Buzhsky Guard. Left Coast. Walking tour
For those who can't sit still while relaxing in Migeya.
Starting point - Protychanska Skela (lower entrance to Radon Lake).
We pass between Radon Lake and the river. The road (dirt, of course) gradually turns into a path. For the convenience of tourists, signs are marked on the stones along the route, if there is any doubt.
On the left side - a gorgeous view from above to Radon Lake.
A little further we rise and observe the views from above on one of the most picturesque parts of Garda.
Today I walk only along the trail, all the photos from it, in chronological order (except the title one). In general, it took me 5 sorties for 3-4 hours to explore this area. Climb every rock, go down every path to the river, climb the rocks as far as possible to the middle of the river, swim, in the end.
Next, we descend into the river valley. The trail (often turning into a dirt road) then passes through the steppe part. . .
. . . then between tall bushes.
Sometimes you need to duck.
On the left - a rather high rise with groups of rocks. . .
. . . overgrown with shrubs (blackthorn, glö t, shipshina) and low trees (wild apple trees, plums, mulberries).
To the right - taller trees, occasional views of the river and the other side. There are also a lot of acacia and its close relatives (that is, plants with thorns) on both sides of the trail.
After an hour of non-stop walking, in principle, the end of the route, a very picturesque group of rocks, where they usually stop for swimming during rafting. It is desirable to swim there and generally relax before the return trip. Landmark - a large poster "Kupatisya fenced")))). From it the path to that very place.
But today I have an ambitious goal - to go to the Ivanovsky bridge (through the Bug, on the Poltava-Chisinau highway, the natural boundary of the Pervomaiskaya part of the Garda. I have already rafted to it twice, walked around the entire right bank to it, and today the day has come to close a circle, so to speak. Moreover, people say that there, from Kuripchino to the bridge, there is a wild forest with wild boars! )
At first, the road passes mainly through cultivated deciduous forest.
This means that all the deadwood on earth has been cleaned up by tourists. There are traditionally a lot of them here. In general, this is another place for Sunday rest - there are many gazebos, glades for tents. Well, this is the only place where there is garbage.
Last place to see the river. In principle, I can recommend after swimming to reach this place, for completeness of impressions and landscapes. It's another 20 minutes walk.
Next, I go deeper into the forest. Maybe I didn’t go there... But in that place the rock came close to the river, I didn’t want to go up, I went along the river. At first, there was a lot of garbage in the forest. Then he disappeared. The trail is gone too. Walked through some kind of light. Underfoot there is a huge amount of dry branches and fallen trees. At some point, I began to regret that I had not told anyone where I was going. What if something happens, and there is no mobile signal. Gradually rozvidnilos and I went to a normal path. Then there was just a walk through a deciduous forest (oaks, acacias and other trees) with a height of 20-30 meters. Photos in the forest never turn out.
On the left, it was very rare to see rocks, on the right, sometimes you could see the river (barely).
Water barriers (streams flowing from above along the hollows) periodically come across.
After 2 hours 50 meters from the very beginning, I reached the intended end point - Ivanovsky Bridge.
More beautiful photos of the river, stones and rapids in previous reports:
A lyrical digression along the Buzhsky Guard.
With some surprise, while preparing a report, I learned that the Buzhsky Guard stretches right up to Voznesensk (almost). Probably, there are beautiful places behind the Ivanovsky bridge. BUT the most picturesque - a fast-flowing river, rapids, rocks and many islands are concentrated on the Migeya / Grushevka - Kuripchino section. Elevation difference 15 m for 7 km. The rest of the Guard - from Kuripchino to Voznesesk (more precisely, to Aleksandrovka) - a difference of 33 m by 45 km. In addition, the Aleksandrovskaya dam raised the water level by 18 m (built around 2000), flooding a lot of beauty up to above Yuzhnoukrainsk (and slowing down the flow).
Well, the Southern Bug is getting shallower every year, unfortunately. How much more it will last, no one knows.
