Terney

Understand

History The bay on which Terney is located was discovered on June 23, 1787 by Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse on his way from Manila to Avacha Bay along the coast of what he called "the Tartary of the Manchus" (la Tartarie de Mantcheoux) and named, in French, Baie de Ternay. It was here that the French explorers became convinced that the coast visited by Maarten Gerritsz Vries in the Castricum in 1643 (i.e., in fact, the east coast of Hokkaido and Sakhalin) was not the mainland, since they French were now at the same latitude as the Dutch had been a century and a half before, but the location looked entirely different. La Perouse's sailors were impressed with good fishing in the area. They explored the area around the bay, but did not see any live residents. They did, however, find a native grave, and upon opening it saw that the dead wore clothes made of Chinese fabrics and decorated with Chinese coins, which indicated that the local tribes had some commerce with the Chinese or Manchu. The present Russian settlement was founded in September 1908.

Climate

Terney has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb/Dwb), almost cold enough to be a subarctic climate (Dfc), which is most unusual for a place so far south and is due to the influence of the cold Oyashio Current which not only makes summers up to 6˚C (11˚F) cooler than in Harbin but also causes a marked seasonal lag, so the September is on average warmer than June. Despite the fairly heavy rainfall due to orographic influences from mountains near the Pacific, Terney is much sunnier than nearby cities on Sakhalin.

Getting there

There are three ways of getting in from Vladivostok. The most convenient way is to have a flight from Vladivostok to Plastun village by Vladavia airlines. You can buy it on the website of this airline company. The flight takes place every week on Monday mornings; one-way ticket costs about 30$. The same price is for a transfer to Terney (about 60 km). But because of bad weather conditions the flight may be delayed for several days up to 1 week. This is the worst thing about this flight. You can take long-distance bus from Vladivostok bus station to Terney (you can get there by public bus (~ 10$) or by taxy (~ 80$). It leaves twice a day (07 30; 15 30) regularly. One-way ticket costs 35 $, the route (700 km) lasts 14 hours. It is also a great thing to see the landscapes of Primorye. The bus is never delayed and but the trip is rather long. This variant is suitable for those travellers who are not afraid of long-hours crossings in old and not very comfortable buses. Also you should be aware that all information on bus station is only in Russian and all ticket managers and bus drivers speak only Russian. It is possible to ask for a personal transfer on a comfortable car (max. number of places is 5) from the airport to Terney. It is also a quite sustainable choice. In this case you’ll see natural, urban and rural view while crossing the region. One-way trip will cost about $850 for the whole car (the price includes fee for the driver, payment for the driver's accommodation and the cost of gasoline). Journey will take 9 hours (about 700 km.)

See

Upolnomochenny Bay The Upolnomochenny Bay is a paradise bay with a shingly beach, beautiful cliffs and rocks, underwater table-land with rich biological world. Here you can walk along seaboard hills, from each of them opens a fantastic view on the sea, the embayed coast and precipitous cliffs. During a walk along the beach to Cape Mosolov weird forms, new colors, geological paintings on stones, coastal caves and small waterfalls occur behind almost every rock shelve. A lot of birds breed and rest on stones in the sea, in the main cormorants, gulls, terns, grebes, loons etc. If you're lucky you can see sealeries (Phoca vitulina largha), seals allow people to come very near. Also it is great to climb the mountain Abrek (625 m) which is not far from the Bay. By catching fish, gathering winkles, sea scallops and laminaria (sea cabbage) a tasty dinner is arranged. The sea in August and in the beginning of September is warm (about 22°C) you can swim with a mask and admire the original underwater world and after take the sun on the beach. A sea voyage on a motor boat from the Bay along the Abrek coast is a great finish of the trip. Rocks of different height and form, stacks, scatterings of stones, the summit of the Mountain Abrek, rocky beaches and slopes covered with oak forests, lone pines and larches on cliffs, seals, shorebirds, ghorals (Nemorhaedus goral) – all this slips by your eyes and remains memorable long and maybe even forever.

Rhododendron fauriei The route takes course in the gorge where Rhododendron fauriei a relict of the preglacial vegetation is growing. This vegetation prevailed in the Sihote-Alin Mountains in the Neogene Period. In the continental Far East it has preserved only in one gorge, where it forms underwood in the pine-spruce forest. This plant has a life form of a big shrub or a small tree with the height of 6 meters; his leather-like leaves have the length of 20 sm and his flowers are about 4 sm in diameter. Rododendron blooms in the midd

Do

Photography Sikhote-Alin is a great place to make art photos of the natural world. Exotic plants and animals, sophisticated sea sceneries, infinite mountains, lonely trees – all these can be become a subject of your photos. We invite professional and non-professional photographers to have a photo session in this wild and beautiful place.

Hiking and Trekking Hike in the UNESCO World Heritage area of Russian Far East, climb highest mountains of the Sikhote-Alin, explore the remote pathless wilderness forests, coastal ecosystems, rivers and lakes. Our hiking routes are laid in all types of natural communities: virgin beaches and coastal meadows, oak and linden forests, pine-broadleaved forests, coniferous forests, draft pine and mountain tundra communities. Our programs include visiting the most interesting and magnetic places of the Middle Sikhote-Alin. Some trips include walking for many days through the virgin taiga forest, climbing mountains, crossing rivers. You can get the sense of a real forest man or woman and also learn or improve your skills of self-sufficiency in forest. The route content varies so as the level of its difficulty; depending on tourist wishes they alter from easy walks to multi-days sportive routes that require stamina and good physical form.

Flora survey and herb-gathering The flora of the Middle Sikhote-Alin is composed of 1076 species of vascular plants. Many herbs, bushes and trees have esthetical value. About a hundred of them have medicinal properties. Among the most known officinal plants are Manchurian aralia, spiny eleuterococcus (Eleutherococcus senticosus), dragon arum (Arisaema), devil's-club (Opiopanax elatus), Pacific bergenia, meadowsweet (Filipendula palmata), Chinese Schizandra, Korean pine, Ajan spruce, Amur