Siberian holidays. Comfort tour for 8 days

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 with a visit to the Sayan reservoir. The reverse side of the dam.

A tour of the reservoir to the waterfall.

Outdoor recreation. 

Lunch in nature.

On the way back, check in at the marble mountain site. 

Panoramic platform.

Check-in at the Gladenkaya Hotel.

Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Notes:

The total time on this route is about 7-8 hours, including the road.

Recommendations for guests:

• comfortable shoes;
• headdress from the sun;
• raincoat;
• insect repellents (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. Dishes of Russian cuisine.

Departure from the village of Shushenskoye to the Ergaki mountains.

Transit stop at the famous taiga market of Tansybey. Taiga healing collections, herbs, souvenirs.

Check-in at the Ergaki 3* recreation center.

Dinner at the cafe. Gastronomy of the taiga cuisine.

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 journeys;
• warm clothes for the mountains: windbreakers, shoes;
•  swimsuits for visiting the spa area are optional.

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 (round trip). The trail is partially equipped with a railing. 

Lunch.

Return to the Ergaki base. 

Dinner at the cafe.

When booking a tour for the dates 19.06. the excursion to the "Hanging Stone" may be canceled due to the poor condition of the trail.

Notes: The total time on this route is about 8 hours, including the road.

Recommendation to the guests: 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.

• trekking shoes (replacement shoes);
• comfortable sportswear;
• waterproof jacket or raincoat;
• a small backpack with straps;
• headdress from the sun;
• 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 to such places as the Center of Asia Square on the beautiful Yenisei embankment. 

The embankment is decorated in a national style with compositions created by the famous sculptor, Dashi Namdakov. Arata Square, where the symbol of the city is located – the Buddhist prayer drum, today this prayer drum is the largest in Russia.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Supper.

The duration of the route: 11 o'clock. The total mileage of the day is 200 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 Buddha Shakyamuni". 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 family.

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.

The duration of the tour is 11 hours.

The total mileage of the day is 280 km, partly asphalt, partly field road.

Recommendations for guests:

• headdress;
• sunscreen;
• comfortable shoes;
• repellents (tick);
• raincoat;
• a city 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.

The duration of the tour is 10 hours.

The total mileage of the day is 400 km, a comfortable road.

Recommendations for guests:

• comfortable clothes for long journeys.

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.

Transfer to the airport.