When choosing the best place to relax during the holidays, people are increasingly turning their attention towards Crimea. Indeed, when he became much closer and dearer, I really want to know more about him! Historical monuments, fascinating places, sights of Crimea full of secrets - you won’t have a single free minute left for despondency and sadness!

There is a tourist route for everyone, our tour operators will select one of the best options for you: mountain hiking, self-guided walking tour to the most mysterious corners, sea travel, horseback riding, air planning. Our programs are planned for people of all ages. When you go on vacation with the whole family, you don't have to think about entertaining the children.

Which tour to choose

We offer a large selection of tourist routes, excursions, expedition cruises around the Crimea. All equipment is included in the price, so you don't have to worry about purchasing additional equipment. By the way, you can purchase an adventure certificate from us, which will be an excellent gift for a friend or relative.
So what should you choose? Below are a variety of options for how you can have fun and usefully spend your time on vacation. More information about tourism programs can be found on our website.

• 1. Combined tours are suitable for universal people who want to get everything out of life! Experienced guides will describe the sights along the way interestingly and in great detail, take you to the very center of historical events and make you temporarily renounce the everyday bustle.
• 2. Tours to the mountains of Crimea - trekking and cycling tours in mountainous and hilly areas are suitable for real conquerors! Strength, endurance, support - as they say, a friend is made in the mountains! Having completed the route, endless mesmerizing views of the Crimean monastery will open to your eyes.
• 3. Rafting down raging rivers and waterfalls is not a challenge for the faint of heart! But as you go further and further downstream, you can observe how diverse and beautiful the landscape of Crimean nature is, and how changeable the mood of the water flow is!
• 4. For lovers of a relaxing holiday, we offer horseback riding. Direct contact with nature, complete rejection of the gifts of modern civilization - here you can get to know the real you.
• 5. Do you prefer off-road speed? Jeep tours are waiting for you! Complete freedom of action, adrenaline, drive - sometimes all this is so lacking in the systematic bustle of the city. After completing the tour, each participant is given a certificate.

Where it all begins

Having chosen the most comfortable type of holiday and booked a tour, all you have to do is completely trust the organizers and follow their instructions. All trips begin in Simferopol. You need to get there yourself. You can easily fly from Moscow to the meeting point by plane. At the appointed place your escorts will be waiting for you and will take you to the hotel. Here you can refresh yourself, relax and gain strength for your upcoming travels.
The main thing during hikes is to keep your camera fully ready at all times, then your vacation will be imprinted with warm memories not only in the depths of your soul, but also in photographs in the family album.

The Crimean peninsula is one of the best places for a good rest with the whole family, but Crimea, like a many-faced Janus, is able to appear before us in completely different guises. On the one hand, it is a warm sandy coast with cool sea water, and on the other, an untamed, wild world of steppes and little-studied natural areas. It is they who attract a large number of lovers of extreme or active recreation to the lands of this resort. We will talk further about how interesting and varied active recreation in Crimea can be.

Crimea is a land of steppes, mountains, forests, as well as salt and fresh springs, so there are more than enough places for active recreation here! Many of them have long been especially loved and popular among tourists, but there are also those that were discovered relatively recently and have not yet been fully studied. Let's take a closer look at each of them.

Types of active recreation on earth

On the territory of the ancient Crimea, which has an interesting history, there really is something to see. Look at the mountain ranges and ancient cave temples, relict forests and magical lakes that appeared out of nowhere.

Now everyone can enjoy exploring the Crimean lands in the form most suitable for themselves. The most common ones are:

• Hiking and excursions;
• Horseback travel to the world of the steppes or mountains of Crimea;
• ATV ride;
• Jeep tours;
• Bicycle trips;
• Caving tours and other types of active land recreation.

Among them, each of you can choose exactly the tour that attracts you most.

Horse riding

A horseback ride along the White Rock or a charming excursion program in the Baydar Valley. You can also enjoy communicating with these noble animals by taking a tour of Yalta or Alushta, walking to a beautiful mountain lake. Another very interesting horse riding tour, very popular among tourists, is “The Mystery of the Extinct Cave “Syundurlyu-Koba”.

The Kizil-Koba mountain base is very interesting in this regard. Here you can not only enjoy complete relaxation and communication with nature, but also enjoy horseback riding to the foot of the mountains or to their viewing platforms. Such a trip along narrow mountain paths will allow you to see Crimea from a bird's eye view. Such walks can take from an hour to several days.

Hiking and excursions

Another active recreation on the Crimean coast is walking excursion programs and weekend tours. They will allow you to get to know the most protected places of the region as closely as possible, as well as come into contact with the mountain world of the peninsula. As a result of such tours, you will get to know this region much better and appreciate its cultural heritage. The most popular excursion tours are the following:

• Mountain Venice. Small Crimean Canyon;
• Caves "Crystal" and "Marble"
• The disappeared "Tash-Dzhargan"
• Excursion to the valley of waterfalls to the famous “Jur-Jur”;
• Cave monasteries “Chelter-Koba” and “Shuldan”;
• Cities carved into rocks: “Chufut-Kale” and “Eski-Kermen”;
• Tours of fortresses and castles of Crimea;
• Old Crimea;
• Tours to natural reserves and eucalyptus forests of the Crimean peninsula and many others.

Among the many and varied excursions offered by local agencies, you can easily choose the most interesting one for yourself. In addition, their number is rapidly increasing every year.

Excursion tours on quad bikes

Conducting excursion programs on modern ATVs is one of the tourism innovations of the last few years. Thanks to the use of this type of transport, excursion agencies were able to “kill two birds with one stone” at once. They provide lovers of extreme recreation with a “full blast” and enrich the rich excursion program with a powerful adrenaline rush.

The use of ATVs was initially tested on a few tourist routes, but seeing their popularity increase, the agencies decided to significantly expand the range of their use. Today there are already more than a hundred of them.

The following quadratures are considered the most popular today:

• "Lavender Field";
• "Barrel of Death";
• "Extreme on Ai-Petri";
• Tour to a non-existent village;
• Capes "Meganom" and "Tolstoy";
• “Along the Serpentine Beam to Mount Kurushlyu”;
• “Ai-Todor Valley;
• “Near Chatyrdyg”;
• "Agarmysh";
• "Mountain lakes of Chatyr-Dag".

This is a small part of the popular ATV tours that exist today, offered to guests and residents of Crimea, aimed at active recreation in Crimea.

Jeep tours in Crimea

Tourist tours through the Crimean expanses by jeep were opened relatively recently, but have already gained great popularity among tourists and guests of the peninsula. Such tours are especially popular among young people and people who adore cars and everything connected with them. Of course, this type of excursion is somewhat calmer than ATV racing, so older people are also their frequent guests.

Jeep tours are not much more expensive than the excursion tours described above, but at the same time, they are much more interesting due to the opportunity to travel where other vehicles cannot get through. Such trips are in no way inferior to their predecessors in their educational value and adrenaline rush. Here are the most popular ones:

• "Tarkhankut";
• "Fortresses of Crimea";
• "Three Religions";
• "Mountain Boyko";
• “The path to the Syuren Fortress”;
• "Holy Spring Ai-Petri";
• "Boar Pass";
• "Two in one";
• "Prisoner of the Caucasus";
• "Safari with lions";
• "The Great Battle of the Commander";
• “From dawn to dusk” and others.

All these tours are very interesting and educational and, thanks to their extreme nature, will find a very large number of admirers of various age-old groups.

On bicycles across vast expanses!

For people who prefer an active and healthy lifestyle, cycling tours will be an ideal option for relaxation and leisure time. They will allow you to simultaneously enjoy the local beauty, get acquainted with the sights and keep your body in good shape. The most luxurious selection of excursion tours on bicycles is offered to its visitors by the brilliant Alushta. Here are the most famous of them:

• “Across the mountainous Crimea”;
• “Holy spring “Ai-Petri”;
• "Cliff";
• "Legends of the Kachin Valley";
• "Demerdzhi, Southern Path";
• Bike tour to the foot of Mount Castel;
• “Demerdzhi and the Valley of Ghosts on a bicycle”;
• "Ancient estates of Alushta."

As for this type of recreation, it is necessary to take into account its seasonality. In November, you can forget about the mountain routes of Crimea, as they are covered with snow. The same goes for cycling through the steppes and valleys of the peninsula: from December to March they are under a blanket of snow.

Caving is a fashionable form of recreation!

Caving is the most popular active holiday in Crimea today! It allows each participant in such a journey to personally come into contact with the secret world of caves, comprehending all their majestic and wild beauty. Such tours are carried out under the guidance of an experienced instructor, who not only teaches the basics of this art, but also provides an introductory briefing on the rules of conduct and descent into the mountain depths. The most interesting tours in this area are:

• "Miskhor Grottoes";
• Caves "Honey" and "Crystal";
• Big extreme tour to the “Red” cave;
• "Man Cave"
• Cave "Gugejin" rappelling.

This type of active recreation also includes rock climbing and mountaineering. All three types of active extreme recreation are gaining more and more popularity every year, and guests of the peninsula are happy to take part in them.

Water and active recreation

The water expanses of Crimea allow everyone to enjoy an active holiday. Here you can not only visit water attractions, but also try your hand at the following water sports:

• Diving;
• Water skiing;
• Kayaking;
• Yachting;
• Flyboarding;
• Fishing and many others.

Diving and flyboarding are considered especially attractive among them. The first gives you the opportunity to personally get acquainted with the underwater world of Crimea, and the second allows you to fly above the water and with its help! This is simply an unforgettable feeling of freedom and flight!

Crimea from a bird's eye view!

It is impossible to imagine the completeness of the entire image compiled about the Crimean coast without seeing it from a bird's eye view! This spectacle is simply unforgettable! If you want to have a lot of fun and understand what real freedom is, then you are welcome to take a sightseeing helicopter tour in the skies. Once you experience this pleasure, you will want to return to it again and again. No less interesting and breathtaking are jumping from an airplane with a parachute. Those who like a lot of adrenaline in their blood will also really enjoy paragliding and hang gliding.

Whatever type of outdoor activity you choose from the above, remember that safety instructions must always be followed. After all, your life may depend on it!

We invite you to plunge into the exciting world of active recreation on ATVs.
We offer routes of varying duration and difficulty - for beginners and experienced ones. The routes are laid across plains, forests and the Crimean Mountains; during walks, picturesque views open up.
Thanks to its characteristics, the ATV is easy to control, has sufficient maneuverability, and the equipment provided will make your walk not only fun, but also safe. An experienced instructor will explain how to handle the ATV and guide you along the route.
ATV rides will give you a lot of positive emotions and unforgettable impressions!

Sea fishing

During this tour you will feel the passion of a real hunter, take photographs of the caught fish, and enjoy the unforgettable beauty of the Crimean coast. Sea fishing is so exciting that as soon as the bite starts, you will forget about everything. A professional team will provide you with the necessary equipment for a rich catch. This tour will appeal to all family members, especially children. After all, the beauty of sea fishing is its simplicity. As a rule, schooling saltwater fish are excellently caught on bare hooks. You don't have to wait for hours for a bite. Throw in and pull out the complete tyrant of horse mackerel and perch.

Active recreation in Crimea- this is an opportunity to conquer all three elements: earth, air and water. It seems that the Crimean peninsula was created by nature for extreme and active leisure. Mountains and steep cliffs, caves and dungeons, underwater grottoes and the mysterious depths of the Black Sea - all this irresistibly attracts those who cannot imagine life without adrenaline in their blood.
A modern person often feels the need for fresh, invigorating impressions that change the usual picture of everyday life. While in Crimea, you find yourself in concentration various types of active recreation: horseback riding and quad biking, diving and rope jumping, paragliding, mountaineering, etc. Time to choose!
Coming to Crimea, you can discover it from a new side over and over again. For those who prefer an active holiday, we have prepared a wide range of adventures, starting with more relaxed walking and horseback riding, continuing with rope jumping and skydiving for the avid adrenaline junkies. Regardless of the complexity of the tour and the activity itself, experienced instructors are always next to you. These are people who live their business and look after your safety.
Now comes the fun part. To guide you in choosing a specific activity, you can use several search criteria: by type of activity (displayed by symbolic icons), by location, by adventure duration, or select a tour from a thematic selection (relative grouping of tours by interests). These filters can be used individually or simultaneously to narrow down your options.
In order to book a tour, you need to fill out a fairly simple application form. If you need advice in choosing, then contact To tour operator "IRIDA-TOUR" and we are ready to help you with detailed information on the issue of interest. We want you to get what you came for, be it an extreme adventure or just real, real impressions and emotions!

"Mountains-Sea"- these are prefabricated auto-pedestrian non-category hiking in Crimea with elements of active tourism. The travel program includes walking radial routes lasting from 3 to 6 hours, with a length of up to 15 km. To participate in the tour, no special sports or tourist training is required, as well as the use of special equipment.

Tours are held weekly, from June to September and have clear arrival schedules: every Saturday. Groups are formed at the Simferopol railway station and disperse for 15 days in several directions of the peninsula:

Tours are offered during the May holidays and at the end of September "Mountains-Sea in May" And "Mountains-Sea in September".

Prepared for lovers of extreme recreation route "Mountains-Sea-Extreme"

Guaranteed arrivals. Joining a group that is forming - from 1 tourist!

Tours "Mountains-Sea" include a week hike in the Crimean mountains, where the group is provided with accommodation in civilized camp sites (2-3-4 bed accommodation), three meals a day, the services of an experienced guide, cook, transfers, and excursion services. Attention: tourists don’t sleep in cold tents in the rain not forced to cook food at the stake, don't knock your legs down on multi-kilometer treks under a backpack.

Tours "Mountains-Sea" - civilized hiking,comfortable mountain holiday. After a week of hiking in the Crimean Mountains, tourists rest for 7 days on the Black Sea coast in the boarding house "Marianida" (accommodation in any other boarding house from our offer is possible). It is this combination of a tour, when the group spends a week in the mountains and a week relaxing at the sea, that is most acceptable for clients and the most promising in the further development of active tourism in Crimea.

In 2003, the "MOUNTAINS-SEA" tour was officially registered as a trademark. The walking tour of Crimea "Mountains-Sea" was awarded by the Ministry of Resorts and Tourism of Crimea.

They say it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times. This phrase suits Crimea perfectly. But you can see it in different ways: just lying on the beach during your entire vacation. Or experiencing it from land, water or air. How, you ask? Very easy: with the help of our "Extreme Tours" section!

Tours to Crimea: a peninsula you don’t know

A person who knows what he is talking about can tell a good story. Our catalog contains tours of people who are in love with Crimea. They follow the paths that inspire them. They offer extreme entertainment that they themselves enjoy. Therefore, you should not be afraid to trust them: they will arrange the best tours to Crimea, which will be remembered for a lifetime in the best sense! The list of tours includes: conquering mountains on foot, on horseback or on ATVs; jumping from bridges and cliffs; flights independently and with an instructor on any type of aeronautical equipment. Even if you are afraid of extreme sports in any of its manifestations, you will certainly enjoy our excursions around Crimea: an experienced guide will tell you the most intimate secrets of the peninsula!

Horseback riding and ATVs: “the smart one won’t go uphill”

That's right, a smart person will go around the mountain. Maybe it's not so much smart as it is convenient. But the fact remains: horseback riding in Crimea is in great demand. Don't feel like climbing a slope with a backpack? No problem - a huge selection of horse farms will offer their services. Moreover, the routes being developed are very different, some are unique. For example, to Cape Fiolent. The most common ones are along Mount Demerdzhi with an ascent to the Valley of Ghosts.

Another type of mountain conquest for speed lovers is quad biking. Today, almost every resort town or village has ATV rentals and guide services. You can simply rent a vehicle and drive around to your heart’s content, or you can attend a guided tour, during which guests will be told about the sights of Crimea.

So, have you decided yet? Are you taking horses, an ATV, planning an extreme jump or going on a hike? Crimea is a real peninsula of treasures and a storehouse of unique places. Therefore, take your camera with you and welcome to our extreme tours!