The Caucasus in two days for Christmas

Option I Excursion "Elbrus" 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 excursion:

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 19:30-20:00.

Attention! Additional expenses.

Option II 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 Dombai Glade, everyone climbs the slopes of Mount Mussa Achitara to an altitude of 3,200 meters above sea level to see a breathtaking panorama of the Main Caucasian Ridge with its famous peaks: Dombai 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 III 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 Pyatigorsk at 19:00-19:30.

Attention! Additional expenses.

Check-out before the tour.

Guided tour of the CMS City at 9:00.

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 Lower Resort Park: the bridge "Ladies' Caprice", the Mirror pond and the Glass jet, the monument to Alexander Pushkin, the flower bed Calendar, Lermontov playground, 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.