Tunka Valley А Travel Information and Travel Guide - Russia

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Introducing Tunka Valley А

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When the clouds clear, sawtooth Sayan peaks rise spectacularly above the cute Buddhist villages of the wide, rural Tunka Valley, which starts about 30km west of Kultuk and continues all the way to the Mongolian border near Mondy. Smoke rising gently from cottage chimneys adds to the wisps of romantic morning mist. Beyond justifiably popular Arshan, there's minimal tourist infrastructure and the grandly panoramic mountains are generally set too far back for easy access. Nonetheless, hiking maps are sold in Irkutsk and Tunkinskiye Goltsy (tunki.baikal.ru, in Russian) has great photos and useful mountaineer's schematics.