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To ensure that everyone has the best possible experience also when visiting Central Siberia’s protected areas and cultural monuments and these are minimally affected by tourism development, we have summarized the rules of conduct and important instructions. Please take a moment to read them, and thank you for observing them when outdoors.
National and nature parks, cultural monuments
allowed
- hiking and suitable forms of recreation, except restricted areas
- picking edible berries and mushrooms for one’s own consumption
- using any of the facilities (e.g. shelters) provided by the park’s authority
restricted
- making campfires and camping in the open is only permitted at sites marked for these purposes
- angling and ice fishing is allowed with a valid license, except restricted areas
- individual water transport (no powerboats and other means of water transport with high level of noise)
- cycling and riding horses outside authorized areas
forbidden
- leaving waste in the area
- damaging or despoiling any cultural and natural objects, and any other constructions
- lighting campfires if the forest fire warning is in effect
- pets running at large
- felling, taking or damaging trees, bushes, other wild plants and mushrooms or their parts,
- damaging soil or rock, and extraction of earth material or minerals
- killing, catching or disturbing wild animals, or damaging their nests
- collecting any zoological, botanical and mineralogical specimen and historical artifacts
- driving motor vehicles, except on roads designated for motor vehicles
- conducting organized events and commercial activities without authorization
- operating radios or other sound equipment in a way that is disturbing to the surroundings
- constructing new facilities, wind shelters, paths or roads
- using chemical means (detergents, lime, insecticides, pesticides, etc.)
Always follow the specific instructions provided by national or nature park authority.
Zapovedniks (strict nature reserves)
As their name indicates, these areas have strict conservation regimes with minimum human interference. They are not open to usual forms of recreation and tourism, only scientific and ecotourist expeditions are permissible. Any visitor to a zapovednik needs a special entry permit and to be accompanied by an authorized guide (usually a member of the zapovednik’s staff). Unauthorized entry (trespass) and any form of activity inside the protected area are strictly forbidden and are treated as serious offence in the Russian law. The same restrictions and prohibitions as in the national parks apply.
Always follow the specific instructions provided by individual zapovednik’s directorates.
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