Circassian ravine. The famous karst Blue lakes are located by the entrance of the Circassian ravine. On the lower terrace, at the height of 2654 feet above sea level, there is a small Lower Blue lake lying directly against the road. It's a natural artesian well with a depth of 846 feet. There are only two lakes in Russia that are deeper than the Blue Lake - Baikal in Siberia, Lake Teletskoye in Altai. It has blue water because of hydrogen sulfide in it. There is no single streamlet that disgorges into the lake, yet there are 70 million litres of water coming out every day - the Blue river. The temperature of the lake is the same all year round (+9,3°). There are Upper lakes in 3-4 kilometres from the Lower Lake - the Secret one and the two Communicating. They get water from the spring river, so there is a lot of fish - trout, roach, grass carp. There is a big crater of the Disappeared (Dry) lake as well in this district. The walls of the crater are completely vertical with a depth of 524 feet and the diameter of 295 feet. There is a road heading through the Circassian gorge to the hamlet of Upper Balkaria. There is a lot of medieval fortresses and towers, on the bottom of the valley there are ancient burial grounds, mausoleums, crypts. Also, the ancient villages, where people lived up to the mass deportation of kabardino-balkarian people in the 1944 year, are kept till now. The watch-tower of Amirans, built on the 10-meters boulder, now shows the way for tourists to the Rtsivashki ravine - one of the Kaukasian wonders. There are hot springs in Aushiger village. The water temperature of both is +70°С. The healing power of aushiger mineral water are known long ago. Circassian ravine ends with Shtuline glade, a flowering valley, where it's always warm and sunny, - the favourite tourists' place to stay. There are mountains all around the valley. There is a Narzan source as well. You can see real aurochs and bearded vultures, that have gone in West Europe long ago. Russian embassy went through it to Georgia in 1651. What you can take from Circassian ravine. Local women knit clothes from wool or fluff of goats and sheep. You can find work-pieces starting from socks and hats ending big, warm sweaters and thinnest openwork shawls. The clothes m swell of a goat, but don't worry - the smell will disappear very quickly, especially after washing. You can get horns of an auroch, a horshoe - for good luck. You can taste local milk, airan and the karabrian cheese.