the day we organize the excursion “Chemal walk”. During the tour we will visit Chemal Hydroelectric power which is located in the southern part of the village. Hydroelectric power is one of the first in the region, built in 1935. Then we go on the “goat trail” along the river Katun and appear on the rocky island – Patmos. On the Patmos Island we can visit little church of the female monastery. The island is connected with the shore of the river with the help of suspension bridge. Next to the temple in the rock is carved image of the Virgin and Child.

Return to the hotel, lunch. In the afternoon departure to the Blue lakes. Lakes fickle (disappear during the flood of the river), they are formed as a result of the recession of water level in the river Katun.

In winter the lake is not nipped by the frost, the water temperature in them ~ 9 degrees Celsius. At the bottom of lakes beat unusually powerful springs. No warm springs, keys are cold!  But they give so much water that the lake does not freeze at 40 degrees (Celsius) below zero. The bravest can go swimming. Return to the village Uznezya. Dinner in a cafe.

Day 5 Chuyski tract (240 km – by auto)

Breakfast. Moving along the ancient trade route – Chuyski tract. On the way we will overcome two passes: the  highest point Seminskii pass (1739 m above the sea level) and the picturesque serpentine type  Chiket-Aman pass (1295 m above sea level), we will see the ancient tombs of the Turks, and  stone women who protect them from, have lunch in the cafeteria  “Chui-Oozy”, where we can try traditional Altai cuisine. On the way visit the tract Kalbak-Tash, big natural complex with rock paintings – petroglyphs. On a rocky hill , located across the river valley Chuya applied more than 500 compositions, with more than 5000 drawings.

Drawings made with stone or metal tools mainly point technique. Accommodation on the hotel “Rasul”, located  in the Aktash village.  Accommodation in standart double rooms. Facilities are on the floor. Dinner in a canteen.

Day 6. Ulagan district-Spring lake-North Chuya ridge (180 km – by auto, 2 km by foot.)

After breakfast, a tour around Ulagansky District. Along the way we are making a short hiking to the picturesque Geyser lake . The lake is the only one of its kind in the Altai – a rare beauty, clean and non-freezing even in winter, wonderful turquoise color. In the mirror of the lake can be seen divorces of rounds or ovals shape, which is essentially a reflection of the processes taking place in the bottom of the lake.

There, in the mysterious depths, from time to time come to life “geysers”, throwing on the surface of a mixture of bluish clay and sand that form visible concentric circles at the bottom. We pass a natural monument  “Red Gate”, a place where the road passes to narrow between two rocks a reddish tint, then reach the lakes Chёybekkol (Dead) and Uzunkёl (Live), filled with plenty of fish.

The last point is Chuysky Trakt towards the Mongolian border. Lunch in Aktash village. From a vast intermountain basin a magnificent view is opened on the top of the North-Chuisky ridge, on the highest peaks: Actry-Bash (4075 m) and Karatash (3534 m). Great place for photo and video shooting sunset over the snow-capped peaks of the mountains! Return to the “Rasul”. Dinner. 

Day 7.  The source Arzhan-Suu 610 km – by auto.

Breakfast. Transfer to Barnaul city. Next stop is the source “Arzhan-Suu”. Water in the spring is full of silver, cooper and other mineral impurities that is why the water is stored for a long time and have a beneficial effect on the improvement of metabolic processes in the body. A large gift- market  is located near the source where you can buy maps, books, art, articles  made of cedar. Lunch in a café. Arrival to Barnaul city, accommodation in hotel “Barnaul”. Dinner in a restaurant*.

Day 8.  Transfer to airport.

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport.

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Arrival Schedule to the Program

Arrival date	Departure date	The cost
21.11.2020	28.11.2020	66400 rub
05.12.2020	12.12.2020	66400 rub
03.01.2021	10.01.2021	73500 rub
13.02.2021	20.02.2021	66400 rub
05.03.2021	12.03.2021	66400 rub
19.03.2021	26.03.2021	66400 rub