Kaleidoscope of autumn Altai

Breakfast in the cafe.

The Chuisky Highway is today the largest 962 km long highway connecting Russia and Mongolia.

This road was known more than a thousand years ago as the Mungalsky Tract, where trade caravans traveled from the East to Russia and back.

Tourists will learn more about the history of the unique tract during the tour. The group is expected to stop at the serpentine Chike-Taman mountain pass, as well as at the confluence of the two great Altai rivers Chuya and Katun.

Lunch at a roadside cafe.

Excursion to the rock paintings of the Kalbak-Tash tract, which date back thousands of years.

This tour is a great opportunity to get a holistic view of Altai.

Accommodation on the territory of the Nomad tourist complex (or similar).

Dinner at the cafe of the tourist complex “The nomad.”

Length: auto – 145 km.

Breakfast in the cafe of the tourist complex “The nomad.”

Car and walking tour to the valley of Mars (Kyzyl-Chin).

Once upon a time, there was a warm Tethys Sea on the site of the Kyzyl-Chin Valley, followed by glaciers and a cold lake. 4-6 thousand years ago, people already lived here.

Now geologists, archaeologists, and ethnographers conduct annual research here.

They also jokingly call Kyzyl-Chin Mars — for the earth, painted in all possible shades of red and orange, for the blue-green-purple mountains.

What is more striking here is the landscapes or the history of planet Earth captured in them, everyone decides for themselves.

Lunch at a cafe.

On the way back, an excursion to Geyser Lake.

Geyser Lake (also called Blue Lake, Silver Lake).

The depth of the lake is about two meters, the diameter is 25-30 meters.

A large stream flows into the lake.

Geyser Lake is unique in its kind — rare in beauty, clean, frost-free even in winter and at the same time easily accessible to visitors of Gorny Altai.

On the lake's mirror, travelers will certainly notice streaks of rich turquoise, rounded or oval in shape, changing their appearance, which seem to reflect the processes taking place at the bottom of the lake, where “geysers” come to life from time to time in mysterious depths, sending a mixture of bluish clay and sand to the surface, forming visible circles at the bottom of the lake.

You may be the lucky one who will be present at the “eruption" and capture what is happening on the camera.

Return to the Nomad tourist complex

Dinner at the cafe of the tourist complex “The nomad.”

Length: by car – 170 km, on foot – 2 km.

Breakfast in the cafe of the tourist complex “The nomad.”

Transfer to the Chulyshman valley to the tourist campsite “Ezen".

The path of this day begins along the Chuisky tract, then in the village of Aktash the road turns onto the equally beautiful Ulagan tract, along which there are many beautiful and well-known places for many tourists, and travelers will definitely get acquainted with them.

Such places include the Red Gate, many high-altitude lakes of the Ulagan Highlands, the Ulagansky Pass, and the village of Ulagan.

Lunch at the cafe in Ulagan village.

After lunch, the group continues to the Chulyshman valley.

One of the attractions that await tourists on their way to the valley is the Pazyryk mounds.

The Pazyryk mounds are a chain of 5 burial mounds representing the graves of noble nomads and tribal leaders dating back to the 6th–7th centuries BC.

Next, travelers will have an equally exciting encounter with the Katu-Yaryk pass.

The height to which the road rises is about 1,500 m.

The pass offers an impressive view of the valley of the Chulyshman River.

From the observation deck above the valley, you can take unforgettable photos.

For a snack – a breathtaking descent from the pass along the serpentine road to the valley of the Chulyshman River.

Attention!!! For safety reasons, the descent from the pass is carried out on foot, which makes it possible to enjoy a bird's-eye view of the valley.

The valley has a special microclimate – it is almost always warm and the sun is shining here. True, the wind is blowing quite strongly, but after the harsh breathing of glaciers, the shore of the mountain beauty of the Chulyshman River will seem like a paradise.

Accommodation at the Ezen tourist complex in wooden houses with amenities/partial amenities.

Dinner at the cafe of the tourist complex “Ezen".

Bathhouse.

Length: by car – 120 km, on foot – 5 km.

Breakfast at the cafe of the tourist complex “Ezen".

A day of active recreation.

You will take a walking tour to the waterfalls of the Chulyshman River Valley.

The valley of the Chulyshman River can be called the valley of 1000 waterfalls.

A huge number of streams and rivulets fall down the steep, almost steep slopes of the valley, forming waterfalls of various heights and capacities.

Tourists make walking tours to two of them.

In the morning, guests of Gorny Altai will visit the Kur-Kure waterfall.

A huge mass of water falls from a height of about 60 meters, forming a suspension of water dust that shimmers in the sun with all the colors of the rainbow.

Lunch at the cafe of the tourist complex “Ezen".

After lunch, a radial exit to the Maldanash waterfall.

Dinner at the cafe of the tourist complex “Ezen".

Bathhouse.

Length: on foot – 18 km.

Breakfast at the cafe of the tourist complex “Ezen".

Car transfer is 30 km lower to the Akkurum tract, crossing to the right bank of the Chulyshman river.

Hiking up to the natural wonder of Altai – “stone mushrooms".

Stone mushrooms are stone pillars of a special shape – with a stem and a cap, similar to mushrooms.

The “leg" is made of softer limestone rocks that have been destroyed over the centuries by water and wind, resulting in mushroom-like shapes.

By the way, you can count the places in the world where such “mushrooms" grow on your fingers.

Return to the left bank of the Chulyshman River.

Lunch is a snack in the field.

Transfer to Lake Teletskoye.

Guests will see the pearl of Altai, the “Golden Lake" from its southern shore.

It is practically deserted, unlike the northern one, where settlements and camp sites are located.

Water-powered tour of Lake Teletskoye by boat to Artybash village (2-3 hours).

Tourists will have an unforgettable experience of this day!

Teletskoye Lake is one of the main attractions of Gorny Altai.

It is a beautiful body of water, stretching from south to north for 75 km.

Clouds are reflected in the clear waters of the lake, which are almost always rushing in the sky above the water surface.

By the way, a unique phenomenon is the clouds floating in opposite directions in the sky above the lake.

This happens due to the winds blowing towards each other – verkhovka and nizovka.

On the way across the lake there is an excursion to the Korbu waterfall.

The twelve-meter-high Korbu waterfall was formed as a result of the natural failure of the Korbu riverbed, originating from the mountain range of the same name.

Korbu Waterfall is not visible from the shore of the lake, but it is not long to walk to it – just a few minutes walk along the boardwalk and you can already hear the sound of water falling from a height, and almost immediately after that the waterfall itself appears before your eyes.

Opposite the Korbu waterfall is the deepest part of Lake Teletskoye – 323 m.

Continuation of the transfer to the village of Artybash by boat.

Then by car to the tourist complex on Lake Teletskoye.

Accommodation at the tourist complex.

Dinner at the cafe of the tourist complex.

Length: by car – 85 km, by boat – 75 km, on foot – 3 km.

Breakfast at the tourist complex.

Visit to the "Third River" ecotrope, which runs along the Oyrok River.

The trail is not difficult and is suitable for any age.

Lunch at a cafe.

Visit the observation deck on Mount Kokuya on a chairlift.

The lift line runs through the Pryteletskaya taiga.

At the top there is a view of the mountains and a piece of Lake Teletskoye.

Return to the tourist complex.

Supper.

Length: on foot – 10 km.

Breakfast at the cafe.

Departure to Gorno-Altaysk.

Lunch at a cafe in Gorno-Altaysk.

An excursion to the Anokhin Museum.

The National Museum's collections contain the entire range of objects of the material and spiritual culture of the peoples of the Altai Republic: archaeological finds characterizing all the main stages of the ancient history of Gorny Altai, ethnographic collections of clothing and household items, works of fine and decorative arts, natural science collections and photographic materials.

There are more than 60 thousand storage units in total.

Unique collections: paintings and graphic works by Grigory Ivanovich Choros–Gurkin, the first professional artist among the indigenous peoples of Siberia, a student of I.I. Shishkin, Academy of Arts (1,500 works); artist Nikolai Ivanovich Chevalkov and others; fund of rare books of the XVII - XX centuries, icons; archaeological finds from permafrost mounds, deer stones, sculptures, runic writings of the Turkic period, shamanic paraphernalia.

Completion of the tour.

Dinner and extra nights are not included in the price.

Length: by car – 170 km, on foot – 1 km.