Altai is famous for its amazing beauty, diversity of nature and a rich choice of recreational activities. If you are planning your trip to Altai by car, but don’t know what to see and where to go, because you went on vacation with children, take a look at our selection of attractions. Here we consider those places in Altai that do not require serious physical preparation to visit them and a lot of time.

Lake Aya, also called Aisk Lake, is located near the village of Mayma (Altai Territory, Altai District) - 10 km to the south. Tourists like this area just because of Lake Aya. After all, it is warm, freshwater and, unlike most others, suitable for swimming. A lot of curious tourists come here from all over the Altai Territory, so you can always make new friends, and possibly meet old acquaintances. The shores of Lake Aya give excellent beach holiday and are simply imbued with the spirit of nature. But at the same time, vacationers do not look like savages, because everything here is well-equipped and civilized. There will be entertainment for lovers active rest and for the supporters of a quiet pastime.

How to get there:

Before the village of Souzga from the Chuysky tract across the Katun River leads suspension bridge. If you are in your own car, turn right after the bridge and drive about a kilometer along the road that leads through the village of Katun to the village of Aya, until the first turn to the left (there are signs in front of the village of Katun). After the turn the road is very steep. If you are on foot, you can cut your way - climb the metal stairs. It is laid on the slope of the mountain.

You can also use tourist buses, which run from Barnaul, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Omsk according to the schedule of arrivals. You need to get out at the Aisky bridge and after passing it turn left. There is a tourist complex 100 meters away, whose employees can meet you at the bridge and escort you to the base. If we are talking about a regular bus, then any passing village of Souzga (stop Aisky bridge) will do. Then you should walk it, and then, turning left, walk another 100 meters to the tourist complex. You can also take a detour in your car through Biysk, the village of Altaiskoye and the village of Aya and passing the Aysky bridge to get to the tourist complex.

Mount Tserkovka in Belokurikha

Mount Tserkovka is located 4 km from Belokurikha, if you follow in a southwestern direction. The mountain is a cone-shaped hill, and its height is 794 m. The hill is covered with trees, and it also has “windows” that are formed by rocks.

If you climb this mountain, then an amazing panorama in its beauty will appear before your eyes. Here you can see the Biyskaya Plain, the city of Belokurikha itself and the nearby resort, and you can also see the Cherginsky Range, but only the peaks.

How to get there:

The path to Mount Tserkovka should start from the Belokurikha resort from the Belokur sanatorium. The top of the mountain can be reached on foot, as well as with the help of a special chair lift. Using the lift, you will find yourself at the top of the Church in 25 minutes. In the cold season, the workers serving the lift can give you warm blankets to make you feel comfortable and warm during the ascent. If you go on foot, then you will be at the top in 60-90 minutes.

damn finger

"Devil's finger" is a rather unusual name for a rock, but nevertheless, it is a popular place for recreation for people from the vicinity of Lake Aya. "Devil's finger" - the name of the rock deserved because of the unique rock ledge, reminiscent of a finger escaping from the ground.

How to get there:

The path to the rock is about 114 km from Biysk. Then you will pass the village of Souzga and turn right to the Aisky bridge further on the sign with the sign: Aya -11 km, Nizhnekayancha 9 km. Passing over the bridge Katun, turn right again. After about 3 km of the way, there is a fork there along the ring and immediately to the left. You won’t be able to go along the fork to the right, there the old Aisky bridge is closed for repairs. Further on the way we have the "Crown of Altai" is a hostel we go further. And we come to the village of Katun. And here we have to get to the top. It can be reached by SUV, if there is none, then on foot. We go further, focusing only on the television tower, first there will be a gravel road, then an unpaved one. Following the landmark, you can climb to the top of the slope, the place where the slope ends - and there is a rock "Devil's finger".

Patmos Island

Patmos is a small island located on the outskirts of the village of Chemal (Chemal district of the Altai Republic). It is a rock with sheer walls and stands among the waters of the Katun River, which merges with another river, the Chemal, not far from the island.

How to get there:

The only way to get to Patmos is via a suspension bridge.

teletskoye lake

Teletskoye Lake is the largest lake in the Altai Territory. It is about 330 meters deep. This makes the lake one of the largest in Russia and the 25th deepest lake in the world.

Altyn-Kol - this is the name of Teletskoye Lake in the Altai language. If translated literally, we get the "golden lake". Today, the lake is not much developed for recreation, because only its northern part, which is located near the village of Artybash, is accessible. But to the south you need to either swim across the entire lake, or drive through the Katu-Yaryk pass in an off-road vehicle.

How to get there:

First route. The path lies through the cities of Biysk, Gorno-Altaysk, the villages of Kyzyl-Ozek, Paspaul, Choya, Uskuch, Verkh-Biysk, Kebezen and ends in the village of Artybash. All 254 km of the road are paved. Buses run between settlements.

Second route . We start from the city of Biysk, then we pass the villages of Ust-Kuyut, Ozero-Kureevo, Turochak, Verkh-Biysk, Kebezen and get to Artybash. The length of the road is 246 km, but most of the road is, to put it mildly, in poor condition. Some areas do not have bus service.

Third route. From the village of Verkh-Biysk (it can be reached by the first or second route) go towards the village of Artybash, but before reaching 35 km before it, in front of the bridge over the river. Tula turn left and through the village of Biyka drive to Yailyu (about 70 km from the turn). Buses do not run on all sections of the route.

The village of Yailu is part of the reserve, therefore, to visit it, you need to take permission from the administration of the reserve (Gorno-Altaisk).

Fourth route. This route will lead to south coast Teletskoye Lake. On the way you will meet the city of Biysk, the villages of Maima, Ust-Sema, Shebalino, the Seminsky Pass, the villages of Ongudai, Inya, Chibit, Aktash, Ust-Ulagan, Balyktuyul, the Katu-Yaryk Pass, the villages of Koo, Kok-Pash, Balykcha. The end point is Cape Kyrsay.

Mountain Sinyukha

Gorny Altai has long been famous for its indescribable beauty, as a result of which a funicular was built in Manzherok. Every year, many tourists from all over the world come to make an unforgettable climb to Mount Sinyukha. The tour lasts 30 minutes, during which tourists get a lot of positive emotions. On the slopes of the mountains you can see a dense forest with various types of trees. In the spring, the eyes of vacationers are pleased with a glade of orange lights, wild rose and deer. During the descent there is an opportunity to see the Manzherok lake. The viewing platform is located on the mountain. Malaya Sinyukha at an altitude of 1012 m, but this is not yet the highest point of the mountain, and the top is at 1196 m.

How to get there:

At a distance of 4 kilometers from the village of Manzherok there is a lift. Provided that if you keep the path from Biysk, then on the rise after Manzherok, next to the gas station, you need to turn left (when you see the inscription "Ozernoye" on the sign). And already in There is a lake sign that points directly to the funicular.

Confluence of Chuya and Katun

Probably, everyone who will be in the Altai Republic should see a truly beautiful and bewitching sight - this is the confluence of the Chuya and Katun rivers. A huge number of people visit here every year, since you can get to this place very easily by driving directly to the equipped observation deck.

From the observation deck, anyone can see a truly magnificent sight. Namely, after the two channels merge into one, the waters of the rivers, which have contrasting colors, do not mix for some time and a clear dividing line passes between them. By the way, the waters of the Chuya are muddy and dark, and the Katun are turquoise.

How to get there:

If you leave the city of Biysk, then you will need to pass through Srostki, Mayma, Manzherok, Ust-Sema, Shebalino, Seminsky Pass, Ongudai, Inya and you will reach your cherished goal.

The length of the route from Biysk to the confluence of two rivers is approximately 374 kilometers. The road from Biysk to the destination is very good and has an asphalt surface (the famous Chuysky tract passes here).

Karakol lakes

The lakes of the Karakol river valley of the Altai mountain ranges cascade at a great height of 1800-2100 meters above sea level. Being the source of the Tura River, the Karakol Lakes attract with their amazing nature. The lakes, and there are seven in total, are spread in the valley at a distance of 300-800 meters from each other and are interconnected by a network of mountain streams.

How to get there:

Traveling to the lakes is best to start from the settlement of Elekmonar of the Altai Republic (the length of the path is about 30 km). The distance to the complex can be overcome by highly passable road transport, since there is no direct road to the lakes, and the last 5-7 km will have to be overcome along a mountain path or on horseback. The road to the Karakol lakes in Altai takes, depending on the state of the mountain road, from 1.5 to 3 hours (this is if by car or on horseback), on foot - 3-4 hours.

geyser lake

A small thermal lake is located behind Aktash village. The size of the lake is not more than 30 m in diameter. In the center of the lake, a thermal spring erupts, which brings beautiful blue silt with it to the bottom and creates this impressive beauty of the lake.

How to get there:

The distance from Biysk to the geyser lake is approximately 463 km, of which you will have to walk 2 km. From Biysk on the way there will be the village of Srostki. Further villages Mayma, Manzherok, Ust-Sema, Shebalino after all the villages you will reach the Seminsky pass. Further on the way you will have the village of Ongudai and the picturesque river Inya. To get to the geyser lake, you will need to drive to the village of Aktash, at 797 km on the right there will be a camp site. After the camp site, we leave the car and keep the path along the meadow to the right, advancing to the power transmission tower and going 500–700 m. Before reaching the power transmission line 100 m, there will be a swamp on which logs will lie, with the help of them you can cross the swamp. Move along them and turn left, then continue along the wires to the power line (it is located behind the camp site). Keep the path to the power transmission tower, pass it and continue moving directly under the line of wires (you can also 10 meters from the line to the right). And after about 50 meters you will come to a small dense bush, where the desired lake is located. And it’s also worth remembering that the wires of the power line tower line pass exactly above the lake.

Multinskie lakes

The surroundings of the Multinskie Lakes have recently become popular among tourists, scientists and nature lovers. No wonder these reservoirs are called treasures. Gorny Altai. True, it will not be possible to get here by car or bus; those who want to get to these places have to walk or ride on horseback. But the beauty of the surrounding landscape, the uniqueness of the flora and fauna, the virginity of untouched nature more than pay for this way of transportation. In addition, among all the lakes of the mountain range, these reservoirs are the most easily accessible.

How to get there:

We begin to make a route from the city of Biysk. The length of the route is 534 km. Of these, 13 km - on foot. The indicative route looks like this. We are passing settlements: Mayma, Manzherok, Ust-Sema (we pass through old bridge on Katun), Shebalino. Then the road goes to the Seminsky pass. Be calm, despite the fact that the pass is quite high, but it is easy to overcome it by car in any weather. Then - a fork. Following the signs, turn right - to Ust-Koksa and Ust-Kan. To the village of Ust-Kan - 90 km, we go further for another 110 km, we pass the village of Ust-Koksa. Then we drive another 27 km and to the right we will see a turn to Multa. If you arrived in a passenger car, then get ready for a hiking or horseback trip. If you are driving an SUV, you can shorten your journey by about 10 km. We go further to the village of Maralnik-1. Then you can walk: we climb up the Multa River. Stay close to the river all the time, do not turn onto other paths. After walking 12 km, you will see the first destination of your journey - the Lower Lake. Almost immediately behind it is the Middle. And after 5 km - Upper. You can get to the Lower Lake by SUV, such as Gaz-66, local services provide such services.

Scientists from the Novosibirsk Academgorodok have made an important discovery that can overturn the prevailing ideas about the process of mountain building in Altai. As the work of specialists from two institutes - Geology and Mineralogy and Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences shows, the Altai Mountains turned out to be many million years younger than previously thought. The complete absence of Mesozoic deposits in Gorny Altai led most researchers to the idea of ​​a significant uplift of this territory since an epoch of 250 million years ago.

Vladimir Sergeevich Zykin, Doctor of Geology, professor, specialist in Cenozoic geology, conducted research in the Kosh-Agach region of Gorny Altai in the Kyzyl-Chin river valley. He discovered there a rock mass that was formed not in the Devonian period (350 million years ago), but in the later Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era.

Vladimir Sergeevich brought samples to Novosibirsk, and specialists from the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy confirmed that the rock mass really belongs to the Cretaceous period and, at the same time, is marine. And this means that even 90 million years ago there was a sea in this area.

"If we take the Upper Cretaceous period, then this is the age of 90-93 million years ago. It was a normal sea, with marine fauna and normal salinity," says Vladimir Zykin.

For many decades, experts adhered to the hypothesis that the Altai Mountains began to form in the Devonian period - about 350 million years ago. Today it is safe to say that this hypothesis has been refuted.

"It turns out that even 90 million years ago there was a sea on the site of the Altai Mountains. And the mountains themselves began to grow much later - about 30 million years ago," the scientist says.

The researcher found that the Mesozoic deposits lie vertically. According to him, this suggests that in Altai there was another, more ancient stage of mountain building, not known until now.

"Initially, Vladimir Zykin brought samples of ancient algae for research. At first, many experts did not believe that such a sea in Altai could exist at all. Later, he found layers with macrofauna - brachiopods and mollusks. We determined their age, and our guess was confirmed - the samples turned out to be of the Cretaceous period,” says Boris Nikolaevich Shurygin, Doctor of Geological Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

This year, Siberian scientists received a grant from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research specifically to study this problem. Representatives of the Moscow State University worked in Altai together with specialists from the Institute of Geology and Minerology and the Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics.

"Three scientific institutions have teamed up. We went to the Kosh-Agach region to study rock outcrops. We found several chalk rock outcrops, and we will look for more. Our project is designed for another two years," says Boris Shurygin.

According to the scientist, this discovery changes a lot in understanding the geology of Altai. Here the sea must have extended over a large area. And this sea was warm. At the same time, the fauna that the researchers found in the rock deposits is more reminiscent of not Siberian, but the fauna of this time in the Caucasus region, Crimea and Donbass. Scientists suggest that the sea penetrated from these southern regions. Geologists now have to determine the contours of this entire ancient basin.

“In the Cretaceous period, there was also a sea in Western Siberia. But the fauna in Western Siberia and what we found in Altai are different. Now we have to look for how the fauna could be common in Altai and the Caucasus,” says Boris Shurygin.

"The Altai region is the key to understanding many problems of geology. Western Siberia is well studied. We know a lot about it. And it is believed that the sea basin closed on the approach to Altai. In the south, the basins are also well known - in the Crimea, in the Caucasus. And Altai - something like a bridge between the southern and West Siberian basins. And this line passes differently than it seemed before, "the specialist notes.

The discovery of Siberian scientists changes the idea of ​​the formation of mountains and relief in the southern territory of Siberia. Today, it is the discovery of Siberian geologists that significantly changes the ideas about the paleogeographic appearance of the Earth.
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Altai is one of the most beautiful and fabulous places Russia, where both residents of our country and tourists from foreign countries. And their desires are fully justified, since this mountainous region of Russia is the most wonderful and interesting place for travel and recreation. Undoubtedly, the main advantage of Altai is the mountains that make this area similar to Switzerland (learn more), the Alps and even the famous Tibet.

The most high peak Siberia - Belukha, its height is more than 4500 m.

Today, both active and passive recreation in Altai is very popular. You can actively relax in this area at any time of the year. In winter, most vacationers come to ski resorts where you can go skiing, snowboarding, skating, etc.

In summer, such types of outdoor activities as horseback riding, safaris, hunting, fishing, swimming, mountain climbing, rafting on the rapid rivers of Altai, cycling, hiking, historical and archaeological excursions and much more are widespread. A trip to Altai will allow everyone to have a good rest, get a lot of impressions and positive emotions.

Do you know why Altai attracts many people?

Not only active recreation, beautiful nature and the peak immersed in clouds is of interest to travelers. Crystal clear air, pristine beauty of nature, gorgeous panoramas, amazing local flora and fauna - all this is an integral part of this region.

Another advantage of resting in Altai is the Belokurikha balneological resort, where thousands of people undergo treatment and prevention every year.

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The territory of this resort area has long been popular and famous for its healing atmosphere: there are many nitrogen-radon sources, the waters of which have a beneficial effect on the human body.

Air in the Altai mountains rich in ions, which helps to look good and rejuvenate. It is in this area that jumps in atmospheric pressure do not occur, and this is surprisingly affects the well-being of visitors and in the treatment of their ailments.

Educational excursions

For lovers of educational excursions, a visit to Altai is a great opportunity to see unique historical and architectural monuments. A striking example of this are the Denisov caves, which are of world value, and there are many ancient burial structures in the valley of the Sentelek River.

Visitors to Barnaul can visit the Altai State Museum of Local Lore, which has more than 150,000 exhibits. Also, tourists are attracted by the famous Altai Regional Drama Theater named after Vasily Shukshin, the original museum of auto theft named after Yuri Detochkin, one of the biggest attractions is the State Art Museum of the Altai Territory, where there are famous art exhibits and a century-old museum of the history of literature, art and culture of Altai.

Another feature of Altai- many small and clean lakes that you can visit by buying a tourist ticket.

Also, lovers of pristine nature are mesmerized by an amazing cascade of waterfalls located on the Shinok River. Another attraction of Altai is the largest nature reserve in Russia, located in the Turachaksky district.

It is spread among the Alpine mountains and stretches to the Taiga. IN national park you can see many animals living in natural conditions, including: brown bear, sable, elk, snow leopard, roe deer, reindeer, wolverine, deer and other animals.

When is the best time to visit Altai?

The best time for tourist trips to Altai can be considered from the end of May to the beginning of September. This time is the warmest, the water in numerous reservoirs warms up to the optimum temperature and you can take water procedures, various berries and mushrooms appear in the forest.

And for those travelers who dream of getting into a fairy tale, seeing the lush flowering of trees and herbs - the beginning of May will be best time for the trip. In May it will not be hot enough yet, but at this time you will be able to see the incredible awakening of nature and feel an amazing unity with the outside world.

For lovers ski resorts and other types of winter outdoor activities, you need to visit Altai in early December - late February. It is quite cold here in this winter time, so it is worth taking care of warm clothes in advance.

The cost of a trip to Altai

The average cost of a tourist excursion or independent travel in Altai ranges from 20,000 to 50,000 rubles. A direct flight to Gorno-Altaisk will cost from 9775 to 10290 rubles.

Of course, the price depends on the time of the year, the chosen tour (there are a huge number of them), the specific place of stay, the mode of transportation, the number of days on the tour, the services provided and where the trip is made. Naturally, in holidays and in high season, a trip to best resorts will be more expensive than at other times.

Rest at the bases is quite acceptable for the price, luxury rooms are the most expensive 7000 rubles per day, while standard rooms are not without comfort from 600 to 3600 rubles.

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"Black people die on November 27th and wake up like frogs on April 24th." So in the 16th century an Austrian diplomat Sigismund Herberstein described the inhabitants living on the shores of the "Chinese" Sea and "not owning a generally accepted speech." According to the map compiled by the traveler, this sea overflowed on the territory of Altai. Novgorod merchants called its northern shore Lukomorye.

"Notes on Muscovy"

“Is it really true that there was both the sea and Lukomorye here?” we asked Sofia Platonov, Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Water and environmental issues SO RAN.

“Indeed, both the sea and Lukomorye were described in Notes on Muscovy,” says Sofya Grigoryevna. – Moreover, Sigismund Herberstein in the 16th century was considered an authoritative researcher, like Herodotus, and contemporaries treated his “Notes” with great confidence. The famous "Notes" was the first comprehensive description of Russia, including trade, religion, customs, history. They have long been the main source of European knowledge about Russia. But if the ambassador described the western part of Russia, using, among other things, his own observations, then talking about Asian Russia, he, apparently, was based on the information of the Novgorod merchants, recorded in the Russian (Novgorod) "Yugorsky road builder", in which there were elements of fairy tales.

It seems like nothing has changed over time. For many people in the West, Siberia still remains Lukomorye with bears ... Meanwhile, according to Sofya Platonova, we really live at the bottom of ancient seas.

cold waves

The territory of the Altai Territory in the distant geological past (here we are talking about hundreds of millions of years) repeatedly turned out to be the bottom of the sea.

We know about this from the distribution of ancient marine deposits on our territory, containing imprints of marine fauna. So, if you drill a well in Barnaul, then at a depth of about 400 meters or more you can find buried deposits of such an ancient sea, - says the expert.

And in the foothills and mountainous areas regions, such as, for example, Soloneshensky, in the marine limestones emerging on the surface, you can find the remains of ancient corals, through which you can touch the distant past of the planet with your own hand.

- According to geologists, the age of the most ancient sea in the territory that we have so splendidly settled and equipped is approximately 600 million years. This sea was part of the ocean, which completely covered the whole of Western Siberia and the Altai mountains, which did not exist at that time, - says Sofya Grigoryevna.

The picture of this world, according to our interlocutor, was inhospitable to humans: cold waves crashed against the shores of deserted volcanic islands. The main representatives of life at that time were blue-green algae, which created colonies on the stones.

dinosaur time

“The first ocean left our territory about 300 million years ago,” says Sofya Platonova. - After that, land was formed here with mountains on it. But these were not the mountains of Altai that we know now. Then these mountains were destroyed by water and wind, and by the beginning of the Mesozoic era (about 220 million years ago) - the time known as the time of the dinosaurs, a plain formed.

Siberian Antarctica

- 35 million years ago, history repeated itself - a new stage of geological history began, which led to the formation of modern relief, including the emergence of new - already modern mountains (that's why Altai is called the revived mountains). At this time there were several glaciations, - says the scientist.

During one of them - about 240 thousand years ago - the Altai Territory found itself between two huge centers of glaciation, one of which was in the South, the other in the North.

Southern glaciers covered the highlands of Altai. Northern glaciers were located in the high latitudes of the West Siberian Plain and on the shelf. It was very similar to modern Antarctica, Sofya Platonova compares. They reached a thickness of one to three kilometers and spread under their weight to the south, creating a natural dam for the rivers flowing to the north. In Western Siberia, the southern boundary of the ice sheet ran along the Ob to the mouth of the Irtysh (the city of Khanty-Mansiysk).

- Where was it to go? Siberian rivers if their flow to the north was blocked by ice? And then giant lakes-seas were formed, flooding vast flat territories. This is how the legendary Mansiysk Sea was formed, which flooded most of western Siberia, - says Sofya Grigoryevna. - Its depth reached 130 meters! If the Mansiysk Lake-Sea overflowed again, as in ancient times, then Tyumen, Tomsk and other Siberian cities would be under water. But standing on a hill, Barnaul would be on the seashore.

ground ripple

Similar to the Mansiysk, but smaller in size, dammed lakes during glaciations repeatedly formed in the Altai mountains, when glaciers descending from the slopes of the ridges blocked the river valleys.

As a result, the spaces of intermountain basins (for example, Chuya and Kurai) turned into big lakes. Sometimes ice dams broke through, and then powerful streams of water rushed downstream at great speed, destroying everything in their path. Traces of these catastrophic flows in the form of giant shafts on earth's surface can be seen in the Soviet district, where the village of Platovo stands on them.

All the secrets of those periods have not yet been unraveled, as, however, Herberstein's Altai Lukomorye remains a mystery. Why did Novgorod merchants suddenly believe that local people hibernate on November 27? Maybe they meant bears or almys - Bigfoot?