Altay is famous for its rivers - madly beautiful, swift, transparent emerald, rich in fish - hariusom, Lenca, taimen. Pony among snowy mountains, alpine meadows, Cedar taiga. On the shores of many berries, mushrooms, wild animals. Frequently encountered apiary with the famous refined Altaic honey. Among the tours is the highest category and difficulty - "white water" suitable only for the good athletes, and routes simpler when you can go on holiday the whole family with children. You can choose how long (more than 250 km) and shorter routes of varying complexity.
The tour is designed for tourists amateur difficult trip on the water rafting on the experience of white water. " The river runs along the narrow mountain valley rocky, pine taiga, and replete with complex plots "Adrenaline". Every year it is held Republican Rafting Festival, which involves athletes Kazakhstan and Russia. During the tour you make a fascinating alloy one of the most technically complex of Kazakhstan Altai rivers - Turgusunu and its source - of Greater Turgusunu. The harsh mountain taiga rich in berries and mushrooms, crystal purity of the water, fishing for grayling, magnificent landscapes will allow you to fully relax in the Altai Mountains
Necessary physical training: good.
Duration: 7 days
The optimum size of the group: 3 - 6.
Recommended Equipment: Backpack for personal belongings - all in nepromokaemoy packaging, a sleeping bag, warm clothing, cool and rainy weather and nights in tents (0 to +25 ° C), photographic equipment in leakproof packing repellents. In June and September, and lowered the water temperature needed rain, enough tight costumes for the trip: rowers on the water zabryzgivayutsya perekatah might fall into the water. River throughout enough melkovodna (average depth of about 1-1,5 meters), has rapidly over - up to 2.3 metres per second. So the ability to swim can be very useful for the commission of that journey. The best craft are: catamarans, trimarans and jackets with the width of no more than 2 metres due to maneuvering among stones at the threshold Turgusuna. Recommended duration of the tour: For low-water rafting on: July-September. For rafting on the big water with the elements of risk: May - June.
Note: desirable vaccinated against encephalitis.
If you decide to commit this journey - please see specific information and the cost of the tour.
Tour Program
DAY 1. Transfer by car to the top of the alloy in the upper reaches of the Lesser Turgusuna Stanovischa Stone. Time - 10 hours. Arrival possible option to top alloy helicopter - 1 hour. (For an additional fee).
DAY 2. Started on Bolshaya Turgusunu alloy. The river bed has a width of 15 to 50 m depth of about 1 m, the speed of currents up to 2.3 m / s, has been in a narrow valley with steep zalesennymi shores. Among the obstacles should be noted among the many rapids cluttering riverbed stones cascades plums, shafts, etc., and not at the top of the rubble and removed forest podmytye trees hanging over the streambed. It is recommended that a preliminary exploration ways before the alloy. On the first day, at night are in a comfortable position at the half way between the camps of start-up to the mouth Talogo Turgusuna. Better to spend the rest of the day tomorrow to inspect the road. Overnight in tents.
DAY 3. Continuing on the alloy of Greater Turgusunu before its merger with Talovym Turgusunom, and at night are at the mouth of the river Narymki before rapids cascade "Narymsky wing." This cascade of rapids has been able to pass only individual athletes, tourists with a high degree of training. We can only admire the frightening cascades plums, huge boulders and other obstacles with a large fall in the water. Overnight in tents.
DAY 4. Obnosim on the coast "Narymsky wing" unless it finds bold spirits who popytayut happiness in this threshold, and continue alloy below, the huge rocks on the left bank of the river. Here rapids followed one after another. Some may be reached with the move, but still useful intelligence shore, the more so that in this part of the road is on the river bank itself, which makes alloy very spectacular from the shore. On the night of the cabins are on the left bank, overnight in tents.
DAY 5. Continuing on the alloy of Greater Turgusunu before merging it with Turgusunom. From the beginning of the alloy, we have overcome the height difference of 400 m in length of about 40 km, said that the violent attitude of the river. Overnight at the merger.
DAY 6. Completion of Turgusunu alloy. Without stopping, and the preliminary exploration for moving forward on the river has become much calmer. On the way to examine interesting Turgusunskuyu GES - remnants of hydraulic structures times of the mining concessions, the British built in the thirties of the last century to 5 km from the village Kutiha. For Kutihoy Turgusun continues its During among forested shores, in places Branching protoki. The speed of its flow drops to 1.2 m / s. Alloy finish at the mouth of the river at Osinovka Osinovskom bridge where otbyvaem vehicles to the scene overnight. Relax. Overnight in tents.
DAY 7. The move by car in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk (7 hours).
If you decide to commit this journey - please see specific information and the cost of the tour.
