On the way to Arkaim. Sightseeing tour to the South Urals

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Like any mountains, the Urals itself is a place of power. Therefore, the tour includes a visit to the main natural and cultural treasures of the Southern Urals.

Arkaim is one of the sacred places of Russia, which has a special power. The road to Arkaim will tell us about the mysterious and dramatic story of the discovery of Arkaim, about the strength of the spirit and the peculiarities of the peoples living here, about the secrets hidden in the depths of caves and dense forests.

Location

Ufa

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Tour highlights

Shulgan-Tash Cave

We will visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Legends of the Old Believers

Let's get acquainted with the history of the ancient Russian village of Kaga

The Mysterious Arkaim

We will see the place of power, located at the site of a tectonic fracture of the earth's crust, in the mouth of a long-extinct volcano.

Itinerary

Day 1 - Excursion "The history of the village of Kaga and the Ural ironworks", museum "House of a factory peasant of the 19th century"
10:00 Group meeting in Ufa at the central entrance of the Ufa Department Store (31 Oktyabrya Avenue).
Bus trip from the lowland part of Bashkiria through the highlands to the mountainous and forested areas 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 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 an inspection of the architectural monument – St. Nicholas Church.
The tour "The history of the village of Kaga and the Ural ironworks".
"Making dumplings": The evening will be held in a friendly family atmosphere with leisurely conversations and making dumplings from high-quality village products.
At the discretion of the tour operator, it is possible to substitute a visit to a private open-air Museum of minerals or a Museum of a factory peasant.
Supper.
Car travel per day is 300 km.
The price includes: meals – lunch, dinner; excursions – in the village of Kaga.

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Day 2 - Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, a master class on playing the kurai
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.
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, master class.
For an additional fee: tasting of onboard honey.

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Day 3 - Bashkir State Nature Reserve, Lake Bannoye
Breakfast.
Car transfer to the Bashkir State Nature Reserve (30 km), the very first nature reserve established 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 of the reserve will begin with the history and nature features of the reserve and the Southern Urals, and will end with a walk along the ecotrope to the observation tower.
You will be able to watch them at the maral enclosure, learn interesting facts about them and take memorable photos.
Lunch.
Transfer to Lake Bannoe (140 km), a sanatorium and ski resort in Russia.
Check-in at the campsite.
Walking tour to the Bannoe shopping center.
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).
Supper.
Car travel per day is 200 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch, dinner. For an additional fee – entrance to the lake beach. A bathhouse.

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Day 4 - Bashkir Trans-Urals. Sibai City
Breakfast.
Bus transfer to Bashkir Trans-Urals (190 km).
On the way:
stop at the jasper exits – you can find and take away a souvenir – natural jasper from the depths of the Ural Mountains.;
lunch;
acquaintance with the first capital of Bashkiria (Bashkir ASSSR) – the village of Temyasovo, a visit to the Historical and Cultural Center "Temyasovo", where the ethnographic collection characterizing the ethnoculture of the Bashkir people is presented. Noteworthy are the numismatic collection, weapons from the Civil War, and objects from archaeological excavations.;
Lake Talkas. The water in the lake is sodium-magnesium-calcium. The southern and southeastern shores of the lake are flat, rocky with a sandy bottom. They are comfortable and comfortable for swimming. The wooded western slope of the Irendyk Range descends from the east to the lake.
Accommodation in a hotel in Sibai.
Independent dinner in Sibai city.
Car travel per day is 190 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch; excursions – in the historical and cultural center "Temyasovo".
For an additional fee: dinner, entrance to the lake beach. The bathhouse.
Day 5 - Arkaim Nature Reserve
Breakfast.
Transfer to the Arkaim State Historical and Cultural Reserve (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 own request for an additional fee.
For some, Arkaim is a fortified settlement of the Middle Bronze Age at the turn of the III-II millennium BC, belonging to the "Land of Cities".
Scientists believe that this is an ancient city, estimated to be about four thousand years old, 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 fracture of the earth's crust, in the mouth of an extinct volcano millions of years ago.
Independent lunch on the territory of the Arkaim Nature 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 Sibai city.
Car travel per day is 180 km.
The price includes: meals – breakfast.
For an additional fee: lunch, dinner, excursions in Arkaim (at everyone's choice).

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Day 6 - Sibai Museum of Local History and stone-cutting workshop. Departure
Acquaintance with the copper capital of Bashkiria: a visit to the Sibai Museum of Local Lore.
Visit to a stone-cutting workshop: acquaintance with the works of stone-cutting masters, inspection of products made of jasper, granite, lapis lazuli and other ornamental stones.
Lunch.
Group transfer to Sibai railway station.
13:00-14:00 Approximate end of the program.
Transfer options for an additional fee:
Group transfer to Ufa (420 km, about 6.5 hours on the way). Place of arrival: Ufa Department Store (31 Oktyabrya Avenue). The surcharge is 2500 rubles/person. We will be in Ufa in advance at 19:00-20:00.
Group transfer to Magnitogorsk (81 km, 1.5 hours on the way). Place of arrival: railway station. The surcharge is 1,000 rubles/person.
The price includes: meals – breakfast, lunch; guided tours – Museum (Sibai), stone-cutting workshop.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Camp Site

2 nights
Hotel

3 nights

Comfort

Basic+

The tour includes accommodation in hotels and camp sites.

Standard 2-bed accommodation in a room, amenities in a room or in a cottage (one bathroom for 2 rooms).

It is possible to stay in single rooms (for an additional fee).

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the date of arrival, RUB.:

Price validity period	Cost
From 01.07 to 17.08	74 500
From 01.05 to 30.06, from 19.08 to 21.09	68 900

Below are the possible accommodation facilities, which can be replaced with similar ones by the decision of the tour operator.

Tengri camp site: 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. The complex is located at an altitude of 800 m above sea level, offering a panorama of rocks and mountain ranges, pine forests, and two mountain rivers merging into a single stream.

On the territory there is a detached kitchen–dining building, a camp site administrator's house, baths, guest houses for guests, a parking place for vehicles.

The main direction of the Tengri tourist base is active recreation: in summer – horseback riding, rafting, hiking in the picturesque surroundings, in winter – snowmobiling, skiing, sledding, tubing.

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. There is Wi-Fi.

Tour conditions

Group

From 3 to 20 tourists

Minimum age

8 years old

Duration

6 days 5 nights

Group meets at

Ufa

Included in price

transportation services along the route (vehicles depending on the size of the group);
accommodation in hotels;
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);
access passes for vehicles to recreational areas;
eco-catchments;
accident insurance in the amount of 50,000 rubles.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Ufa, and from Ufa, Magnitorsk or Sibay;
meals not included in the tour program;
Sibai – Ufa group transfer – 2500 rub.;
Sibai – Magnitogorsk group transfer – 1,000 rub.;
additional services in hotels;
alcoholic beverages;
luggage tray;
additional excursions (including activities, baths);
vehicle entrance to the campsite;
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).

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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