Before leaving for Abkhazia we still have a lot of time, so we decided to go for a drive around the region and see the local beauties. This time we will go to the national park "Buzuluksky Bor", one of the largest pinery in Russia.
Buzuluksky Bor National Park (Russian: Бузулукский бор) encompasses the Buzuluk Pine Forest, which is the largest grove of isolated high pine trees in the world. It is surrounded by steppes on the East European Plain east of the Volga River and west of the foothills running up to the southern Urals. This makes it an important habitat for scientific study, and is the site of the earliest forest management area in Russia. It is about 70 miles east from the city of Samara, Russia, and 15 km north of the town of Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast.
We wanted to get there as cultural people by public transport, but no, the last 2 buses to Buzuluk were canceled, which is again a stop. There were four of us, so for a better hitchhiking we split into pairs and after an hour and a half were in Buzuluk where our friend met us. As it turned out to be in the park you need a pass that is issued by the local administration for 50 rubles, but the problem is that it can only be received before 18:00. Of course, we were late, so we moved at our own peril and risk. We left the car in Partizansky and walked along the forest path towards Panika.
This is us)
About halfway we found a clearing with fragrant forest strawberries, for a long time I did not feel this bright taste, as if it consists entirely of strawberry flavor.
This is the local route between the villages.
And at the end of the day we got up for the night on a shallow (well, it's very small) the river Borovka.