Siberian holidays

Breakfast at the hotel. 

Room release. 

Departure for the excursion program:

Excursion to the site of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP – the largest power plant in Russia;

Without visiting the crest of the dam.

A walk along the Yenisei River.

Lunch.

Gastronomy of Siberian cuisine in dishes made from products of the region. 

Check-in at the Gladenkaya Hotel. 

Free time. 

Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Duration of the route: about 7-8 hours, including the road.

Recommendations for guests: comfortable shoes, sun hat, raincoat, insect repellent (mite, mosquito), bathing accessories.

Breakfast. Room release. 

Excursion to Shushenskoye, an ancient Siberian village, an open–air museum of wooden architecture of Russia. 

Lunch in the spirit of Russian rustic cuisine. 

You will taste real salted mushrooms and lightly salted village cucumbers, homemade roast with sour cream and the famous Shusha pies and pancakes.

Departure from the village of Shushenskoye to the Ergaki mountains.

Transit stop at the famous taiga market of Tansybey. 

You can buy taiga medicinal herbs, herbs, souvenirs.

Check-in at the Ergaki 3* recreation center.

Dinner at the cafe. 

Gastronomy of taiga cuisine: dishes from game, river fish, pastries with taiga berries.

On request, guests can use the SPA services* (sauna, sauna, swimming pool) for an additional fee.

Duration of the route: about 7-8 hours, including the road.

Recommendations for guests: comfortable clothes for long trips, warm clothes in the mountains: windbreakers, shoes, swimsuits for visiting the spa area on request.

Breakfast. 

Access to an active program in the Ergaki mountains: "The Hanging Stone." 

He is the most famous hanging stone in Russia, a stone block weighing almost 600 tons, 17 meters long, which froze over a precipice in the Ergaki Nature Park. 

The Hanging Stone is considered a miracle of nature. 

Trekking to the Hanging Stone is 14 km (there and fraternally). 

The trail is partially equipped with a railing.

Lunch in nature (lunch boxes).

Return to the Ergaki base. 

Dinner at the cafe.

On request, you can use the SPA services: sauna, sauna, swimming pool (for an additional fee).

Duration of the route: about 8 hours, including the road.

Important:

When booking a tour for the dates 14.05, 21.05, 28.05, 04.06, the excursion to the "Hanging Stone" may be canceled due to the poor condition of the trail. 

The route is difficult for people with musculoskeletal disorders, older people and with poor physical fitness. The trail goes up a partially equipped trail, partly through a mountainous kurum and a swampy area. 

Recommendation to guests: trekking shoes (replaceable shoes), comfortable sportswear, waterproof jacket or raincoat, small backpack with straps, sun hat, individual first aid kit.

Breakfast at the hotel. 

Room release.

Departure to the program in Tuva. 

The Republic of Tuva is a storehouse of true folk traditions preserved in the modern world. Not only natural and archaeological sites are concentrated here, but also many cultural sites, museums, monuments, shamanic clinics and nomadic yurts.

Upon arrival in Kyzyl, lunch at a cafe.

Excursion to the Tuvan National Music Center, acquaintance with the performers of traditional Tuvan throat singing – "khoomey".

Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit: 

• The Center of Asia Square on the beautiful Yenisei embankment;
• Arata Square, where the symbol of the city is located – a Buddhist prayer drum;
• A Buddhist temple.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Supper.

The duration of the route: 11 o'clock. The total mileage of the day is 400 km (comfortable road).

Recommendations for guests: comfortable clothes for long journeys.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Departure for an active program:

The sacred place of Burgan-Isi (Footprint of the Buddha). 

At that place on the mountain there is a suburgan "Duchen Lhabab", which means "Descent from heaven of Shakyamuni Buddha". 

A cult place of pilgrimage for followers of one of the main currents of Buddhism – Lamaism. 

It is believed that there are three tracks in the world today, and one of them is located in Tuva. The footprint of the Buddha is the imprint of one or both feet of the first Buddhist to achieve nirvana. 

Climbing the sacred stairs to the Footprint of the Buddha

Durgen Canyon with a waterfall and a panoramic platform. 

Massive cliffs buried in virgin forests, and a swift mountain river carrying its waters through the canyon. 

Lunch of grilled local fish, tea and tortillas.

A visit to the nomads' yurt – Shepherd's camp. 

Acquaintance with the bearers of Tuvan culture, the elders of the clan. 

Dinner in Tuvan traditions.

National dishes: lamb cooked according to traditional recipes, local stewed vegetables, Tuvan beef or lamb buuzes, young cheese, boorzaki biscuits with Tuvan tea with milk and salt.

Return to the hotel.

Duration of the route: 11 hours. The total mileage of the day is 280 km (partly asphalt, partly field road).

Recommendations for guests: headgear, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, repellents (mite), raincoat, urban backpack for personal belongings.

Breakfast at the hotel. 

Room release.

Departure for the excursion program.

Visit to the National Museum of Tuva, the exhibition "Scythian gold". 

The National Museum of Tuva is the heritage of the Republic, with a huge gilded dome and a collection of gold reserves of an ancient burial mound. More than a thousand unique gold jewelry are in the museum's collection. 

Visit to the largest Buddhist monastery in Russia "Tubten Shedrub Ling".

Lunch at the cafe. 

Departure to Abakan. 

Arrival in Abakan. 

Accommodation at the hotel.

Gastronomic dinner.

Duration of the route: 10 hours. The total mileage of the day is 400 km (comfortable road).

Recommendations for guests: comfortable clothes for long journeys.

Breakfast at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport.

It is possible to change the order of excursions, as well as replace them with equivalent ones in case of bad weather conditions or other force majeure circumstances.