This route takes you through the calling card of the Chechen Republic, the Argun Gorge, with its amazing nature and man-made monuments. Susanin advises: • Be sure to bring your passport. A border zone begins beyond the village of Itum-Kali. • Check the weather forecast. It can be very windy in the mountains even on a sunny day. • Bring any medicines you may need. If you have high blood pressure, note that you should only come down from the mountains once your blood pressure is back to normal. • Bring an empty bottle. There are many springs with clean, delicious water along the way.
Point 3
📜 Historic site • 🏯 Fortress remains
A famous trade route from Georgia to the Caspian steppes once ran across the Caucasus Mountains through the Argun Gorge. In the Middle Ages the gorge was densely populated. Dozens of historical monuments have survived to this day in varying condition. Among them are the Ushkaloy twin towers, which in the 12th century served as a kind of checkpoint between the plains and mountainous Chechnya.
The Argun Museum-Reserve was established in 1988.
Point on route “Through Mountain Gorges”
Point 3
📜 Historic site • 🏯 Fortress remains
A famous trade route from Georgia to the Caspian steppes once ran across the Caucasus Mountains through the Argun Gorge. In the Middle Ages the gorge was densely populated. Dozens of historical monuments have survived to this day in varying condition. Among them are the Ushkaloy twin towers, which in the 12th century served as a kind of checkpoint between the plains and mountainous Chechnya.
The Argun Museum-Reserve was established in 1988.
6 points
163 km
11 hours
