The republic, bearing the ancient, ancient name Mari El, is a fertile land of mysterious, unique lakes. Unexplored places attract epic tales and the turbulent history of the Golden Horde. The courageous Mari remained original and proud, withstanding the pressure of the Islamic religion. Having rejected the Christian teaching, the Mari people remained faithful to their gods.
Forest Lakes - The Untouched Land of Miracles
The land of the purest protected reservoirs resembling brilliant and attracting emeralds. Undoubtedly, Mari El Lake is a mysterious natural phenomenon. They want to enjoy forever. The system of unique karst basin lakes nostalgically resembles the legendary land of Sannikov.
The attractive and inviting cool ponds amaze with the crystal clear water surface. There are more than 200 of them, surrounded by picturesque forest stands. All these are the lakes of Mari El, waiting for the connoisseurs of the lost worlds.
The most ancient decoration of the land of Mari El - an eye from the depths of a mysterious land
Among all these beauties, the Sea Eye Lake (Mari El) stands out, really resembling the giant's eye, directed to the heavens. It eats the purest ancient sources and thawed snow. The transparency of the water column reaches about 6 meters. The algae in the pond give it a color reminiscent of marine. An old legend tells how the 35-meter depths swallowed the wedding in the midst of fun. Sad ancient legends, so beloved by the people. Legends adorn these places and endow the soul and mystery of the lake of the small and amazing republic of Mari El.
They have a wide variety of fish. Migratory birds, apparently, helped to populate the reservoir with animals, bringing eggs with their paws. In the summer, a 20-degree temperature turns the Mari El Lake into a cozy beach place.
The decline in water levels that took place in the early 80s stopped to the delight of the local population and guests - lovers of the exotic and the unknown.
The land, spread not far from the lands of Nizhny Novgorod, began to be compared with Switzerland. The purity and virginity of the water bodies of the Mari Republic are in no way inferior to the famous places of Europe. During satellite imagery, Mari El lakes are clearly visible, the map of which is presented with great accuracy. All tourists can study it, and lovers of hunting, fishing, photo hunting, will find true paradise, having visited places of reserved reservoirs.
Among this system there is an original Lake Zryv, the depth of which in some places is more than 56 meters. Fans of diving, diving will get a lot of sensations here, not inferior in brightness to traveling through the sea abysses.
Swampy hollows, reed jungle around shrouded in mystery places - a real arena for finding ancient dinosaurs, hidden from civilization. Fantasies themselves come to mind when you embrace the eyes of Lake Mari El, the land of untouched nature, which gives people its warmth and light sadness of the undisclosed secrets of the past. Yoshkar-Ola, the capital of the republic, is famous for its past. The richest historical events that took place at the crossroads between ancient Russia, Bulgaria and the Golden Horde fascinate with secrets and complement the exclusivity of these ancient places.