Altai - Listening to the sky

Region: Altai

The Altaian Mountains is a beautiful part of wildlife on the Earth. If you are interested in birds and mountains you may join our Bird Watching trip «Listening to the sky». The route passes through the alpine Ukok Plato and Teletskoe Lake. During the trip we may observe about 120 species of birds. Here you will be able to meet such rare species as Imperial Eagle, Sacer Falkon, Demoiselle Crane, Whooper Swan, endemic species Altai Snowcock, Brandt’a Mountain Finch, Pallas’s Rose Finch. Besides, such species as Bar Headed Goose, Ruddy Shelduck nest on the shores of beautiful unique alpine lakes. A very rare hunter - snow leopard lives on the alpine mountain ranges. If you are lucky enough, you will see the prints of his paws on the snow. The trip doesn’t require you to be perfectly fit. Excursions in the wilderness during the day, different landscape, spending some nights in a tent – all these will certainly help you to become closer to nature.

Our guides

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Itinerary:

1 day	Early morning arrival to Barnaul. After breakfast transfer by car to Seminsky pass, overnight in guest houses.
2 Day	Seminsky pass. Walking excursion to the Siberian taiga. Siberian cedar, and taiga bird species: song thrush, blue nightingales, buzzard, black woodpecker. Overnight in guest houses.
3 Day	Transfer Seminsky pass - Aktash. Overnight in guest houses. Walking tour along small river and bogs. Here one can watch pine bunting, demoiselles cranes; predators: golden eagles, imperial eagles, black vulture etc.
4 Day	Transfer Aktash - Dzhumaly river. Along the road watching birds of prey and inhabitants of the lakes in the Chuya river valley. Bird species: gray shrike, wheatear, pied wheatear, horned lark, gray-necked bunting, whooper swan, black-throated diver, bar-headed goose, steppe eagle etc. Overnight in tents.
5 Day	Transfer river Dzhumaly - Teply Kluch pass (3000 m altitude). On the border of the snow zone and glaciers one can watch Himalayan accentor, rock thrush, redstart, lammergeier, vulture, saker falcon.
6 Day	Transfer Teply Kluch - Zerlukol lake. Here one can watch: bar-headed goose, divers, coot, black-throated diver, ruddy shelduck, goldeneye etc.
7 Day	Transfer Zerlukol lake - Elangash river valley. In the valley one can see on the glacial border very rare endemic snow cock. Also birds here are: snow finch, bluethroat, rough-legged buzzard, lammergeier, imperial eagle, golden eagle etc. Overnight in tents.
8 Day	Full day in the Elangsh valley. Overnight in tents.
9 Day	Full day in the Elangsh valley. Overnight in tents.
10 Day	Transfer Elangsh river valley - Kosh Agach. Overnight in a hotel, sauna. Excursion to the lakes in Chuiskaya steppe.
11 Day	Tranfer to Irbis -tu valley. Here one can watch: snow cock, scarlet grosbeak, Alpine chough etc. Overnight in tents.
12 Day	Full day in Irbis-tu valley. Overnight in tents.
13 Day	Along Chyisky road we move to Cherga settlement. Overnight in tents.
14 Day	Return to Barnaul.

Price:

Number of PAX	4	6	8	10
PRICE, RUB	77200	69400	66000	59300

INCLUDED:

land & water transportation, accommodation, meals, rent of the equipment, insurance, private guide and driver, entrance fee to the Park.

NOT INCLUDED:

Airtickets Moscow-Barnaul-Moscow, alcoholic beverages, personal expenses

Equipment