Mountainous Bashkiria. Sightseeing tour

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Spend a week surrounded by the Ural Mountains: among the forests of the Southern Urals, as well as on the shores of the purest lake Yakty-Kul (Bannoe).

You will get acquainted with the history of the mining Urals, Bashkiria nature reserves, ancient caves with rock paintings and hospitable people with their own distinctive culture.

Location

Ufa

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Tour highlights

Delicious Bashkir dishes

Let's get acquainted with Bashkir customs and national cuisine

Kapova Cave

We will explore the unique monument of the Paleolithic era with ancient rock paintings

Recreation on Lake Bannoye

We will swim and sunbathe on one of the most beautiful lakes of the Trans-Urals

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival, Krasnousolsky resort, photo shoot in national costumes, cooking class
10:00 Meeting of the group in Ufa. The central entrance of the UFA Department Store (October Avenue, 31). The meeting is held at local time (the difference from Moscow time is + 2 hours).
Transfer to Krasnousolsky village (150 km).
Sightseeing tour of 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 Krasnousolsky resort is that here, on an area of only 15 hectares, about 250 springs of mineral waters are knocked out of the bowels of the earth.
Each of them differs in a set of specific trace elements and has a unique effect on the human body.
Those who wish can swim in the fonts.
Lunch.
Transfer to the village of Imendyashevo (60 km).
Arrival at the campsite. Accommodation in 2-bed rooms.
Getting to know Bashkir culture: a photo shoot in national costumes.
A master class on cooking baursak.
Supper.
Car travel per day is 210 km.
The price includes: meals – lunch, dinner; excursions – in Krasnousolsky, photo shoot in the national Park. suits.

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Day 2 - Ukly-Kaya rock, acquaintance with Bashkir culture, koumiss tasting
Breakfast.
Radial walking in the vicinity of the village Imendyashevo with a visit to the Ukly-Kaya rock (180 m above the level of the Zilim).
Translated from Bashkir, Ukly-Kai means "Strelnaya Gora". According to legend, young Bashkirs shot at the rock before getting married.
If the arrow reached the mountain, it was believed that the young man had become a man. To confirm the legend, arrowheads were often found on the slopes of the cliff.
Acquaintance with Bashkir culture: a story about national Bashkir costumes, a photo shoot in national costumes.
Koumiss tasting.
Lunch at the campsite with elements of Bashkir cuisine.
Rest at the campsite (for an additional fee, horseback riding, rafting).
Supper.
Car travel per day – 0 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner; koumiss tasting.

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Day 3 - Excursions and museums in the village of Kaga
Breakfast.
Bus trip to the mountainous and forested areas of the Southern Urals to the ancient Russian village of Kaga (250 km).
Along the way, landscapes change from the Ural steppes to the majestic Ural mountains.
Part of the route passes through the territory of the South Ural State Nature Reserve.
In good weather, you can enjoy a view of the highest peak of the Southern Urals – Bolshoy Yaman-Tau.
Lunch.
Accommodation at the campsite.
Acquaintance with the history of the area and inspection of the architectural monument – St. Nicholas Church.
Excursion "The history of the village of Kaga and the Ural ironworks".
Visit to the museum "House of a factory peasant of the 19th century": immersion in the life of mining peasants, memorable photos in folk costumes.
Possible replacement: a master class "modeling dumplings", a visit to a private open-air museum of minerals.
Supper.
Car travel per day is 250 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions – in the village of Kaga, museum.

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Day 4 - Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve
Breakfast.
Transfer to the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve (100 km).
Visit to the museum and demonstration complex of the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve.
The basis for the creation of the reserve was the habitation in this region of the core of the purebred aboriginal population of the honey bee – the Burzyansk honey bee ("burzyanki") in the conditions of bee–keeping - Bashkir folk craft.
This reserve turned out to be the world's first zone protecting native wild bees.
Tourists will have the opportunity to taste on-board honey (for an additional fee in season).
Acquaintance with the object of natural and cultural heritage included in the UNESCO World Heritage tentative list: a unique monument of the Paleolithic era – the cave "Shulgan-Tash" (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.
Acquaintance with Bashkir customs.
A master class on playing the kurai.
Return to the campsite (100 km).
Supper.
Car travel per day is 200 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursions – in the Shulgan-Tash nature reserve, a master class on playing the kurai.
For an additional fee: tasting of onboard honey.

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Day 5 - Bashkir State Reserve, transfer to Lake Bannoye
Breakfast.
Car transfer to the Bashkir State Reserve (30 km) – the very first reserve formed in the Southern Urals.
The reserve lies in the part of the Urals where its main ranges Kraka and Ural Tau lose their meridional direction and break up into a network of very complexly constructed hills.
The acquaintance with the museum and excursion complex will begin with the history and nature features of the reserve and the Southern Urals.
You can watch them at the deer enclosure, learn interesting facts about their horns and take memorable photos.
Lunch.
Transfer to Lake Bannoye (140 km).
Check-in at the campsite.
Free time.
Supper.
Car travel per day is 200 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursion – Bash. state reserve.

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Day 6 - Tour of the Mountain gorge, ascent by cable car
Breakfast.
A tour of the Mountain gorge.
You will get acquainted with the features of the ski resort, by cable car in comfortable cabins you will climb to a height of 942 m, from where you can enjoy a wonderful view of the valley with many lakes (in good weather you can see up to 12 of them); you will see a petroglyph in the form of a Condor bird, which is about 5,000 years old.
Lunch.
Recreation at the base.
Supper.
Car travel per day – 0 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner; excursion – GLC Bannoe.

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Day 7 - Departure
Breakfast.
Rooms are available until 12:00.
Transfer to Ufa (300 km, arrival by 17:00) or Magnitogorsk (60 km, arrival by 13:30).
The price includes: meals – breakfast; transfer.

Difficulty

For any person

Accommodation

Camp Site

4 nights
Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale

The tour provides for camp sites and hotels.

Standard 2-bed rooms with amenities in the room or in the cottage (1 bathroom for 2 rooms).

The cost of the tour for 1 person is 60,400 rubles.

The surcharge for single occupancy is 17,000 rubles.

There is a discount for children under 14 years old on the tour (for extra stays place) – 7%.

A tourist complex in which buildings built at the end of the 19th century (the estate of the mining hospital) and modern domed houses harmoniously coexist. On the territory there is a detached kitchen-dining room, a camp site administrator's house, baths, guest houses, a parking place for vehicles.

Each domed house has an area of 60 m2, 3 rooms (2-3 beds) and 2 shared bathrooms. Room facilities: single/double beds with orthopedic mattresses, cabinets /shelves for storage, mirror. Heating/water supply/sewerage-centralized.

Single room accommodation is possible (subject to availability for an additional fee at the campsite).

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 20 tourists

Minimum age

8 years old

Duration

7 days 6 nights

Group meets at

Ufa

Included in price

transportation services along the route (vehicles depending on the size of the group);
hotel accommodation;
meals specified in the tour program;
the work of the maintainer (coordinator);
excursion program (according to the program: services of guides or guides, entrance tickets);
vehicle entry passes to recreational areas;
eco-catchments;
accident insurance in the amount of 50,000 rubles.;

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Ufa and back from Magnitogorsk/ Ufa;
meals not specified in the tour program;
additional services in hotels;
alcoholic beverages;
luggage tray;
additional excursions (including activities, baths);
souvenirs.

It's important to know

What to take with you: backpack/bag, sneakers (sneakers), tracksuit, sweater, jacket (raincoat), headdress (warm cap and panama hat), bathing suit (baths are different), woolen and cotton socks; for mountain walks - dirt-resistant and waterproof clothing, sports shoes for walking in the forest and on mountain trails (sneakers or closed sandals that hold well on the foot

Do not forget: Personal hygiene items (washbasin, comb, camping towel, toilet paper), personal first aid kit, flashlight, photo/video equipment (in a waterproof case), chargers for appliances.

Pay attention to the choice of shoes: warm and allowing you to move along winter forest trails (excursions to natural sites).

It is necessary to have personal documents with you, as well as a compulsory medical insurance policy.

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