Tours on natural sights North Tien-Shan

Bear falls in Turgen gorge.

Tours on natural sights North Tien-Shan.

“Nature is wise. You can learn everywhere and from everything”

Leonardo da Vinci.

River tour Turgen gorge.

And further, on the 19th km., right after the bridge, there is a track, which goes to the left and in 1,8 km. along a channel of the enough watered stream leads to a Bear falls. Be careful on the track, as some places it goes along the edge of a low cliff and at a few places it is crossed by the stream.
The waterfall is located at the altitude of 520 meters above the sea level. Its height is 28 meters and the charge of water - 0,4 cube. m. per sec. The water dust freshens and invigorates, in fact the temperature of a stream does not exceed 12 degrees even in hot day.
Rocks at the waterfall, broken by earthquakes, store on themselves the prints of ancient plants. The name of the waterfall is not occasional. Here, in a zone of the mixed woods, there is plenty of pastures for bear.
It would eat an apple fallen from the tree or a bush of blackberries. The white claw bear or Tiеn-Shan bear will not attack a person on his will. For a person it's very rear to meet a bear in the mountains and usually such meetings are tragic for an animal.
So many bears (and bear cubs!) were killed by "skilled" hunters, more truly by poachers, as if of self-defense. There are fewer places remained where you can see bear's tracks, in some kind reminding person's footstep.
Really, the bear goes not on fingers, as the majorities of predators, but on foot, like a person. A bear is the "foot walking" wolf that eats everything. It can eat almost everything - a fresh grass, chews ears grain, digs out bulbs, root crops, collects berries, nuts and juicy fruits. Honey is like a magnet for it.
It is ready to suffer a little from the furious bees for the sake of a sweet feast. It does not disdain of carrion. It even prefers to dig in some meat if he is full, so the meat gets rotten. Our bear is more light-colored and smaller than a northern one.
It can be two hundred kg and up to 1,5 - 2 meters high. Due to the white claws , which are especially strong on the front paws, he is called a white claw bear. He needs strong claws for digging out the gofers. Bears do not conduct a gregarious life and almost don't contact with each other.
It is difficult to understand the expression of the bear's muzzle and what is on its mind. The common belief about its kindness, good nature comes from the fairy tales and is not real.

Vicinities of the Bear falls in the Turgen gorge. Falls Bear in the winter in the Turgen gorge.