Alone with taiga. A 6-day summer tour to Siberia

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A tour for lovers of protected travel. The taiga magic of the mysterious inaccessible Mountain Shoria: there are more rivers than roads, and the wild mysterious taiga is at arm's length. We observe and photograph relict plants, animals and birds.

Ethnics and places of power, on catamarans to the sounds of nature along the ancient trade route in the steppes of Altai and the foothills of the Sayan Mountains. Two magical nights alone with taiga and millions of stars. Remote Shor ulus, which can only be reached by traveling along the main water of Shoria, whose name is Mras-Su…

We start and finish our trip in Sheregesh, the main mountain resort in Siberia.

Location

Kemerovo region, Novokuznetsk

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Tour highlights

Museum of Ethnography and Nature of Gornaya Shoria

We will get acquainted with artifacts, spiritual culture, the history of the development of the region, learn to speak Shorsky, read the notes of the hermit Agafya Lykova

Golden Shoria

We will stop at the bronze sculpture, which symbolizes the beauty and grandeur of the mountainous country.

Fascinating views

Let's admire the landscapes of the real taiga

With a breeze on the water surface

Let's take a catamaran ride along the waterway along the beautiful Mras-Su

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival. Departure to Sheregesh
Novokuznetsk (Boris Volynov Spichenkovo Airport) –Tashtagol, 180 km, 3 hours, asphalt surface, minibus 12/19 seats.
We recommend morning flights, we meet you from 7:00 to 9:00.
Meeting at Spichenkovo airport.
Breakfast is not provided.
The first meal service is lunch.
You can have a coffee or a snack at a cafe on the way during a bus stop.
Already on the way, we begin to learn Shorsky words and get acquainted with the culture of the Taiga people and the history of the Russian spiritual mission of the 19th century. We gain altitude and admire the views of the huge waves of the black taiga.
We arrive in the capital of Mountain Shoria, Tashtagol, and stay at the Edelweiss Castle Hotel on a mountainside overlooking the Kondoma River.
Rest.
On the road, taking into account the stop for about 3-3.5 hours, there is one sanitary stop approximately in the middle of the way (paid toilet, cafe).
Lunch at the hotel.
We are going to the city in the palm of the taiga – Tashtagol, the capital of the Mountain Shoria.
We get acquainted with artifacts, spiritual culture, and the history of the region's development, learn to speak Shorsky, and read the notes of hermit Agafya Lykova at the Museum of Ethnography and Nature in Gornaya Shoriya.
We are getting acquainted with one of the seven wonders of Kuzbass, the Golden Shoria monument, a girl with a bowl in her hands riding a mythical moose, which has been worshipped by the inhabitants of the taiga for many centuries. Author Dashi Namdakov is a world-renowned artist, whose monumental works have been installed in Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Yekaterinburg, and London.
We return to the hotel.
Free time.
Dinner for an additional fee.

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Day 2 - Tashtagol. Ust-Kabyrza. The Copper Rock
Tashtagol – Ust-Kabyrza – Mednaya Rock, 55 km, 2 hours, gravel surface, minibus 12/19 seats; catamarans, 2 hours.
After breakfast, we vacate our rooms and set off along the taiga road with rare Shorsky villages to discover the protected taiga world.
We try the spring water at the Tengrian temple in the Kichi tract, we pass the homeland of the 10-time world boxing champion, the main character of Shoria, Yuri Arbachakov. The inextricable connection with nature and the faith of our ancestors provide amazing opportunities for Shorsk athletes, we are going for the power of the taiga.
At the Trehrechye Museum complex in Ust-Kabyrza village, we get acquainted with the ancient trade routes of Gornaya Shoria through the steppes of Khakassia and the Altai Mountains to India and China. We learn about the gold rush and the tragic pages of the history of Shorelag, which overturned the traditional way of Mountain Shoria, we pass through the places of the gang of the Shorsky merchant Gordey.
A rustic lunch.
We change vehicles, get equipment, transfer to catamarans and start the waterway along the beautiful Mras-Su. The first stop is in a couple of hours.
Dinner over a campfire and overnight in comfortable tents at the Mednaya Rock cordon.
We listen to taiga falling asleep.

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Day 3 - On catamarans along the ancient trade route
Breakfast.
We take off the camp and move on to the Saga waterfall, located in the real taiga jungle of a narrow river canyon.
We are filled with the harsh beauty of the taiga, delicious taiga air, and swim in the crystal clear waters of a 17-meter waterfall. If desired, we climb to the observation deck to discover the mountain panorama of the taiga for tens of kilometers.
Dinner at the campfire.
We continue moving on catamarans along the ancient trade route with rare Shorsk settlements – a life without electricity and gadgets.
Medicinal herbs of short trees, wild plants, fir trees and mighty cedars are all around. It was Gornaya Shoriya that became the ancient cradle of the Siberian cedar, hence its "settlement" after the Ice Age.
To this day, cedar is a sacred tree for Shorz, a breadwinner and a guardian.
Dinner and another unforgettable night on the banks of the Taiga river.
Overnight in tents.

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Day 4 - Ust-Anzas. Tazgol Museum
Breakfast.
The last day of the water trip.
We arrive in Ust-Anzas – Shorsky ulus with a 300-year-old history at the intersection of ancient trade routes. The traditional way of life of a taiga village and solar panels.
Here we will learn what it means to be a Shorz.
We will determine the weather on the sacred mountain Aigan, walk through the taiga airport.
We will extract nuts from cedar cones in the traditional way and learn about the life of the ancient taiga inhabitants and the baptism of Shoria in the Tazgol ecomuseum.
Field lunch.
We thank the spirits of the mountains and taiga and set off along the mountain serpentine to Sheregesh– the winter capital of Siberia.
Off-road vehicle.
Accommodation in a 3* hotel (Sheregesh Group), free time.
Dinner (extra charge).
Sauna, Russian bath, hammam in resort hotels for an additional fee.
Day 5 - Excursion "To the top of the Mountain Shoria"
Breakfast at the hotel.
Guided tour "To the top of the Mountain Shoria", with lunch.
Easy trekking along a forest trail with fragments of a riding swamp through four high-altitude belts to a panorama of the foothills of Altai.
The Mustag massif is a place of worship for the indigenous people of Gornaya Shoria. An ice mountain from the tales and legends of the Shor people.
We climb directly from the hotel town on a chairlift. The famous remains of Camels are granite bastions of incredible shape, whose height reaches 20 meters and age exceeds 350 million years, from a distance they really resemble a caravan of "desert ships" resting.
Worship cross, 16 meters high, erected in honor of the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ on Kurgan Mountain (1560m).and snowfields in the midst of greenery and stone rivers.
Blueberries, flask or pine nuts are waiting for us on the trail, depending on the season of our trip.
Light field lunch with taiga tea.
Descent by chairlift to the hotel town.
Dinner and SPA for an additional fee. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6 - Completion of the program
Early transfer at 02:00 to Spichenkovo airport, Novokuznetsk.
Breakfast is a lunch box.

Difficulty

Involves moderate physical activity

Accommodation

Hotel

3 nights
Tent

2 nights

Comfort

Basic
Midscale
Upscale

The tour includes hotel accommodation.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the category of accommodation, RUB.:

Basic accommodation, standard room	½ DBL	SNGL*	EXBADL	EXBCHD 10-16 years old
15-20.06.2025, 29.06-04.07.2025, 13-18.07.2025, 10-15.08.2025	55800	61500	53000	51000

*available for the duration of hotel stays, single occupancy in a tent is not guaranteed.

The hotels are indicated approximately, it is possible to replace them with similar ones.

Aquilon Hotel is located in Sheregesh. At the guests' disposal: parking for cars, Internet access, swimming pool, sauna, taxi call, laundry, shuttle service for an additional fee and much more.

There are 29 rooms of various categories for accommodation at the Aquilon Hotel. Each of them has the necessary furniture and modern appliances.

The restaurant serves delicious and hearty meals. A buffet breakfast is served in the morning.

There is a ski resort nearby — 0.31 km. The distance to the railway station is 153 km, and Novokuznetsk Airport is 171 km away.