One of the most, perhaps, popular places to go from Gorno-Altaisk is the famous Teletsk Lake. In fact, this is a huge natural reservoir, located at an altitude of about 500 meters from the sea level, and the lake stretched in length almost 80 kilometers. It should be noted that the entire area of this "Golden Lake" Altyclen, together with the mountains adjacent to it, is part of the Altai Reserve.
In essence, the most simple routes here begins near the source of the Bii River from the village of Artybash. From here usually make water walks across the Toletcom Lake on the boat. During such a journey, you will see Yauyl-a small village in the northern part of the lake, a picturesque waterfall of the feed, formed in line with the river of the same name, flowing into the lake and lake terraces of the Belie Reserve. Well, the extreme point of this trip is the Delta of the Chulsman River, which takes rise to nearby Mongol border.
The next place that is worth visiting is the Barnaul ribbon boron. This is a very unique pine forest, which has been preserved in essence, from the ice age and stretched about 400 kilometers along the coast of the Ob River. It is essentially considered the largest in the territory of Western Siberia. In addition to the main breed of trees growing in Bor, here you can meet another birch, aspen, poplar and willow. In the undergrowth you can find a lot of berries - sea buckthorn, currants, blackberry, raspberry, lingonberry, but in the autumn period also Kalina, rosehip and cranberry. Naturally, many different animal species live in such a huge forest.
Undoubtedly, historical interest is Petroglyphs of Kalbak-Tash. This is a huge complex of ancient rock paintings, which has more than 5000 images. Scientists believe that the drawings have made people living here since Neolithic and up to the Middle Ages. On the stones, various animal figures are perfectly visible, which inhabited Altai many thousand years ago, scenes of hunting and various symbols. Moreover, it is interesting, people who knocked out these drawings on the rocks, used not only stone, but also with metal guns. Well preserved on rocks and runic inscriptions, which researchers belong to the ancient Turkic era. Well, the plots depicted here can be easily compared with the most famous Altai myths.
Very many tourists with great pleasure attend unusual rock forms, which are created by nature itself as a result of a long weathering process. These are the so-called stone mushrooms Ak-Kurum, which are located in the Valley of the Karasuk River. These incredibly bizarre stone mushrooms consist of absolutely from heterogeneous mountain rocks and a very picturesque way towers over the slopes of the valley. But unfortunately, time continues to take its own, and these unusual natural education are also destroyed. Locals say that some hats on mushrooms simply turned around at a time when a strong earthquake occurred in the Altai Mountains in 2003.
You can also visit Tavdinsky caves that are very easily accessible to tourists. They are located in a very popular tourist area called Turquoise Katun not far from the border of the Altai and Altai Territory. Here, on a five kilometer clock, there is about 30 caves that are interconnected and have several inputs. The most popular of them is the Tavdinskaya or the same "maiden tears". The fact that these caves served to live people during the Bronze Age, you can make sure that archaeological findings are made under their archaeological findings. You can also love the top of the Tavdinskaya Mountain to admire the beautiful view of the beautiful Katun and the most Chui tract.