Rest in Mountainous Altai - Horse, Foot & Water Adventures

Gorny Altai is a Russian region, rich in hard-to-reach natural and historical sights, which you can hardly reach on foot and can not always be driven even by powerful cars prepared for off-road driving. However, in many respects, tourists "benefit" the wonderful Altaic horses. It was here more than 40 years ago - in 1971, for the first time in the USSR, a horse-riding route was created. The breed of Altai horses is famous for its endurance, patience and unpretentiousness. This allows you to develop horseback riding on a variety of complex and long routes, and recreation in the Altai Mountains makes it memorable and very popular.
Riders on horseback follow through the taiga and flowering alpine meadows, overcome narrow, crumbling trails and passes, from where magnificent panoramas of mountains and wide valleys open. Horse tours can attract any traveler. They are available for tourists with different levels of training, endurance, because the rhythm of the movement of the group is often not dependent on the factor of physical preparation of travelers. However, there are horse routes that are carried out specially and under the order for experienced riders, including a horse tour to the glacier Mensu, the eastern slope of the highest mountain in Belukha in Siberia . This is really extreme tourism: what is only worth overcoming the Uzun-Bom trail, located 30 meters above the mountain river Argut: the wrong traffic, and the stones from the trail begin to crumble into the water. Equestrian tour takes place in the deaf and poorly visited places, on the route, meetings with wild animals are possible.
Also in Gorny Altai this type of tourism is popular, as an alloy, which appeared here in the early 70-ies of the last century. During this time, rafts that replaced conventional log rafts, "reinforced" car cameras, were found floating along the stormy rivers; There was a new rescue and safety equipment. Now Mountain Altai is considered one of the main centers of water tourism of our country. The complexity of rafting on the rapacious rugged rivers - Katun, Chuye, Bashkaus, Chulyshmanu, Argut and others - allows athletes to gain invaluable experience and win various competitions of international level. It is interesting that many prize-winners of the competitions work in the summer time as guides, instructors, helping tourists who came to rest in the Altai Mountains, to make a safe trip and fully enjoy the beauty of the Altai nature. The most popular Altai river, Katun, depending on the place of rafting, can be interesting to extremals who choose the upper reaches of the river, and families with school-age children who are offered to go on an exciting and uncomplicated rafting down the lower Katun. Average Katun - attracts those who do not have much experience in alloys, but would like to experience the thrill and fight with the water element. If tourists take part in the water trip that unites Katun and its right tributary - the rapid river Choi, the diverse and powerful impressions are almost guaranteed! In contrast to the already "classic" rafting along the average Katun, the addition of the Chui route to the string significantly increases its complexity.
Holidays in the Altai Mountains - horse, pedestrian and water travel are sure to please everyone who loves rest in the wild, romance and is ready to overcome difficulties for the sake of new impressions.