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Getting around
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Typical Siberian village – Chebula, visiting village houses including
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Typical Altai village – Chagan-Uzun, where the dominant population are the Altai people
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The biggest city in Siberia - Novosibirsk
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Academic Town - the biggest scientific centre in the Asian part of Russia
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Museums
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Barnaul Museum of Natural History - the oldest museum in Siberia
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Geological Museum at the Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy, Novosibirsk
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Museum at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, Novosibirsk with its famous Altai mummies
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Novosibirsk Art Gallery (Siberian icons, Russian paintings of XVIII - XIX century, the biggest collection (60 pictures) of the famous Russian artist Nikolai Roerich etc.)
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Petroglyphs of the ancient Altai nomadic culture
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Talks on
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Russian people in Siberia
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Altain peoples in Siberia
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Officinal Herbs and Cult Recipes of the Altai Peoples (tasting included)
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Traditional Russian Food (tasting included)
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Other
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Open-air markets in Barnaul and Novosibirsk and some villages
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Banya - Russian sauna with its special procedure and rituals
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Swimming in clear lakes, small and big rivers along the whole route of the excursion
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... and every night singing and talking around campfire
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