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The Foundation for Sustainable Development Altai (FSDA) and the Altai Assistance Project (AAP) have joined together to support development of a community based tourism network in the Altai Republic. We are offering tourists and adventurers an opportunity to enjoy traveling in the Altai and at the same time helping expand and strengthen the Altai community based tourism network.

If you travel with us, your feedback will become part of the learning process for the local travel entrepreneurs and community planners. In exchange for a trip of astounding beauty and exposure to ancient culture, we ask you to give us your feedback and suggestions, and your willingness to be patient if things do not go as you might hope. This is a learning process for everyone involved, and your chance to shape the future of travel to the Altai.

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June 18-July 2, 2006 Uch Enmek to Belukha: Trek to the Highest Point in Russia

Travel to Uch Enmek Nature Park to view ancient rock pictures and petroglyophs. Travel on to Tyungar for viewing rock pictures and camping. Then you will head south to Belukha Nature Park to learn about alpine flora, wildflowers and tundra. Explore alpine tundra at the Tomsk Universtity Base Camp, accompany rangers for early morning quest for Argali mountain goats. On the way home you will visit village of Old Believers, and explore local culture. Trip includes trekking at high altitude, camping at a glacial lake, lectures and local entertainment. Click here to see complete itinerary.

July 17- July 31, 2006 AkTru to Ak-Cholushpa: Travel the Golden Ring of Altai

This expedition will travel to two Nature Parks: Mt Ak-Tru in the Kosh Agach raion and then on to the Chelushman River valley, site of a proposed Nature Park. Ak-Tru’s rich alpine vegetation offers a concentration of endemic and rare flora of the Altai. The Valley of the Chelushman River is a 1-km steep vertical canyon with unique geologic and sand formations. This is the home of the ancient Scythian civilization called Pazyryk (500-600 BC). You will learn about the local culture at museums, hear traditional throat singing, and visit burial grounds. You begin the trip home by traveling up Teletskoye Lake by boat. Trip includes trekking, camping, local entertainment and lectures. Click here to see complete itinerary.

US tourists on AkTry Mountain with local guide and translator. 2004