To the center of Asia. Tuva tour for 3 days

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You will have an exciting journey to the center of Asia, to Tyva, where you can enjoy the beauty of nature, immerse yourself in the culture and history of this amazing region.

You will visit the National Museum "Scythian Gold", a sightseeing tour of Kyzyl, the Yenisei embankment, the Khoomey Music Center, Durgen Canyon, the Tubten Shedrub Ling monastery and much more.

Location

Russia, Republic of Khakassia, Abakan

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Tour highlights

Throat singing – "hoomey"

Let's get acquainted with the tradition of this unique performance

Dinner in Tuvan traditions

National dishes are waiting for us: mutton, stewed vegetables, Tuvan beef or lamb buuzes, young cheese, boorzaki cookies with Tuvan tea

Sacred lands

We will visit the Footprint of the Buddha, where the Duchen Lhabab suburgan is installed – a cult place of pilgrimage for followers of Lamaism

Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival. Immersion in nomadic culture
Group meeting.
Departure for 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 performers of traditional Tuvan throat singing – "khoomey".
Sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to such facilities as the Center of Asia Square on the beautiful Yenisei embankment. The embankment is decorated in the national style with compositions created by the famous sculptor Dashi Namdakov. Arata Square, where the symbol of the city, the Buddhist Prayer Drum, is located, today this prayer drum is the largest in Russia.
Check-in at the hotel.
Supper.
The duration is 11 hours.
The road is about 400 km in one direction, a comfortable road, part of the shopping "Usinsky tract".

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Day 2 - A sacred place for monks and Mongol khans
Breakfast at the hotel.
Departure for an active program.
The sacred place of Burgan-Isi (Buddha's Footprint). At that place on the mountain there is a suburgan "Duchen Lhabab", which means "Descent from heaven of Buddha Shakyamuni".
It is a place of worship for followers of one of the main branches of Buddhism, Lamaism. It is believed that there are three footprints in the world today, and one of them is located in Tuva.
A Buddha's footprint is an imprint of one or both feet of the first Buddhist to achieve nirvana.
Durgen canyon with waterfall and panoramic platform.
Massive cliffs surrounded by virgin forests and a rushing mountain river flowing through the canyon.
Lunch of grilled local fish, tea and flatbreads.
Visit to the nomad yurt – Shepherd's camp.
Acquaintance with the native speakers of the Tuvan culture, the elders of the clan. Photographing, you can rent a national costume and arrange a photo session.
Dinner in the Tuvan traditions, national dishes (lamb cooked according to traditional recipes, local stewed vegetables, Tuvan beef or lamb buuzes, young cheese, borzaki biscuits with Tuvan tea with milk and salt).
Later return to the hotel.
The duration is 11 hours.
The road is about 210 km in one direction, partly asphalt, partly field road.

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Day 3 - Ethnic Tuva in Scythian gold. Completion of the program
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 an asset of the Republic, with a huge gilded dome and a collection of gold reserves from an ancient burial mound. More than a thousand unique gold ornaments are in the museum's collection.
Visit to the largest Buddhist monastery in Russia, Thubten Shedrub Ling.
Lunch at a cafe. Departure to Abakan.
Late return to Abakan after 18:00, so we recommend that tourists take an extrathe night before and after the tour.
The duration is 12 hours.
The road is about 400 km in one direction, the road is comfortable-asphalt, partly mountain serpentine.
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.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Upscale
Premium

Accommodation in the tour: hotel "Kyzyl Grand and SPA" 5*, hotel "Buyan Badyrgy" 3*, hotel "Odugen" 3*.

The cost for 1 person in rubles:

Single room at the Kyzyl Grand and SPA Hotel 5* - 117 000 rubles per person.
Double room at the Kyzyl Grand and SPA Hotel 5* - 105 000 rubles per person.
Single room at the Buyan Badyrgy Hotel 3* - 63 000 rubles per person.
Double room at the Buyan Badyrgy Hotel 3* - 55 000 rubles per person.
Single room at the Odugen Hotel 3* - 55 000 rubles per person.
Double room at the Odugen Hotel 3* - 48 000 rubles per person.

All rooms at the Grand Hotel Kyzyl & SPA have double beds. Children under the age of 18 are not allowed in the SPA area.