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Every normal lake has its own legend. Manych-Gudilo scared people with his rumble. Residents of nearby villages quickly came up with different spirits: they would walk and leave. In fact, there were no spirits in sight, but the wind was raging, which frightening sounds at these places.

Manych-Gudilo is one of the largest European lakes. Its water is twice as solous as the Black Sea. True, this did not affect the useful properties. To be treated here do not go, there are few fish, but here it is very beautiful and wild.

How to get there

The lake grasps the borders of Kalmykia, Rostov region and Stavropol Territory. Manych-Goodilo lies in the center of the Kumo-Manych depression, the same one along which the border between Europe and Asia passes.

You can get to it like this: on the highway from Elista to Stavropol, get to the village of Divnoe, and from it turn to the village of Yashalta , which is located on the bank of Manych-Gudilo

Flora and fauna

Beauty Manych-Gudilo - severe. It is sometimes very difficult to predict the weather. Natural phenomena can change each other in a chaotic manner. This confusion also frightened the locals who considered the lake to be terrible and unpredictable

In these places the wind constantly rustles, the lake rises in big waves, some reach a height of 12 meters. The banks, ravines and beams are roaring so, though you take out the holy ones.

But on the lake there are many beautiful birds - curly pelicans, gray cranes, gulls, shore swallows, swans and other species. Water in the lake with increased mineralization, so on the shore you can rarely find vegetation. Near the lake there are reeds, reeds, sedge. And also the unusual shape of the rolling-field.

Around the 1980s the lake loses its strength - it takes water out of it. The islands are overgrown with a swan and gradually connect to the shore. Every year the coastline is reduced by at least 5 meters. To save the lake, it was decided to create a natural reserve "Manych-Gudilo."

Island Water and Wild Mustangs

Hotels

There are no accommodations near the lake. You can stop in the private sector in the village or in the guest houses of the reserve. The second option is more expensive, but the conditions are better - the rooms are designed for 2-4 people. True, the convenience can be on the territory, with such costs will have to be reconciled. On average, accommodation in such a guest house will be up to 1500 rubles per person.

The private sector is cheaper by 30-40 percent. You can stay in the village near the reserve. Even in summer, when the number of tourists increases, you can find housing without problems.

2 things to do at Manych-Goodilo:
  1. To see the Mustang horses - this lake is famous for recalcitrant animals, which nowhere else to meet. They calmly graze in the meadows, but when they gallop along the field covered with tall grass, there is a feeling as if you were in some primitive world. This is a very beautiful sight. They say that these mustangs were brought here during the filming of the Soviet western "The Seventh Bullet". Then several horses fled and multiplied in Kalmykia.
  2. Tulip Island - usually tourists go to Holland to admire these flowers. It turns out that the beauty is very close, by the side, near Manych-Gudilo. Here is a whole tulip island, where excursions are organized from March to June. At this time, you can see how the buds open. Tulips can not be torn - they are rare and play a big role for the local flora.

Entertainment, excursions and attractions Manych-Gudilo

One of the main attractions of Lake Manych-Gudilo - Vodny Island and Ptich.

Vodny Island

It is here that Mustangs live. In summer, the employees of the reserve save the horses from the terrible heat. The fact is that there is no fresh water on the island. The horses need to be constantly looked after.

By the way, there is one more legend about the appearance of the mustangs here. Until the fifties of the last century, a livestock farm worked on the lake. However, it was recognized as unprofitable, the cattle were sent to the mainland. But somehow they lost some horses that fled to the steppe and fled there. Choose which of the legends you like best: about a western or about a farm.

In these places the wind constantly rustles, the lake rises in big waves, some reach a height of 12 meters. The banks, ravines and beams are roaring so, though the saints take it out.

Island Ptichy

Not far from the Water there is another islet - Bird. Every year, crowds of rare species of birds are gathered here: a small white heron, a spoonbill, swans-fagots, a gull-jaunt, a curly pelican and others. Because of such a rarity, the lake fell into the list of lands that must be protected at a high level. A Bird recognized an important ornithological territory of international importance. The whole world is guarded by giggles and hissing.

Manych River

Manych-Gudilo is located near the reserve "Black Lands". And before his visit, tourists choose where to go - look at animals or birds. So in the second case you need to go to the Manych river.

There are no steppes here, only empty banks that are overgrown with reeds. In the thickets you can meet many interesting birds. For example, strepets, pelicans and cranes. It can not be said that the whole river is such: the ornithological site is only next to the "Black Lands".