Golden Altai

The route includes:: valleys, mountain ranges, gorges, streams, and waterfalls.

Motorcycle driving skills< / strong>: experience driving on off-road, forest and mountain rocky ground. If you don’t have enough driving experience, practical exercises will be introduced to practice the necessary skills.

Attractions in the Tour:Tavdinsky caves, Roerich monument, Teletskoye lake, stop at the famous Korbu waterfall, visit the famous Denisova cave, Artybash village on the shore of Teletskoye lake.

Language:native Russian

Track length :~200 – 340 km.

The guide is guided by the slowest participant.

The track can be shortened to return to the hotel at the appointed time.

Day 1

Your journey begins with arrival in Barnaul, where the Executive Director meets you at the airport Toursmoto.com in Altai and our guide Pantykin Viktor Mikhailovich and by minibus you go to the hotel. We recommend buying air tickets for flights that are scheduled to arrive in Barnaul in the morning or in the morning (as a Standard, our tour participants choose Aeroflot or S7 flights). In the city of Barnaul, we traditionally offer participants double or single accommodation in the Central hotel Barnaul. In addition to standard rooms, you can also book a Suite. The main advantages of the hotel Barnaul – affordable prices, comfortable rooms and location in the heart of the city, which is also no less important if you have a desire to explore the city in your free time. After settling in the hotel, we offer participants to spend a few hours exploring the sights of the city of Barnaul. You can do this yourself, or book a tour (in advance when making a tour or on the spot in the lobby of the Barnaul hotel). Also, in your free time, you can just relax after a night flight. On the evening of the first day, we invite you to a traditional welcome dinner in a restaurant next to the hotel, where the tour participants get to know each other, discuss all questions about the tour with a guide in an informal setting.

Day 2

It’s time to go on an unforgettable motorcycle trip through the Altai mountains. The morning starts with a buffet Breakfast at the hotel. After Breakfast, participants take a minibus to the base, where they will be presented with a fleet of motorcycles to choose from, time to prepare equipment, and loading personal belongings into an expedition escort truck. Before the start, our guide will give an extended briefing on the first day of the start, determine the first option for moving the column, tell you about safety, etc. Also, before the start, all participants will need to sign a package of mandatory documents, get documents for motorcycles and power of attorney. Around 12 PM, the group starts the first stage of the route, which starts in the city of Barnaul and ends at the tourist base Monzherok on the Bank of the mountain river Katun. Depending on the tour and by agreement, the base can be changed to the Montjeroc Park hotel or other neighboring ones, since in high season and with late booking, there is a high probability of lack of seats. The route of the second day runs on public roads (asphalt). Along the way, the group will visit the Museum of the Chui tract, the place of death of the actor and former Governor of the Altai territory Mikhail Sergeevich Evdokimov and, most importantly, the all-Russian Museum of Vasily Makarovich Shukshin in the village of Srostki, where you can visit Shukshin’s house, his school and climb the famous mountain where the monument stands. In the city of Biysk, the group will be offered lunch in a cafe and then with small stops for rest, the group moves to the base of Montzherok. At the tourist base, after placing participants in the rooms – dinner, sauna, fishing and free time. For a comfortable stay, we offer you to try your hand at fishing for the famous Grayling!

Day 3

On the third day of the tour, the group travels about 220 kilometers, mostly on asphalt and partly on gravel roads. After Breakfast at the tourist camp, the group will start along the route of Manzherok – to Gorno-Altaysk – the village of Artybash on the Bank of Teletskoye lake. Basically, the most beautiful road runs along the mountain river Biya. On the route, we visit the Tavda caves complex, the Roerich monument, the largest market selling Souvenirs, honey, Mead and pine nuts. On the way – lunch in a cafe. By the end of the day, the group arrives in the village of Artybash, located on the shore of lake Teletskoye. After check – in to the rooms of the Artybash hotel-dinner, sauna and free time.

Day 4

After two days and 550 kilometers of travel, we get to the amazing beauty of the Altai Mountains – lake Teletskoye. The lake is located at an altitude of 436 m above sea level. Its length is 78 kilometers, the average width is 3 km, and the maximum depth is 325 m. The lake is surrounded by mountains up to 2400 m high. The banks are steep and rocky. The water in the lake is cold, clear and has a beautiful emerald-blue color. 71 rivers flow into the lake, the most powerful of which is Chulyshman. Teletskoye lake is a huge natural sump, as a result of which the Biya river flowing out of it carries clear waters almost all summer. The absence of not only roads, but also trails around the lake, the presence of the protected area of the Altai state reserve made it possible to preserve the nature of this unique corner in its original form. After Breakfast at the Artybash hotel, the group goes to the shore of lake Teletskoye. Loading motorcycles and personal belongings on the ferry and then a 4-hour ferry ride to the opposite side of the magnificent Teletskoye lake. On the way – stop at the famous Korbu waterfall. There is also a delicious lunch with Siberian dumplings, borscht and pancakes with wild berries. After lunch, the ferry approaches the shore and after unloading the motorcycles, the journey begins through the wild places of the Altai Republic. A dirt road winds through the picturesque valley of the Chulyshman river. The entire length of the valley is narrow and deep. In some places, sheer cliffs compress it to several hundred meters. During the remaining light part of the day, motorcycle tourists reach the foot of the difficult and dangerous katu-Yaryk pass. The final point of the fourth day is the Ezen base, where tour participants are offered overnight accommodation in traditional Altai villages. And of course – dinner, hot Russian bath, fishing and swimming in the scalding-icy water of Chulyshman.

Day 5

After Breakfast at the Ezen base, the group starts for the famous katu-Yaryk pass. Before passing through the pass – a briefing on the rules of travel and safety. At the top – a half-hour rest, photo sessions. The fifth day was marked by the capture of the katu-Yaryk pass, visiting the excavations of the famous Pazyryk mounds and the Museum of the same name in the district center – the village of Ulagan. Through the Ulagansky pass, high-mountain lakes, the road leads us to the Chuysky tract. After a few kilometers, the group enters the Chuya river valley and stops for the night in the Mongolian yurts of the Nomad tourist complex, where they will traditionally be offered dinner, a bath with swimming in the Chuya river and grayling fishing. Katu-Yaryk pass is completely man-made and appeared relatively recently — in 1989. Katu-Yaryk is a unique pass, there is no second such pass. There is no classical symmetry characteristic of passes: the serpentine of ascent — the serpentine of descent. The pass is a descent from the Ulagan plateau to the Chulyshman valley — it is a 3.5-kilometer zigzag of 9 loops, cut in the ~ 70 ° slope of the mountain, with an 800 m height difference, you can only part with oncoming cars at turns (there are small pockets).”…When we arrived at the katu-Yaryk pass, we were simply stunned by what we saw. Imagine a Grand canyon, but at the same time it is alive, overgrown with fresh greenery, with greenish rocks, a fabulous waterfall on the opposite side, falling from a height of hundreds of meters and a thread of Chulyshman far below (600 meters), a perfectly clean big river, with rapids up to 6 categories of difficulty.“ When you get here for the first time, it just takes your breath away from what you see. The car descent goes to the right, and on the left – at the highest point of the pass-there is an observation deck with stunning views: at the bottom of a narrow green ribbon meanders Chulyshman, on the opposite side of the gorge — Chulyshman highlands, ending in a valley with steep rock walls about a kilometer high, which falls almost 100-meter waterfall.

Day 6

The route follows the Chui highway, the main road connecting Russia and Mongolia. Along the Chuya and Katun rivers, through the Chike – Taman, Yabogan, and Keleisky passes, we reach the famous Denisova cave, located in the Anui river gorge at an altitude of twenty meters. The cave seems to be specially created for human habitation. And the person appreciated it. Archaeological work in the cave revealed a whole ” pie ” of layers layered on top of each other with traces of ancient people’s sites. 285 thousand years the age of the oldest layer of primitive man’s habitation here! Denisova cave is located on the right Bank of the Anuy river, between the villages of soloneshnoye and Cherny Anuy, actually on the border of the Altai territory and the Altai Republic. The entrance to the cave is clearly visible directly from the road, it is located at the foot of the Pine mountain (Grandfather) of the Anuysky ridge; there is a sign. Near the cave there is a stationary archaeological base of The Institute of archeology and Ethnography SB RAS (Novosibirsk). Denisova cave is a UNESCO world heritage site. At the Chike-Taman pass, the group stops for lunch and then after the descent we set up a field camp on the Bank of the Ursul river. The group will have a nice evening around the campfire, dinner and fishing!

Day 7

After Breakfast in the field camp, the group goes to the route: Ursul river-Ongudai village-Tuekta village-Seminsky pass-Cherga village-Komariny pass-altayskoye village-Belokurikha city. on the route there are numerous stops at beautiful places and attractions, for rest and lunch. The last point of this day is the city of Belokurikha, where participants stay in the hotel Grace and spend their free evening time, which can be spent on visiting Rodon baths, taking a chairlift to the mountains, choosing any of the many restaurants for dinner, etc. The resort town of Belokurikha is located among the Northern spurs of the Cherginsky range, at an altitude of about 250 m above sea level. Nature has done a good job on the surrounding landscapes: mountain spurs up to 1000 m high are covered with dark green coniferous forests, here and there there are granite outcrops of bizarre shapes, free spaces are occupied by meadows with the richest variety of grasses. The Belokurikha river, which gave its name to the resort, winds like a silver ribbon between the boulders. The main therapeutic factor of the Belokurikha resort is the water of hot springs belonging to the group of nitrogen-siliceous radon-containing thermal waters with a high content of fluorine and a wide range of trace elements.

Day 8

The day after tomorrow at the hotel, the group goes to the radial exit-camping Bobrovaya Zaimka, where you will have a fascinating three-hour circular journey around mount Tolstukha with a large number of fords, small rivers, gravel, ascents and descents. After returning to the campsite, a specially invited chef will prepare delicious pilaf! After lunch, those who want to go on horseback rides or paragliding flights, and in the evening we return to Belokurikha, where the group has dinner and spends their free time just like the previous day.

Day 9

The day after tomorrow at the hotel Grace the group returns via Biysk to Barnaul on asphalt about 350 km. Upon arrival at the base – delivery of motorcycles, unloading of personal belongings and then by minibus to the hotel. After a short rest, participants will have a final festive dinner in a special Bike Bar, where everyone will receive a congratulatory diploma, tour stickers, etc. After dinner-free time

Day 10

After Breakfast, participants take a minibus to the airport and head home safely.