7 days, 10 days, 14 days

• Participants are offered to take "Land Rover Defender" off road cars on lease. Each vehicle is equipped with a camping site, foodstuff, and communications facilities.
  
  
• Participants drive themselves during the tour!
  
  
• Duration, complexity and tour schedule may be adjusted by participants. Such adjustments are based on participants' experience, geographical sites of interest, weather and other conditions.
  
  
• Tours are organized ONLY with an escort-vehicle, equipped with a camping site, advanced communication facilities (satellite communications) and other equipments needed for autonomous tour survival.
  
  
• Escort-vehicle team provides participants with security, cooking, quality technical and medical aid, sightseeing program, safe pass-over recommendations for difficult route sections.
  
  
• ATTENTION! "Team-work" is the main travel principle. Pace and schedule are adjusted and based on the least prepared participants team.
  
  
• Travel schedule is a subject to change by the escort team because of the participants' experience, weather conditions, and rescue requirements.
  
  

Optimal team: 3 cars, 4 participants in each car

Driving experience: average, by the exception of some sections

Physical state: average, by the exception of some sections

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Tour price covers:

Accommodation in Novosibirsk and during the tour, Full Board, Escort-team services, Interpreter during the whole route, Vehicle rent including fuel and other technical liquids, Equipment lease, Medical insurance, Auto insurance, civil liability insurance, Rafting kit, "Vehicle to vehicle" radio transmitter, First aid assistance (including first aid kit with antibody), Auto service assistance, Satellite connection equipment (for technological use), City transfers

Additional cost:
Visa support, City sightseeing tour, Alcoholic beverages, Professional video recording, Satellite phone for private purposes
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Tour "VOYAGE"

Accommodation: hotels, pensions, camping sites, shelters, 2- person tents - in reserve or upon desire.

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel and time at leisure.

2 day. Ride from Novosibirsk to the crater lake Aya . Overnight stop in the hotel "Polyex". 430 km.

3 day. Ride to the Denisov Cave, an archeological monument from of the Paleolithic era. Sightseeing of the Cave: rock paintings, the remains of the ancient people's shelters and objects. Spelunking the Museinaya Cave by request. Overnight stop in the pension "Denisova Peschera". 190 km.

4 day. Ride to the Seminsky Pass, the highest point of the main highway joining Mongolia to Russia - Chuisky Highway (1894 above the see level). Overnight stop in the pension "Seminsky Pereval". 180 km.

5 day. Ride through Chuisky Highway to the Chuya river with a stop at the "pisanitsy", ancient peoples petroglyphs and stone idols. Ride back to the Seminsky Pass and overnight. 250 km.

6 day. Ride to the picturesque Chemal village, famous for its water reservoir and the place, where the two rivers of different colors - Chemal and Katun flow together. Overnight stop in a pension. 120 km.

7 day. Ride to the Oroktoy village and visit of the maral (Siberian deer) farm. 100 km.

8 day. Ride to the Artybash village on Teletskoe lake, the pearl of the Altai and the 6th deepest world's lake. Overnight stop in the ecohotel "Edem" or "Stary Zamok". 300 km.

9 day. A day on reserve. Free time on the lake.

10 day. Ride to the Turochak village. Overnight stop in the pension hotel "Swan". 80 km.

11 day. Ride to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel. 480 km.

12 day. City tour of Novosibirsk and time at leisure.

13 day. Transfer to the airport.

Total: 2130 km
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Tour "ADRENALINE"

Accommodation: 2- person tents.

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in the hotel and time at leisure.

2 day. Ride to the Denisov Cave, an archeological monument of the Paleolithic era. 550 km.

3 day. Sightseeing tour of the Cave: ancient people rock paintings, shelters and objests remains. Spelunking the Museynaya Cave upon request. Ride on the main highway Chuysky, joining Russia with Mongolia to the Aktru canyon - one of the most beautiful places in the Altai Mountains, with the stop on "pisanitsy" - ancient petroglyphs and stone idols. 440 km.

4 day. Trekking* to the glaciers (12 km., 4-5 hours). Ride to the Kosh-Agach village situated in the Chuiskaya steppe on the border with Mongolia, the magic place of the Cinghiz Han Ovens - ancient rock formations used by his army to smelt iron and forge weapons. 180 km.

5 day. Intense off-road driving* in the mountains in Chuiskaya steppe near the Mt. Sailugem - very colorful place with the Altaian ails (traditional houses), camels and yaks. Ride to the village of Ust'-Ulagan through the Red Gates Canyon along the high mountainous lakes. 350 km.

6 day. Active off-road and driving on mountain serpantin road to the Chul'cha river mouth along the picturesque valleys. 120 km.

7 day. Trekking** to the waterfall cascade (height - 160 m.) on the river Chulcha. This is a day-long trekking, and its distance is about 35 km.

8 day. Ride to the Teletskoe lake - the pearl of the Altai and the 6th deepest wold's lake. 210 km

9 day. Korbu Waterfall excursion and crossing over lake Teletskoe (80 km). Arrival to the Artybash village near the Biya river mouth. 80 km (ferry).

10 day. 2nd category rafting on the Biya river (about 30 km., 6 hours long) along the isolated villages of the "old-believers".

11 day. Return to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel. 510 km.

12 day. City tour of Novosibirsk and time at leisure

13 day. Transfer to airport

Total: 2360 + 80 (ferry)

* This route section requires increased demands to driving abilities and physical state of participants.

** This route section is not recommended for those who have not had mountain trekking before.
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Tour "Express-ADRENALINE"

Accommodation: hotels, pensions, camping sites, shelters, 2- person tents.

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk, transfer to the hotel, Breakfast and free time till afternoon ride to the Altai. Overnight in hotel/pension in Biysk.

2 day.Ride to Artybash village, situated on the ancient and 6th deepest world lake Teletskoe - one of the most picturesque places in the Altai. Boat excursion to the famous Korbu Waterfall. Overnight in the hotel "Edem" or "Stary Zamok".

3 day. Ride to the ecohotel "Tsarskaya Ohota" and excursion to the picturesque Chemal village, famous for its water reservoir and the place, where the two rivers of different colors - Chemal and Katun - flow together. Overnight in "Tsarskaya Ohota". Optional Altaian musical show "The Altaia Ail", with the exotic guttural singing.

4 day.Afternoon ride to the Seminsky Pass, the highest point of the main highway joining Mongolia to Russia - Chuisky Highway (1894 above the see level). Walking excursion and overnight stop in the pension "Seminsky Pereval".

5 day. Intense full day excursion till the Mongolian border, in Kosh-Agach village of Chuyskaya Steppe - very colorful place with the Altaian ails (traditional houses), camels and yaks. This is a magic place of the Cinghiz Han Ovens - ancient rock formations used by his army to smelt iron and forge weapons. Overnight in the pension "Seminsky Pereval".

6 day. Ride to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

7 day.Transfer to the airport.
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Tour "CARAVAN-CRUISE"

(May through September)

The variant with a driver

This program allows participants to visit lake Teletskoye - the jewel of the Altai and the 6th deepest world's lake, unique valley of the river Chulymshan, difficult to access cascade of waterfalls near the river Chulcha, the region of glaciers Aktru and one of the most colorful and exotic place - Kosh-Agach and Mt.Sailyugem near the Mongolian border.

Escort-vehicle team provides participants with security, cooking, quality technical and medical aid, sightseeing program, safe pass-over recommendations for difficult route sections.

Travel schedule is a subject to change by the escort team because of the participants' experience, weather conditions, and rescue requirements.

Accommodation: Novosibirsk: hotel (3*),Tour: 2-person tents, ecohotel "Tsarskaya Okota", alpinist campings and chalet.

Day 1. Arrival in Novosibirsk from Moscow, Frankfurt, or Hannover. Transfer to the hotel "Vostok"***. Leaving a hotel for a route at 22:00. Night bus transfer to the Altai.

Day 2. Arrival to the ecohotel "Tsarskaia Okhota", breakfast, time for rest and walking excursion to the picturesque Chemal village, famous for its water reservoir and the place, where the two rivers of different colors – Chemal and Katun - flow together. Dinner and overnight in "Tsarskaya Ohota".

Day 3. Transfer to the village Yodro by the Kuraiskaia steppe with the stop on route at "pisanitsy" – ancient petroglyphs, stone paintings and stone idols. Pass-over 2 Mountain Passes - Seminsky (the highest point of the main highway joining Mongolia to Russia - Chuisky Highway (1894 above the see level)). and Chikataman Pass. Overnight in tents on the territory of the village.

Day 4. Transfer to Kosh-Agach region, up to the Mongolian border with the afternoon arrival to the Mt. Sailugem - very colorful place with the Altaian ails (traditional houses), camels and yaks. Round-the-place trekking (3 hrs) with the possibility to choose the difficulty level (DL) - from 1A to 3B. Overnight in tents.

Day 5.Full-day trekking to the Mt. Tabdu-Air, the highest point of the region, from where one can see breathtaking panorama of the mountains and Mongolia. DL - around 2A. Overnight in tents.

Day 6.Transfer to the Aktru region through steppe, trekking till the Aktru alpine chalet, arrival in afternoon.

Day 7.Full-day trekking through the amazingly beautiful landscapes to the Znochkistov Pass and glaciers. DL - 1B-2A. Overnight in chalet.

Day 8. Full-day trekking to the dead glacier lake "Blue Lake". Possibility to choose the DL of trekking. Overnight in chalet.

Day 9. Transfer to the river Chulcha Mouth and wading the river. Pitching the tent and excursion to the "Mushrooms" - strange rock formations made out by weather and winds.

Day 10. Trekking to a waterfall cascade of the river Chulcha (Uchar) * height - 160 m. This is a day-long trekking, and its distance is about 35 km. Overnight in tents.

Day 11.Half-day rafting on Chulyshman river and transfer to Lake Teletskoe - the pearl of the Altai and the 6th deepest world lake. Accommodation at the camping "Altyn-Tuu".

Day 12. Crossing over the lake (80 km) on a motor ship with a stop at Korbu Waterfall and Stony Bay. Transfer to Novosibirsk. Late arrival and overnight in the hotel.

Day 13.Transfer to the airport.

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Upon participants desire and weather conditions in the locations of trekking it is possible to organize a helicopter tour for an additional price.

Tour schedule may be adjusted to participants' wishes.

Recommended adjustments:

- Fishing: grayling, taymen'.

- Rafting: the rivers along tours are from 3rd to 6th complexity levels.

- Hunting: wood-grouse, maral, bear.

- Skiing: possible at fit out and not fit out mountainsides of the Southern Siberia.

- Mountaineering: possible mountaineering to 3500 - 4506 m. peaks.

- Crazy: any impossible and "crazy" projects. Are possible only for those who successfully survived during the "Adrenaline" tour.

You can see the map in details here

Read an interview with David Connell, USA, the participant of the «Adventure Caravan» trip in June, 2001 here

Have a look at David's pictures taken in this trip and "Adventure caravan trip pictures"

Season: all year around (by the exception of prohibited periods)

Optimal team: 4 - 6 persons

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Vehicle description: Participants will be offered the specially equipped all-terrain vehicle - "KAMAZ - 43101". Its equipment consists of 4 standard sleeping places, 2 additional sleeping places, autonomous heater and electricity generator, gas oven with kitchen accessories, inflatable motor-boat, 2-person tents, field-sauna, fire place accessories, automatic hand-saw, axes, spades, folding table and chairs. Escort team - 3 persons. It provides participants with transfers to fishing/hunting places, cooking, first aid services, radio communication and fishing/hunting recommendations.



TROPHIES:

• Bear, maral, roe deer, elk, musk-deer, wild-boar, badger
  
  
• Wood grouse, black grouse
  
  
• Duck, goose
  
  
• Taymen', grayling, pike perch, perch, ide, crucian, bream

Tour price covers:

• all helicopter transfers, accommodation in Novosibirsk (3 nights), full board, escort-team service, special equipment lease, rafting kit, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfer, city sightseeing tour

Additional cost:

• tour-long interpreter, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

Tour booking:

Orders should be made at least 40 days in advance, in case of fire arms bringing - in 60 days in advance.

Accomodation:
Novosibirsk: hotel (3*)
Tour: hunters' camps, 2-person tents, hunters' vehicle

Optimal team: up to 16 persons

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Tour dates: depends on tour group formation

Schedule/Site program

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

2 day. Charter plane flight to the town of Igarka. Accommodation at a geologists' center.

Visit to the Museum of Permafrost.

3 day. Helicopter flight from Igarka to a fishing site. Accommodation in 2-person tents.

4 - 9 days. Fishing and Rafting.

10 day. Helicopter flight to Igarka. Accommodation at a geologists' center.

11 day. Charter plane flight to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

12 day. City sightseeing tour.

13 day. Transfer to airport.

• At fishing sites the group is divided into the smaller groups of 5-8 persons and fish at different locations
  
  
• Fishermen use inflated boats
  
  
• The escort team changes the place of camp-stop every day
  
  
• Anti - mosquito sprays are obligatory

Tour price covers:

• all helicopter transfers, accommodation in Novosibirsk (3 nights), full board, escort-team service, special equipment lease, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfer, city sightseeing tour,

Additional cost:

• visa support, qualified interpreter during the whole trip, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

Tour booking: orders should be made at least 40 days in advance

Accomodation:
Novosibirsk: hotel (3*)
Tour: 2-person tents or a heated tent

9 days

The Altai is one of the most exciting places of Siberia. When traveling in the Altai you may experience taiga, mountains, Mongolian semi-desert and rafting on vigorous Siberian rivers. The Altai is second to none in landscapes beauty and in the diversity of attractions.



Travelers will fly by Mi-8 helicopter (equipped with a camping site and another survival equipment) with a crew and guides. The helicopter will be CONSTANTLY with the group along the route, allowing to alter and adjust a travel schedule depending on weather conditions and travelers' wishes. Escort team provides the travelers with security services, cooking, medical aid and excursions at sites of interest.
Optimal group: 10 persons

Tour start dates: depends on tour group formation

Start and End points of the tour: Novosibirsk

Schedule / Site program

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

2 day. Flight from Novosibirsk to Albagan. Rest in taiga.

3 day. Flight from Albagan to the jewel of the Altai - lake Teletskoe.

4 day. Flight from lake Teletskoe to the Altai national park, the Chodro and the waterfall on the river Chulcha.

5 day. Flight from the Chodro to lake Shavlinskoe. With the stops in the steppe Kuraiskaya and the Chuisky range.

6 day. Flight from lake Shavlinskoe - to the river Katun' with a flight over the hightst mountain peak of the Altai range - Mt.Beloukha.

7 day. Flight from the river Katun' to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

8 day. City sightseeing tour

9 day. Transfer to airport.

Participation in the tour is not recommended for people with high blood pressure.

This tour schedule is a subject to change by the escort-crew because of the weather conditions and/or rescue requirements.

Recommended adjustments:

• Fishing: grayling, taymen'.
  
  
• Rafting: rivers along the tour are from 1st to 5th complexity levels.
  
  
• Hunting: wood-grouse, maral, bear.
  
  
• Skiing: possible at appointed and non-appointed mountainsides of South Siberia (also available heli-skiing).
  
  
• Mountaineering: possible mountaineering to 3500 - 4506 m. peaks.

Tour price covers:

• all helicopter transfers, accommodation in Novosibirsk, BB, full board on the route, qualified interpreter during the whole route, escort-team service, special equipment lease, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfers

Additional cost:

• visa support, city sightseeing tour, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

The rivers of the Gornyi (Mountainous) Altai are known for their vigorous streams. They are quite dangerous, especially for people not familiar with mountain rivers. Therefor it is not recommended to go rafting without special skills and preparation. Katun' features all levels of complexity for water sport tourism - from the 1st to the 5th.

Escort-team of 4 guides will provide participants with maximum on-route safety, cooking, quality first aid, excursions at sites of interest, safe pass-over recommendations for difficult route sections.

Optimal team: 8 - 10 persons, 4-5 per raft

Physical state: average + ability to swim

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Schedule / Site Program

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel. Leaving a hotel for a rout at 22:00

2 day. Transfer from Novosibirsk to the river Malyi Yaloman

3 day. Rafting to the river Ailagush mouth

4 day. Trekking in mountainous taiga near the river Ailagush (10-15 km)

5 day. Rafting to the river Kyuzyur mouth

6 day. Rafting

7 day. Free time. A sightseeing tour to Pisanitsy (rock carvings)

8 day. Rafting to the beautiful Oroktoi village

9 day. Rafting to the picturesque village of Chemal

10 day. Transfer to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel

11 day. City sightseeing tour

12 day. Transfer to airport
Tour price covers:

• accommodation in Novosibirsk (3 nights), full board, escort-team service+interpreter, special equipment lease, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfer

Additional cost:

• city sightseeing tour, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

Accomodation:
Novosibirsk: hotel (3*)
tour: 2-person tents

The program "Uchar" allows participants to visit lake Teletskoye - the jewel of the Altai, unique valley of the river Chulymshan, difficult to access cascade of waterfalls near the river Chulcha, and make a fascinating trip through mountain crossings or a rafting trip on the river Katun'.

Optimal team: 8 - 10 persons

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Physical state: average, by the exception of some sections (*)

Schedule / Site program

Tour price covers:

• all helicopter transfers, accommodation in Novosibirsk, BB, full board on the route, escort-team service+interpreter, special equipment lease, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfers

Additional cost:

• city sightseeing tour, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

Accomodation:
Novosibirsk: hotel (3*)
Tour: 2-person tents

The Putorana plateau is situated in Zapolyariye (transpolar region of Russia) to the south of Taimyr peninsula. No need to describe the beauty of the region's landscape. You are able to see and appreciate the Moon scenery of polar mountains, terrific canyons, beauty and might of many waterfalls, the heat of "always-on-the-top" northern Sun.

Qualified escort team provides participants with security, cooking, first aid, sightseeing tours at sites of interest, safe pass-over recommendations for difficult route sections and fishing tips.

Optimal team: 12 persons

Start and end point of the tour: Novosibirsk

Schedule / Site program

1 day. Arrival in Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

2 day. Charter plane flight to the town of Igarka. Accommodation at a geologists' center. Visit to the Museum of Permafrost.

3 day. Flight from Igarka to a center at the lake Kutramakan.

4 - 8 days. Helicopter tours to the plateau Putorana waterfalls. Photo and video works. Fishing.

9 day. Helicopter flight to the river Enisey. Fishing for a sturgeon.

10 day. Helicopter flight to Igarka. Accommodation at a geologists' center.

11 day. Charter plane flight to Novosibirsk. Accommodation in a hotel.

12 day. City sightseeing tour.

13 day. Transfer to airport.

• The route is recommended for professional video and photo works.
  
  
• Anti - mosquito sprays are obligatory.

Tour price covers:

• all helicopter transfers, accommodation in Novosibirsk (3 nights), full board, escort-team service, special equipment lease, AM-radio equipment, medical insurance, first aid kit (including antibody), transfer, city sightseeing tour

Additional cost:

• tour-long interpreter, alcoholic beverages, professional video-recording

Tour booking: orders should be made at least 40 days in advance
Accomodation:
Novosibirsk: hotel (3*)
Tour: 2-person tents

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