Attractions and entertainments of Dzhubga and what to see

In Dzhubga there are only a few attractions, and even then they can be called real attractions only with a big stretch. All other tourist places to visit in Dzhubga are traditional resort entertainments, including a water park, a dolphinarium, a petting zoo, a Penguins, an aquarium. If you can not imagine a vacation without visiting interesting historical sites or beautiful natural attractions, you will have to go from Dzhubga on one - or multi-day excursions on your own by private transport or with organized groups.

Fortunately, the choice of sightseeing tours offered here is large, prices are affordable. You can buy them from distributors on the street. There is no fundamental difference in price when buying in different places, except that the composition of the excursion program differs. Please note that the announced price does not include the cost of the entrance fee and other additional costs, their size can be specified when buying.

If group tours on standard hackneyed routes are not very interesting to you, you can look at individual and author's tours on these proven sites:

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Of the local attractions and entertainments that you can visit in Dzhubga on your own, we recommend that you first pay attention to the following:

• Water Park "Dzhubga"
• Nemo Dolphinarium
• Dolmen in Dzhubga
• Colonel or Gebius waterfalls

And now more about each of the attractions and entertainments of Dzhubgi, indicating the opening hours, the cost of visiting and how to get to them:

Nemo Dolphinarium

A classic closed-type Dolphinarium, where you can watch traditional performances for the Black Sea coast with the participation of sea creatures, undergo dolphin therapy sessions for children, or swim with dolphins for adults. Sea lions, seals, and, of course, Black Sea bottlenose dolphins participate in the performances. After the presentation, there is a drawing and auction for the sale of paintings painted by Dolphins.

Jurassic Park

This is a themed amusement park with moving and making sounds of dinosaur figures. Of course, these figures do not move, but only move the head or other parts a little. The park is small and will be interesting only to the youngest children.

Balu petting zoo

Previously, this zoo was called Madagascar, but little has changed from the name change here. This is still a small zoo with ordinary pets such as goats, pigeons, sheep. You can pet them and feed them, but you can't pick them up. Animals are kept in enclosures, and they can only be touched partially when they come for food, so it can not be called a full-fledged contact.

Penguins

This is a small zoo with a few penguins, turtles and a couple of fur seals in the aquarium. A place to visit for no more than 5 minutes, if you do not mind the money.

Oceanarium

A very modest aquarium with several aquariums filled with exotic underwater inhabitants. You will not see anything special here, the place will please only children who have never seen beautiful colored fish.

Water Park "Dzhubga"

The water park is a medium-sized open type, located in the center of the village. There are extreme slides for adults, a children's area, swimming pools with water flow, a recreation area, a cafe. In general, this is a very good water park with high ratings of tourist reviews, however, there are also features: quite high prices in a local cafe; there is no opportunity to go out to eat; the minimum difference between visiting for the whole day and half the day; very small lockers for storing things. And of course you need to take into account the weather, because it is in the open air, and in cloudy weather or at the end of the season in September it can be too cool.

Dolmen in Dzhubga

This is one of the largest dolmens on the Black Sea coast, and one of the best preserved. If you have already seen dolmens in other places, for example, if you visited Dolmen Museum in Adygea, then you can safely skip this place.

Unfortunately, the common historical heritage is now located on the territory of the sanatorium "Dzhubga", which charges a fee for viewing the Dolmen. However, in these parts you can see dolmens for free. For example, you can go on one of the excursions in jeeps, during which you will make stops near the dolmens. Or you can go to Blue Bay on your own, and there you can see a small Dolmen for free.

By the way, you can visit the dolmen in Dzhubga for free, violating the conditional rules of the sanatorium. To do this, you must first get to the beach along the path along the Dzhubga River (the entrance to the path near the water park), and from the beach go to the territory of the sanatorium to the Dolmen. If you pass through the main gate, then after payment you will be given a brochure with information about the Dolmen. Also on the territory there is a House of Pushkin.

Museum "quirks of the forest"

This is a small private museum in which a local resident Anton Mikhailovich Gzhelyak collected a collection of bizarre natural formations. The museum's collection includes at least a hundred sculptures and figurines carved from parts of trees, roots and stumps. The author of the museum gave them the forms of animals, people, unknown creatures. Very funny look the figures depicting the faces of famous people, including the living. The visit will take no more than 5 minutes.

Snake Gorge and Hedgehog mountain

Hedgehog mountain adjoins Dzhubga from the West, and snake Gorge is behind it. The mountain itself is unremarkable except for the fact that it has an observation deck, and also through it there is a path and a road to the snake gorge. Snake gorge also does not represent anything special - it's just a gorge of a stream that flows into the sea (in the summer it practically dries up), but in the past there was a camp of "savages" tourists, a biker rally was held. Now the dirt road to the gorge collapsed by landslides, the place is almost empty. Only sometimes there is a tent camp for lovers of recreation in nature and wild beaches. The beach here is small-pebbled, the water is clean, but the coast is littered with mountains of garbage.

If you like hiking, then the route through the Hedgehog mountain to the gorge is the only option available in Dzhubga. You can pass it in a couple of hours in one direction, on the way to make a stop at the observation deck. Back to the city you can return the same way or go along the shore through the AutoCamp "sea wave".

Observation deck on Mount Hedgehog

If you are not ready to master or do not want to go on foot through the Hedgehog mountain, you can limit yourself to visiting the observation deck. It offers views of the city and the Bay of Dzhubgi, and nothing else. The observation room is not equipped and is free.

Dzhubga observation deck

If you have nothing to do in Dzhubga, you can go to the observation deck overlooking the city, and at the same time visit the museum "quirks of the forest" and take a photo of the dinosaur. The observation deck offers a good view of the city, but you will not see anything particularly exciting. Interesting rather just a walk, part of which will pass through the forest.

Dinosaur sculpture

The sculpture does not represent anything remarkable, but it is a landmark place and a point of reference. In fact, the center of the village begins with it (from Tuapse), and it is here that intermediaries and owners of housing offered for rent are on duty. So if you come here without pre-booked accommodation and want to find something on the spot, you can go to the dinosaur.

Attractions around Jubga

The following places are relatively close to the village and can be visited independently by car or bus during the day:

• Colonel's falls

  

  This is a picturesque hiking route along the gorge of the Dzhubga River to several waterfalls and water slides. Large waterfalls have the names nose, upper Colonel, colonel, and small – nameless. The route begins in the village of Polkovnichye, 14 kilometers from Dzhubga. This is a great day trip that can be done on your own or with a guided tour.

  The route is completely on foot, but if you purchase a ready-made excursion, then part of the way you will be taken by an SUV truck. But to pass it completely on foot and independently there are no problems, especially since it is free. Families with children and the elderly will be able to overcome it, although not everyone will be able to reach the very end of the route to the upper Colonel's waterfall. Learn more about Colonel waterfalls and how to visit them here.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock, the route should start in the morning.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: the beginning of the route is in the village of Polkovnichye, 14 kilometers from Djubga (the beginning of the march on the map. The easiest way is to buy a ready-made excursion in Dzhubga or Arkhipo-Osipovka, and then you will be taken to the starting point, part of the way you will go on an all-terrain vehicle, and the guide will help you pass difficult sections. But if you have at least minimal experience of short hikes, you can safely go here yourself by bus or car. For more information, see the link with the full description.

• Tengin waterfalls

  

  Another hiking route to the waterfalls on the river, but it is easier and more accessible than the Colonel's waterfalls. Its length in one direction is only 2.3 kilometers. Available for passing tourists without experience on their own or with a tour.

  The road to the waterfalls is simple, but overly commercialized: the entrance is paid, there are a lot of tourists, there are paid photos with animals at the entrance, and to get to the last waterfall you will have to pay another 200-300 rubles for the rope crossing. As with other waterfalls in these parts, it is best to go here in spring or autumn. But a summer visit can be somewhat disappointing, because after paying and a long road you will see just a wet rock, along which a trickle of water flows into the swimming pool.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock, it is better to visit in the morning.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: entrance fee-100 rubles / person, crossing to the second waterfall-200-300 rubles (you need to bargain).

  🚶 How to get there: located on the outskirts of the resort village of Lermontovo, 6 kilometers from the center (the beginning of the march on the map. It is best to get here with an excursion from Dzhubga or Lermontovo, you can use private transport (parking 100 USD) or buses. Buses Dzhubga - Novomikhailovsky- Tenginka go 4 times a day according to the schedule. Recovery from the stop in the center of Lermontovo in 08:50, 10:50, 13:45 and 17:45, the fare is 36 rubles.

• Dolmen in the Blue Bay

  

  A lone standing Dolmen can be seen a 10-minute walk from the beach in Blue Bay. There is no information about it, since it is not an official tourist site, but by analogy with other dolmens in the region, it can be assumed that its age is from 2 to 5 thousand years. The exact purpose of the dolmens has not been established for certain, but according to various theories, these structures could serve as a place of burial, cult worship, as astronomical instruments or even just as farm buildings for keeping animals.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: Dolmen on the map.

• Healing mud in Inala

  

  On the beach of the Bay Inal there is a source of therapeutic blue clay in the form of two "lakes" with a diameter of approximately 2 and 5 meters. It is believed that this clay has a therapeutic, and especially cosmetic effect, cleanses and rejuvenates the skin. You can take mud baths for free, which is what tourists do, for which you should smear yourself with mud, wait until it dries, and then wash it off with sea water. But some vacationers are completely and permanently immersed in these lakes, which we do not recommend. Firstly, the medicinal properties and safety of mud are not controlled by research, tests for the content of harmful microorganisms are not carried out. And secondly, it's just not beautiful in relation to other vacationers.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: around the clock.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: free.

  🚶 How to get there: mud on the map.

• Gebius waterfalls

  

  This is a natural attraction, which is an easy hiking route along the gorge along the Tesebs river through the forest to the three waterfalls cord, Grotto and Lion. Sometimes they are also called seven waterfalls (it depends on how to count). From the entrance to the trail to the waterfalls a little more than 1 kilometer, which even children will overcome. The only thing that is highly recommended is to go in good shoes, and a walk in beach slippers will turn into a real test. After the waterfalls, the trail continues and will take you to the top of Mount Gebeus after 2.5 kilometers, and if you go even further you will get to other waterfalls, including the 30-meter prohaskin waterfall, but this will be a whole hike, not a simple walk for vacationers.

  The entrance to the trail is paid, and in order to somehow diversify the stay of tourists here and justify the entrance fee, there is a cafe, an ostrich farm and a camel as entertainment. It will take 2-3 hours to visit the entire route together with the farm.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: admission is from 07:00 to 18:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults-300 rubles, children under 12 years-150 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the entrance to the trail is on the M4 highway between Dzhubga and Arkhipo-Osipovka, 14 kilometers from Dzhubga (entrance to Gebius waterfalls on the map. Ready-made excursions to the waterfalls are offered for 350/250 rubles per person, but this is without taking into account the entrance fee.

• Mill Gap

  

  Another easy hiking eco-route, but less popular and well-known than the Gebius waterfalls. From the entrance to the waterfalls will have to go more than 2.5 kilometers (despite the signature of 500 meters on the information plate), which will take at least an hour in one direction. To overcome it, you do not need skills and equipment, everything is very simple and suitable for children, but comfortable shoes are highly recommended. After the waterfalls, the route can be continued to mount Gebeus, and go to the Droga through the Gebeus waterfalls. Additional Entertainments include donkey riding, lakes for paid fishing and cafes. On the way to the falls you will come across a stream with drinking water, and on the banks of the river there are sources of cosmetic blue clay. Before you pay for the entrance, check if there are Waterfalls now, because in the summer sometimes they almost completely dry up.

  Practical Information

  🕐 Working hours: admission is from 07:00 to 18:00.

  💵 Entrance fee / tickets price: adults-150 rubles, children under 12 years-100 rubles.

  🚶 How to get there: the entrance to the trail is on the M4 highway between Dzhubga and Arkhipo-Osipovka, 10 kilometers from Dzhubga (entrance to the mill gap on the map).