14:00 Check-in at the hotel 14:30 Lunch at the cafe "Kalmyk cuisine No. 1", national cuisine - included 15:30 Walking tour of the city center with a tour of the rotunda "Pagoda of seven Days", where the largest prayer drum in Europe is installed — kurde, sculptural compositions, statues of Buddha Shakyamuni, Altn Bosch — Golden Gate Altn Bosch 16:30 "Shakyusn Xume" Hurul 17:30 Departure to Lone Poplar -20 km - 40 min 18:10 LONE POPLAR Natural Monument There is a legend that this poplar was planted in 1846 by the monk Purdash Bagshi, who brought it from a trip to the Dalai Lama in Tibet. This poplar is considered a sacred tree by Kalmyks Buddhists, believers meditate, perform prayers and rituals under the shade of its mighty crowns. The poplar tree is more than 100 years old, the height of the tree is 30-35 m, the powerful trunk at a height of 1 m from the ground is about 4.5 m in girth. Healing springs flow near the poplar tree. Water is considered holy and healing, wound healing. A lonely poplar tree with a cascade of springs was included in the system of specially protected areas by the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Kalmyk ASSR dated October 8, 1981. Lone Poplar is the winner of the "Russian Tree 2019" competition, 3rd place in the "European Tree 2019" competition. 19:30 Tasting dinner in a cafe/restaurant of Kalmyk cuisine - self-payment according to the menu

07:15 Departure to the Chernye Zemly Nature Reserve on Lake Manych Gudilo - 100 km - 1.5 hours 08:10 We leave for the bird watching point at Lake Manych-Gudilo. Birdwatching - bird watching - 2 hours 12:00 Lunch at a cafe in Priyutnoye village – included in the price 13:00 Departure to the village of Yashalta -205 km-3 hours 16:00 Bolshoe Yashalta salt Lake -1 hour The Bolshoe Yashaltinskoye salt Lake is a heritage of the Kalmyk people and is located on the territory of the Republic of Kalmykia. These lands can be considered the cradle of mud treatment in Russia, and possibly throughout the world. The history of mud treatment dates back thousands of years, starting with the Egyptians who took mud baths in the Nile River, and ending with the Oirats, the ancestors of the Kalmyks, natives of Central Asia, leading a nomadic lifestyle. Few people know that the first baths installed in the Caucasian mineral waters were built in the form of national Kalmyk buildings, tents, accommodating 12 mud baths. Bolshoe Yashaltinskoye Lake has a fairly large supply of therapeutic silt-sulfide mud. Mud intake at will 17:30 Visit to the Yashaltinskoye Lake eco-complex 18:30 Dinner at a cafe in the village of Yashalta - included 19:30 Departure to Elista -205 km, 3 hours Overnight in Elista

Breakfast at the hotel. 10:00 a.m. N.N. Palmov Museum - founded on March 25, 1921. The exhibition halls present in detail the history, ethnography, culture of the Kalmyk people, objects of Buddhist worship and Old Kalmyk art, as well as outstanding people of the republic, in short, everything that makes up Kalmykia. 12:00 Visit to the central hurul "Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha" - the largest Buddhist temple in the Republic of Kalmykia, and one of the largest in Europe. Hurul tour: Buddhist library, museum. 13:00 Lunch at a cafe with a master class on making Kalmyk tea "Jomba" – included in the price 14:30 The memorial complex "Exodus and Return" is one of the most interesting monuments in Elista. It was created by Ernst Neizvestny. The monument is dedicated to the deportation and subsequent return of the Kalmyks. It's a difficult place, but we recommend visiting it. 15:30 Visit to the "Museum of Nomadic Peoples", with a presentation of Todo Bichg - old Kalmyk script - vertical clear writing, The Museum of Oirat-Mongolian Nomadic Culture is the first interactive museum in Elista. In the Mongolian yurt, where the museum is located, guests will be able to get acquainted with the everyday objects of nomads, with the way of nomadic life, listen to a story about the empire of Genghis Khan, about the history of the Oirat Mongols, about the traditions and culture of the Mongolian nomadic peoples. Presentation of TODO BICHG- Old Kalmyk script - vertical clear writing 17:30 Free evening. Visiting the market, souvenir shops Dinner on your own

07:00 Breakfast at the hotel 08:00 Departure to the village of Yashkul to the Oirat parking lot – 100 km 09:30 Oirat parking Oirats lead a traditional nomadic lifestyle, we will be able to explore the life of shepherds, a huge herd of Bactrian camels, more than 120 heads. Camel breeding is one of the most ancient branches of animal husbandry. Man domesticated the camel two thousand years before our era. Many scientists claim that the camel is of Asian origin. He comes from the deserts of Central Mongolia and Arabia. Confirmation of this assumption is that schools of wild camels are still found in Mongolia. The ancient Greeks called double-humped camels bactrians in honor of one of the oldest centers of agricultural culture in Central Asia, located in the middle reaches of the Amu Darya in the first millennium BC. Kalmyk camels were brought to Russia at the beginning of the 17th century, during the period of Kalmyks migration from Dzungaria to the areas of the right bank of the Volga River, in the territory of modern Kalmykia and the Astrakhan region. 14:30 Lunch at a cafe in Yashkul village - included in the price 15:00 Departure to the village of Adyk 16:00 Route Bumba Country-2 hours — Pink Lake tour - the route passes along the shores of the salty Mekletinsky lakes, in the waters of which the microscopic crustacean Artemia Salina lives. They turn the water pink and are involved in the formation of therapeutic mud, which is used in the treatment of skin diseases and in the manufacture of cosmetics. — Tour of the "Singing Dunes". In ancient times, there were camps of various nomadic peoples on the sands. Even now, fragments of clay vessels and arrowheads of the Yamskaya, Catacomb, Sarmatian and Scythian cultures can be found on the blown-out hillsides. Various animals can be found on the sand dunes: lizards, snakes, exotic birds. Optionally, you can get the opportunity to shoot a Kalmyk bow. — Excursion to the burning spring 18:00 Reception at the camp of the village of Adyk 19:00 Return to Elista - 150 km Dinner on your own

Breakfast at the hotel 11:00 transfer to the airport