Day 1
Acquaintance with Altai

Distance - 70 km, 1.5 hours (by car)
Accommodation - mountain hotel Teneri
Food - dinner at the mountain hotel Taneri

18.30 - Meeting at the Gorno-Altaisk airport (flight Novosibirsk - Gorno-Alatysk, plane)
18.45 - 20.15 - Transfer to the mountain hotel Taneri with a stop on the bank of the Katun
21.00 - Dinner at the mountain hotel Teneri
23.00 - Bonfire on the banks of the Katun - according to the weather and the wishes of the guests

We meet our guests at the Gorno-Altaisk airport.
Next, we go along the Chuiskiy Tract, and then Chemalskiy tract, stop for admire the main river of Altai - the Katun.
Katun is the queen of the Altai rivers and the longest river in Altai (688 km). It's Altai name is Kadyn, it is translated as "Madam." The sources are located at an altitude of about 2000 m on the slopes of the highest mountain of Siberia - Belukha (4506 m). After the confluence with the Biya river, it forms one of the largest rivers of the planet - the Ob.
Then accommodation in the hospitable lodge "Teneri".
Have a dinner with a pleasant conversation and enjoy a bonfire on the bank of the Katun.

Day 2
Teldekpen
Distance - by car, 100 km (during the day)
Accommodation - mountain hotel Teneri
Food - breakfast - mountain hotel Taneri, lunch in the lodge in the Elanda village, dinner - mountain hotel Taneri

8.00 - Breakfast
9.00 - Departure to the Chemal
9.30 - 11.30 - Visiting of the Patmos island, walk along the Katun and visit the souvenir shops at the Chemal Hydroelectric power station
12.00 - Excursion to the Valley of Mountain Spirits
14.00 - Lunch at the restaurant in the Elanda village
16.00 - Walk on the Oroktoyskiy bridge near the Teldekpenskiy rapids
18.00 - Return to Teneri, bathhouse
21.00 - Dinner

We enjoy a fresh morning on the banks of the Katun in the forest. Then we have breakfast and go to the Chemal village, walk along the bank of the Katun, visit the church on the Patmos island, go through the souvenir shops at the Chemal hydroelectric station, then go to the Valley of Mountain Spirits with a beautiful view of the Katun River.

The village Chemal (southern altai "chymal" - an anthill) was established in 1842. In 1849, a missionary camp was formed, which has since controlled the development of Chemal. At the end of the XIX century, the village became known as a balneal resort. Tomsk intellectuals and scientists came here, V. Sapozhnikov, G. N. Potanin, V. Ya. Shishkov and others visited it.

In Soviet times, in the 1930s, a resort was established for party and state leaders, as well as their families. With the participation of M.I. Kalinin's wife, Ekaterina Ivanovna, a tuberculosis sanatorium was created.

At the beginning of the 20th century, from Chemal, one of the oldest Church of Gorny Altai was transferred to a secluded rocky island in the middle of the raging Katun. The island was a favorite place for prayers of St. Macarius (Nevskiy), who served for many years in the Chemalskiy camp of the Altai spiritual mission, who later became the metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna. At the turn of the XX-XXI centuries Church was restored by journalist and photographer Viktor Pavlov with saved drawings from Moscow.

After lunch at the restaurant in the Elanda village, we go to the Oroktoyskiy bridge, admire Teldekpenskiy rapids, walking along the bank of the Katun.
The Teldekpenskiy rapids are located approximately 38 km from Chemal, just below the mouth of the Edigan River. Here the Katun River crosses the rocky spurs of the Kuminskiy Range. These are one of the most beautiful and extensive rapids on the Katun, we can admire it on the Oroktoiskiy suspension bridge. The rapids are in a long rocky corridor, which is a deep tectonic crack formed in the limestones of cambrian. The width of the Katun in these places is from 20 to 40 m, and the depth, according to some, is 70 m the height of the black rock walls is 5-10 m, the area of the Teldekpen 1 is the narrowest point of the Katun - the width here is only 20 m.

Day 3
Karakol valley
Distance - 400 km, 5 hours (by car)
Accommodation - mountain hotel Teneri
Food - breakfast, dinner at the hotel Teneri, lunch in the Karakol Valley.

8.00 - Breakfast
9.00 - Departure to the Karakol valley
12.00 - Valley tour
15.00 - Lunch in the Karakol valley
21.00 - Dinner at the Taneri

Today we take a trip into the depths of the Altai Mountains along the Chuyskiy Tract (the highway that is included in the 10 most beautiful roads of the world according to NatGeo). We pass the main pass of Altai - Seminskiy (1717m), which is covered by siberian pine taiga and get to the Karakol valley, which is sacred for the Altai peoples. These places began to be actively developed by people from the Bronze Age (approximately 3 millennium BC). Numerous stelae, mounds, rock drawings are the cultural and historical heritage of the Karakol valley. Nowadays, the Altai people conduct rites and rituals here.

In the Karakol valley we learn about the customs of the Altai peoples, their beliefs, visit places of power and homes of ordinary Altaians. You see the Bashadar mounds (the mounds of the Scythian time, the finds from which are stored in the Hermitage).

At the end of the excursion you have a visit to the house of ordinary Altaians. Here you hear a concert of throat singing.

The throat singing is included in the UNESCO intangible heritage list, is a cultural and at the same time esoteric tradition of the Northern Eurasia nomadic peoples. Experienced kaychi - master of throat singing, he is able to imitate the sounds of nature, and also to tell the epic for several days without stopping. In some cases, throat singing is a special way for enter into the trance.

For lunch, with the usual "European" food, you are offered to taste the dishes of national cuisine. The cuisine of the Altaians, as well as other nomadic peoples of Central Asia, is based on dairy, grain and meat products. You can taste traditional dishes: dried cheese kurut, fermented milk drink Chegen, traditional flour product - baursak and many others.

Day 4
Rafting on the Katun!
Distance - 30 km by a raft on water, 80 km (by car)
Accommodation - mountain hotel Teneri
Food - breakfast, dinner at the mountain hotel Taneri, lunch at the maral breeding farm "Karym"

9.00 - Breakfast
10.00 - Departure for rafting, getting wetsuits, helmets and life jackets, instruction
11.00 - Rafting on the Katun River
15.00 - Lunch in the complex "Karym"
17.00 - Excursion to the apiary
21.00 - Dinner

! Depending on the weather, rafting can be postponed to another day and the start time of the rafting can be changed.

Today is the day of real drive! We have a rafting on the Katun by rafts! Speed, waves, splashes, rapids, work with oars, cheerful laughter and screams, team building in action! The rafting is simple. We don't have turn over, but if you want - experienced instructors turn over the raft :)! It will unforgettable!

After a tasty lunch in the maral breeding complex we go to the apiary. We try different varieties of honey and listen to fascinating stories about bees.

In the evening, dinner and a bonfire on the bank.

Day 5
Farewell to Altai
Distance - 70 km, 1 hour (by car)

7.30 Breakfast at the hotel Tenera
8.30 Departure to the National Museum of the Altai Republic
10.00 Excursion Museum
12.00 Light lunch in the restaurant Tipografiya
13.00 Departure to the airport
15.00 Departure to the Novosibirsk

Today we visit the Anokhin National Museum in the capital of the Republic. During the individual excursion we learn about the history and modernity of Altai, see the Ukok Plateau exhibition. Here the most famous mummy of Altai is exhibited - the Princess of Ukok - a noble woman of the Scythian Period.

After a light lunch in the restaurant, we go to the airport, where we buy souvenirs and departure to the Novosibirsk.

Food, accommodation, transfers, guide, registration and excursion fees are included in the tour price.

Alcohol and airfare are not included in the tour price.