We will meet you at the airport and go to the capital of the Altai Republic – Gorno-Altaisk. After a short introductory tour of the city, we will visit the National Museum of the Altai Republic.

After lunch, we will go to Swan Lake. Swans arrive every autumn from the Salekhard tundra to the small Lake Svetloye and stay here until March. The number of inhabitants of the lake is growing every year. Last year there were already more than 1000 swans, plus almost 2000 ducks! In winter, they are fed by the employees of the Swan Reserve, so they are already accustomed to people, and they can be observed and photographed from a very close distance.

In the evening we will check-in into a cozy hotel in Belokurikha.

Accommodation: hotel | Meals: 3 times | By car: 140 km| Walking: Moderate

Highlights: National Museum, Swan Lake

Today we are exploring the Belokurikha resort and its surroundings. To begin with, we will drive up the most beautiful serpentine with 62 turns to Belokurikha-2. From the observation platforms we will have a wonderful view and admire how the steppe meets the mountains.

After lunch, we will have a culinary master class and ride on a troika of horses.

In the evening we will walk through the interesting Belokurikha.

Accommodation: hotel| Meals: 3 times | By car: 20 km| Walking: Moderate

Highlights: Belokurikha-2, culinary master class

We will go via a very picturesque road “Altai-Cherga”. It is less known among tourists but here the Chuysky tract passed in the late 19th – early 20th centuries, and all expeditions of scientists and researchers of Altai (including N. Roerich) entered the mountains by this route. In the most beautiful places, of course, we will make stops.

In the village Cherga we will visit the bison nursery. In the wild, bison were exterminated all over the world at the beginning of the 20th century, their population was preserved only in nurseries and reserves. One of these places is in our Altai, in the village of Cherga. In winter, they can always be seen at close range, as the herd moves to feeding areas.

In the evening we will stop at the guest houses on the Seminsky pass.

Accommodation: guest houses| Meals: 3 times | By car: 180 km| Walking: Moderate

Highlights: bison nursery, Komarsky pass, Seminsky pass

We will spend this day at the Seminsky Pass, at an altitude of about 1800 meters, where the fresh air is filled with the aromas of centuries-old cedars.

In the morning we will have an excursion on a snowcat or on an inflatable sleigh behind a snowmobile to the slope of the mountain Sarlyk. There we will have a walk in the area.

After lunch, you are free to do what you want. There are a lot of winter activities at your disposal: you can go skiing, cross-country skiing, skating or snow tubing (not included in the itinerary).

Accommodation: guest houses| Meals: 3 times | By car: 0 km| On foot: intensive

Highlights: sports activities, snowcat/snowmobile tour

Today we are driving along one of the most beautiful roads in the world – the Chuysky tract. And in winter, with non-freezing rapids on the rivers and frost-covered trees along the banks, this is just like a fairy-tale and a fantastic sight. Of course, we will stop a lot, so you can take great photos and enjoy the fabulous views. One of the highlights is the blue geyzer lake.

We will spend the next 2 nights in a guest house in the Kurai steppe, admiring the 4,000-meter peaks of the North Chuya Range.

Accommodation: recreation center| Meals: 3 times | By car: 240 km| Walking: Moderate

Highlights: Chuisky tract, Geyser lake

Today we will see the Severo-Chuysky ridge from different viewing points, having driven along the Kurai steppe, and we will move to the Chuya steppe. If weather conditions allow, we will visit the colored mountains of Kyzyl-Chin.

We will go to Kosh-Agach and have lunch, see more of the village. On our way back we will make a stop in Ortolyk and get acquainted with the traditions and culture of the local population in the ethnographic yurt. In the evening we will return to Kurai.

Accommodation: guest house | Meals: 3 times | By car: 130 km| Walking: Moderate

Highlights: Kyzyl-Chin, ethnographic yurt

It’s a pity, we are returning to Gorno-Altaisk. But we continue to stop in picturesque places.

In the evening you can walk around Gorno-Altaisk.

Accommodation: hotel | Meals: 3 times | By car: 390 km| Walking: Moderate

After breakfast we will take you to the airport.