Extreme Leisure Time Activities in Sochi.
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Sochi welcomes you into the world of breathtaking adventures! Where else but on resort it is possible to have a fantastic time, to regain one's vigor and add necessary portion of adrenaline to your blood. Sochi is the warmest and sunniest city in Russia. Its vicinities represent mysterious and enigmatic canyons, tumultuous rivers, rocky gorges. Stunning beauty of the Northern Caucasus nature will open before you. Secrets of underwater world of the Black Sea will fascinate you. Sochi resort is an ideal place for active rest and is open to all. You can start looking for adventures from the beach. Sea cruises, open-sea fishing, scuba diving, kite-surfing, surfing are excellent alternatives to diversify shore-based pastime. Are you tired of the city bustle? Unexplored mountain paths of the Main Caucasus Mountains Range are waiting for you. Experienced guides will open before you mysterious world of caves (tracking), primitive people sites, rocky gorges, of inimitable beauty of cascading waterfalls (canyoning, spelaean tours). You will climb mountain peaks with them and experience unforgettable feelings of hang-glider flight. For amateurs and connoisseurs of active rest the resort offers inflatable boats floating down mountainous rivers (rafting). You may go on off-road vehicles (Jeeping) or on mountain bikes (biking) to visit picturesque places and sightseeing attractions. Sochi resort is a paradise for adventurers. Qualified instructors will help you to organize safe active rest. Excursion and Tour Companies will offer you variety of informative and extreme tours.
Kite surfing
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Kite surfing is an adventure activity for those who are keen on speed, sea and wind. Kite is a paraglider used as a means of wind force towing. Kite can be used for wave-surfing and mountain skiing. Using a kite and a board with special binding it is possible to perform several meters high jump-flights or to move at different angles to the wind. Kite-surfing is a young but very perspective sea sport. Groups and individuals are instructed in Adler Nizhneimeritinskaya Bay. Special training is not necessary, just good weather and fair wind.
Diving
Diving is an entertainment for those who have been dreaming to conquer the bosom of the sea for a long time, who used to be carried away by the stories about courageous Captain Nemo, who once dreamed to follow exciting Jacques Yves Kousto voyages. Diving will give you a sensation of state of weightlessness flight, enable to touch underwater world secrets with your own hands and see the life of underwater inhabitants with your own eyes. Sochi diving-clubs and diving-centers experienced instructors will teach you scuba diving skills, organize dive-safari. After instruction courses it is possible to obtain international PADI, CMAS systems certificates.
“AQUAZONE” DIVE-CENTER
г153, Pobedy str settlement Lazarevskoye, Sochi
8-918-302-0195
http://www.aquazone.ru
Individuals and groups are instructed in Scuba-diving, diving-safari is organization, diving equipment is rented. All divers with club PADI certificates automatically become club members and get discounts for all scuba diving for 2 years!
AQUANTIS
161, Dekabristov str. Settlement Loo, Sochi, beach of the Spa Hotel “Magadan”
8-918-105-21-60
8-918-300-57-82
http://www.akvantis.ru
Training in diving is conducted by experienced instructors. There is training aquatorium. Experienced professionals guarantee safety diving.
“KLIO” CLUB
12, Poyarko str., Sochi
( 8622) 37-44-75
(8622) 60-60-34
Instruction and certification according to PADI, CMAS systems. Diving-safari and open sea trips.
”LAGUNA” CLUB
12, Poyarko str., Sochi
(8622) 925-803
(8622) 923-041
Diving training and practicing. PADI, CMAS Certification Systems
DIVING-CLUB “AQUASCOP”
2/1 – 55, Koltsevaya str. L-200, Sochi
(8622) 72-58-63
http://www.aquascope.pisem.net
Diving training and practicing with experienced instructors.
CANYONING
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An exciting extreme hiking or swimming tour down mountain river canyon by. More complicated routes require alpinist equipment and appropriate skills. Ordinary, commonly walking or sightseeing canyoning is available for all active rest lovers. Diving in waterfalls, rapids rafting, rushing down stony water slides is a thrilling experience. Each canyon is a new piece of inimitable beauty of the nature the Caucasus. Mountain rivers in vicinity of Sochi city such as the Mzimta and the Shakhe are very popular with extreme aqua routes fans. Hiking and going down canyons tours of the first – third categories don't require special training. But more complicated tours are allowed only to specially trained tourists accompanied by experienced guides. The forth category and up are for real extreme-lovers, having alpinist skills.
Rock climbing
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It is a wonderful opportunity to try mountaineering, where the main thing is physical training and stamina. Severity of conditions depends on the chosen route. Experienced instructor will help the beginners to acquire alpinist skills. Safety equipment will ensure security. Simple routes don't require special training. But the fourth category climbing trips demand special training and participation in several less complicated trips.
SPELAEAN TOURS
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Spelaean tours are extreme descends in caves and deep wells. They are available both for professionals and amateurs. A few efforts and you are where no one has ever been before. Unforgettable impressions and thrills are guaranteed. Underground world still has a lot of secrets and mysteries. May be it will be you who discovers them. Walking tours participants preparation depends on the route's complexity. Simple descends are available for everyone. But more complicated forth category routes require special training and experience of practicing easier descents.
Tour companies of Sochi city also offer different kinds of extreme leisure activities.
Jeeping is a fascinating go-anywhere vehicle drive. The routes go over rocky mountain and impassable roads. It is not necessary to have special skills to go Jeeping. Every participant independently of age will get unforgettable impressions. Experienced instructor will describe chosen route, general rules and safety measures in detail, and give instructions how to use the equipment before the start. After briefing even kids will be able to take part in the trip. Tourists are strongly recommended for to choose suitable dress – sports shoes, a windbreaker, a hat, sun glasses. New interesting routes, going through amazingly beautiful places of the Caucasus Biosphere Reserve and Sochi National Park, along mountain rivers and canyons cliffs are being constantly worked out. “Russian Jeeps” – UAZ and GAZ are used for tours, they are obligatory certified and equipped with supplementary systems for passengers security. It is possible to make Jeeping tour by go-anywhere vehicles UAZ – 31512 at any season of the year. This route goes through the Caucasus reserve and passes Nizhny Solokh-Aul crossing mountain rivers Bzych and Shakhe. 5-6 person groups are formed depending on car modification. The tour for one person costs about 500 rub. if departure is from Adler, and 600 rub if it is from Sochi. The fee includes car rental, driver’s services and guided tour. Extra fees are charged for visiting recreational facilities, picnicking according to travelers’ choice, digital photos.
Rafting is floating down turbulent mountain rivers in inflatable boats without rigid framework or in catarafts consisting of a framework and two lengthwise inflated air chambers. Rafting is operated with competent experienced guides. You are to experience unforgettable impressions of passing rapids, fighting water, going under splashes of water of running down from the peaks waterfalls. Simple rafting routes don't require special skills and preparation. You have only to be briefed, instructed on safety rules. For experienced rafters extreme routes are offered. After training and participating in several simple raftings a tourist can participate in more complicated raftings.
Biking is a ride over mountain and impassable roads. Bike makers manufacture special bike models for ecologically clean active rest lovers. Sochi Tour companies offer several biking routes. One of them is to the Akhun mountain – Zmeikovskiye waterfalls. Company transport will take you from the hotel to the foot of the highest point of Sochi resort - to the Great Akhun mountain. From here you will ride along the Agura river canyon and see Agura waterfalls. Then the route turns to Matsesta hydrogen-sulphide springs. 10 more kilometers along the Matsesta river valley of and you are on Zmeikovskiye waterfalls.
Windsurfing is one of the most popular kinds of adventure holidays. It can be described as windsurfing standing on an oval sailboard under the sail. Sailboards are made of carbon fiber-reinforces plastic, the surface is rough for providing stability and with fin stabilizer on the lower surface. It differs from surfing boards only in its form. Actually windsurfing as a sea sport originates from no less popular surfing. It is for those who are keen on speed and fights the wind. With a good breeze one can develop speed more than 10-12 m/s on a sailboard. But fans of windsurfing succeeded in setting up a speed record of 70 km/h.
Water skis are very popular and are one of the oldest kinds of water entertainments. They appeared in 1922 in America and then looked like ordinary winter skis with special biding. Nowadays this kind of sport is available for every holidaymaker. You need only four things for water skiing: water skis, life jacket, gloves, wet suit, and high-power motorboat, of course. You will be offered water skiing practically on all beaches of Sochi resort.
Вейкбординг – комбинация из нескольких видов спорта: водных лыж, сноуборда, скейта и серфинга. Рейдера, стоящего на короткой широкой доске, буксирует катер. Волна, которую создает корпус катера, используется для прыжков. На морской волне, как на и снежном трамплине, возможно исполнение самых различных трюков. Множество элементов вейкбординга взяты из родственных ему видов экстремального спорта и отдыха. Поэтому заниматься им можно в любое время года. Пока море еще холодное, технику прыжков и переворотов легко можно отрабатывать на снежных склонах. По всему миру сейчас проводятся различные соревнования среди любителей и профессионалов этого вида. С 1998 года проходит Кубок Мира по вейкбордингу среди профессионалов. Именами наиболее известных райдеров называют доски, крепления, кили и даже компьютерные игры.