Another Tour Schedule

Day 1. Arrival in Moscow. Meeting at Sheremetevo Airport (20 miles from Moscow downtown). Transfer to the hotel or home. Dinner (Russian cooking).
Day 2. First overview of Moscow. Kremlin, Red Square, StBasil Cathedral, Lenin Mausoleum, Panorama of Moscow from Moscow University, Moscow metro. Option — Moscow River excursion on a boat. Transfer to Vnukovo Airport (24 km (15 miles) South from Moscow downtown). Departure at 11 pm. (See Moscow Gallery)
Day 3. Landing in Kyzyl. Helicopter to Kungurtuck, just West of Mongolia.
Day 4. Time at Kungurtuck village, preparation for expedition, safety instructions.
Day 5. Put-in the Balyktyg-Khem at the mouth of the Sayrig-Air River.
Day 6. Raft 42 km through the rapids of the Malzevsky cascade. Fishing.
Day 7. 12 km of rapids to the mouth of Malzevsky River.
Day 8. Explore the taiga on foot, steam bath (banya).
Day 9. 48 km to the mouth of the Im River.
Day 10. 16 km of rapids, camp on “Island of Idols”.
Day 11. Shchelka Gorge, 12 km of rapids to the mouth of the Kyzyl-Khem.
Day 12. 60 km to Baybalsky village, settlement of Russian old-believers.
Day 13. Day with the old-believers.
Day 14. 53 km to the mouth of the Ust-Buren River.
Day 15. 46 km to Boyarovka village, take-out.
Day 16. Return to Kyzyl.
Day 17. Breakfast. Departure to Moscow. Landing. Transfer to the hotel or accommodation with a Russian family.
Visit to the Izmailovo Art Market for buying Russian souvenirs or works of art. In the afternoon — visit to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Western Art) or the Tretyakov Gallery (Russian Art). Tickets cost about $5.
In the evening — Russian circus. Tickets cost about $4 –6.
(See Moscow Gallery)
Day 18. Transfer to Sheremetevo airport. Leaving Russia.