Accommodation – Katunskiye Porogi Guest House
Distance – 60 km (land transportation)

Arrive to Gorno-Altaisk airport where you will be met by our local guide. We meet our dear guests according to Altaic local traditions. You will enjoy traditional music and small treat (bread and drinks). Afterwards you will be transferred to a private guest house on the bank of the Katun River. Invigorative coniferous air, luxurious wooden cottages with splendid interiors, awesome landscapes let you relax after long flight and travel to Siberia. Breakfast and spare time. After lunch you will have short walking along the bank of mountainous Katun River – the largest river of Altai and mistress of all Altai rivers. Evening will be devoted to acquaintance with Altai culture. You will taste local cuisine. It is traditionally based on sheep meat, milk, wild plants and cereals. Later our skillful singer will perform nomadic songs in unique technic of throat singing.

Accommodation – Katunskiye Porogi Guest House
Distance – 60 km (land transportation)

Today you will be offered two kinds of activities for choose (you need choose one of the following). You can test your strength and courage during whitewater rafting on the Katun River. You will overcome some water rapids, visit Kamyshlinsky Waterfall and finally have a lunch on the bank of the river.

Another option: you can choose off-road jeeping to Kamyshlinskoye Karst Plateau and research on of the caves. Then we will make a bonfire in the cave and cook a lunch.

At the evening after coming back to the guest house you will enjoy Russian bath house and sauna. Afterwards – dinner and tasting traditional Russian cuisine.

Accommodation – Altay Village Hotel (5 stars)
Distance – 230 km (land transportation)
fter breakfast you will departure from the guest house and go towards the deepest lake of the Altai Mountains – Lake Teletskoye (325 m). It is represented on the coat of arms of Altai as a symbol of purity. The lake contains huge amount of clear water. The lake can provide crystal water for large city during almost 600 years!
Teletskoye Lake inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage List. Local people also call it Golden Lake or Altyn Kyol.
By the way you will visit National Museum of Altai in Gorno-Altaisk. During the excursion you will be acquainted with history of Altai and watch unique artifacts. The most valuable is Siberian Ice Maiden – the mummy of noble woman of Scythian Age. Probably in that ancient time she was the priestess of her tribe.
Upon the arrival to the Altay Village hotel you will enjoy luxurious dinner and rest on the bank of Teletskoye Lake.

Accommodation – Altay Village Hotel (5 stars)
Distance – 80 km (private motorboat)
This day will be devoted to excursion on a private motorboat on the lake. You will visit numerous waterfalls and finally reach the only village in Russia, located on the territory of the reserve – Yailyu Village. This is the warmest place in the whole Altai. Due to soft climate orchards - apple and pear trees – grow here almost for half a century. We take a walk along the bank of the lake and the legendary orchards in a company of an old resident of the reserve Evgeny Veselovsky. You will hear many stories about the life of the reserve, then in the hospitable homestead of Evgeny you will have lunch and real French ice cream.
Return to tourist complex, dinner.

Accommodation – Altay Resort Hotel (5 stars)
Distance – 250 km (land transportation)
After breakfast you will leave the Teletskoye Lake and go to luxurious Altay Resort Hotel, surrounded by Siberian pine tree forest. After check-in and lunch at the hotel you will have an excursion on the top of a panoramic mountain and to a maral deer farm. Commonly known that maral deer farming is widely represented in the Altai Mountains and provides medical centers with precious velvet antlers products. Ancient Chinese Medicine considered that velvet antlers supplements exert beneficial effect on human body and improve health and immunity.
Upon the returning to the hotel – dinner and spare time.

Accommodation – Inegen Lodge
Distance – 300 km (land transportation)
After breakfast we leave the hotel and travel to Chuysky Tract - the most beautiful mountain highway of Russia, which connects the South of Western Siberia and Mongolia. Chuisky Tract is considered as the northern part of ancient Silk Road. We will overcome the Seminsky Pass (1717 m) where Siberian pine tree taiga grows, and rocky Chike-Taman Pass (1295 m).
In the afternoon we will reach agro-tourist complex "Inegen", located near another revered by the local peoples sanctuary – the confluence of the Chuya and Katun Rivers called "Chui-Oozy". Accommodation in touristic complex. Dinner.

Accommodation – Inegen Lodge
Distance – 50 km
This day you will go horseback riding in the mountains as Inegen is famous for its thoroughbred horses. Afterwards you will have a nomadic lunch at national dwelling called ail. Then you will watch the competition of horse riders in national game Kok-Booru (a kind of nomadic horse polo with a corpse of a goat instead of a ball). This contest goes back to centuries and history of Asian nomads when males had to prove their right to be a warrior in such competition. The goat corpse after contest considered as a sacred trophy and endowed the winners with extraordinary strength.
Returning to Inegen Lodge and dinner.

Accommodation – art-hotel Altai Palace (in the casino)
Distance – 400 km (helicopter)
Helicopter excursion to the highest mountain of Siberia, Mount Belukha (4506 meters, or 14783 ft), would be the highlight of the whole trip without any doubt. We'll cross the vast ocean of the Altai Mountains by helicopter towards the summit of the Altai - Mt. Belukha. We'll observe crowned by glaciers peaks from the bird's view and finally land at the bank of Lake Akkemskoye. This lake was formed by one of the glaciers descending from the slope of Mt Belukha. The two glittering peaks of Mt Belukha reflect in the lake surface like in a mirror.We'll explore the picturesque banks of Lake Akkemskoye and hike towards the Akkemsky Glacier.
On way back to the lake we will have a packed lunch or picnic.
Afterwards you will be transferred to hotel Altai Palace by helicopter. The hotel is situated in the casino Altai Palace – one of 5 legal gambling establishments in Russia. Upon the arrival to casino you can enjoy its facilities such as karaoke-bar, gambling zone, SPA and gym. Gala-dinner at casino's restaurant.

Please, notice that Mt. Belukha is located on the Russian-Kazakhstan border. We need to prepare special permit to visit the border zone. Documents should be submitted not less then 30 days before the visit date.