Option I Excursion to Dombay at 06:00.
Dombayskaya Polyana is the heart of the mountains of the northwest Caucasus, a famous tourist and ski center.
Meals on the route are available for an additional fee.
According to the program of the tour:
- stop for breakfast for an additional fee;
- There is a short stop in the Teberdinsky National Park: the Ullu-Muruju mountain river or Kara Kel Lake.;
- Dombayskaya polyana at 11:00 — stop for 4 hours.
Arriving at Dombayskaya Polyana, everyone climbs the slopes of Mussa Achitara Mountain to an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level to see a breathtaking panorama of the Main Caucasian Ridge with its famous peaks: Dombay-Ulgen, Sulakhat, Sufruja, Belalakaya, Ine Peak, etc.
From there you can enjoy a view of the gorges of the Gonachkhir, Alibek, Teberda rivers and numerous glaciers, as well as Dombayskaya glade surrounded by huge mountains.
Cable car ascent from Dombayskaya Polyana for an additional fee.
Free time.
Lunch at local cafes (extra charge)
Return to Pyatigorsk at 19:30-20:00.
Attention! Additional expenses.
Option II Tour "Upper Balkaria" at 6:50.
Meals on the route are available for an additional fee.
According to the program of the tour:
- The Chegem gorge, where the film "Sannikov Land" was shot, a walk along the gorge along the Chegem mountain river to the Chegem waterfalls— the largest karst waterfalls in the Caucasus;
- late breakfast with dishes of national Balkarian cuisine for an additional fee;
- The village of Verkhnyaya Balkaria in the Cherek Gorge is the ancestral home of the Balkarian people. Ancient towers tour;
- Cherek Gorge — stop at the 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.
To take with you: bathing accessories and a towel. You can't take a towel out of the hotel!
Attention! Additional expenses.
Option III 9:00 a.m. Guided tour of the "Cities of the CMS".
According to the program of the tour:
In Pyatigorsk, a visit to Lake Failure, the place of the duel of M.Y. Lermontov.
In Zheleznovodsk, a walk through the resort park: the former summer residence of the Emir of Bukhara (sanatorium named after Telman), Pushkin Gallery, monument to Alexander Pushkin, Slavyanovsky spring, Smirnovsky spring, Cascade staircase.
In Kislovodsk, a walk through the Nizhny Kurortny Park: the bridge "Damsky Kapriz", the Mirror pond and the Glass Jet, the monument to Alexander Pushkin, the flower bed Calendar, the Lermontov playground, the bust of Mikhail Lermontov, the Main Narzan Gallery, the Colonnade.
Lunch on the route for an additional fee.
In Yessentuki, there is a stop at the Theater Square, pump rooms of the sources of Yessentuki No. 4 and Yessentuki No. 17, a mud clinic named after Semashko.
Return to Pyatigorsk at 18:00.