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Altai - Whitewater Rafting on Chuya and Katun River
Region: Russia, Southern Siberia, the Altai Mountains Rating: Class IV to V Trip Length: 11 days River Length: 340 km (211 miles) Season: July and August Put In: Chibit village Take Out: Chemal village Average Gradient: 5.8 m/km (30.6 ft/mi) Typical Flow: 100 cms (3530 cfs)

Highlights

This route runs through the wide valley and offers spectacular views of every type of terrain the region has to offer. You will see the North Chuya Range covered with ice and snow, wide hollows between the mountains, gulches and canyons, and the dense taiga forest. The weather is usually good during the rafting season, with air temperatures around 25 degrees centigrade (83 F), and water temperatures around 11 to 14 degrees centigrade. Rain is rare here. Most of the water comes from glaciers and because of this, the water level is highest in the early part of July. There is a road called the Chuyskiy Trakt that runs along a good portion of this river, with a number of villages along the way. At no time will you be more than an hour and a half from a village. But for the most part you will feel as if you are out in the wilderness by yourself. The Chuya and Lower Katun? were among the first explored by westerners (in 1988 by Sobek and Project RAFT) in the former Soviet Union.

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival to Barnaul City (Altai) early in the morning and meet our guides. We will then depart on a 12 hour bus trip to Chibit village. On the way, stopping for lunch bought from locals (not included) at Srostki, the birthplace of Shukshin (the famous Russian author and actor). The road winds along the banks of the Katun and the Chuya. On arriving, a delicious dinner (the first of many of the same kind) and overnight on the Chuya bank, beside the rapids Burevestnik (?Storm Petrel?).

Days 2-5
Breakfast. Conditions and material check. Rafting down the Chuya River. During these days we will run three great class V rapids as well as numerous other rapids with ratings between III+ and IV+. Some of them are of a length until 1,5 km! Dinner. Overnight in tents on picturesque spots on the bank of the river.
The end of the Chuya rafting is at its confluence to Katun.

Days 6-9
Breakfast. Rafting down the Lower Katun? River with famous Class IV to IV+ rapids "Shabash" and "Tel?decpen." Day 7 is a lay-over day with a real Russian river sauna and campfire. The trip ends in the Chemal Village. Farewell dinner.

Day 10
Departure to Barnaul City. Lunch in Srostki village and meals in the city are on your own expense. Possibility for shopping of regional products. Hotel accommodation in Barnaul.

Day 11
Departure from Barnaul.

Travel to Russia : Altai - Whitewater Rafting on Chuya and 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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