What awaits you

Karakol Valley – sacred place
for Altai

In the Karakol Valley, which the Altai people consider sacred, there are many diverse religious monuments that are places of worship and rituals.

Bashadar burial grounds with sacrificial calculations and stone steles. The tract Nizhny Sooru is an equally mysterious place. According to legend, it was in this place, under a pile of stones, that the yellow demon Sarah Mongus was driven.
On the left bank of the Karakol River on Mount Bichiktu – Bom, you can see petroglyphs of different eras.

Another sacred place is Lake Arygem. with the purest spring water. And also, the healing mineral spring Arzhun – Suu.
Mount Uch – Enmek occupies a special place. She rises above everything and her stern silence catches her eye.

The cleanest air and pristine nature, alpine meadows, impenetrable taiga, mountains, lakes, free animals,
soaring birds – this is a place where you want to return.

The Uch-Enmek Nature Park was established by the Decree of the Government of the Altai Republic No. 109 dated April 23, 2001 in the Ongudai District (the Karakol River basin, the right tributary of the Ursul River). The area of ​​the park is 60551 ha. In 2011, the boundaries of the park were expanded. By the Decree of the Government of the Altai Republic No. 246 of September 13, 2011, the previously autonomous natural park Argut was annexed to Uch-Enmek Park.

Unlike many other natural parks, Uch-Enmek was not created to protect nature from the people living here. The main purpose of the creation is to help the local population in the protection of their Sacred Lands according to traditions. Today, 2295 (plus Inegen) people live in the park in the villages of Tuekta, Karakol, Kurota, Bichiktu – Boom, Boochi, Kulada and Inegen. The administration of the park in every possible way contributes to the harmonious integration of the indigenous population into the world community and the growth of its well-being, offering alternative ways of generating economic profit that do not harm nature and do not conflict with customs.