A 4-day train cruise. Novosibirsk – Altai – Gornaya Shoriya – Novosibirsk

Our first stop is the city of Biysk, one of the oldest cities in Siberia.

After breakfast in a cafe in the city, we will take buses on a trip around Altai in accordance with the program you have chosen.

Program 1.

Getting to know the Belokurikha resort.

Let's plunge into the atmosphere of real relaxation and health in the oldest resort town in Siberia.

We move to Belokurikha, climb by cable car to the top of the mountain with incredible panoramic views of the Belokurikha valley, learn the secrets and legends of the resort.

We get acquainted with the historical part of the resort, famous for its therapeutic thermal springs, and go to the modern Belokurikha Mountain.

We have lunch at the Olympus restaurant, with a magnificent view of the mountains, and go to the Andreevskaya Sloboda Museum to touch the life and everyday life of the peasants who lived here in the 19th century.

We begin the descent with stops at the viewing platforms of the serpentine to see how the West Siberian plain meets the Altai foothills.

In Biysk, we immerse ourselves in the atmosphere and architecture of the ancient Siberian merchant city, which has transformed from a fortress into an important transport hub on the way to Mongolia and China.

Dinner, transfer to the railway station to continue our amazing cruise through Southern Siberia.

A Mountain Shoria awaits us in the morning!

Program 2.

Sightseeing tour of the Altai Mountains.

After breakfast, we will drive from Biysk through the Altai Territory, stopping at the birthplace of the great Russian writer V.M. Shukshin.

After crossing the border of Gorny Altai, we find ourselves in a completely different world. On the famous Manzherok, we will climb the longest cable car in Siberia to Sinyukha to see the incredible surroundings of the mountain valley.

We have lunch and go on to the beginning of the boat trip.

In the village of Barangol at the river station, we transfer to motorboats, Katun awaits us ahead.

Supper.

We are moving to our train to continue our cruise in Southern Siberia.

A Mountain Shoria awaits us in the morning!

Welcome to Gornaya Shoria, a protected country at the junction of Altai and Sayan.

In the homeland of the amazing small-numbered taiga people - the Shors and in the most popular mountain resort of Siberia - in Sheregesh!

Meeting with the guide at the Chugunash bus stop, we board buses in accordance with the program of your trip and go to the city of Tashtagol for breakfast.

Program 1.

Golden Shoria. Sheregesh.

After breakfast, we begin a short trip to the city in the palm of the taiga – Tashtagol, the administrative capital of Gornaya Shoria and the youngest city in Kuzbass.

At the Museum of Ethnography and Nature of Gornaya Shoria, we get acquainted with the culture, way of life and beliefs of the Shorians: Tengrianism, shamanism and traditional Shorian costumes.

The history and collection of the Lykov Old Believers. The gifts of Agafia Lykova, the last living hermit of the Lykov family, who lives on the border of Gornaya Shoria and Khakassia.

A walk to one of the wonders of Kuzbass, the Golden Shoria monument by world-renowned sculptor Dasha Namdakov. The mighty moose is the mythical ancestor of the inhabitants of the deep taiga - the Shors. There are magical signs of ancient cultures on the spreading horns.

Transfer to Sheregesh resort, lunch.

Sightseeing tour with ascent to the top of Mount Zelenaya by cable car, altitude 1270m.

We will learn the story of the Sheregeshev brothers, who showed Russian geologists the iron stones of Shoria at the beginning of the 20th century, and gave the name to the main mountain resort of Siberia.

From afar, among the taiga thicket, we will see the famous Camels - granite bastions of incredible shape, whose age exceeds 350 million years. We go down to Sector E to visit the Siberian huskies in the Siberian Trail kennel.

In your free time, for an additional fee, you can relax in the Japanese furako sauna on the shore of a mountain lake, get mirror trout, which you will bake right here, climb in a hot air balloon to see the taiga sea from a bird's-eye view, learn how to drive an ATV or race along the downhill mountain bike track, try yourself in a rope park.

Supper.

Return to the train.

Program 2.

Shorsky National Park.

For lovers of nature reserve trips.

After breakfast, we will go to the Shorsky National Park in the southernmost part of Gornaya Shoria, into the real age-old taiga. Stop at the Tengrian Temple.

The taiga magic of the mysterious Mountain Shoria: there are more rivers than roads, and the wild mysterious taiga is at arm's length, without fuss and mobile communication, we travel along the Shoria waterways on catamarans or motorboats.

Catamaran trip along the Pyzas River.

Briefing and receiving equipment.

Pyzas is called Mras-Su in miniature: rocks and scree, mysterious caves, majestic cedars and thickets of medicinal badan.

In good weather, the water warms up to a comfortable temperature for bathing.

Lunch - taiga lagman on fire.

The boat trip ends in the village of Ust-Kabyrza. Karchit castle.

At the Trekhrechye Museum, we will learn about ancient trade routes in the steppes of Khakassia and the Altai Mountains, touch upon the tragic story of ShoRlag lost in the taiga and set off up the MrasSa River by motorboat.

We try to climb poles against the current - this is how overseas merchants and shore hunters once "walked" along the ancient trade route.

We will see the cardoons of the Shorsky National Park, observe and photograph rare birds and animals – most often wild ducks and kites, if we are lucky, we will see a heron, the symbol of the Shorsky National Park is a black stork, and maybe we will meet cormorants, mink or roe deer.

And all around is the mesmerizing pristine beauty of the reserved Shoria.

The water tour ends in the village of Ust-Kabyrza And we all return to civilization together.

Dinner at a cafe in Tashtagola.

Transfer to the train.

The last night before returning to the beginning.

Our little cruise is coming to an end.

Arrival in Novosibirsk at 8:00.

The time is indicated in the program approximately, the train schedule is being clarified.

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