Caucasus

Russian part of the Caucasus is mostly famous for Mount Elbrus - 5462m which attracts thousands of tourists who tend to reach the top of Europe.

The Caucasus stretches for about 1000 kilometers from the Black Sea to the Caspian, separating Europe from Asia. North of the main Caucasus ridge lays a land of mountain ridges running down to the Russian steppes. Each of these ridges is composed of many forested side valleys and snowy summits.
Mt. Elbrus - the highest summit in Europe - lies just few kilometers into Europe and into Russia, to the north of the main chain which contains many mountains over 5000 meters high. The Baskan Valley leads from the northern foothills to the chain. This is the most important and the best developed valley in the Caucasus region, both on account of the mineral deposits located near Tyrnyauz and because of Elbrus and dozens of magnificent mountains which are visited by a great number of tourists.
 
Our staff is permanently based in the Valley throughout the summer so you are always welcome to explore this beautiful and exiting region.

    


Elbrus Region

The Elbrus Region (Prielbrusie) is the name often given to a section of the Caucasus extending from the western foothills of Mount Elbrus to the Chegem valley in the east. It includes the highest massif of the Caucasus Range - Elbrus (5642m) - and those parts of the Main (Glavnyi) Caucasus watershed and side ridges that form the upper Baksan river catchment area.

Armenia

The country of old legends and Biblical stories, the oldest Christian nation in the world is certainly worth seeing. It is one of the ancient centers of the world civilization. People had started living here in the early Stone Age. On his descent from Ararat, Noah first stepped onto this land.


Azerbaijan

Beautiful ancient architecture and exotic nature of wild mountains, flourishing valleys and the Caspian sea - this is what one can easily find in Azerbaijan.

Georgia

The contrast between tiny beautiful valleys and high severe mountains certainly belongs to one of the most beautiful pieces of nature in the world. Modern-type society had first appeared on the territory of Georgia at the beginning of the first millennium BC. In the 6th century BC the antique Georgian states of Kolkhida in Western Georgia were formed, and in the 4th - 3d centuries BC - Iberia was formed in Eastern Georgia.

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