Golden Ring of Altai + Aktru

A magnificent circular VIP TOUR that allows you to see most of the iconic historical places of Altai and its natural diversity. See one of the most beautiful rivers in the world – Katun, visit the Aktru alpine camp, admire the wonderful views of the mountains from a height of 2800m, swim in the Blue Lake, overcome the Katuyaryk Pass, admire the Chulyshman Valley, visit the Kurkure and Uchar waterfalls, get to the Stone Mushrooms. And this is not all that we will see in one trip ! Ride in a comfortable car-TOYOTA LANDCRUISER PRADO. For comfortable travel – a group of 3 people. With a larger number of tourists-additional cars !

Breakfast and transfer along the Chui highway to the INEGEN agro-tourist complex located in the center of the Altai Republic, in the Ongudai district on the bank of the Katun River. To understand why the Chui highway is one of the ten most beautiful roads in the world, you can only take an independent trip along the legendary road. The Chuysky tract will show tourists the iconic places of Altai, but it itself, first of all, is the main attraction of the mountainous country.

Stop at the agro-tourist complex "Inegen". (Cozy comfortable houses, sauna, cafe, national Altai dwellings, gazebos on the river bank)

Chike-Taman Pass, bom Kor-Kechu, Katun river terraces. The confluence of the Chui and Katun rivers is definitely a place of power! One of the most picturesque places on the Chui highway. Kalbak-Tash tract, inspection of petroglyph rock paintings. On the flattened rocky hill located across the valley of the Chui River, there are more than 500 compositions, numbering more than 3 thousand drawings. All of them are knocked out with stone or metal tools, mostly with spot equipment. The oldest of the drawings date back to the 8th millennium BC.

On the way, we stop at the observation deck, which offers a panorama of the North-Chui Ridge.

We continue the journey to the village of Kurai. Then we cross the Kurai basin (1700 m above sea level), reach the "Perevalka". We leave our cars here. Ascent along the Aktru River valley to the alpine camp. (by UAZ car) The base camp will be located near Lake Sachki. Accommodation in cabins in the alplager. Dinner in the dining room (or by the campfire). Overnight at the base (without bathrooms and hot water).

Walk to the Maly Aktru Glacier.

After breakfast, go along the bubbling Aktru River, past the mountain "sheep's foreheads" up the glacier to the Blue Lake (2850 m above sea level). In good weather, the fourth peak of the Altai – Aktru (4075 m) opens. Picturesque views of Kara-Tash peaks, snow Dome, Aktru-Bash, Kyzyl-Tash, Yubileyny, Maly Aktru glaciers, Right and Left Bolshoy Aktru. The climb is quite steep.

Early breakfast. We go down to the "Transshipment" and go towards the Mongolian border to the village of Chagan-Uzun. Martian landscapes of Kyzyl-Chin:

Transfer to the Chulyshman River valley. A very beautiful road with two mountain passes and many lakes. On the way, we visit the Pazyryk mounds, which are the graves of tribal or tribal leaders, built mainly in the 5th-4th centuries BC. Next, we will have to overcome the Katu-Yaryk pass (from the Altai – "steep hill"). The serpentine road, cut right on the mountainside, descends into the Chulyshman Valley. On one side - a slope, on the other - a cliff hundreds of meters high. The length of the descent is 3.5 km.

The waterfall is located on the river of the same name, which flows into the Chulyshman, on the opposite bank from the camp site "Ezen". Kurkure in translation from Altai means "violent" and this is quite consistent with the nature of the waterfall. This is an incredible power, strength and at the same time defenseless natural beauty. The height of the waterfall is more than 30 meters. The population living in nearby settlements idolize this miracle of nature and consider it sacred. Therefore, cattle are not grazed for several kilometers around.

A walk to the waterfall with a water crossing takes about 3-4 hours.. Transfer to the Meshke-Tash base. Dinner and overnight at the base in cabins without bathrooms and hot water.

We make a radial hike to the gorge of the Karasu River, to see an amazing natural object - "Stone mushrooms". "Stone mushrooms" - a very interesting natural structure, above the slope of the valley rise cones, on top of which, as if by magic, hold huge rock slabs. The base of the cone is quite loose sandstone, some "mushrooms" rise above the slope for 10 meters or more. From this place there is a beautiful view of the Chulyshman Valley, people here are simply fascinated by the greatness and beauty of nature.

Transfer to the south of Lake Teletskoye to Cape Kyrsay. Lunch. Accommodation in cedar houses without bathrooms and hot water. Possible walks on the lake, fishing, swimming. Supper. Bathhouse.

We move by speedboat (car separately on the ferry) to the Northern shore of Lake Teletskoye. (Or all together with the car on the ferry. The journey time is 7 hours.) Teletskoye Lake is one of the 20 deepest lakes in the world. Length 77.7 km, average width 2-3 km, maximum width up to 5 km. Its area is relatively small - 223 km2, but due to its great depth (the average depth of the lake is 175 m, the maximum is 325 m), it contains a huge amount (40 km3) of excellent fresh water, saturated with oxygen, transparent to a depth of 12-15 meters.

Accommodation at the campsite "Mountain Lake". VIP cabins with lake views. Bathroom, shower and hot water !

Optional: Fishing

Optional: Hike to the remote waterfall"Uchar".
Helicopter ride around Belukha, River rafting, Horse riding, etc.

Breakfast and return to Barnaul

Price on request. Depends on the number of people, accommodation options and changes in the program !