For some rest in Sochi - a spacious beaches, entertainment and restaurants.Others try to visit the sights of the city and its surroundings.Here are the most beautiful waterfalls of the Krasnodar Territory.Due to their availability, they are very popular with tourists, especially in the warmer months.
orekhovsky: general information
He is one of the most powerful and highest on the Black Sea coast.The waterfall has a karst origin.Among the limestone, which has about 70 million years, it was washed with water flows in vertical layers.
It is situated in Sochi National Park, and is a natural monument of the Krasnodar Territory.
often mistakenly referred to as plural - orekhovsky, but in fact he is one, simply formed of two stages.
Description
It is located only 14 km from the center of the city of Sochi on the outskirts of the village called Plastunka.Located near the village Orekhovka, which gave the name of the waterfall in 1917.Previously, it was called the Mill, as there was a water mill.
In a deep valley in the steep walls of the river Sochi.Her starboard Bezumenki forms the mouth, which reached a steep cliff breaks down cascade down to form orekhovsky.The height is 27.5 m.
Two jets of falling water gradually join into one.With the noise of it falls in the two-stage boiler, then softly connected to the waters of the river Sochi.
waterfall is beautiful at any time of the year - it does not freeze in winter and dry even in the heat.On the steep slopes on both sides are arranged overgrown forests of oak and chestnut with an admixture of boxwood, close to a grove of walnut and pebble beach.In June, you can meet a blooming rhododendron ponticum.
orekhovsky: how to get there?
Travel route to the monument of nature is usually the first tourists who came to the city of Sochi.It is found in all the tour programs, but find it easily and independently.
You can get here by car and by public transport.From the train / train station you need to take the 102 bus to the last stop "Orekhovka."Then you have to walk 1.5 km (takes about 30 minutes) up the road and the first junction turn right, follow signs to the falls.
On the road the car will take less time.It is necessary to follow the route of the street Plastunskaya - Krasnodar - Japaridze.At the bus stop "Orekhovka" can continue the journey by car or leave it here, then also within walking distance.The road is paved, but there are areas of gravel, so it's best to choose comfortable shoes.
Walking may seem tedious, because the nature of Sochi is very picturesque.Country road first runs along the mountainside of Qom, and then turns into the forest.On the way to the river meets Bezumenka, if a little from the path, you can see the "waterfalls", they are small, but very beautiful.Continuing the path, just a few minutes you can reach the end of the route.
for entry to orekhovsky charge a small fee.Not far there is a cafe where you can eat.
Agura waterfalls
in the resort town there are other places that are of interest of tourists.As popular as orekhovsky are Agura.A total of three.Are they on the river Agur.The first waterfall - the most famous, it consists of two stages.Their height of 18 m and 12 m, respectively.
Barely 500 m is a second Agurskii waterfall.He is a multi-jet, water falls from a height of 23 m. On the left side of it, you can see the shallow caves, which are also of interest to tourists.
third waterfall is just outside.It falls down strong flow foot consists of the thresholds, the water is poured over them from one another.
Waterfalls in Sochi has always attracted the attention of many tourists.In the warm season here permanently meet vacationers.
most beautiful waterfalls Sochi
Are they mostly in mountain rivers and springs.Another natural monument are 33 waterfalls on the creek Dzhegosh.The height of the highest of 10.5 m, a small - 1.3 m. There are 33 waterfalls, rapids and 13 7 rapids.The length from the first to the last 500 meters.
At a distance of 6 km from Krasnaya Polyana, on the right bank of the river Bzyb is another equally beautiful waterfall "Maiden's Tears".He formed by melt water from the Alpine meadows, filtered sequences in limestone rocks.Its height is 13 m. It is believed, if an unmarried girl Feeds here, in the same year will be married.
the highest waterfall in Sochi is Polikarya.It is situated on a ridge Aibga near the village of Krasnaya Polyana.Its height is 70 m. Here, even the middle of summer snow.
get on it very easy to drive (preferably an SUV), the road will take only half an hour.From its summit you can see the foothills of the Greater Caucasus Range.
