New Year's active tour of the Caucasus

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.

According to the program of the tour:

Meals on the route are available for an additional fee.

Stop for breakfast at 7:00-8:00 at a roadside cafe for an additional fee.

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 of closed cable cars:

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

Lunch at the Azau after descent from the cable cars for an additional fee at 14:00.

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 Pyatigorsk at 19:30.

Attention! Additional expenses.

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.

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.

Option I Tour "Mountainous Ingushetia" at 5:30.

Only for citizens of the Russian Federation, if they have a permanent residence permit (not a temporary registration).

Ingushetia is a land of towers and legends.

Meals on the route are available for an additional fee.

Stop for breakfast at 8:00 at a roadside cafe for an additional fee.

According to the program of the tour:

• Egikal Tower complex — the medieval capital of Ingushetia;
• the Vnushki tower complex, one of the 10 man-made wonders of Russia;
• Thaba-Yerdy Temple — 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 — a dry ration (take an extra lunch in the mountains!).

Stop for dinner on the way back (at 19:00), at a roadside cafe for an additional fee.

Return to the hotel at 21:30.

Attention! Additional expenses.

Option II Excursion "Grozny, Shali, Argun" at 6:00.

Breakfast at 8:00 at a roadside cafe (extra charge).

According to the program of the tour:

In addition to Grozny, visit the city of Shali and the city of Argun:

• Argun city — visit to the "Mother's Heart" mosque, built in a modern style;
• Shali City — visit to Europe's largest mosque, The Pride of Muslims, opened in 2019;
• the city of Grozny — a visit to the Cathedral Mosque "Heart of Chechnya", the complex of high-rise buildings "Grozny City", the Orthodox Church of St. Michael the Archangel, a walk through the city center, the Flower Park.

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

Dinner at a roadside cafe for an additional fee.

Meals on the route are available for an additional fee.

Return to the hotel around 21:00-22:00.

Attention! Additional expenses.

Check-out from the hotel before 12:00.

Departure home.