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That is your best opportunity to discover the wild Siberia by your own experience!
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Set of activities # 5:
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Main manager:
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Main scientific adviser:
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Development of ecotourism activity in Siberia and Central Asia
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Mr. Alex Vetoshkin
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Ms. Olga Rusalimova
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We adhere to classical definition of the ecotourism: a visit to a natural area that brings appreciable socio- economic benefit to the local people, and, at the same time, leaves the local environment in a better state than it was before. As compare to a scientific- educational excursion an ecotour has less scientific background and content but more cultural and recreation ones.
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addition to our scientific excursion, we have been organizing ecotourism for more than 5 years. An ecotour is less concentrated on educational scientific backgrounds. It is much more composed of cultural aspects, out-door activities (such as trekking and hiking, rafting, horseback ridding), but also with a strong interest on the Siberian wildlife and landscapes.
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For more details please visit the subdomain devoted to our ecotourism activities:
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home page of ecotourism activities
www.ecotour.siberia-eco.org
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or go directly to the proper webpages of separate ecotours:
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Bird watching tours
www.birds.siberia-eco.org
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Baikal Lake
www.ecotour.siberia-eco.org/html/baikal_lake.html
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Golden Altai Mountains 1 (bus tour + hiking)
www.ecotour.siberia-eco.org/html/altai1.html
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Golden Altai Mountains 2 (bus tour + horseback ridind + hiking)
www.ecotour.siberia-eco.org/html/altai2.html
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Khakassiya (bus tour + rafting + horseback riding)
www.ecotour.siberia-eco.org/html/baikal_lake.html
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 The main principles of our ecotourism activity is:
- to show true life in Siberia and Central Asia
- combination of showing nature’s objects/phenomena with present-day social life as well as cultural events (museums, art gallery etc.)
- to show diversity of nature as much as possible 
- possibility to meet and get to know local people
- high quality of food and its diversity and abundance (professional cooks, hot meals 3 times a day anywhere if it is possible etc.)
- friendly and open-minded Russian service team (guide, interpreter if necessary, cook, technical assistant, bus driver)
- low prices.
 We can suggest low price because of
- good organization (logical route and transportation, accommodation in hotels only where it is really necessary) 
- absence of overhead expenses (we have no special office, phones, secretaries, book-keepers etc.)
- absence of large outlay for advertising.
Our ecotours are destined to a general public, which will like to get extraordinary experience in the huge Siberia during his/her holidays, and in the same time, to contribute for its preservation. In fact every participant of our ecotours will partly sponsor our environmental education program for Siberian children (see webpage EDUCATION PROGRAM), as a level 3% of their costs inside Russia.  But other local people receive some economical benefits every time while we organize your travel.
Through the network of Russian and international environmentalists, which we created, the  NGO “Siberian Institute of Ecological Initiatives” helps to draw attention to the ecological problems of Siberia year after year. Along with some other tourist organizations that work in Siberia, we are involved in developing ecotourism as an alternative solution for development of the region with much less damage for Siberian environment as compare for example to heavy industry.
Please visit our following webpages to have a better understanding of our ecotours.
Have a good journey!
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