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Yalta Highlights - Crimean Mountain Forest Reserve

  • DURATION: 6 hours
  • WALKING TIME: 3 hours
  • WALKING DISTANCE: 2 km
  • TRANSPORTATION: passenger car or Mercedes Vito, Mercedes Sprinter
  • GUIDING SERVICES: guiding in English/German/French/Spanish — according to your request

Tour description:

Join natural highlights adventure to admire the most hidden nooks of the Crimean Mountains on this 6-hour spectacular tour.  You will start your tour in Yalta and your bus head eastwards to Alushta. The tour includes visiting Alushta Monastery of Ss. Kosma and Damian, Trout farm, Cuchelsky pass, Observation Desk overlooking Southern Coast from the coast of Alushta and Ay-Dag Mountain to Yalta, Red Stone cordon, Uch-Kosh Gorge.

Alushta Monastery of Ss. Kosma and Damian is located in 18 km from Alushta on the territory of the Crimean Mountain Forest Reserve near the spring Savluh-Su. Founded in the mid XIX century, Kosma and Damian monastery had been visited by the members or Imperial family. The water of this spring is believed to have healing properties due to silver ions saturated it. On the territory of the monastery you can visit a small chapel and admire rare Orthodox icons that also can cure believers.

Crimean Mountain Forest Reserve is a spacious territory of woodlands located on the Main Ridge of Crimean Mountains between Yalta and Alushta. This place can be visited only if you join one of the organized tourist group. Each attempt to visit Crimean Reserve without permission is strictly forbidden and faces legal prosecution.      

The reserve is the largest in the Crimea occupying the territory of more than 4 000 hectares. Woodland part of the reserve is set in the highest Crimean plateau. The highest mountains surround central part of the reserve. Mountain Babugan (1438 m), Mountain Bolshaya Chuchel (1387) are set in the west, Chatyrdag plateau is in the north.  The highest mountain of the Crimea, Mountain Roman-Kosh (1545), is set in the south.

Crimean Mountain National Reserve is one of the first protected Crimean lands. In the times of Russian Empire it was hunting ground of Romanov’s family.  After the WW II it became a favorite hunting ground of Soviet leaders, Khruschev and Brezhnev. Today Crimean Reserve protects life of hundreds specimen of rare Crimean flora and fauna.

Trout farm is located in the upper riches of Alma, on the territory of the Crimean Reserve. It was established in 1960 by order of the Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev. Now it counts for more than 3000 trout specimen each year. You will visit trout ponds and learn peculiarities of trout breeding.

This tour will unveil you a new Crimea. You will witness its stunning natural beauty with dramatic mountains and canyons, old-aged forests and crystal clean water. Escape crowds of resort toursts to enjoy tranquility of the Crimean Mountains. Tour to Crimean reserve is a unique experience that you will never forget!

The price of the tour: the tour to Crimean Mountain Forest reserve requires independent calculation. Tour availability depends on weather conditions and is available only if booked in advance. The price of the tour depends on the number of visitors and of the place of your departure. Itinerary and the order of visited attractions can not be changed during the tour.

Conditions: the tour is available only in from April to November. In the cold seasons the road to the mountains is impassable for passenger cars and buses. 

Price Includes:  transportation, guiding in the selected language, entrance tickets to all visited landmarks.

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