Embrace the Caucasus. Guided tour

Early breakfast at 08:30.

After breakfast, you will embark on an interesting excursion program to the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

Upper Balkaria is a picturesque area with mountains, meadows and lakes, combining the true beauty of pristine nature, the grandeur of mountain peaks and the originality of ancient sights.

The Cherek Gorge is located in the Cherek-Balkarian gorge, where you can see everything: rocks and cliffs, lakes and waterfalls, necropolises and abandoned villages, as well as watchtowers shrouded in legends.

You will also admire the Blue lakes surrounded by mountains and alpine meadows in Babu Ghent village.

You will see Lake Cerik-kel, or Blue Lake, famous for the extraordinary color of the water.

Visit the Lower Blue Lake (Tserik-kel), which is a natural monument.

After taking memorable photos and admiring the scenery, we will go further to the Cherek gorge, where we can take an exciting walking tour and listen to the guide's stories about the history of this place.

Our path will follow the serpentine, up to the tunnel in the Cherek gorge.

Admire the Cherek Canyon.

Take a walking route along the dirt road (approximately 300 meters).

This is one of the most exciting stages of the tour — it's a walk along the old wheeled road, which is carved right into the sheer cliff.

After the tunnel, the road to the former fortress of Zylgi-Kala begins.

A unique fortress leaning against a sheer cliff like some kind of bird's nest.

It is from here that a huge ancient defensive system begins, which was built back in the Middle Ages, the Balkarov Tower, Amir Khan, Kurnayat.

Take a walk around the surroundings of Upper Balkaria — Kunnyum village, long abandoned and inhabited only by mountain winds, is located in the gorge of the Cherek River, Kunnyum-El, the tower of Princes Abayev, a building dating back to the late Middle Ages. (Abai-Kala).

Shkany Aul and the Amirkhanov Tower (Amirkhan-Kala), and other amazing monuments of the past.

We will plunge into the times of wars and battles, brave men and traitors, hear many stories and legends about the owners of these places.

The price of the tour includes: a tour guide, a visit to the canyon, Blue Lakes, lunch at the Upper Blue Lakes restaurant.

Estimated arrival time is 19:00.

Dinner is on your own.

08:00-08:50 Transfer to Vladikavkaz hotels and departure for the route.

13:00-14:00 Lunch at the Valley of the Sun restaurant — national cuisine.

17:00-17:30 Arrival at the hotels (time for changing clothes).

18:20-18:50 Transfer from the hotels to the Kavkaz Hall restaurant for the Alan Evening ethno-gastronomic program (alcohol is included in the price).

23:30 Transfer to Vladikavkaz hotels.

In the program:

• Kurtatinsky gorge;
• Dzivga rock fortress;
• Dzivgisky Necropolis;
• Kadargavan Canyon;
• Verkhny Fiagdon village — healing spring "Khilak";
• The village of Tsmiti is a medieval settlement;
• transfer to Gizeldon gorge via Kakadura pass;
• Kurt and Tag Tower — observation deck;
• art object Ossetian letter "A";
• mega swing;
• Dargava Basin — visit to the Dargava Necropolis Open-air Museum;
• The Balsaga Wheel art object.
• transfer to the Genaldon gorge;
• Karmadon village is an observation deck on the Northern slope of the Main Caucasian Ridge and the Kolka glacier, a memorial to the memory of the deceased film crew of Sergei Bodrov Jr.

The price of the tour includes: a tour guide, lunch at the Valley of the Sun restaurant, transfer, entrance tickets to the places of visit according to the program, a visit to the Alan Evening ethno-gastronomic program at the Kavkaz Hall restaurant.

23:30 Transfer.

Return to the hotel.

08:00-08:50 Transfer to Vladikavkaz hotels and departure for the route.

14:00-15:00 Lunch at the mountain cafe "Tsei Loam" — national cuisine.

In the program:

• Daryal Gorge;
• transfer to the Dzheyrakh gorge;
• Tower of the Tsurovs;
• S. Erzi — tower complex;
• hiking ecotrope to the Lyazhginsky waterfall (light trekking, sports shoes);
• Tsey-Loamsky Pass observation deck — view of Kazbek and the Main Caucasian Ridge;
• Egikal village — a complex of towers/fortifications of the Middle Ages;
• Assinsky gorge, Targim.

Transfer to the eco-zone to the Vnushki tower complex.

The price of the tour includes: a tour guide, lunch at the mountain cafe "Tsei Loam", transfer, entrance tickets to the places of visit according to the program.

18:00 Return to the hotel.

Dinner is on your own.

Additionally: "A quartermaster with an Ossetian accent" (every Thursday from 19:00 to 21:30).

A unique apartment complex has been prepared especially for you, which you can visit at will as part of the tourist program for an additional fee (cost – 800 rubles/person). A ticket can be purchased on the spot).

"Kvartirnik with an Ossetian Accent" is a wonderful evening in an authentic place of Vladikavkaz, where folk artists, musicians, cultural figures, historians, artists and poets will be waiting for you.

You will immerse yourself in the atmosphere of Ossetian culture to the sounds of guitar, piano and other instruments, including national ones.

In the cafe itself, for an additional fee, you can have a snack, order a cup of coffee or a glass of wine.

Venue: Vladikavkaz, Mayakovsky St., 20, "Cafe of Poets" (lower hall). The cafe is located in the city center within walking distance from almost all hotels.

08:00-08:50 Transfer to Vladikavkaz hotels and departure for the route.

14:00-15:00 Lunch at the mountain ethnodome — national cuisine.

In the program:

• Irafsky district — Digor gorge, canyon "Akhsinta" — Devil's Bridge;
• rock—cut equestrian statue, Matsuta village - tomb of Narta Soslan;
• art object "Arrows of Nart Soslan";
• transfer to the mountainous part of the gorge, the art object "Hishn Fandir";
• Abisalov Tower, a Belgian mining and processing plant;
• Fasnal village — observation deck;
• Galiat village is a high—altitude complex of combat and guard towers located at an altitude of about 2,000 m above sea level/walking tour.

The price of the tour includes: a tour guide, lunch at the mountain ethnodome, transfer, entrance tickets to the places of visit according to the program.

18:00 Return to the hotel.

Dinner is on your own.

Check-out from the hotel at 12:00.

Then you can spend time at your own discretion, stroll through the streets of the old town, buy souvenirs in the shops of the city, order Ossetian pies, etc.

Transfer to the airport or railway station is additionally charged when booking a tour and/or taxi is booked.