Khasan is a village in Khasansky District of Primorsky Krai in Russia. Khasan is the only Russian settlement on the border with North Korea. It lies near Lake Khasan and the Tumen River. It is the link between Russia and North Korea, by a rail bridge over the Tumen River.
Famous battle of Khasan Lake of 1938 took place here. It is a unique excursion as it gives you an opportunity to find yourself at the spot of Russian-Chinese and Russian-North Korea border and is available for a small group of people only as Khasan is declared to be a special bordering area and permission for entrance the area issued by Border Guard Service is needed.
It is a trekking tour to a mountain famous for its ridiculous stone constructions in the “garden of stones”, at the top - “pyramids”, “walls”, “sanctuaries”, which have born lots of legends. The latitude of the mountain Livadiiskaya (Pidan) is 1332 m. The path lays among picturesque ruins with long-sentury pine trees, fir trees. Rear species from The Red book of endangered-species can be also seen.
It is an adventure horse-riding tour to Chandalaz mt. with fascinating caves, arches and beautiful nature. It is the biggest rocky mountain in Southern Primorieand there is a legend that there is a labyrinth inside Chandalaz mt. Also we’ll have an excursion to Skvoznaya (“Trough”, length of cavity is 39 m) and Mechta Speleologa (“Dream of speleologist”, length of cavity is 35 m) caves. On the 2nd day we have a walking excursion to local waterfalls. All day enjoying horse-riding and hiking in open nature will be relaxing and will leave you with lots of impressions.
In the wilderness of Primorsky Region, 600 km due north of Vladivostok runs the ArmuRiver, a popular fishing spot for indigenous people. Over the centuries, it also became a transport artery for hunter gatherers and tourists alike - the only way to travel through the dense wilderness where tracks are all but impossible to blaze. So, we will be joining the old fish road through the wilderness.
In the wilderness of Primorsky Region, on the northern outskirts of Sikhote-Alin nature preserve, flows the Kema, a calm river in its upper and lower flow, but it is anything but calm as it enters the Kema gorge and roars past the narrow rocky banks, drawing whitewater enthusiasts from across the Pacific Rim.