Village Zakan lies on the border Krasnodar region and Karachay-Cherkessia at the top
1350 meters above sea level. As for our eco-camping "Zakan", we located it on the banks of the beautiful mountain river Zakan, from where you can admire stunning panoramas of the gorges and mountains around.

Guests of our campsite will be able to enjoy a feeling of complete calm and tranquility, sitting in a cozy clearing or on the shore of a picturesque stocked pond. You can live in a campsite either in a cozy two-story log house with a fireplace by the river, or in Finnish houses. All guest houses use autonomous energy sources. You can also live on the eco-camping grounds in your or our tents.
Our eco-camping in the Caucasus also offers a kitchen,
a barbecue stove and an excellent bathhouse located right on the bank of a mountain river. And of course, you will be able to go on interesting excursions, because there are many beautiful natural attractions near our campsite.

Natural attractions near eco-camping "Zakan":
* The second largest lake in the Western Caucasus (after Lake Ritsa) is Lake Silence.
* Imereti waterfalls are the most beautiful and largest in the Western Caucasus (cascade height 40 meters).
* Valley of the Twelve Lakes.
* Peak Zakan.
* Peak Stavropol.
* Mineral springs Sour.
* Caves.
* Lugansk natural solonetz.
* Excavations by archaeologists of ancient cities.
* Mount Tsakhvoa - highest point Krasnodar Territory - 3346 meters above sea level.

Cost of eco-tour to the Caucasian Biosphere Reserve for 4 days - 3 nights:
Finnish house No. 1: (for 2 people) - 9000 rubles
Finnish house No. 1: (max. 3-4 people) - 12,000 rubles
Finnish house No. 2: (max. 5-6 people) - 17,000 rubles
Log house by the river: (max. 6-8 people) - 26,000 rubles
Entire campsite: 3 houses (max. 16-18 people) - 52,000 rubles.

Accommodation in tents on the campsite: 1 person - 150 rubles per day.

At your request, you can come for any number of days convenient for you! For those who live at the campsite for more than 8 days, discounts on housing!

A wood-burning sauna with a swimming pool, a stove with barbecue, a summer kitchen with a gas stove and a stocked pond are available to guests of the camping around the clock.

The cost of an eco-tour to the Caucasian Nature Reserve includes:
- Accommodation in wooden chopped guest house with a fireplace or in Finnish houses.
- Excursion to the observation clearing with a guide.
- Wood-burning sauna with a swimming pool (based on 2 hours per house).
- Use of a summer kitchen with all utensils and a barbecue stove.
- Stocked pond.
- Summer shower.
- bed sheets
- skewers, barbecue grill
- everything you need for washing dishes
- matches, dry fuel and firewood
- garbage bags
- a natural refrigerator in the form of running ice water in a river and a large container for storing food.
- candles
- guitar

For an additional fee you can order:
- Transfer to the eco-camping from Stavropol to the village of Zakan or from Stavropol to the village of Psemena.
- Meeting at the airport or railway station.
- Parking for your car in the village of Psemen or in the city of Stavropol.
- Excursions to the Caucasian Natural Biosphere Reserve to the Waterfalls and the Huntsman’s Hut or to the Zakanskoe Saddle.
- Auto excursion to the Kislye springs.
- Visit to a wood-burning sauna with a swimming pool over the limit
- Food from natural products - 200 rubles per person for breakfast, or lunch or dinner, or 600 rubles per person for three meals a day.
- Cooking by our chef from your products.
- Photoshoot.
- Paragliding and quad biking with instructors.
- Horseback riding in the surrounding area.
- Buying organic products from local residents.
- Fishing with an instructor.
- Brooms for the bathhouse.

Eco-tourism is based on concern for environment. That is why the trip to the village of Zakan is designed for a limited number of people.

You can get to Zakan only by off-road vehicles, because from the village of Kurdzhinovo (Psemen) only a mountain dirt road 50 kilometers long leads here. While driving along this road you will experience delight and thrill, just like real jeeping. We communicate with the outside world using a satellite phone. In the village of Kurdzhinovo or in Stavropol, you can leave your car in a guarded parking lot, and then we will get there by SUV.

My husband informed us that we were going to Zakan 10 days in advance. I didn’t quite understand what it was, like a camp site somewhere in the mountains. We always relax as a family, my husband chooses the place, and I completely trust him. Moreover, these are always cultivated and ennobled places, at least the Turkish coast or a decent sanatorium on the CMS. When it turned out that we were driving an SUV because our car “wouldn’t fit there,” I became a little tense. And, as it turned out later, not in vain.

We loaded into the Padzherik early in the morning. We packed enough food for a month, even though we were traveling for only three days. All sorts of fishing rods and other men's rubbish were taken over by the faithful. My job was to gather our kids and stuff as many things as possible into three large duffel bags. Spring is not so warm this year.

After we crossed the border with Karachay-Cherkessia, we drove for several more kilometers along a picturesque asphalt road. And then we turned into a mountain gorge where the road ended. And the mountain dirt road along the river began.

The Padzherik shook and shook so much that I soon felt a little nauseous. It was not a road, but a route for extreme sports enthusiasts. Huge holes, as if stone boulders had just rolled down a steep slope. In some places, the abyss on one side of the car reached several tens of meters in depth. In others, streams seethed almost right under the wheels. mountain river. I looked at my husband as the ultimate traitor and thought, how could he do this to us?

When we reached the village of Zakan, we no longer believed that we would survive. Here, as if nothing had happened, the sun was shining and there was a smell of horse manure. The toilet was like in my grandmother’s village, but with a seat, armrests and a window overlooking the river. We jokingly called it "the throne." There is nowhere to wash, the water in the summer shower is not very hot, and to heat the bathhouse you have to wait an hour and a half.

We were accommodated in a wooden house, which turned out to be very comfortable inside. I began to unpack, and my husband went to negotiate with the local caretaker. Having decided not to talk to him until the evening, as punishment, I went to look for children who had disappeared somewhere. I found them almost in an embrace with a horse, which they jostled, stroked and pulled by its long mane. I’ll say right away that my daughter, who is 7 years old, practically did not leave this little animal for all three days and fed him the entire supply of bread and fruit. Before, she had only seen horses on TV, but here was such a friendly specimen.

Another 20-30 minutes passed, we walked around a large clearing on the bank of a noisy river, surrounded high mountains. I stopped smelling poop; on the contrary, I suddenly felt how clean the air was here. There were no cars or strangers around... How nice! And when the father of the family joined us, I already forgot about my decision to boycott him.

On the first evening, the program was so intense that we fell asleep at about 11 o'clock, and without hind legs. We managed to: jump on rocks in the river, getting our feet wet, get burned about 15 times gigantic size nettles, wash and take a steam bath, sit in a pool of ice-cold water with wild squeals, fry a shish kebab, eat meat, play hide and seek in the pitch darkness.

And the morning began with a real fairy tale. On the table near our house there was a cup of wild strawberries. A wonderful addition to this surprise was fresh milk from a cow from the village of Zakan. No super hotel will give you this: the feeling of being back in childhood during the holidays with your grandmother. We were 30 km from Krasnaya Polyana, which surprised us. Yes, besides the wooden toilet in the village where my parents sent me, there were many pleasant moments. For example, I clearly remember the same taste and aroma of delicate berries.

The following days were very similar to the first, with some variations. My men, consisting of a husband and two sons aged 11 and 14, were fishing with an important air. The trophies they obtained were ceremoniously cleaned, fried and devoured. Then we made a foray to a viewing clearing, from where we could see the gorge where the campsite is located. On the way we saw the huge Zakanskaya Spruce, looked at observation deck to main Caucasus ridge, Stavropol peak, the top of the Sofia and Elbrus mountains.
Unexpectedly for us, a company of young people, paragliders, arrived. At first we admired them soaring in the sky, and then the children tested my nerves with whining like “we want to fly too.” On the third day we were going to go to the Zakanskoye Saddle or the Imereti Waterfalls, but it became clear that the youngest members of our team might not make it.

In between, we sunbathed, got wet in a short downpour, played volleyball and tag, ate raspberry jam from a jar, had pillow fights, lay on the grass, spat in the distance... and fed newborn lambs. And so on and so forth. My darling and I even remembered romantic times and, having kissed in the light of the moon, we spent a long time looking for where we could retire away from the children.
It was really cool at night, but warm clothes were almost of no use. The stove was burning in the house, and a fire saved us outside.
I warn those who are accustomed to foolishly, in Zakan they will not allow you to do this. There is not a speck of dust around, and all collected garbage is taken out of the territory. Even the light bulbs work here solar panels, the environment is above all, in short.

The return journey no longer seemed scary to anyone; we often stopped and took pictures. They drove back happy and contented, sharing their impressions and shouting over each other. Only the youngest was a little upset at being separated from her new tailed and neighing friend.

Next spring we plan to repeat the trip to Zakan, now for more long term. The program includes a visit to the Caucasian State Natural Biosphere Reserve, located nearby. We will also make an outing to the Imereti waterfalls and Kislye springs. We'll leave our youngest at home, and the boys, I think, will handle it.

So guys, Zakan is awesome! I recommend to everyone!

Svetlana Panfilova, Krasnodar

Guests of the unique camping(1350 m above sea level) relax on the river bank at the edge of a forest in the mountains. It is curious, but the absence in Zakan of the benefits of civilization in the form of 24-hour supermarkets or cellular communications becomes an undeniable advantage. Such a disadvantage as mountainous roads on the way to the village makes it possible to stay away from people and becomes an undeniable advantage. Our main service is providing a comfortable, exclusive holiday far from civilization. You can be sure that you are the only and welcome guests in Zakan and that all the splendor of wild nature is at your disposal.

Traveling to a relatively untouched village of two families, and minimizing the negative consequences of an environmental and socio-cultural nature, is the main task of the organizer of tours to the village of Zakan and is called eco-tourism.

The campsite is located on the banks of the Zakan River at the mouth of the Imeretinka River, offering beautiful views of the surrounding gorges and mountains. You will never forget the feeling of calm and bliss, being in a cozy clearing near the bathhouse or on the shore of a picturesque stocked pond.

Accommodation:
The campsite contains: a two-story log house with a fireplace by the river and a Finnish house, a wood-burning sauna with a swimming pool, a summer kitchen with a stove and barbecue, a stocked pond, and autonomous and ecological sources of energy supply are used. The campsite can accommodate 16-18 people at a time.

- Log house by the river for 6-8 people(total area 110 sq.m.): three rooms and one kitchen.
- Finnish house No. 1 for 3-4 people(total area 20 sq.m.): one room and one kitchen.
- Finnish house No. 2 for 5-6 people(total area 40 sq.m.): two rooms and one kitchen.

Camping guests are provided with: bed linen, dishwashing detergent, matches, dry fuel, firewood, film for food preservation, a natural refrigerator with running ice water and food storage containers, candles.