Excursion description

Mysterious Chests (in Russian “Sunduki”) is a mountain range in the area of the famous salt lake Shira. Unusual outliers on the mountain tops and extraordinary mountain used, according to the archaeologists, to observe the stars. It may be the ancient observatory - Siberian Stonehenge. But Chests is not just an observatory, it’s a kind of churches associated with petroglyphs. Strong stones made it possible to preserve the marks of ancestors relative untouched, we need only to be able to read these signs, as they are read by experienced trackers.

The cost includes: guide service, transport, entrance tickets, lunch-box

In detail

Duration: 8 hours

Season: May-September

Distance: 230 km far from Abakan one way

Number of people: from 1 person, individually