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2011

Dear colleagues!

Dear friends!

I would like and I am happy to thank you for great work, help, assistance, cooperation, special care with small but nice group of adventures abroad!

Click below link – as short and quick photo report.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yF4EtSzCHo

Thanks and hope we shall have such groups in future.

Michael, USA

We want to thank the “Sayan Ring” team for the perfectly organized tour “The Great Sayan Ring”. We’ve been experiencing the wonders of Siberian nature from 9 to 19 of August. Everything what we have read about at your website has been conducted perfectly.

Thank you for a very professional managers, guides and drivers. It is very important, who is taking care of the group during the whole tour, because that is what the mood of the group depends on. Our Russian-German group was very lucky to have Anna as a guide, Maxim as a driver and Olga as a manager of the tour. We were amazed by Anna’s knowledge, intelligence and delicacy. She gave us a lot of information on both languages, and it was very nice that she was trying to keep us in such an ‘ethnic’ mood by showing us some films and giving us to listen to national music.

With a great pleasure we remember the extraterrestrial landscapes of Tuva, wild and fascinating lands, cedar taiga and burial mounds of Khakassia. We told our friends and relatives about our amazing journey. We believe that as many people as possible should know about this magnificent tour. We wish luck to your Company, wish you a lot of creative ideas and new routs in Siberia. If you offer us something new – we would definitely come.

Great thanks to manager Olga, who has been supervising our group. Thanks for quick responses, for punctuality and for readiness to help anytime.

Irina and Natalia, Moscow, august 2011

“The Mysteries of Sayan ring” is incredibly interesting and entertaining tour. Few days of tour become a real vacation which never can be replaced with 3 or 4 weeks of beach-related rest. Great thanks to guides Anna and Ludmila for their professional work and delicacy. Also we want to express gratitude to our driver Vladimir.

Team work at “Sayan ring” Company is very well-coordinated, just excellent. We got a kick of cheerfulness for a year ahead. We received a lot of information about the history of Russia. I believe that mixed groups is a very good idea, for example our group consisted of Russian and German tourists.

Marina, Moscow, July 2011

Fitness-tour “In Sayans”

“In Sayans” is a great well-organized tour at the perfectly selected territory. At the tourist camp “Snezhny bars” there is a cozy, homey, warm atmosphere. I want to express my gratitude to the staff of “Snezhny bars” for their kindness and willingness to create good conditions for us to enjoy our vacation and make it unforgettable.

Great thanks to our fitness trainer. All the trainings were perfectly organized; all the exercises were developed considering the abilities of each member of the group. All the wishes and preferences have been considered, the positive atmosphere made the trainings especially enjoyable. In whole I have only positive impression, great emotions and unforgettable feelings from this tour. I managed to have a great rest, to relax, to train, to go camping, get a lot of energy and improve my stamina. Thank you very much for this amazing tour!

Olesya, Kemerovo, 2011

I want to thank our guide Anna for her perfect and professional work during “The Mysteries of Sayan ring” tour. It has been very well organized and accurately designed. We have only positive impression from this tour. Great thanks to Anna, to the bus driver and to the “Sayan Ring” team!

Everything was great. We have visited a lot, we have seen a lot. Mostly we liked hiking part and “Stolby” nature reserve. It was great that we had a chance to climb the rocks and this was amazing and we got a lot of positive emotions. Great management, everything was on time, wonderful meals – it is very important and it was good! Thank you for that tour. Siberia is a breathtaking, incredible land!

Tatiana, Galina, Moscow, June 2011

That tour is incredible! All my expectations have been proved. Special thanks to our guide Anna who is a very kind, responsive, caring, tactful and charming young lady! “The Mysteries of Sayan ring” tour is designed, worked out very carefully and attentively. Great thanks to the “Sayan ring” team for developing and conducting such an amazing tour.

Galina, Komsomolsk-na-Amure

Dear Svetlana, I want to thank you for the excellent development and conduct of our stay in Krasnoyarsk on 7-8 of March of 2011! Experienced guide, nice driver with his comfortable bus helped us to go through all the freaks of weather and get only great impression from your city. Thank you very much and hope to see you again!

Elena, the head of school group and 28 students, Shira (Khakassia)

2010

Thank you so much for the journey! It was really informative. We have only positive emotions. The most pleasant detail was chance to hear also Russian and national languages and get familiar with cultures unknown before. We are grateful to the stuff who helped us during the whole journey!

Eva and Roland. Dusseldorf, Germany

"It was a really nice holiday! The guide Anna and the driver Ivan know their business, they were always ready to help and to fulfill every our wish. All 11 days we were deep in other cultures of Tuva and Khakassia. Such exotic things like banya or national cuisine were fantastic. The highlight of our trip was the tea in national park Stolby at Vitaly’s house and visiting of an origin nomads’ family in Tuva. The tour was not a cheap one, but very well organized. We are recommending it to everyone! My husband and I would really like to come back to Siberia."

Bina and Thomas, Muchen, Germany

2009

I was pleasantly surprised to hear about your company again. I really liked the travel “Sayan Ring”, so I gladly share my experiences with your future tourists. First of all, I am very sympathetic to the "a real German" well-planned organization of the tour, what is more, a successful intertwining of landscape diversity, rich history and Siberians’ hospitality. What I remember mostly in Tuva, is the Scythian burial mounds, funds, yurt camp, throat singing and shamans’ ritual,  in Khakassia it’s wild strawberry, which the local women sell on the streets, the sacred stone stelae, the comfortable and well situated camp "Snow Leopard". I’d sincerely recommend everyone to visit these places and am even thinking over traveling there again.

With best wishes from Hamburg,

Brigitte Kemper-Wagner

The tour you planned to Tuva was an amazing one. As I expected to visit Baikal lake at first, the image got dramatically changed, but of course it was a good  change. We enjoyed the place we stayed, climbed the mountain every evening, sometime we enjoyed the company with other guest around the fire. Also, the dance of the shaman, the concert, the lake with the salty water  was also something surprising. The lunch of the last day at some family's home turned out to be unforgettable one. Chodoora, the guide was a very kind & smart. I believe Polina enjoyed it very much as well.

I will attach some photo there. If one day I would have the chance to visit I definitely would ask you to arrange.

Thank you very much.

Kyoichiro Watanabe, Japan

2008

It wasa long time ago as I was traveling toSiberia, butI stillremember those days with agreat love, especially the yurt complexon the bank ofYenisei River, evening bonfires,shamanclinicin Kyzyl, themountains pension "Snow Leopard", Trans-Siberian trip, Lake Baikal, etc. etc.It was oneof my mostbeautifuljourneys.I should express myadmiration for thecharming andprofessionaltour guideAnnaTorgashina. In addition, I have a big impression of hospitable "Snow Leopard", especially Svetlana, who met us according to a Russian tradition with bread and salt.

Best regards, Friederike Grams, Germany

We tender our thanks for the perfectly organized tour "Sayan ring". We had a chance to learn a lot of interesting and cognitive things, saw amazing nature. Special thanks for our guides Inna and Anna for their attention, delicacy, organization skills, profound knowledge of the tour, respect and love for the tourists.

Galina and Alexander Pivovarovy, Korolev city, Moscow region.

2007

"The administration of Evenkia autonomous region shows great respect and thankfulness to your company for helping to organize the visit of Evenkia delegation to Tuva republic and Shushensky district of Krasnoyarsk region.

The official visit of our delegation was held on a high level due to your personal professionalism. Your organization talent, responsibility, complex approach in reaching the aims formed conditions not only for your effective work but also for our perfect rest. I wish you happiness and optimism!

Let your professional knowledge and experience be always important."

B.N. Zolotarev, the governor of Evenkia autonomous region.

"I heartily thank you for the journey around "Great Sayan ring".

The route is designed perfectly, organization is done on the high level. There were no delays during the way, no wearing expectations, that's why the journey's impressions are very pleasant. Special thanks to our guides Irina Litvintseva and Eugenia, and to the driver Sergey. They fulfilled all our requests, were polite and delicate, did their best to make our rest comfortable and interesting.

I can definitely say that "Sayan Ring" company is one of the best tour companies in Russia."

Dmitry Sokolov, Ryazan city.

"I am very grateful to you for the tour organization. Everything was perfect: the tour itself (very interesting and beautiful), drivers, guides, tourist centers and even weather.

I'm still traveling in my mind.

Tuva republic impressed me most of all, as it is completely different from other places. I liked Khakasia very much too. I think I need to come back and to explore everything more carefully.

Krasnoyarsk was good too. I would like to ask you to thank my guides Nelli Efimovna and Lyudmila once more. Their stories are very interesting. They take into consideration all requests of the tourists. Besides, guides in Ergaki were also perfect. All that was written about the tour has surpassed my expectations. It is necessary to mention that each organizer of the tour is not only a professional, but also a caring person.

If I have enough time in future I will certainly travel with "Sayan Ring".

Thank you very much."

Zhanna Boykova, Moscow.

2006

"I can say without any exaggeration that it was one of the most amazing journeys in my life. We were tired a little bit after a long flight from Germany and the weather was dull, but it didn't upset us. During all ten days I had the feeling that I came to an unknown world. The national peculiarities of Tuva and Khakasia people became revelation for me. The only thing that I regret is that time passed by so quickly. I would stay there one more week with great pleasure. I would climb all mountain peaks, take photos of taiga and tundra which impressed me by their wild beauty. I will tell about this tour to all my friends."

Ute, Germany.

"It wasn't my first trip to Russia, but it was my first time in Siberia. This "sleeping land" turned to be not so distant and empty as many think. Comfortable accommodation and service quality played an important role for me alongside with the tour excursion program. Imagine the real yurts only for 2 people! I was pleasantly surprised by the level of service, rich variety of dishes and professionalism of the guides. I believe that the phrase "European standard organization" is one of the company's criteria".

Joop, Holland.

"If a journey to Siberia has always been your cherished dream, don't stay at home. Pack your bags, buy airplane ticket, forget all your troubles and meet not only adventures, but also peaceful life, friendly guides and amazing people. Mysterious people of Tuva and Khakasia will become very clear and familiar to you. There you can get an answer to the main question - what the mysterious Russian soul is".

Elizabeth, Austria. 

"I have already been to many countries and have seen a lot. But the brochure of "Sayan Ring" company touched my soul and I decided to go. I didn't regret about my decision even for a minute. This tour was made by professional, warm people who know their land and their history. Krasnoyarsk impresses you at the moment. This city is not fussy like European cities, but is very active. "Sayan Ring" company did everything to convince St. Petersburg, Moscow and London people that excellent hotels, restaurants and service exist not only in their cities.

The journey to Tuva and Khakasia can be compared to a very expensive journey to the Moon but at a reasonable price. It is not necessary to save money to go to the Moon, you just have to visit Tuva and Khakasia and to enjoy this stunning land. A man, mountains, horses, air and grass are the single whole there. It is so simple and so incredible for city people.

I lived in yurts for the first time, I saw the ritual of kamlanie and blue mountains for the first time, I touched rock paintings 14-16 centuries old for the first time, I drank wine made from goat milk for the first time, I saw the Scythian burial mound for the first time, I saw the Scythian stele in the steppe for the first time. There were a lot of new things in this journey, it is great, because the older we become, the few impressions we get.

We are very grateful to "Sayan Ring" company for the high level of the tour.

Many thanks! "

Kirillova E.V., the professional of the tourist sphere and a tourist.

2003

"In summer 2002 I traveled 10 days around Siberia on a tour "The Great Sayan Ring", which starts in the town of Krasnoyarsk, comes through two republics - Tuva, the center of Asia, and Khakasia. This was quite an exotic and impressive tour. We visited Siberian villages, ancient historical places, amazing burial mounds, and the shaman clinic. Wу slept in jurts - the national nomads' dwellings, listened to the throat singing... I was impressed with the variety of landscapes, changing from the deep taiga - often with amazingly beautiful flowers - till the high mountain, leaping to the boundless steppes, enticing jumping on a horse and just riding till Mongolia, that is on the other side of the border..."

Good luck from Mette

Mette Maure

"I express my gratefulness for a hearty welcome during this advertising tour. Due to this opportunity I got a chance to get acquainted with unusual natural beauty and the region's natural resources, to visit and to see many interesting places. The route is intensive and full, professionally organized. This 9 days tour is a high quality product. If to talk about comfort, food, accommodation and transport it is aimed at the western tourist, who come here to touch the wild nature.

Such tours can and must be a very interesting point of the program for a foreign tourist in Siberia. They give a unique possibility to see fantastic beauty of the region, its mountains, steppes, forests, mountain rivers and lakes, Yenisei river, to get familiar with unique Tuva and Khakasia folklore.

Perhaps there are two endless pleasures in life - journeys and people. It is great to open new magnificent places and to know sincere and interesting people. This tour included everything - beautiful nature, warm weather, energetic and pleasant people. I can still hear khakasian and tuvinian mysterious songs, I can still see yellow-grey tuvinian mountains".

Darya Vohmentseva,"KMP" Company, Moscow.  

2002

"I'm happy to say a few words about the Sayan Ring tour, because I have strong and vivid memories of a superbly organised tour, of ever-helpful guides like Andrei and Irina and of how much I learnt about the regions of Krasnoyarsk, Tuva and Khakhasia; all the history, geography, archeology, and culture - the music and arts.  And of course the people we met -  in their homes and at or after performances.  I can close my eyes and conjure up again too the vast spaces and scale of the Siberian landscape.  I'm usually an individual traveller and the Sayan tour was the first tour I've taken in my life.  I don't think it could have been better.  So thanks and good luck to you all for the future".

Geoff Ward, Ambassador of New Zealand.

"The Sayan Ring Tour has been one of my best travel, I never forget it, it will be forever in my mind. There are places where the spirit rises to a higher level on the same wave-length as forces of nature. The effort of having searched something, the satisfaction of having found it with great effort and of having related something...

It's my hope to meet you again.

My best wishes to you and my friends of Siberia".

Vincent Berg

"I was a customer of "Sayan Ring" company in 2002 and went for my first tour around Sayan ring. Frankly speaking I am a woman who prefers a comfortable hotel and a foreign sun to all Russian tours. I also prefer quiet and relaxing rest - I'm not 20 years old. So I decided to go on a tour in order to know my native country. I didn't expect much of this journey. But some people say that when you don't expect something to happen it happens: I was really amazed! First of all the journey was comfortable: Mercedes bus, all the picnics when professional cooks managed to serve great lunches during several minutes, the service in the tourist centers has surpassed my expectations. The second thing that pleasantly surprised me was the daily program: I thought I would stay alone with the khakasian steppe! I could be telling for a long time how adults played games with village dwellers dressed in national garments and after that drank tea with a bird cherry cake in a Russian izba. How we listened to the predictions of the shaman and how I jumped in a cold river after the banya. You have to try all this by yourself. Can you guess what the most amazing thing was? It was the accuracy of the program. I think you know how everything is done in our country, even in expensive companies. In spite of long distances there were no delays. Professionalism of the organizers was evident. I would like to thank them. My remembrances are so warm that I'd like to repeat this journey. My thanks to the staff of "Sayan Ring".

Chizhova Tatyana Ivanovna, Russia.

"Every man has events to remember in sad moments, when you need extra forces to overcome the hardships. I was lucky to get impressions of such level half a year ago when I found out about the possibility to travel around Sayan ring with "Sayan Ring" company. I wanted to know more about Tuva, Khakasia and Eastern Siberia. So I started my journey.

I was impressed by many things. The nature, clean air, the feeling of weightlessness and eternity. Surrounding mountains, plateaus with burial mounds and stone monuments make you feel a part of the civilization beginning. Everybody felt like in a dream. So taking part in the ritual of kamlanie was inevitable. Cultural traditions and customs seem to be natural here. Music, dances and singing amazed all the time. I bought homus - a unique musical instrument. I can say a lot about throat singing. I listened to this unity of a man and nature for the first time during the tour.  Wind, sun, singing, rock paintings - all this formed the single whole where you were one of the main characters. The organizers of the tour tried underline this single whole.

My remembrances grow as I write these lines, they are endless. Star sky, swimming in a cold lake, mushrooms and berries, Siberian banya and many other things. My head is full of remembrances again."

Viktor Nechiporenko, information tourist service "Red telephone" director, Russia.