Krasnoyarsk.

Arrival in Krasnoyarsk, group transfer from the airport to the hotel (for arrivals from 05:00 to 07:30), it is also possible to meet at the railway station (06: 00-08: 00).

Accommodation at the hotel "Krasnoyarsk" in the city center (check-in is possible from 00:00 to 10:00). Breakfast, short rest.

Attention! Night flights from Moscow are usually tiresome. We recommend that you arrive in Krasnoyarsk the day before in order to be able to rest the night at the hotel and start the excursion program with new forces in the morning.

At 10:00 a meeting with the guide and the beginning of the program.

Acquaintance with Krasnoyarsk, the heart of Siberia, will begin with a sightseeing tour of the city with a visit to one of the main symbols of Krasnoyarsk - Paraskeva Friday Chapel, depicted on a 10-ruble banknote and located on Karaulnaya Hill, from where the city is clearly visible. like guests of Krasnoyarsk. You will pass through the historical part of the city with its architectural monuments of the XVIII-XIX centuries, former mansions of Siberian merchants and patrons of art, you will see a monument to the founder of the city, Andrey Dubensky, the place of the foundation of Krasnoyarsk, the Theater Square and much more.

Next we have an excursion to the Museum of Local Lore, which is rightfully considered one of the best museums in the history and ethnography of Siberia. That museum will be a kind of prelude to the upcoming trip. Not a tedious, but informative excursion will give the first idea of ​​what you will see on the Sayan Ring.

After lunch, guests of the city will get acquainted with the Krasnoyarsk Pillars.

Who visited Krasnoyarsk, but did not get into the Pillars reserve, he did not see the heart of the city, its lungs, its soul. For those who love peace or active recreation, for those who love to discover new places and magnificent views, for those who are looking for unity with Nature, we offer an excursion to the Pillars reserve! This is where guests of Krasnoyarsk get the most vivid impressions of the city. Unlike the usual excursion to the reserve, you do not have to spend time and effort to get to the 1st Pillar 7 km! Our transport will take you directly to the top point, and the guides will give you an unforgettable tour and tell you many stories about the reserve.

The end of the day. Dinner at the restaurant.

* Hotel accommodation, breakfast at the hotel, lunch, dinner.

Kilometer - 80 km per day (by bus).

Excursion to Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva. Visit to the geographical center of Asia, which is symbolically located near the confluence of two rivers - Bii-Khem (Big Yenisei) and Kaa-Khem (Small Yenisei). Then begins the famous, crossing Siberia from south to north, the Great Yenisei.

Visit a Buddhist monastery where you can hear the sermon of a real lama. Visit the shaman society, where you can ask questions, learn the secrets of shamanism.

Lunch at the restaurant.

Visit to the National Museum of Tuva (tour of the exhibition "Scythian gold"). The excursion "Scythian gold” is dedicated to the famous "Arzhan-II” mound, the excavations of which were carried out in 2000-2003. Hermitage specialists in collaboration with the German Archaeological Institute. The treasures found in the mound (more than 20 kg of gold items in total) became a real sensation in the archaeological world.

Return to the yurt complex. After dinner with dishes of Tuva national cuisine, performers of traditional Tuvan throat singing - "Khoomei”. Throat singing is a fantastic ability of Tuvinians (and some other peoples of Siberia) to simultaneously produce two or three musical sounds of different heights and at the same time draw them for 25-30 seconds, without taking a breath. If you listen with your eyes closed, you can’t believe that these sounds are made by a person, not a musical instrument.

In the evening in the camp - a fascinating sight: shaman shaman (paid extra on the spot, the price depends on the number of people in the group). This is communication with spirits, a real sorcerous ritual by the fire, accompanied by lingering sounds and beats on a tambourine. The rarest case when several shamans take part in the rite. For some, it will be a rite of purification, someone will plunge into meditation, and someone will simply make a wish - and it will come true.

Those who wish can immediately receive an appointment with any of them in order to find out their future, undergo a ritual of purification or inquire about their health (treatment and divination are paid on their own according to the rates of the receiving shaman)

* Accommodation in the yurt complex "Biy-Khem", breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Kilometer - 70 km per day.

On this day, the group crosses Tuva from east to west, following the path of the ancient nomads. Before lunch - stop at the breathtaking Mount Khairakan, this is one of the most holy and revered places in Tuva. In 1992, it was chosen as an energetically strong place and consecrated by Dalai Lama XIV. At least once a year, local shamans come here to recharge their batteries, strengthen and purify the spirit. Why not take this opportunity to you?

Lunch will be held on the grass, in a beautiful place, a Buddhist stele is located nearby. And on the glade around the larches numerous edelweisss grow, which for many have become a symbol of the mountains. Walking, rest.

On the way, tourists will see the center of Buddhist culture, the restored monastery of Ustuu-Khuree. The temple became the crown of Buddhist construction in Tuva. There was nothing like him not only in Tuva, but also on the territory of the entire former Soviet Union. In 1930, after the adoption of a special decree, Ustuu-Khuree was closed, and in 1937 it was destroyed. In 1999, the Russian government, recognizing the historical and architectural value of the unique temple of Ustuu-Khuree, decided to restore it. In July 2012, during the celebration of the music festival of the same name, Ustuu-Khuree Temple was officially opened.

On the Sayan Pass, at an altitude of 2,214 meters above sea level, begins Khakassia. The mountains are surrounded by fabulous cedar taiga. The next two days, tourists will spend on the taiga hostel "Snow Leopard", located at an altitude of 1250 meters above sea level, in wooden houses made of cedar with stove heating.

After dinner, you will meet the instructors of the Snow Leopard - amazing people who are in love with nature, the taiga, who know all the surrounding paths, and who know the healing properties of herbs. With them, the group will spend the rest of the day: songs with a guitar, intimate conversations until late at night. The warm smell of your home will caress, lull and soothe you in the cozy cedar campgrounds of the Snow Leopard.

From this point on, the route begins to "loop back”, that is, in fact, the group is sent back. But this is not a return: the journey continues, and, who knows, maybe the most interesting is yet to come.

* Accommodation at the "Snow Leopard” base, breakfast, lunch, dinner

Mileage - 440 km per day.

The first day in the taiga will surprise you with silence, which has long been forgotten in the city.

After breakfast - walking through the surroundings: on the suspension bridge of Love (2 km one way, 2.5 hours). Suspension bridge passes through the mountain river Big He. The river rapidly, overcoming rapids and rapids, flows among the centuries-old cedar taiga. Local tradition - a spouse or loved one must carry his beloved in his arms along the bridge of Love over the waters of a mountain river.

Taiga corners will reveal their secrets and give you wonderful moments.

After lunch (if you go on a trip in the second half of the summer) you can do the work of the ancient people - collecting. True, it is not difficult here. Taiga is so generous that you don’t have to look for mushrooms and berries, everything grows literally under your feet. And for sure you try pine nuts. Siberian cedar is a unique tree. Those cedars, in whose environment you find yourself, have survived for more than one century, fed dozens, if not hundreds of generations of taiga inhabitants. Taiga gives a different sense of time and a feeling of unity with nature, which you will want to experience more than once.

Clean taiga air heals, but the true panacea for all ailments is the Russian bath. A steam room with brooms of coniferous branches, birch, oak ... from the steam room you can dive into the icy water of the taiga river. And after the bath - to rest and drink tea or kvass in the waiting room.

* Accommodation at the "Snow Leopard” hostel, breakfast, lunch, dinner

Mileage: 4 km on foot

After breakfast - farewell to the "Snow Leopard" and taiga. On the way, the group will make a stop near the Khakass village, where the stele Khurtuyas tas is installed, which Khakass women who wish to give birth to the children worship and bring gifts.

By lunchtime, arrival in the Kyug valley (in translation from Khakass - pleasure), located 137 km from the city of Abakan. The yurt complex, in which the group will be accommodated, is located on the banks of the small river Askiz between the mountain ranges of the Altai and Sayan mountains. Once again, accommodation in yurts, but this time in the Khakass ones - wooden ones. They are also built specifically for tourists.

Dinner.

Excursion in the Khakassky State Archaeological Museum-Reserve "Kazanovka". This is hard to believe, but you really will see cave paintings, which are 3-5 thousand years old. Moreover, they will show you how archaeologists copy these images onto paper for further study, and you can take the resulting pictures with you as a rare souvenir.

In the silence of the Khakass valley, you can truly relax your soul, and the fragrance of beautiful irises will give you new strength.

Dinner with dishes of Khakass national cuisine. After dinner, the performance of the Khakass National Folklore Ensemble.

* Accommodation in the yug complex "Kyug”, breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Mileage - 242 km per day.

After breakfast, continue the tour of the Khakassky State Museum-Reserve "Kazanovka". The reserve was established in 1996 on the initiative of a historian, an archeologist, and simply a caring, sincerely loving Khakassia person, Leonid Eremin. Kazanovka is an example of how to relate to historical and cultural heritage, a brand claimed by scholars and tourists from all over the world.

You will see the sacred signs of the ancient shamans and the cult stela Ah-tas (White Stone), which has a strong healing energy field. You will be told the purpose of the mysterious vertical stones, menhirs, protruding from the ground throughout the territory of Khakassia. You will visit the site of this archaeological site.

Visit to the ethnic village "Khakass aal", where tourists will have the opportunity to personally get acquainted with the life of the Khakas of the late XIX-early XX centuries.

After lunch, departure to Abakan, the capital of Khakassia.

The guests will go on a sightseeing tour of Abakan, during which they will also visit the Khakass National Museum of Local Lore, which contains a unique collection of stone sculptures - echoes of ancient cults and beliefs. It is believed that many of these sculptures still have not lost their force.

Check in at the hotel "Asia" ****. Dinner at the hotel.

* Accommodation in hotel Asia. Breakfast lunch and dinner.

Mileage: up to 160 km per day.

From Abakan, the group goes to the Valley of the Kings, where there are about 30 burial mounds of the 3rd-4th century BC.

The culmination of the whole journey will be the Big Salbyk Kurgan, once built over the grave of a noble family of the Tagar tribe and excavated by archaeologists in 1954-56. It had a circumference of 0.5 km and a height of 11.5 m, and the weight of vertically standing stones reaches 60 tons.

Picnic lunch near the Bolshoy Salbyk barrow overlooking the Valley of the Kings

Departure to Krasnoyarsk.

And do not immediately try to comprehend everything that you saw during the journey - it will come later. To begin with, the most important thing is the strongest emotional charge. And let him be enough until the next trip to Siberia.

* Accommodation in the hotel "Krasnoyarsk", breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Kilometer - 450 km per day.

At 03:00 a group transfer to the airport / at 10:00 at the railway station.

Departure of tourists are carried out on flights departing from 05:30 local time. If you depart before 05:30, then you will not be able to arrive at the airport on time by group transfer. In this case, and if it is too early for you, you can order an individual transfer.

* Breakfast at the hotel or packed to the airport

Mileage - 50 km per day.