Chuyskiy Tract - The main transport highway - Chuyskiy Tract - the connecting link of Russia with Mongolia and China, stretches through all the territory of Altai. Long time ago the Great Silk way ran here, where the interests of the East and the West intersected.

The path goes through magnificent Multinskije lakes, a group of lakes having a glacial origin. Two of them – Lower and Middle - are declared as nature monuments. Upper Multinskoe lake is included in the Katun reserve that was made in 1991 in the upper Katun river in order to save a unique high mountain complex. Rising along river Multa until the Lower Multinskoe Lake. This lake is at a height of 1710 m, its length is 2370 m, maximum width is 900 m, and the water temperature in July is about 16oC. The lake has a rectangular form. There are enormous boulders – moraines on the south bank, and the rush Multa burst through them.

Katunsky Biosphere Reserve is located close to the borders with Kazakhstan and China and includes the elevated part of the Altai Mountains, southern and northern slopes of the Katun Ridge and northern slopes of the Listvyaga Ridge. It encompasses a mosaic of 14 ecosystems, from mountain tundra to forest-steppe vegetation. Twelve plant species are included in the Red Book of the Russian Federation (1988), including fawn lily (Erythronium sibiricum), peony (Paeonia hybrida) and spleenwort (Asplenium exiguum). The snow leopard (Uncia uncia) occasionally enters the biosphere reserve. Katunsky Reserve is also inscribed in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage list One of the most important objectives of the biosphere reserve is the conservation of historic and cultural values such as archaeological objects, small architecture constructions, ethnological objects, ancient burial sites, natural resources connected with the culture of indigenous population, as well as the cultural landscapes.

The Altay Mountains are one of the most serene and beautiful locations on Earth. Quiet mountain lakes reflect snowy peaks, while alpine meadows carpeted with wildflowers cover gently rolling valleys. Glaciers cover the highest peaks feeding hundreds of mountain streams and rivers cascading down the peaks in torrents of water. While to the north of the mountains the flat grassy steppe stretches in Russia, the Altay Mountains shelter primordial taiga forest. Few other places can compete with the beauty of the Altay Mountains and the region is a sparsely populated paradise for photographers, hikers, artists, mountaineers and those who love nature.

Adapted for the extreme weather conditions of freezing snowy peaks and rocky terrain, these rare creatures hunt alone high in the mountains for ibex, wild mountain sheep, musk deer, small goats and often tinier mammals during the warmer daytime hours. Unlike most big cats, the snow leopard doesn't roar, and feeds crouched over her dinner, like small cats do. Snow leopard young are born up to four at a time in a warm den lined with mama leopard's fur.

Siberian cedar is a tree which is real pharmacist. Major of its useful properties as the tree itself so the taiga cedar nut has been utilized by human beeing long ago for nutritious purposes and treatment. Over thousend years Siberian cedar serves humanity. Cedar world is the world of majic and mystery. Siberian cedar is presious for all: nut, tar and pine needles. And everything finds a great number of cases of application. But the main merit of Siberian cedar is, of course, its seeds (nut), nourishing and healthful.

Crossing by car to Verkhny Uymon, visiting the museum of famous orientologist Nikolai Roerich and Old Church Ceremonies museum - manors of family Atamanovyh.