By car.
On the highway M4, M159. Distance 1560 km. Travel time - 22.00 h.
By plane.
From the airports "Domodedovo", "Vnukovo" or "Sheremetyevo" by flights to Krasnodar or Rostov-on-Don. The distance from Rostov-on-Don to Dakhovskaya is 380 km, from Krasnodar - 197 km. Then you can take a taxi. Travel time is 2.28 hours (from Krasnodar) and 6.30 hours (from Rostov-on-Don). Or take a bus to Maykop.
By long-distance train.
From Kursk, Kazan and Paveletsky railway stations on trains to Krasnodar or Belorechensk. Travel time from 19.27 h to 33.00 h. Next - by bus to Maykop. From Maikop to Kamennomostskiy (railway station "Khadzhokh") - on commuter train or the bus. And from Kamennomostskiy to Dakhovskaya - by taxi (7 km). Travel time - 0.10 hours.
From Maykop
By car.
On the highway M4, M159. Distance 197 km. Travel time - 2.48 hours.
On a suburban train.
By train from Belorechensk to the Khadzhokh station in the village. Kamennomostsky (twice a day). Travel time - 1.30 hours. From Kamennomostskiy to Dakhovskaya by taxi (7 km). Travel time - 0.10 hours.
By bus.
There is one direct bus route from Maikop a day to Dakhovskaya and several to Kamennomostskiy. Travel time 3.20-3.40 hours.
Walk along the village of Dakhovskaya and its surroundings
A walk along the old Cossack village and the picturesque foothills surrounding it can be started in the center of Dakhovskaya near the church George the Victorious (street Club, 2). Old temple built in 1864, two years after the founding of the Cossack fortification on the site of the former Circassian aul. The village was the front line during the Caucasian War. The temple was built with the money of the Cossack army from an oak bar on a stone foundation. In the 30s, when the state was fighting against religion, this church was closed, turning it into a warehouse. Today the Church of St. George the Victorious occupies a converted building of a former rural store.
Inside the Church of St. George the Victorious
From the church you need to walk about 0.7 km along the main highway (A159) to the north, towards Maikop. Here, across the river Dakh is laid Dakhovsky bridge... The name of the river in Circassian sounds "dahe" and in translation means "beautiful". The stone bridge was built in 1906 by the Cossacks and locals... Its strength and durability is due to the fact that egg white was added to the solution with which the masonry was fastened. You can still cross the river on the old bridge. But to save historical monument a modern concrete bridge was built nearby.
Dakhovsky bridge
Below the village, above the left side of the Belaya River valley, rises ridge Azish-Tau, which stretches for 25 km. There are many karst sinkholes and caves in it, the formation of which is caused by the rocks that make up the ridge - dolomites and limestones.
Azish-Tau ridge
About 2.5 km northeast of the mouth of the Dakh River is the famous Dakhovskaya cave... Before entering it from the observation deck, you can see the houses of the village, the spacious valley of the Belaya River, the Trident peak and the spurs of the Azish-Tau ridge. The entrance to the cave is not high - only 0.7 m. After 20 m of the corridor, two large halls open, the vaults of which are covered with lime growth. During the study of the cave, which was carried out in the middle of the last century under the guidance of the archaeologist A.A. Formozov, the site of a primitive man was found here. People lived in these places during the early Paleolithic era. In the cultural layer, scientists have discovered the bones of ancient animals, as well as silicon tools and arrowheads.
Dakhovskaya cave
About 0.7 km south of the cave is Stone Iron, so named for its shape. This huge splinter of rock, which is about 50 m long and as high as a three-story house, broke off during an artillery bombardment by the Germans in 1942.
From the south-west of it is clearly visible, towering over the valley rock Devil's Fingerlocated in mountain range Una-Koz. The route to this natural monument starts near the old Dakhovsky bridge. First you need to follow the path up the Dakha valley, and then, at the fork, turn towards Devil's Finger.
Rock fucking finger
And you can finish your walk around Dakhovskaya by driving along the Maikop - Guzeripl highway a little more than 10 km south of the village. Here, in the valley of the Belaya River, there is a picturesque natural monument - Granite canyon... It stretches for 4 km. And the gorge formed in the rocks has a depth of 0.2 km. The gorge compresses the river, forming raging rapids on it. In the south of Granite Canyon, one can see from afar mount Tridentcrowned with high towers.
Mount Trident
Another surprise from the series "Discovery of America" \u200b\u200bMother Nature presented us in the form of the Una-Koz ridge. How many times have we wandered past him on the way to Lago-Naki, Khamyshki, Guzeripl, Tkhach, examining its characteristic rocky ridge from the car window, and only now bother to get to know him better. Probably this is one of the peculiar features of the human character: something that is nearby, close at hand, can be transferred for later, or it is completely unreasonable to consider it insignificant and not pay special attention. I will not say that until now I had no idea about this ridge at all. The first live local tangential contact took place about 5 years ago in the rock fault of the Mishoko gorge. Then, on the Internet, infa about Dakhovka cave, Devil's Finger rock, etc. But stereotypical thinking was in no hurry to seriously focus on this topic and, every now and then, threw it off somewhere in the buffer zone: then, sometime next time. Now, in practice, I was personally convinced that I was wrong: Una-Koz gave us "over the roof" impressions in a few hours. In my memory, this is one of the best one-day radials. Once again, I made a conclusion for myself: in the field of tourism, everything must be tried by touch personally.
The Una-Koz ridge (Go and be afraid - from Old Greek.) Stretching along the highway for many kilometers, it accompanies for a very long time everyone passing on the way from Khadzhokh to Guzeripl, attracting attention with a belt of yellow steep rocks crowned in the upper part. Stretching linearly along the wooded body of the ridge in approximately the same strip, reminiscent of a fortress wall, they are the highlight and decoration of Una-Koza.
Opposite Una-Koza, on the opposite bank of the Belaya, his twin brother, the Azish-Tau ridge ( Guiding) with a similar rocky belt at the crown. Between these ridges stretched into the distance, the Belaya River continuously sharpens its rocky banks, harmoniously completing the landscape of a beautiful spacious valley.
At first, I assumed that the translation of "Go and Fear" was due to the insecurity of the place, the possibility of accidentally crashing off a cliff, or buzzing into some crack, failure, of which there are abundant here. But the story behind the title is more intriguing. It turns out that since ancient times the slopes of the ridge served as a convenient training ground for organizing predatory raids on merchants and travelers heading along the Belaya Valley through the mountains to the sea. Apparently, some Circassians in Khadzhokh in the slave market sold the captives abducted the day before to the Turks, while others were preparing a raid and release at that time, not missing out on the benefits from the transactions with the Turks (perhaps the most utopian version). However, Una-Koz gained fame not so much for its legendary past as for its size. This is the longest ridge of Adygea, stretching its territory right up to Karachay-Cherkessia. It must be assumed that he still keeps many unexplored secrets. However, I got carried away again ...
Behind the old bridge over the Dakh river ( Beautiful - from the Adyg.) in the mountain Cossack village of Dakhovskoy we immediately stand on a well-packed path.
During the construction of the bridge, the Cossacks added egg white to the lime-sand mortar. Eggs were collected by the entire Dakhov world. Therefore, he still stands on the eggs quite confidently.
The path immediately takes up and winds through a clean forest without undergrowth, with many fat oaks, which makes it a pleasure to stomp along it. However, this segment of the route is by no means walking and will pull you for an hour of stable ascent. Along the way, a never-drying spring that exudes clean and tasty water in any weather. Finally, an exit from the forest to the rocks at a huge stone that broke away from the main wall called Iron, or Dakhovsky collapse.
Iron on the left, in the middle. Above it, in perspective, is the rocky ridge of the Azish-Tau ridge. Above, on the horizon, are the spurs of the Lagonaki ridge. And just below the rocky ridge you can clearly see the road winding up towards the "Lago-Naki" tourist base, the plateau and into the upper reaches of the Kurdzhips river valley.
Only when you approach the belt of rocks, you observe their real scale. From below, from the road, they naturally look more miniature.
That's right, Luda. Take me off. There is only one trust for you.
If you turn left at the wall, then after a while you can get to the Dakhovskaya cave. I planned to turn to the right, inspect several corridor-type caves along the way, not to mention the countless number of all kinds of grottoes, then climb up the ridge near the Devil's Finger rock. After lunch, head overhead towards the recently launched Una-Kose Savranskoy cable car (the first and so far the only one in Adygea), drop into a couple of upper viewing platforms and, having looped the route, fall back to the highway either riding a cable car, or on foot.
Soon, just under the wall, another fontanelle met. So it is not necessary to carry water with you.
Looking at this mossy gap, unambiguous associations will arise inevitably
In this active walk I liked absolutely everything. But the most indelible impression was made by the family of grottoes. Moreover, not so much their quantity as the quality of some members of the family. Such exotic formations, and even geographically collected in one place, I probably have never seen.
So, turning to the right, we walked almost along a horizontal path along a rock wall going somewhere into the distance. On the right we were accompanied by a sleeping forest. Confused by the abnormal weather jumps, now he again looked forward to the awakening and the onset of spring, giving sacral signs with the singing of birds uncharacteristic for winter and in some places awakened primroses.
I was afraid that the complete absence of snow would paint us a gray-depressive dull landscape. But the bright sun miraculously transformed everything around and painted some martian shades in unusual interesting colors. On the way we meet the stone of Fortune, under which, observing the tradition, it is necessary to take a picture. Otherwise, Fortune will not be seen.
Wait, what about me ...?
After a rather long procession, we approach a large cone-shaped crack in the wall. This is Dusty Cave.
The front part of the cavity at the entrance, the so-called. "dressing room" is voluminous and impressive.
But this promising start was followed by a sharp narrowing of the corridor, which led to several small expansion rooms. Natekov, respectively, no. Everything is pretty monotonous. There is really a lot of dust on the floor.
In general, with "beer" will go. You can look. Literally 70 meters later, just above the main path, we were immediately met by three more caves located next to each other. One of them - Meander, resembled Dusty, with the difference that the walls of her back room sparkled with some kind of pearl-like sparkles. And on the ceiling, hanging upside down, the mistress of the cave was dozing.
Entering it
The glitter is not visible on the photo, but if you look closely, you can see it.
But two other caves Tunnel-1 and Tunnel-2 seemed more interesting to me. One of them was a long through slot-corridor with an exit to the opposite side of the rock.
At the exit from the through to the outside, a small gap and then again a gap with a corridor.
This crack is characterized by the fact that it is illuminated by daylight from somewhere above, which is why you can rummage around in it without lanterns as in your own closet.
Where have you dragged me, damned ...?!
Literally 100-150 meters from the caves, following these beautiful rocks
we are approaching another interesting object - the Ring grotto (aka Arch, aka Window).
The entrance to the grotto is really in the form of an arch formed by the complete absence of a ceiling (or roof). Looks original, like part of a destroyed ancient structure
The back wall of the grotto, poorly illuminated by the sun, is covered with icicles.
Immediately behind the Ring, on the left, a rock break with a smooth exit to the top of the ridge
On the right, on the horizon, after another bend, is a promising continuation of the Una-Koz ridge, with the same rocks in the upper part.
to the Devil's Finger rock (the second name is the Bell Tower, the third is Heavi Metall - mine).
Photo of a cliff side
The three caves described above are right under your finger.
Side finger shot from this rock
Well, we'll finally have dinner tonight, or not ...?!
View of the village of Dakhovskaya and the Azish-Tau ridge.
“Now I’m even ready to stay and live here,” Vovchik exclaimed enthusiastically after completing the meal.
Filled with inspiration, we dragged out: "Kuban, you are our homeland ..."
Taking a breath, we headed along the ridge along the muddy road that had become stained after the morning frost. Then from rope road"Tethys" to the cable car again walked along the marked path, next to the cliff. Along the way, we regularly turned to seductive branches to the observation platforms.
Lyapota ...!
The viewing platforms alternated with through columnar-winged grottoes of unrealistically fantastic shapes and views.
And this hole, polished by many onlookers, leads to the edge of the abyss. That is why it is slippery here on the edge and not entirely safe.
Grotto of Desires By fate, he managed to find himself in the 21st century exactly next to the cable car, and therefore naturally he suffered the sad fate of becoming a civilized excursion object. At present, they are brewing some kind of an inappropriate balcony-observation deck from metal structures above the cliff.
We were refused a ride on the cable car, as tickets are sold only round trip at the box office down the highway. Half service is not provided here. Know the problems! The peshkodralom sank along the slope right under the cable car.
After mixing 40 minutes of mud, we taxied out of the forest onto the highway near the Dakhovskaya chapel.
I was shocked by the scale of the terror organized locally here a hundred years ago by the red-bellied communists.
Like a fly in the ointment at the end of such a positive event.
P E N E R A D A X O V S
Exactly a year later, in January 2017, returning from Guzeripl, with almost the same train we again visited Una-Koz and this time from Utyug to the left we slipped to the Dakhovskoy cave. The second, and perhaps the most appropriate name for it Dirty... What to say? Alas, the impressions are diametrically opposite compared to last year's walk. In other words, if you want to be disappointed, get covered in mud and ask yourself the question: what am I doing here, then you are here.
Already the path itself under the rocks from the Iron to the cave turned out to be more wild and unpleasant than towards the Dusty and Finger cave. True, there is another, more well-groomed option: from the cable car above, on the opposite side, a well-marked and distinctly packed path is suitable. Most likely, this route is more priority than the one along which we flooded.
"Where are you taking us, Susanin-hero? You go to fig, I'm here for the first time ...!" A true breeding ground for the evergreen wild wicker
It is as if the trunks of a real tree of this wicker and its all-pervading countless branches are spreading in an aggressive way, digging into the rocks and creating a single organism with them. An amazing sight.
This stone I named the Gills of Ichthyander
Well, finally, she, dear ...
A long and very low corridor leads into the cave, forcing one to climb to the first hall on all fours, or with a goose step, whatever you like. The corridor itself is moderately dry and, in principle, did not cause excessive psychological rejection.
Having made your way into the first hall, you can straighten up to your full height and look around. Moisture drips from the walls and ceiling, which, accordingly, accumulates on the floor. Hence the ubiquitous dirt. The humidity is very high. That's why my fotik immediately fogged up and instead of pictures gave out a continuous muddy. And there is nothing to shoot. Natekov Gulkin's nose.
The first hall is followed by a narrow, 70 cm. And rather long manhole, which leads to the second big hall... The length of the latter is supposedly 50 m. According to descriptions, the main beauty of the cave is concentrated in it. However, this is the whole intrigue. Only a few get there. After all, it is necessary to crawl this hole on the belly on the nasty, unpleasant liquid. Expensive to pay for dubious pleasures. But it is guaranteed that you can be like Schwarzenegger in the movie Predator, who organized a mud camouflage for himself before the fight with the monster. But his motivation was more substantial. Do we need it?
In general, it turned out as in a bad fairy tale, when a young man was hunting for a beauty, overtook her, but suddenly under the veil there was not an angelic face, but a grimace of a miserable old woman. Well, it happens. A bad result is also a result.
This is not Rio De Janeiro ...!
I love you, Adygea, the more I learn ...
When I found out that the length of the Una-Koz ridge is more than a hundred kilometers, I did not believe it! After all, as it seemed to us, we covered a large and interesting part of it in a few hours, and this is clearly not a hundred kilometers. But after carefully examining the cards, I have become firmly established in this information. It really does not end with the radial route that we passed, but goes further towards the Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia. But to get acquainted with its main beauties, you do not need to walk the entire length of the ridge, it is enough to overpower 7-8 km. The height of the Una-Koz ridge is on average 800 to 1000 meters above sea level. Near the village Kamennomostsky ridge is limited, as well as the gorge of the same name and the Belaya river. And it is from Kamennomostsky that we keep our way. Our route turned out to be radial, that is, from where we start it there and return, but on a slightly different road.
He took about 6 o'clock, and its length was 7.5 kilometers... Following this route, you can visit various grottoes, the Devil's finger rock, the Dakhovskaya, Pylnaya, Meandrovaya caves, as well as take a ride on the cable car.
The Una-Koz ridge is a karst limestone and therefore is rich in caves and grottoes. Its name from ancient Greek means "go and be afraid", which is associated with the fact that robbers were hiding in caves who attacked trade caravans heading to the sea. And through Khadzhokh (Rufabgo waterfalls, Adygea), as we remember, one of the threads of the Silk Road ran. And also in some caves, sites of primitive people were found.
How to get to the Una-Koz ridge
This popular daily route can now be accessed from at least two sides. From the side of the village of Dakhovskaya, from the old Dakhovsky bridge across the river Dah goes path to the ridge. She leads Iron to the rock. From the Utyug rock, you can turn left and walk to the Dakhovskaya cave. And if you turn right, you can see the Pylnaya, Meandrovaya caves, and a few more grottoes, climb the rocky section of the ridge and inspect the Devil's Finger rock, and then walk towards the cable car and find a grotto and a parking lot ancient man... The latter, by the way, we could not find, turned a little early. And the second option: get to the cable car, which is opposite the turn to Lago-Naki, climb on it and walk along the ridge to the Devil's finger rock, go down the ridge and visit all the sights described above.
The second option seemed more logical to us. Firstly, it is always interesting to ride the cable car, and most importantly, if, upon reaching the Devil's Finger rock, you do not feel the strength to descend from the ridge and go all the way on foot, then you can return to the cable car again and descend with comfort and beautiful view, because you paid for the descent already on the ascent. And secondly, even if you do not want to go down the cable car, then on foot your path will run mainly downhill, you will spend less effort, and in the end you will come to the same cable car, if you left your car there.
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Hiking route along the Una-Koz ridge
From the parking lot we go to the cable car and pass by the chapel installed in memory of the repressed Cossacks.
The cable car was built in 2015 and its length is 1265 m. The climb is about 450 m. Still, riding the cable car is like a small holiday every time, some forgotten feeling from childhood, how to ride a big carousel! 
This time this holiday cost 500 rubles per person for ascent and descent. Not the cheapest holiday, but oh well. Already when climbing the cable car, a wonderful view of the Skala tract opens, as well as the Lago-Naki plateau, in our case everything is still in the snow. 
And I also liked that the cable car goes below the level of the tree crowns, and there is a feeling that you are moving in a tunnel of trees. In summer it will probably be a green tunnel. 
We arrive. 
Immediately upon arrival, we are met by a track post. Everything seems to be clear, but how we galloped past the parking lot of an ancient man, I can't imagine! 
We begin our journey along the path that leads to the first observation deck, and, as I understood, if we go down to the intermediate terrace, then to the ancient man's cave-parking. 
From the observation deck, a panorama opens: the village of Dakhovskaya in the valley, a little to the right in the distance a spotted piece with snow, then snow-covered, white peaks of Mount Oshten and a rocky, also covered with snow, Kamennoye More ridge. Well, what's next, to the left, it's hard for me to say. Precisely there is the Black Shikhan mountain in the middle ground, and then many ridges and mountains of the Main Caucasian Range. 
Below is the beginning of the cable car and the bridge across Belaya and the road to Lago-Naki and the Skala tract is visible. 
View towards Kamennomostsky, and in the distance the village itself. 
We continue our way towards the Devil's Finger, the trail is marked, so it's difficult to get lost. 
While sitting at home and looking at the maps, I noted for myself the Dakhovskaya cave and for some reason did not guess at all that it would be under the rocky section of the ridge. And when, by the coordinates, he began to approach her more or less closely, I was finally convinced of this. It must be down there somewhere. 
You need to go to it from the Iron cliff to the left, if you look at Una-Koz. Well, we, realizing this fact and at the same time being on top of the ridge, continued our way to the Devil's finger. Or maybe we'll find something interesting along the way.
Rope Park Tetis
We reach rope park Tetis. If you are in a hurry to get to the Devil's Finger, then follow the signs, but we decided to look into the park and see what they offer. And they offer a lot of trails: trolls / zip line, via ferrata, rope trails, everything takes time and money, of course. Honestly, I wanted to fly over the trees next to the rocks along the troll track, but the time was limited, and we moved on. At some other time. 
From the territory of the park, we first saw the Iron stone. 
And also an almost complete panorama from the ridge opens. 
On the left you can already see the Bolshoy and Maly Tkhach mountains, which are included in Natural Park "Big Thach". I hope to visit it someday. 
The village of Dakhovskaya is almost close-up and there are beautiful clouds. 
Well, about the Iron stone a little later, when we come closer to it. We continue the path to the Devil's finger. 
Rock fucking finger
We got it. The rock is shown among the trees. Yes, the height is decent! And you need to climb it with caution! And the views from it are gorgeous, like the Devil's Finger rock itself, against the background of the mountains it is irresistible. Although the finger, I would say, is clearly not in the singular, but rather damn fingers. Or a damn goat! 
View from the cliff Devil's finger. 
Slightly to the left of the Devil's Finger cliff there is a descent from the top of the ridge under a rocky area, where a path runs to the Utyug stone and an exit to the village of Dakhovskaya. 
Meander cave
Moving away not far from the descent, we meet the first cave. The entrance to the cave is on a hill, so you can skip it. 
The cave is not very deep, but still with its winged guardians. It seemed to me that this is just the Meander cave, so be it! After all, it is definitely not dusty! And the ceiling sparkles. 
Next I find some kind of fault, and it looks like it has a through passage, but I didn't want to climb there, there is no intrigue. We go further, I want to find the next cave. 
Dusty cave
But it looks like she is!
The entrance to it is quite big, as it might seem initially. 
It is definitely impossible to confuse it with another one, since there is really a lot of dust there. To climb into it and not get dirty, in my opinion, simply will not work! 
The cave has a high ceiling. And you look at some of the stones above with caution. 
The cave ends with a narrowing. 
We leave. 
Sometimes the path comes close to the rock, this makes it possible to appreciate even more how great the Una-Koz ridge is. 
Fortune Stone
And here is the Stone of Fortune. It is not known for certain why it is so named. Someone thinks because after passing under it, fortune awaits you. And the thought came to me, based on the size and its slope, that fortune lies in the fact that it will remain in place while I walk under it, and I, in turn, will remain intact. 
Stone Iron
We approach the iron stone. 
He did not seem small even from afar, and even more so close! Height is about 20 meters, length is about 50 meters. The stone broke away from the rock during the German shelling of the ridge from the village of Dakhovskaya in 1942. There were Russian partisans on the ridge, in fact, this was the reason for the shelling, apparently the Germans could not get them in any other way. Now the stone is also notable for its parallel lines, the appearance of which some associate with the landings of aliens. We also pondered how they could appear. The water clearly does not flow down in such straight lines, it goes the way it is easier for it. Otherwise, there would be no proverb that water will always find a way. But the fact that this is an alternation of more and less durable geological layers, only on the scale of the ridge, and maybe even larger, is possible. And the grooves appeared in less durable rock layers under the influence of erosion. 
Further, our path runs along the slope through the forest to the Dakhovsky bridge. 
And this delicate purple flower turned out to be very unusual. This Zubyanka five-leafed belongs to the popular Cruciferous family. There is a popular name - Wild Lilac. This plant is on the verge of extinction, so it is listed in the Red Book. It disappears due to trampling of the soil by livestock and due to trampling and gathering in bouquets by traveling people, as it grows on loose soils and propagates only by seeds. Interesting feature: a new plant can give fruit only 5 years after birth, if during these five years no one tramples it and picks it. But it turns out to be a rhizome, and it can also multiply, if not trampled. 
We reached the Dakhovsky bridge at dusk and there was almost no strength left to go around it and take a picture normally. For orientation, perhaps a silhouette through the thickets. 
Further along the road Kamennomostsky-Guzeripl we reached the cable car, which by that time had already finished its work for today. And our car was waiting for us in the parking lot.
We liked the walk along the Una-Koz ridge for its contrasts. Grottoes and caves - vast mountains and numerous panoramic sites. Forest with flowers and herbs - open glades.
The varied views were pleasing to the eye and sparked interest in order to move on on an uncharted path.
Video: Adygea in the spring
Granite Gorge, Una-Koz, Mishoko River Gorge, Khadzhokh Gorge and Yavorova Polyana
Dakhovskaya cave.The Dakhovskaya cave, aka Gryaznaya, is located in the vicinity of the village of Dakhovskaya, two and a half kilometers from the mouth of the Dakh River, at the base of the cuest ledge. It is one of the so-called Unakozov caves - faults located in the rocks of the Una-Koz ridge: Meander, Pylnaya and a number of shallow grottoes. Almost all caves are located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Devil's Finger rock. Dakhovskaya cave is located separately, on the western slope of the Unakoz ridge.
A wide entrance leads to the cave, which is located at a height of about two meters from the path. The entrance to the Dakhovskoy cave has a height of 70 centimeters. Almost immediately after the entrance, the ceiling of the cave begins to drop sharply, then you can walk a little bending down a 20-meter corridor, the height of which increases and forms the first hall, about 50 meters long, ending in a narrow manhole. The first leaks appear in it. It is followed by a second hall, where stalactites grow on the vaults of the cave.
In the first room, the site of a person from the Moustier era was discovered. In 1957, the site in the Dakhovskaya cave was studied by archaeologist Alexander Alexandrovich Formozov, a leading specialist in archeology of the primitive era. The site of primitive people discovered in the cave dates back to the early Paleolithic era. The cave site of the village of Dakhovskaya is the first Paleolithic cave monument discovered in Trans-Kuban region. The cultural layer discovered in the cave (50-70 cm) contained flint tools: a stone ax, chops and arrowheads. Also in the Dakhovka cave were found the bones of animals (bison, mammoth, giant and red deer, mountain goat and cave bear, hamster, hare, wolf, cave hyena, forest cat, tiger and badger).
The cave is damp. The floor, walls and ceiling of Dakhovskaya are covered with a thick layer of clay, so you need to take a change of clothes. At the entrance to the cave there is a large observation deck, with a view of the village of Dakhovskaya, Deguakskie glades, Trident and Gut mountains, Azish-Tau ridge, Belaya river.
In addition to Dakhovskaya, the Unakozovsky caves include:
Tunnel I cave, Tunnel II cave are through cracks or passages in the rock. So the entrance to Tunnel I is opposite the entrance to the Grotto cave, and the exit is opposite the entrance to the Tunnel II cave.
Cave grotto located to the left of the Devil's Finger rock ledge, a little further from the main path. The cave has a ceiling height of up to 5 meters and a length of about 30 meters. At the end of the main move there is a hole into a small hall.
Dusty or Unakozovskaya cave located directly along the trail at a distance of about 500 meters from the Devil's finger in the northwest direction. The cave entrance is in the form of a huge triangular crack with stone rubble after the entrance. The cave is absolutely dry, as a result of which it is very dusty - everything is in dust, and the floor is covered with a very thick layer. The length of the cave is 30 meters, but there is information that its length is longer, since the existing hole leads to another hall.
Cave Balcony is located between the Pylnaya and Grot caves above the path at an altitude of about 10 meters. The cave has an entrance in the form of a rectangle and two passages to the left and to the right, which quickly end in small halls. Right turn at the end
has a passage to lower levels.
How to get to the Dakhovka cave... The path to the Dakhovskaya cave begins along a marked path that begins to the right of the Dakhovsky bridge in the village of Dakhovskaya. Follow uphill to the rock mass, and then move further - past the wall, to the cave itself. To inspect the Unakozovskie caves, you can get under the side of the ridge from Khadzhokh on foot or from the side of the Vesely farm by car to the edge of the forest behind the quarry and then on foot along the flat landscape.
Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.239167
Longitude: 40.219167
The legal and regulatory framework for the functioning of a geological object:not in the list of protected areas
List of main objects of protection: classic corridor type cave
Brief description of the geological natural monument Dakhovskaya cave:
Karst cavity of classical corridor type. Its entrance is a cavity 60-70 cm high and 1.5 m wide on the slope of a rocky cuesta. The cavity of the cave has no branches and goes in one direction. The length of the corridor is about 50 m with a slight rise in depth, the width is about 15 m, the height in some places reaches 10 m. Numerous finds were made in the cultural layer of the Paleolithic era in the cave. The area of \u200b\u200bthe cave is about 22 thousand square meters. m.
Geographical position:
at the confluence of the river. Dakh in r. White
Latitude:44.25 Longitude:40.2 (degrees)
Informational resources:
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Authors: Karpunin A.M., Mamonov S.V., Mironenko O.A., Sokolov A.R.
Chief Editor - V.P. Orlov
\u003e M., 1997
Information and analytical system "Specially protected natural territories of Russia" (IAS "SPNA RF") http://oopt.aari.ru/
Additional Information for protected areas:
The territorial location of the village of Dakhovskaya makes it possible to develop the tourism industry. Specialists from Germany actively assist the Maikop region in the development of specially protected areas, excursion, rural and small hotel tourism. In April 2004, a joint Russian-German meeting was held on the development of tourism in mountain settlements Maikop district, with the invitation of all interested government agencies, heads of administrations and entrepreneurs, in which, along with German specialists, a Bundestag deputy took part. At the expense of investment funds from Germany, the Museum of the Caucasian State Biosphere nature reserve... Germany has allocated investment funds for the creation of tourist photo albums, travel guides and advertising booklets aimed at enhancing and stimulating the development of rural tourism in the region. So, at present, in order to increase the flow of German tourists to the Maikop region, a tourist guide in three languages \u200b\u200bis being prepared at the expense of Germany. With the help of Germany, a small hotel chain in the tourism sector began to be actively created, tourist and multiplicative services were provided. In this regard, additional jobs have appeared in mountain villages. In addition, tourist firms of the Stavropol and Krasnodar regions operate on the natural base of the Maikop district, Rostov region and regions of Central Russia. In 2003-2006, new tourist bases and excursion objects began to operate actively in the Maikop district,
In 1957-1959. the site of a primitive man who lived here in the early Paleolithic era was discovered in the Dakhovka cave. And finds from another cultural layer confirm that people lived in this cave in the Middle Ages.
