All colors of Altai

Altay steppe, Kolyvanskoye lake, Lake Beloye, Biryukinskiy heights and, of course, Lake Teletskoye. Kolyvanskoye lake was formed several million of years ago. Eroded, very picturesque grey stone rocks remember us about the Ice Age. The lake water is warm till September.

A rare water chestnut can be found in the lake, this chestnut was enlisted in UNESCO Red Book. A stonecutting plant has been working since 1802 in Kolyvanskoye village. It was here where the "Queen of vases"'was produced. Since the end of the 19th-century it has been exhibiting in Hermitage in St. Petersburg. You can get to the lake by a steep road – but that is the monument of Kolyvan mountain nature. The Chuya highway is the main car road of Altay mountains that connects Russia with Mongolia in China. The Storico highway construction dates back to 18th 19th centuries.

In lunch and fortune a famous writer Vyacheslav Shishkov became the main researcher of the highway. He also wrote a popular novel Ugryum Reka. The thought of this book was taken from Altay mountain local inhabitants' life.

And finally lake Teletskoye - place that attract tourists from all over the world by its virgin beauty. Reserved coastal area saved the nature of this unique please just is it was like many thousand of years ago.

Secular Pines, steep rocks, mountain waterfalls, absence of roads and civilization – is the landmark of this nature miracle.

Altay mountains, as many peoples believe, is concentration of mystical place where people look for answers for their questions and to find them.

We are sure that this itinerary would leave you Amazed and also would help you to have a different look at the world around you.