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Validity: June – August
Duration: 12 days
Tours Capacity: 12-15 pax
If you are romantic, if you love horses – these amazing and gracious animals, our tour is for you!
The length of the route – 120 km. Tourists are accompanied by experienced instructors, cook and a guard.
ITINERARY
Day 1. Arrival to Abakan at 6:00 in the morning. Transfer by buss to the base camp. Accommodation in wooden houses. Sauna. Rest. Overnight in the camp.
Day 2. Theoretical studies (safety conditions and equipment). Practical recommendations, adjustment of the equipment and training rides.
Day 3. Training radial tour to the mouth of the mountain river (10 km). Coming back to the base camp. Preparation for the long ride. Overnight.
Day 4. – Day 10. You will be fascinated with the beauty of the majestic taiga, bright fields of wild flowers, crystal clear mountain air. Visiting monuments of ancient culture and archeology (fortresses, caves, gold-mining zones) makes your journey interesting. You are awaited by traditional tourist rites, songs with the guitar accompaniment by the fire, probably, meeting with shaman – throat singing, unique shaman dancing, foretelling your fortune. The route goes through the mountain-taiga. You will be riding along taiga paths & mountains, making hikes to the top of the mountains. You will be swimming in the mountain lakes, fishing, and making walking trips. You will spend nights in the tents, having meal prepared on the campfire. You will be riding without cargo, all necessary equipment for the camp will be taking by lorry. For those who would like to have more rides it will be possible. Experienced riders can take more difficult way for the day and join the rest of the group in the evening. Every evening in the camp, sitting around fire we will plan for the next day. On the 10 th. day you will arrive to the base camp. Sauna. Farewell party. Overnight.
Day 11. Departing by bus to Abakan. Accommodation in the hotel. Dinner.
Day 12. Transfers to the airport.
SPESIAL KINDS OF TOURS
Russian Winter Festival. Traditional Russian winter entertainment (father-frost and snow-maiden, fairy-tales characters, troika rides and tobogganing, Siberian dinner of pelmeni, pancakes taiga tea etc.)
Trekking along Sayany mountains (wild nature, cooking food on camp fire…)
Rafting tours down the Yenissey and Abakan rivers.
Winter and autumn hunting, fishing tours.
Archaeological tour.
Tours for nature lovers, botany excursions, ornithology tours.
Caves trips
History and so on…
Bicycle riding tour.
Religion-Tour.
Auto-Rally Europe-Siberia.
How to reach Abakan & time difference
1. From Moscow by everyday train (75 h) and plane (4 h) + 4 h.
2. From Krasnoyarsk by night train (12 h); by bus (7 h) – the same.
3. From Irkutsk by train (36 h) – 1 h.
4. From Novosibirsk by train (24 h) + 1 h.
Hotel Accommodation
PARKHOTEL ***
Located in the center of Abakan, near a picturesque park. Built in 1973. Renovated in 1995. 3 miles to the airport and one mile to the railway station. 3 floors. 7 comfortable upgraded rooms: 1 junior suite, 6 main suites. All rooms feature private bathroom, color TV, telephone (international connection available through the front desk only), refrigerator. Room service. Restaurant for 40 seats. Bar. Facsimile and photocopying facilities. Safety deposit box. Service Bureau. Souvenir kiosk. Laundry. Baggage storage. On-site parking. Security Service. English speaking staff. Travel/Service Bureau.
Climate of Khakasia
Is sharp continental, temperate drought. Average winter temperature is 15-18°C, average summer temperature: + 20-22°C.
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