Tus Lake

Size

Surface area: 2,65 square kilometers

Shoreline: 8 kilometers

Max depth: 4,5 meters

Landscape

The lake is located on the north of Khakasia. On the west side of lake - mountain range, on the other sides - the flat and open valley.

Getting there

by air
From Moscow, Barnaul, Norilsk, Vladivostok To Abakan
by train
From Moscow, Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Abakan To Shira station.
From Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Chita, Vladivostok To Krasnoyarsk railway station.
by coach
From Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Abakan To Solyonoozyornoe village. 2 km from Solyonoozyornoe village to Tus lake.
by car
190 km from Abakan to Tus lake, 340 km from Krasnoyarsk, 200 km from Achinsk, 550 km from Kemerovo, 750 km from Tomsk, 810 km from Novosibirsk.
by TAXI
30 km from Shira to Tus lake.

Where to stay
Wild

Car parking closer than 50 meters from the lake is PROHIBITED.

Recreation Centre
-Voskhod
-Zhivaya voda
-Na Tuse
-Paseka
 

What to take along 
If you will stay wild, you will need to take along wood or coal for the fire. On the north shore of the lake there is natural spring of drinking water.
Anti-mosquito spray, warm clothes.

Things to do
Beach Vocation
The main point of the Tus lake is its a very high salinity (110-120 grams per liter). The lake water is sulfate-chloride, magnesium-sodium, alkaline water, chemical composition of which is similar to the Dead Sea water. Flat sandy bottom, the west part of the Tus lake is deeper. On hot days, when salt water gets warm, swimming in the lake is very nice, because of the very high density of water to swim here easily.

Services

Store: Solyonoozyornoe village
Gas station:  Solyonoozyornoe village
Link: Beeline, MTS, Megafon, ЕТК