Chechnya & North Ossetia tour

May 29, 2018 - Jun 03, 2018
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£955

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Highlights

  • Our first ever tour to Chechnya and North Ossetia!
  • Visit Grozny with it's modern centre.
  • Enjoy the deepest lake in the Caucuses up on the Dagestani border.
  • The necropolis of Tsoi-pede.
  • Take in the sombre Beslan school attack museum.
  • Visit the village of Dargavs, locally known as the City of the Dead.
  • Combine with our South Ossetia tour for a £90 combo discount!

Details

  • Maximum group size: 12
  • Booking deadline: Apr 29, 2018
  • Deposit: £150

Tuesday, May 29th

  • Arrive in to Grozny and transfer to our 5* Hotel where we will stay for 3 nights
  • If your flight arrives early in the day then you are welcome to meet your tour leader for dinner at 20:00 in the rooftop restaurant
  • Overnight in Grozny

Wednesday, May 30th

  • After breakfast we will head out to Lake Kezenoyam, the deepest lake in the Caucasus
  • We'll have lunch near the lake before heading on to the old town of Hoy
  • In the afternoon we'll return to Grozny with a stop at the modernist mosque in Argun
  • Overnight in Grozny

Thursday, May 31st

  • Today we head up the mountain road to Itum Kale and the necropolis of Tsoi Pede
  • Take in the tombs and medieval Chechen defence towers as well as having time at the waterfall near Itum Kale
  • Overnight in Grozny

Friday, June 1st

  • After breakfast we will head out on a morning tour of Grozny before we head west in to Ingushetia
  • We will make a visit to Magas, the capital of Ingushetia, before heading on to the sombre Beslan massacre museum in North Ossetia-Alania
  • After the museum we'll then head south to Vladikavkaz the capital of North Ossetia and check in to our 3* accomadation in the old Soviet Intourist hotel
  • Evening at leisure, where you can take in the local fun fair close to the hotel and the nearby mosque
  • Overnight in Vladikavkaz

Saturday, June 2nd

  • In the morning we'll head out on a tour in to the mountains of North Ossetia-Alania.
  • Our first port of call will be the town of Dargavs, famous for its tombs. When the plague reached the region, the stricken were known to make their own way to the family tomb and climb inside before the disease took them.
  • In the afternoon we'll make a visit to a very pungent local sulphur hot spring!
  • Return to Vladikavkaz for an evening at leisure.

Sunday, June 3rd

  • Today our tour ends and your tour leader can help to arrange taxis to Vladikavkaz or Grozny airports. If you'd like to carry on travelling in Russia by train we can arrange tickets to Moscow direct from Vladikavkaz.
  • Extend your time in the region by joining our South Ossetia tour and today we'll head across the mountains to one of the worlds newest breakway states.

Included

  • Russian visa invitation
  • Lupine tour leader throughout
  • Local guides in Chechnya and North Ossetia
  • All entrance fees
  • 3 nights in a 5* hotel in Grozny
  • 2 nights in a 3* hotel in Vladikavkaz
  • All breakfasts

Excluded

  • Single supplement (£235)
  • Airport transfers
  • Tips for local guides
  • Lunches and Dinners


Yes you'll need a Russian visa for this trip. As you'll be travelling to the North Caucuses the Russian visa will also take 2 weeks to be issued rather than the standard 3-5 days. There is no express service.

The British Foreign Office do advise against travel to Chechnya. We have taken the security situation in to account with our plans for the tour.

There are two well serviced airports in the region, Grozny airport and Vladikavkaz airport. For maximum convenience we would advise flying in to Grozny and our of Vladikazkaz. Both airports are within a 2 hour taxi of each other so it is possible to join and end the tour from either airport.

As a muslim republic alcohol is quite sparse in Chechnya and bringing alcohol in with you can cause problems at the airport or land border. The restaurants of the hotel we will be using in Grozny have some of the few liquor licenses in the republic.



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