Verkhoyansk & Kisilyakh
KISILYAKH, SIBERIAN STONE PEOPLE
Trip to Northern Shambala in Verkhoyansky District
We’re disclosing a new old destination, which is popular among Yakutian and Russian travelers, but still remains unknown to international visitors. Next summer we arrange group trips to the Sacred Stones of Verkhoyansky District. Located in the North-Eastern part of the Sakha Republic of (Yakutia), Russia’s Siberia.
Group size: 1 – 4 people.
Tour duration: 7 days / 6 nights.
Season: July – September.
Tour type: guided.
Activities: road trip, boating, hiking, fishing, sauna.
Difficulty level: medium, hiking experience is helpful.
Tour starts and ends in Yakutsk.
Route: Yakutsk – Batagay – the Tuostakh River – Kisilyakh – the Tuostakh River – Batagay – Verkhoyansk – Batagay.
Logistics: flight Yakutsk to Batagay (round), road trip Batagay to Betenkes village, river journey by boats to the summer camp site with guest houses at the Toustakh River, trip by boat and hiking to Kisilyakh site with a guest house.
Highlights:
- Batagay (wiki, map), administrative center of Verkhoyansky District;
- Verkhoyansk (wiki, map), the coldest town in Northern-Eastern Siberia (its warm in the summertime);
- Batagaika Crater (wiki, map), Gateway to the Underworld.
- GULAG on Kyostyor Mountain (map);
- Betenkes (map), traditional Yakutian village;
- Siberian rivers Adycha & Tuostakh;
- Kisilyakh, Sacred Stone People (article on RBTH);
Video: Kisilyakh, Northern Shambala in Siberia
Proud to present the the sacred place of Stone People we call Kisilyakh in Verkhoyansky District.
Video credit: Eugene Osipov.
Photos: Verkhoyansk
Verkhoyansk in the late September.
Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our best German-speaking guide.
Photos: Batagay
Batagay in the late September.
Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our best German-speaking guide.
Photos: Batagaika Crater
The above photo credit: Alexander Gabyshev.
Below see how the crater looks like in July. Photos are taken by Ajar Varlamov, our best German-speaking guide.
Batagaika Crater on July 26th, 2018. Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our best German-speaking guide.
Photos: GULAG on Kyostyor Mountian
Remains of the GULAG camp on Kyostyor mountain on September 07th, 2018. Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our best German-speaking guide.
Photos: Kisilyakh
Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our German-speaking guide.
See all Kisilyakh pics on our project YakutiaPhoto.com.
Photos: Adycha & Toustakh Rivers on the way to Kisilyakh
Shoot time: July, 2018. Photo credit: Ajar Varlamov, our German-speaking guide.
Group trip map:
Trip dates:
- private trips on any dates from Friday to Monday and from Monday to Friday on request.
Group Trip Itinerary:
Trip Cost:
For 5-6 people = on request.
If you would like to receive discount, write us to learn conditions.
Group trip package includes:
- Letter of Invitation (if requested).
- English-and-German-speaking tour leader.
- Transfers as per itinerary.
- Guide/s during hiking toward/among/from Kisilyakh Stones.
- Accommodation at the camp on the Toustakh River (wooden house with twin rooms, outdoor wooden toilet, sauna house, kitchen house).
- Accommodation at Kisilyakh site in a wooden cabin, outdoor toilet house.
- Accommodation in Batagay at a private hotel (twin rooms with WC & shower).
- Entry tickets to one museum in Verkhoyansk and one museum in Batagay.
- Meals as per itinerary.
Does NOT include:
- accommodation, meals and activities in Yakutsk;
- air tickets to/from Batagay (if you need our assistance, let us know) (round trip cost is ±35 000 RUB; depends on the time of purchase);
- a day trip to GULAGs (to be ordered as extra activity and embedded in the published itinerary; extra cost depends on the final size of the group).
BOOK YOUR VERKHOYANSK & KISILYAKH
Information by phone:
+7 (4112) 25-99-30 (work),
+7 (924) 765-99-30 (mobile).
Order via email:
We tend to reply immediately or in the course of a day. If we don’t get back to you as quick as you wish, please, don’t worry. We could be busy with urgent requests or current travellers. Don’t hesitate to remind us.
To explore Verkhoyansk and its magic Kisilyakh sites is always good with friends.