Option I Excursion "Elbrus" at 5:30.
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:
Stop for breakfast at 8:00 at a roadside cafe for an additional fee.
Stop (2 hours) at the Cheget meadow — the foot of the 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 the Azau meadow — the southern foot of the Elbrus.
Climbing on closed cable cars:
- The 1st level rises to a height of 3000 meters above sea level — the station "Old Horizon";
- The 2nd level rises to a height of 3,500 meters above sea level — Mir station;
- The 3rd level rises to a height of 3900 meters above sea level — the Gara-Bashi station.
Lunch at Azau after the 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 II Excursion to Dombai at 05:30.
Dombayskaya Polyana is the heart of the mountains of the northwestern Caucasus, a famous tourist and ski center.
According to the program of the tour:
- stop for breakfast at 8:45 for an additional fee;
- The Ullu Muruju mountain river is one of the cleanest rivers on the planet from which you can drink! Stop, photo, set of bottled water;
- Dombayskaya polyana — stop for 4 hours.
Arriving at Dombayskaya Polyana, everyone climbs the slopes of Moussa 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, Sufruju, Belalakaya, Ine Peak, etc.
From there you can see 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.
Return to Pyatigorsk at 19:30.
Attention! Additional expenses.
Option III Excursion "Upper Balkaria" at 6:20.
According to the program of the tour:
- the picturesque Chegem Gorge, where the film "Sannikov Land" was filmed, a walk along the gorge along the Chegem mountain river to the Chegem waterfalls — the largest karst waterfalls of the Caucasus;
- lunch from the dishes of the national Balkarian cuisine for an additional fee;
- The village of Upper Balkaria in the Cherek Gorge is the ancestral home of the Balkarian people. Inspection of ancient towers;
- Cherekskaya Gorge — stop at the observation deck near a deep cliff overlooking the ancient mountain road;
- Blue Lake is the deepest karst lake in the Caucasus (it is cold);
- bathing in a hot spring near the village of Aushiger.
Return to the hotel at 19:00.
Free time.
Attention! Additional expenses.
Option IV Excursion "Cities of the CMS" at 9:00.
According to the program of the tour:
In Pyatigorsk, a visit to Lake Proval, 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 A.S. Pushkin, Slavyanovsky spring, Smirnovsky spring, Cascade staircase.
In Kislovodsk, a walk through the Lower Resort Park: the bridge "Ladies' Caprice", a Mirror pond and a Glass jet, a monument to A.S. Pushkin, a flower bed Calendar, Lermontov playground, a bust of M.Y. Lermontov, the Main Narzan Gallery, a Colonnade.
In Yessentuki, a walk through the resort park, a mud clinic, pump rooms of the springs of Yessentuki No. 4 and Yessentuki No. 17.
Lunch on the route for an additional fee.
Return to Pyatigorsk at 18:00.