Join us at any time. Active cycling tour to the Caucasus

06:50 Excursion "Upper Balkaria".

The Chegem Gorge is one of the most picturesque in the Caucasus, where the film "Sannikov Land" was shot. We will walk along the gorge along the Chegem mountain river to the Chegem Waterfalls, the largest karst waterfalls in the Caucasus.

After the walk— a late breakfast (for an additional fee) from dishes of national Balkarian cuisine: kebabs, zhalbaur (liver), trout, lagman, shurpa, khychiny, homemade wine, tea.

Transfer to the Cherek gorge ~ 2 hours.

The village of Verkhnyaya Balkaria in the Cherek Gorge is the ancestral home of the Balkarian people. An inspection of the ancient towers.

The Cherek Gorge is a stop on an observation deck near a deep cliff overlooking an ancient mountain road.

Blue Lake is the deepest karst lake in the Caucasus (it is cold).

Aushiger village — bathing in a hot spring.

Return to the hotel ~ at 19:00-19:30.

Dinner at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Additional expenses:

• entrance to the territory of the thermal spring — 500 rubles.

OPTION I

Excursion "Grozny, Shali, Argun" ~ at 06:00.

Breakfast (extra charge) ~ at 08:00 at a roadside cafe in Ossetia: Ossetian pies (with cheese, herbs, meat, fruit fillings), shurpa, tea, coffee.

Argun city — visit the "Mother's Heart" mosque, built in a modern style.

Shali City — visit the largest mosque in Europe, the Pride of Muslims, opened in 2019.

Grozny — visit the Cathedral Mosque "Heart of Chechnya", the Orthodox Church of St. Michael the Archangel, the complex of high-rise buildings Grozny City, the Park of Flowers, a walk through the city center.

Lunch (extra charge) in Grozny at local cafes or canteens.

Dinner (extra charge) at a roadside cafe in Ossetia: Ossetian pies (with cheese, herbs, meat, fruit fillings), shurpa, tea, coffee, beer.

Return to the hotel ~ at 21:00-22:00.

Additional expenses:

• services of a local guide and a high—rise - 600 rubles.

OPTION II

Excursion to Dombay ~ at 6:30.

Dombay is the most famous tourist and ski center in the Western Caucasus. A land of blue skies, intoxicating air, rushing rivers, everyone is struck by the whiteness of huge glaciers, the emerald greenery of forests and the bright diversity of alpine meadows.

Breakfast (extra charge) – Karachai khichins, tea on mountain herbs.

There is a short stop in the Teberdinsky National Park: either the Ullu-Muruju Mountain River or the Kara Kel Lake.

Dombayskaya Polyana (~ at 11:00) — stop for ~ 4 hours. All the cable cars in Dombay are laid along the slopes of Moussa Achitara Mountain.

Cable car ride from Dombayskaya Polyana (for an additional fee):

• 1st ascent by closed cable car to a height of 2270 m above sea level.
• 2nd ascent on a 6-seater chairlift to a height of 3012 m. above sea level.
• 3rd ascent on a 4-seater chairlift to a height of 3,200 m above sea level.

Free time: photos, tasting of local cuisine, markets, souvenirs.

Lunch (extra charge) at local cafes: khychiny, shurpa, lagman, kebabs, trout, manti, mulled wine.

Return to the hotel ~ at 19:30-20:00.

Dinner at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Additional expenses:

• cable cars when paying for all 3 levels at once — 2,700 rubles.;
• national park — 200 rubles.

Breakfast at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Free day.

Breakfast at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Lunch at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

13:20 Honey Waterfalls tour.

Mount Koltso is one of the Lermontov sites in Kislovodsk.

Tea house (free tasting of herbal tea and many types of jam). There is an opportunity to buy: jams, herbs, sweets.

Honey Waterfalls is a gorge of the Alikonovka River, decorated with several waterfalls. On the territory of the campsite there is the ethnographic museum "Karachayevsky courtyard", national costumes for photos.

Return to the hotel ~ at 19:00.

Additional expenses:

• The environmental fee is 200 rubles.

OPTION I

The Elbrus tour starts at 6:00.

Excursion to the foot of the highest peak of the Caucasus, Russia and Europe, Elbrus, which is the most mysterious and mystical mountain of the Caucasus.

Breakfast (extra charge) ~ at 07:00-08:00 at a roadside cafe — khichiny, coffee, herbal tea.

Stop (~ 2 hours) at Cheget glade — the foot of Cheget Mountain, from the slopes of which the best view of Elbrus opens in clear weather.

Two levels of the chairlift are raised to a height of 3,100 meters above sea level.

Stop (~ 3 hours) at Azau glade, the southern foot of Mount Elbrus. Ascent by closed cable cars (for an additional fee):

• The 1st level rises to a height of 3,000 meters above sea level — the Stary Krugozor station.
• The 2nd level rises to a height of 3,500 meters above sea level — the Mir station.
• The 3rd level rises to a height of 3,900 meters above sea level — Gara-Bashi station.

Lunch (for an additional fee) at Azau after the descent from the cable cars ~ at 14:00. National Balkarian cuisine: shurpa, lagman, kebabs, trout, manti, khichins.

Stop at Narzanov glade (~ 30 min.) on the way back from Elbrus. Narzan tasting, you can take unlimited bottles with you for free.

Return to the hotel ~ at 18:30-19:30.

Dinner at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Additional expenses:

• cable cars:
  • Elbrus — 2,700 rubles.;
  • Cheget — 1100 rubles.;
• national park — 200 rubles.

OPTION II

Excursion to Dombay ~ at 06:30.

Dombay is the most famous tourist and ski center in the Western Caucasus. A land of blue skies, intoxicating air, rushing rivers, everyone is struck by the whiteness of huge glaciers, the emerald greenery of forests and the bright diversity of alpine meadows.

Breakfast (extra charge) – Karachai khichins, tea on mountain herbs.

There is a short stop in the Teberdinsky National Park: either the Ullu-Muruju Mountain River or the Kara Kel Lake.

Dombayskaya polyana (~ at 11.00.) — stop for ~ 4 hours. All cable cars in Dombay are laid along the slopes of the Moussa Achitara Mountain.

Cable car ascent from Dombayskaya Polyana (for an additional fee) :

• 1st ascent by closed cable car to a height of 2270 m above sea level.
• 2nd ascent on a 6-seater chairlift to a height of 3012 m. above sea level.
• 3rd ascent on a 4-seater chairlift to a height of 3,200 m above sea level.

Free time: photos, tasting of local cuisine, markets, souvenirs.

Lunch (for an additional fee) at local cafes: khychiny, shurpa, lagman, kebabs, trout, manti, mulled wine, tea on mountain herbs.

Return to the hotel ~ at 19:30-20:00.

Dinner at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Additional expenses:

• cable cars when paying for all 3 levels at once — 2,700 rubles.;
• national park — 200 rubles.

Only for citizens of the Russian Federation with permanent residence (not temporary registration).

05:30 Excursion "Mountainous Ingushetia".

Ingushetia is a land of towers and legends.

Stop for breakfast (extra charge) ~ at 08:00 at a roadside cafe: Ossetian pies with cheese, meat, fruit fillings, shurpa, tea, coffee.

Egikal Tower Complex is the medieval capital of Ingushetia.

The Vnushki tower complex, one of the 8 man-made wonders of Russia.

The temple of Thaba-Yerdy is the earliest Christian temple in the Caucasus (8th century).

Assa River gorge, decorated with stone pillars.

The Tower of Concord in the city of Magas, climbing to a glass balcony at a height of about 100 meters.

Lunch is a dry meal (you need to bring extra food for lunch in the mountains).

Stop for dinner (for an additional fee) on the way back (~ at 19:00), at a roadside cafe in Ossetia: Ossetian pies (with cheese, with herbs, with meat, with fruit fillings), shurpa, tea, coffee, beer.

Return to the hotel ~ around 21:30.

Additional expenses:

• environmental fees, entrance fees — 1000 rubles.

Breakfast at the hotel (if a meal plan is selected).

Check-out from the hotel before 12:00.