About this experience
Embark on a culinary journey to the best places of Dombay, where you will be introduced to the secrets of Karachay dishes. Famous 'sunny' hychins, various soups, shorpa, and shashlik - the variety is endless! You will enjoy large portions, beautiful presentation, and exquisite taste. Hospitable locals will welcome you as dear guests and treat you like old friends.
What to Expect
In Dombay, there is a kind old tradition: the guest sits at the head of the table, and all care and attention is focused on them. Want to experience the same? We have prepared a program that will allow you to 'embrace the unembraceable': mountain ranges, historical sites, and gastronomic pleasures.
Let's eat!
🏔 From Kislovodsk, we will head towards the highest mountain pass in Russia. On the way, you will hear about the most 'cheesy place' in Karachay-Cherkessia.
🏔 At the Gum-Bashi pass, you will taste Karachay flatbreads and high-mountain tea. You will learn about the varieties of hychins (there are more than 10!) and their connection to Turkic peoples and Tengrism.
🏔 In the village of Dombay, we will take a chairlift into the mountains. There, you will have lunch at a national restaurant serving North Caucasian cuisine. The menu will include the following dishes:
- Traditional soups: shorpa, upre, shhips, hinkel
- Corn flatbreads nartuk-chyrzhin
- Boiled chicken (cake)
- Lamb shoulder (jaw-orun)
- Liver sausage (sohta)
- Chicken ragout (gedlibzhe)
- Meat or chicken shashlik
- Pilaf
🏔 On the way back, we will visit a trout farm - try fishing with lessons on traditional fishing techniques. The caught fish will be cooked on the grill, and we will have dinner in nature.
Organizational Details
- Your tour will be led by one of our professional guides
- The cost of the trip includes transfer throughout the route in a comfortable off-road vehicle, guide escort, fishing at the trout farm, and preparation of the catch
Additional Expenses
- Tasting of hychins at the Gum-Bashi pass: from 400 rubles per person
- Chairlift in Dombay: from 800 to 2000 rubles/standard ticket and from 600 to 1500 rubles/reduced ticket (depends on the chosen tariff)
- Lunch at the North Caucasian cuisine restaurant: from 600-800 rubles per person
