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Altai - 11-days Whitewater Rafting on the Upper Katun River
Region: Russia, Southern Siberia, the Altai Mountains Rating: Class IV Trip Length: 11 days River Length: 211 km (131 miles) Season: July and August Put In: Tyungur village Take Out: Chemal village Average Gradient: 3.2 m/km (17 ft/mi) Typical Flow: 650 cms (23?000 cfs)

Highlights

Katun means "princess" in the Altai language, and it is the most regal and beautiful of all the Altai Rivers. Her exhilarating, rolling rapids offer exciting adventure, yet this thrilling river is also accessible by first-time rafters. The upper reaches of the Katun? are spellbinding with crystal-clear water in which one can see pebbles on the river bed. On the trip down the Upper Katun? you will be confronted with up to four feet standing waves and whirlpools. After a few miles, where the Akkem River flows into the Katun you will enter the most exciting part of the trip: The class IV Akkem Pipe rapids are in a rocky corridor divided into eight distinct stages. The major difficulties are the drops with strong hydraulics.

Later on the route after the confluences of the Argut and Chuya rivers the waters of the Katun seem very similar to Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Very fast and powerful water with huge smooth waves?

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival early in the morning at Barnaul Airport (Altai). A comfortable bus will take you on an (approx.) 15-hours trip to the village of Tyungur. Breakfast will be provided on the bus, but lunch in the village of Sroskti will be on your own expenses. Installation in the camp at the put-in near Tyungur. Dinner. Overnight.

Day 2
After Breakfast: Rafting to the mouth of the Argut River. You will run the challenging Akkem Pipe rapids. Night in the tents camp.

Day 3
Breakfast. Katun? doubles its volume after confluence with Chuya River. We will camp below the Ilgumen? Rapid. Camping.

Day 4-6
Breakfast. Rafting down Katun? you will pass many exciting class IV rapids including ?The pipe of Kadrinsk? (Kadrinskaya Truba) and ?Shabash? with incredible whirlpools and pillows. Dinner. Overnight in the camp.

Day 7
Lay-over day at the confluence with the Kayancha River. We will take a short hike to nearby peaks and indulge in a famous Russian River Banya (Sauna).

Day 8
This will be the last day of rafting including the rapids Teldekpen? and Yelandinskiy. There are no more tough rapids, but river is still very fast. We will camp on a big glade upstream of the Chemal village.

Day 9
Departure for Barnaul on a comfortable bus and we will have lunch again in the village Srostki. In Barnaul, accommodation in a hotel (On-the-way and in-town meals are at your own expense)

Day 10
Departure to the airport.

Travel to Russia : Altai - 11-days Whitewater Rafting on the Upper Katun River

Accommodation
During Rafting in tents on the bank of the river.
In Barnaul (last night) Hotel: Double room with air condition; bar, restaurant, sauna, stores, and laundry service

Equipment
American-made ?SOTAR? or analogous rafts

Included
? Visa support
? Travel insurance
? transfers to and from the Barnaul Airport
? guides
? tents and rafting equipment
? meals (except lunches on the way to put-in and from take-out, and meals in Barnaul)
? hotel accommodation

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