Arrival in Krasnoyarsk. Transfer to the hotel, rest and dinner.
Sightseeing tour - a visit to a symbol of Krasnoyarsk - Paraskovya Pyatnitsa chapel, Blagovetchensky Cathedral, and recently reconstructed Regional Museum which is considered to be one of the best historical and ethnographical museums in Siberia. The Museum will provide an excellent prelude to your travel and your first impression of the Great Sayan Ring tour.
Welcome dinner.
Accommodation at the "Oktyabrskaya" hotel.

The group will travel to the South through the city of Divnogorsk. You will cross the river Yenisey along one of the biggest dams in the world - the Krasnoyarsk Hydro Power Station.
Lunch in the open air.
Krasnoyarsk Sea. After lunch those who wish to enjoy the stunning view of the Krasnoyarsk Sea may climb the nearest hill.
Shushenskoe. A stop in the historical village Shushenskoe will bring you from the civilization to ancient times. For the long time Shushenskoe has been the place of politics exile, in the 20th century the village became famous for it was the place of Lenin’s exile.
Show-excursion to the State Ethnographical museum-reserve Shushenskoe. In the evening the cultural start of our tour will take place. Even the confirmed sceptics will be involved in the amazing atmosphere of the funny adventure in the real Siberian village of the XIX - XX century.
A visit to a real tavern will bring you another surprise, then you'll take part in the traditional evening meetings - "vechorka", national rites, games and dances. On parting you will be served a cup of tea and taste a bird cherry pie in the Russian izba.
Accommodation at the "Tourist" hotel.

A visit to the village Tanzibei. Tanzibei-the village has kept all the patterns of the past, and nowdays there is an active building. Here you always can buy things of handicraft and carpentry. You'll attend houses and get acquainted with native people's daily life.The Siberian tradition includes home-made strong drinks.
Eastern Sayan Mountains. The group leaves the hospitable village with great regret, but we have so many interesting things to see.The way is going through the Eastern Sayan Mountains, on the other side of which the world's end was believed to be. Whether the end or not, but your eyes will be astonished with the stunning views. You will never tire of looking at it.
Lunch is provided in the mountains with a view to the majestic Yergaki ridge.
After lunch the group will move on to Tuva. And en route the tourists will meet with the host of the region - the Sleeping Sayan. You'll see him if you look closely in the contour of the mountains: he is lying on his back with folded arms. Why? - you'll learn it from the guide.
Arrival in Tuva. Closer to the evening the group will arrive in Tuva. It is amazing but as soon as the coach crosses the board of the republic the landscape suddenly changes. It seams that you have gone to another planet and into another time. In most of the territory of Tuva there is no sign of civilization. For hundred kilometres there stretches Tuvan Steppes with broken mountains with sharp rocky ridges. The group makes a stop 22 km from the city Kizil, on the riverbank of Biy-Khem (in Tuvan - Big Yenisey), in the yurts' complex. You will be accommodated in the real Tuvan yurts, built by the Tuvan craftsmen especially for tourists. The yurts will fill you with thoughts and senses of something past, mysterious and eternal.
After dinner - the performance of the traditional throat singing - "khoomei". The throat singing - a fantastical capability of the Tuvan people (and some other Siberian peoples) to emit simultaneously two or three sounds of different tone and to sustain the same sound for 25-30 seconds without taking a breath. If you close your eyes it is hard to believe that the sounds are emitted by a person and not by a musical instrument.
Accommodation in the yurts' complex "Biy-Khem" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Excursion to Kizil - the capital of Tuva, visiting the Geographical Centre of Asia, which is symbolically situated close to the place of the river confluence - Biy-Khem (Big Yenissey) and Ka-Khem (Small Yenissey). From here begins the famous Great Yenissey river which crosses Siberia from the South to the North. Then a visit to the Buddhist temple here you will hear the sermon of the real lama. The main part of the daily program is a visit to the Shaman clinic. The real shamans, old and young, will tell the guests their traditions, rites and their capabilities. Everybody who wishes to have a look to the future, to pass the purification ritual or to learn about the state of health can make an appointment with any of the shamans.
Lunch in the restaurant of Kizil where the traditional dishes of Tuvan cuisine will be cooked especially for the guests.
A visit to the National Museum of Tuva, the souvenir shop and the atelier of the national dress.
Nomand's Yurt. On the way back the group will come to the nomad's yurt. The acquaintance with the daily life of the Tuvan family makes a big impression on our guests.
In the evening camp - a bewitching show: a ritual blessing for health and happiness at the fire ring takes place. It is a talk to the spirits, a real magical ritual at the fireplace, followed by occasion when several shamans take part in one ritual all together. In this purification ritual you can plunge into the meditation or you can think a wish and it will happen.
Accommodation in the yurts' complex "Biy-Khem" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

A stop at the Khayrakan mountain - Today the group crosses Tuva from the East to the West, following the road of the ancient nomads.
Lunch on the grass it is one of the most sacred and respected places in Tuva. In 1992 it was chosen as the energetically strong place and was sanctified by the Dalay Lama XIV. Once in a year the local shamans come to this place to revive, strengthen and clean their spirit. Why not take a chance to use this possibility?
Visit the monument to the great warrior - a stone human statue. in the company of "Seven Sisters" - century old larch trees, growing from only one root.
Sayan pass. People call it "Chinggis-Khaan". The figure 1,2 metres in height, stands alone in the endless step and nobody touches it. Why it is so you will learn from the guide's story.
Accommodation in the taiga camp "Snow Leopard" with breakfast, lunch and dinner. On the Sayan pass, at a height of 2206 metres, begins Khakassia. Here the mountains are surrounded with the fabulous pine taiga. Over the next two days the tourists will spend time in the taiga camp "Snow Leopard" situated at the height of 1250 metres in the wooden houses made of pine with stove heating. After dinner you'll meet the instructors of "Snow Leopard" - wonderful people who are in love with nature and the taiga (forest), they know all the local paths and medicinal herbs. The guitar songs, heart-to-heart talking, and the warm scent of this native home will calm, caress and lull you into the cozy camping of the "Snow Leopard". From that very moment our itinerary begins to make a ring - it means that in fact the group is following the reverse road. But it is not a way back: the travel is going on, and who knows, maybe the most interesting things are still in front of us?

A stroll to the most beautiful mountain lake. After breakfast there will be a short stroll in the taiga to the most beautiful mountain lake situated at the height of 1520 metres. Inspired by the guides' stories about the ecological cleanness and energetic strength of these places, the tourists can plunge into the lake where the temperature is approximately 12-14 degrees! And then - a herbal tea is served with the cowberry jam at the fire place.
Lunch.
Free time. You are offered to experience a "phytosauna" - a very agreeable restoration procedure like a sauna with herbal steam. During the berry and mushrooms season the tourists collect taiga gifts, which you don't even need to look for - they are just under your feet.
Siberian banya. In the evening you can enjoy the real Siberian banya. After the first visit you'll lay down on the forest moss that will seam like a cozy warm bed. And after the second visit you can plunge into the ice-cold steam and feel great.
After dinner - the evening is spent at the fireplace. The taiga, the star-spangled sky and the silence that we forget about in the city surround us - there is only the crackle of the blazing fire.
Accommodation in the taiga camp "Snow Leopard" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Acquaintance with taiga and mountain medicinal herbs. In the morning you are getting familiar with the taiga and mountain medicinal herbs. The guides will tell you how you can render first aid to recover without contemporary medicines.
After lunch - bid farewell to "Snow Leopard" and taiga. And it won't be the simple "good-bye" but a real ritual and you'll get to take part in it.
Valley Kug. By the evening we arrive in the valley Kug (in Khakassian it means "delight") situated in 137 km from Abakan. And for the second time you are offered an opportunity to live in the yurts but this time in the wooden ones, Khakassian. They are also built especially for the tourists.
After dinner - a performance of the national folklore group.
Accommodation in the yurt complex "Akhtas" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Excursion to the State museum-reserve of Khakassia "Kasanovka". It's hard to believe but you'll really see the rock drawings that are more then 3-5 thousand years old. Moreover you will witness how the archeologists make the copies of the petroglyphs onto the paper for the further study. You can take these copies as a rare souvenir. You will also learn the purpose of the mysterious vertical stones, standing upon the earth all over Khakassia. And you'll see the real archeological excavations.
After lunch - the sequel of the archeological excursion: you will see the sacred signs of the ancient shamans and a cult obelisk "Akhtas", which possesses a strong healing energetic field.
Accommodation in the yurt complex "Akhtas" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Arrival in Abakan. Say "good-bye" to Akhtas and in a couple of hours you arrive to Abakan, the capital of Khakassia. A visit to the Republic Regional Museum follows, to view the unique collection of the cult stones and the echo of the ancient worship and religions. It is believed that most of the stones have retained their power up until now. Anyway, in the collection there is a stone that is still very popular among the Khakassian women who wish to give birth to a child. They worship it and bring gifts, praying for fertility.
A visit to "The Valley of the Kings". From Abakan the group is going to "The Valley of the Kings", where there are about 30 burial mounds aged from the III-IV century B.C. The culmination of the trip will be the Great Salbyk Mound, once constructed over the grave of a noble family and excavated by the archeologists in 1954-56 years. It is about 0,5 km in perimetre and over 11,5 metres high. The weight of the vertical stones reaches 60 tones. They say that in that very place the local shamans derive their strength. The guide will tell you what to do if you want your wish to be fulfilled.
Lunch is held close to the Great Salbyk Mound with a view to the Valley of the Kings.
Moving back to Krasnoyarsk. And do not try to make a sense of everything you see during the tour - as this will come later. The most important thing for the beginning is that you receive strong emotional inspiration. Let it live inside of you till the next voyage to Siberia.
Accommodation at the hotel "Oktyabrskaya" with breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Breakfast
Departure transfer