Winter excursion tour Snow jewels of the Sayans (7 days/6 nights, period November-April) route goes along territories of Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk region.

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Region

Krasnoyarsk region is located in the eastern part of Siberia along the basin of the Yenisei river. It covers 3000 km from the South to the North, where it is washed  by Kara sea and Laptevs’ sea. The population of the region is about 3 million people.

The region is subdivided into three climate zones: arctic, subarctic and mild.

Krasnoyarsk region territory is the domain for 450 species of plants, 340 species of birds and 90 species of animals including snow leopard, Putorana bighorn sheep, snow fox, stoat and musk-ox. In region there are 6 nature reserves under state protection: Great Arctic, Central-Siberian, Putorana, Stolby (Rock pillars), Sayano-Shushensky and Taimyr reserves.

The main religion here is Orthodox Church, but other confessions are also spread: Catholicism, Islam, Judaism etc.

The capital of the region is Krasnoyarsk – megapolis situated on the both sides of the Yenisei river . It was founded by Russian military man Andrey Dubensky in 1628. The population of Krasnoyarsk is about 1 million people. Time difference with Moscow is +4 hours, distance to Moscow is 3995 km. There are many old buildings and places of interest here. Krasnoyarsk is the motherland of painter Surikov, geographist and scientist Potanin, singer Khvorostovsky, violinist Tretyakov, Olympic champion Yarygin, writer Astafiev.

The symbol of Krasnoyarsk is Paraskeva Pyatnitsa chapel built in 1805 on Karaulnaya hill. It is printed on the 10-roubles banknote.

Khakassia republic is located in South Siberia on the left side of the Yenisei basin. It occupies territory of 62 thousand sq.km. Its population is 535 thousand people. Time difference with Moscow is +4 hours.

Khakassia is often called "a huge open-air museum". The history of Khakassia is very great, it counts not only the centuries but thousands of years. The first state of Din Linnes, who lived here in 7-3 centuries BC, left the remembrance about themselves in marvelous burial mounds, mystic rock paintings.

Khakassia is famous for its huge lakes with healing water concentrating in Shira district. Many territories of the republic are devoted to the protected nature reserves, which are inhabited with rare species. Some of them like red wolf, snow leopard and argali are endangered and included into Red list of WWF.

The administrative center of Khakassia is Abakan, a city with population of 160 thousand people. Sightseeing in Abakan: Khakassian national museum, Preobrazhensky cathedral, Lora stele, landscaping park Gardens of the Dream.

How to get

The tour starts in Krasnoyarsk.

One of the main transport hubs in Siberia is Krasnoyarsk. It is passed through by Trans-Siberian railway, so it provides tourists with possibilities to travel actively. Krasnoyarsk posses the airport both of local and international level, river port and well-developed road vehicle infrastructure.

Information about railways to Krasnoyarsk can be inquired at managers of Sayan Ring Co.

Airport in Krasnoyarsk Yemelianovo accepts planes from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Norilsk, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Kamchatka and many other cities in Russia, also from international flights from Beijing and Bangkok. You can reach Krasnoyarsk by flights of following  airlines Aeroflot, S7, UTair, NordStar etc.

Meeting and seeing off

Transfers are not included in the tour's price. Tourists are met with a board, where tourist’s name or a name of a company is printed.

The price for an individual transfer Krasnoyarsk airport-hotel is 45 euro. Krasnoyarsk railway station-hotel is 22 euro. A return transfer Abakan hotel-airport 20 euro.

The guide meets the group on the 1 day in the hotel hall at 14:00 with a meeting board where the name of the tor is printed. You will get the phone number of your guide 7 days before tour starting.

Accommodation

Hotel "Novotel" 4* 

Located in the historical and business center, the 4-star Novotel Krasnoyarsk Center hotel offers wide opportunities for different types of travel. Thanks to its convenient location, you can reach the main attractions, administrative institutions, the airport and the train station in a matter of minutes. At your service - organization of business meetings and business conferences, including fully equipped conference rooms and free WiFi throughout the hotel, as well as a free iMac Web corner.

Ergaki tourist center

Recreation center "Ergaki" is located in the picturesque territory of the natural park "Ergaki", which is located in the Ermakovsky district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Since 2003, the recreation center "Ergaki" gives new impressions and positive emotions to lovers of extreme recreation. Beautiful and ecologically clean area, coniferous taiga, magnificent mountains with various elevation changes, crystal streams, rivers - all this is a picturesque corner of the Western Sayan.

For accommodation of guests are offered detached houses, cottages, townhouses, three hotel-type buildings and comfortable hotels. All buildings are equipped with centralized heating, sewerage and water supply. Cafes and restaurants, Russian baths, phyto barrel, massage; hookah bar "Temple of Smoke"; SPA-complex , antler baths and Turkish bath.

Hotel "Asia" 4 *

Business hotel "Asia" - a variety of services combined with hospitality and attention to the modern traveler. These are cozy rooms located in a new building in the center of Abakan. The rooms are equipped in accordance with modern requirements and trends in the hotel industry. The hotel "Asia" has 9 floors and 116 rooms of various categories, including several special rooms for people with disabilities. The hotel opened its doors in 2015.

Guest houses of the ethnographic museum "Shushenskoye"

"Novaya Derevnya" is an architectural and ethnographic complex of the Shushenskoye Museum-Reserve, which offers visitors a unique opportunity to find themselves in a Siberian village of the late 19th century with its streets and houses, with its customs and traditions. The new village consists of six estates, recreated with the preservation of the cultural styles of the Angara region and the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, each of which has its own exposition and mythology. Along with new buildings, the expositions of houses, sheds and barns contain artifacts of museum value. The realities of peasant life are successfully combined with modern living comfort. 

Meals

During all the tour you will be offered hot food. We can also take into consideration the tourists' preferences in dietary or vegitarian food as far as possible.

The taiga сuisine is an integral part of our program. The menu includes dishes from meat of a maral, delicatessen fish - grayling, the firm cowberry pie, famous Stoktysh baking, ferns, etc.

Useful tips

Make sure you have taken fleece thermolinen – trousers and a sweater, the down waistcoat, the warmed trousers or semioveralls, a warm jacket (it is desirable a down-padded coat), woolen socks of 2 pairs, free footwear with a high top, a hat with earflaps or ear-phones, gloves (preferably knitted) + warm mittens, a bathing suit (you may need it in a bath). Since a winter diesel power provides the supply of electricity to the tourist camp Snow Leopard - do not take unnecessary electrical appliances to avoid a short circuit.

Security and medical support

All vehicles along the route are equipped with first-aid kit and all our guides and drivers have been specially trained to do primary medical assistance.

On the most part of the tour the cellular network coverage is available. Mobile phones operated by local operators (MTS, Tele2, Beeline, Megafon) are working alright. Please note that in territory farther Abaza communication won't be, communication will be accessible on base by a portable radio set.

Special information

Tours can not take place for the following reasons: severe weather conditions, such as a frost below -30С or a wild wind.

Transportation terms

Comfortable buses and minivans (for small groups) with air conditioner service in all the programs of the company. In every bus there is audio and video system.

It is forbidden to smoke in buses, stops in some places, preserves.

Guide services

Throughout the tour you will be accompanied by qualified guides who speak one or two European languages, have long-term experience on the route and have attended an obligatory course on first aid, due to this fact the tours of the company Sayan Ring have become so interesting and fascinating. They say, without a guide any journey, even a short one is nothing more than going some distance, but with a guide it is already traveling.

Water

Water provided during the tour is clear and doesn’t need any additional purification. You will be given water for drinking (still or fizzy) in any amounts you like, that’s why there will be no need in taking water with you.

Guarantees

Sayan Ring is the incoming tour operator in Krasnoyarsk regional, Khakassia and Tuva. The company is in the Federal Register of Tour Operators, according to it our Certificate Number is # МВТ 015694, given by Federal Tourist Agency. We are the member of Association of Russian Tourism Companies.

Financial insurance guarantee #00656-420001-23  for 500 000 rubles is valid from the 20.12.2023 to 19.12.2024.