Choosing a place to relax with your family, you sort through various fishing bases. "Grandfather's Farm" is a place that will be interesting to both those who visit it for the first time, and already experienced fishermen. It is better for hunters to come when the hunting season has already started. And just vacationers can swim and enjoy beautiful views of nature year-round.
About base
The base "Grandfather's Farm" is located in the Astrakhan region. To get to it, you need to remember three coordinates: drive 170 km above the city of Astrakhan and 250 km below the hero city of Volgograd, and then postpone 21 km to the city of Kharabali, and now you can see an island measuring 80 × 20 km, replete with numerous ilmeni (lowlands, in which water accumulates from the spill of rivers) and eriks - channels through which water from rivers flows into the lowlands. It is from them after the spring flood that you can catch a large number of the most diverse fish.
The recreation center "Grandfather's Farm" in the second half of the summer gives you the opportunity to please yourself with a ram, lump, roach and scavenger when fishing from the shore. And do not go far, within 50 meters from the rented house there is access to a reservoir.
Opposite the base is the island of Chub, famous for its asps. And how not to be a chub, when underwater pits are located nearby, in some places up to 30 meters deep?
The base "Grandfather's Farm" in the Kharabalinsky district of Astrakhan has advantages in choosing a good fishing place. After all, going down the Volga River, you must go at least 60 km before you meet other fishermen.
Fishing is famous for the night from the shore. Very often very good specimens of zander and bream come across. But most importantly, there is the opportunity to catch the already become exotic sterlet. As Bulgakov says about sterlet, “Sterlet is in a saucepan, in pieces, laid out with crayfish necks and fresh caviar.” But you can only dream about cooking this fish. According to the rules, after her capture, a silver fish must be returned to the water world. But you can dream?
Where to live at the base?
Grandfather Farm offers three accommodation options for guests:
1. The rooms are double. Equipped with a standard set of furniture and household appliances (refrigerator, air conditioning). There is a capacious freezer in which it is proposed to store the caught catch.
2. Cottages. Built on the first coastline, can accommodate up to 6 people. But in order to live there, it is necessary to call at least 4 vacationers at the same time. The cottage consists of three rooms, two of which have 6 beds (3 in each), and the remaining room is reserved for a common room. A standard set of satellite TV, a 300-liter freezer, a small set of kitchen utensils - this is what the cottage is furnished with.
3. A house from a log house. Lined from specially selected logs. It consists of one room, which can accommodate 3 people, but rents at least two. It boasts a summer terrace. The situation is no different from that in the cottage.
Children under the age of 6 can live in any category of houses for free.
In all the houses offered, hot and cold water is supplied, which passes through several degrees of purification, and is further further disinfected with ultraviolet light.
Service Prices
Rent a three-room cottage will cost 1600 rubles. per day per person, but it is necessary to remove at least four (and in August and September this figure rises to 5). Additional accommodation is free of charge.
Rent a log house will be in 1450 rubles. per day per person, but with the condition that all 3 places will be occupied.
If only two are settled, the price may not change, but for this it will be necessary to pay one of the boats for the entire rest.
Double rooms can be rented for 2100 rubles per room.
What is fed at the base?
Base "Grandfather's Farm" feeds its guests with dishes prepared according to recipes of Russian cuisine. Three meals a day, baking of own production is served every evening. Tea can be enjoyed at the buffet. Sweet tea is served with tea.
The pride of the cook is a unique triple ear and pilaf of a fat tail sheep, cooked in the traditional way - at the stake. These dishes are included in the daily menu, they are prepared once a week and you do not need to pay extra for them. Based on the preferences of the guests, the chef can prepare the selected dish from caught game or fish.
Guests can choose how many times to eat food per day and, accordingly, just pay for it. But according to the reviews of guests there, it is clear that almost everyone eats 3 times a day.
The cost of three meals a day is 850 rubles. For children under 6 years of age, payment for food is made with a 50% discount.
Who can be caught on land?
Base "Grandfather's Farm" offers to hunt on an island located nearby.
Last year, in the Astrakhan region, the hunting season for waterfowl was opened at the end of September. It was then that it was possible to begin the legal shooting of swamp-meadow and waterfowl inhabitants. And in November it was already possible to begin hunting for steppe, field and fur animals. On the last day of the year, hunting for the first group of animals was stopped, and a couple of months later, on February 29, the hunting season was officially closed.
From waterfowl it was possible to shoot for several varieties of ducks: gray, mallard, diving and other species.
From the steppe species of birds you can shoot at the goose, sandpiper, coot, coot, pheasant and woodcock. In October, it is possible to shoot waterfowl up to 20 animals a day, and steppe ones - up to 5. A hare is issued on vouchers (a hare lives like this and does not know that he will die on a voucher!). Wolves and jackals can be shot without restrictions.
Six years ago there was a hunt, during which 25 wolves were caught. Eight hunters participated in it, each with a gun. But after the top, which was soon tamed, got to the base staff, the wolves were not shot.
To take part in the hunt, you must send a copy of your hunting ticket in advance. The price of waterfowl will be 800 rubles.
Fishing island, recreation center "Grandfather's Farm" - boat rental
Each of the proposed boats is equipped with an echo sounder and electric starter. Fuel for boats is paid separately, based on its consumption.
You can rent:
"Kazanka" 5-meter:
Two-stroke, with 30 liters. from. - 1850 rub. Only two can sail in this boat.
Two-stroke, with 40 liters. from. - 2100 rub.
Four-stroke, with 40 liters. from. - 2600 rub.
Four-stroke, with 40 liters. from. (plus pneumatic assistant) - 2600 rubles.
"Progress" 2-meter, two-stroke, with 30 liters. from. - 1850 rub.
"Progress" 4-meter four-stroke, with 40 liters. from. - 2100 rub.
UMS boat rental from 175 l. from. - 6500 rubles, but accompanied by a huntsman.
All boat prices are for daylight hours only.
If guests sailed in their boats, then their protection on the pier costs from 100 to 250 rubles. If the trip was made by car, then place the passenger funds of the guests at the base for free.
Nature
The base "Grandfather's Farm" has many green spaces: flower beds, a variety of ornamental and fruit trees, sowing lawn. The coastal area is fenced off from visiting outsiders. On it are located arbors, each of which is equipped with barbecue, and deck chairs. Here, on the shore, there is a playground for children with a sandbox.
A sandy beach is provided for a comfortable swim.
Additional services
Fish or game caught by guests, if they are not going to cook it right away, must be cleaned and gutted. At the request of the guest, the cook’s assistants can do this. Also, for an additional fee, you can salt, soak, make balyk, heh and other dishes.
Fishing craftsmen will help you choose the necessary bait - cancer or fry.
You can independently fry the barbecue or ask the cook about it. Take a steam bath in two baths to choose from: one is located on the territory of the base, the second - on the banks of the Volga.
Speed boat rides and trips to the Volga Delta are organized .
If you are going to hunt, you can use the services of a huntsman who will help in the proper capture of animals or birds. The cost of services depends on his qualifications and will cost 400-1000 rubles per day.
Fishing base "Grandfather's Farm", Astrakhan Oblast - guest reviews
Reading the reviews and comments of people who visited the base, you immediately come to a positive opinion about the base. Adequate and friendly hosts, executive staff, green nature, water, forests and the steppe. All this really corresponds to the description of the database, which is given on the website that the base "Grandfather's Farm" offers its customers. And people who once visited this place tend to return again.
When booking places for recreation, communication takes place with the owner of the base, so each case is considered individually. In addition, specifically for each of the guests, the full cost of the rest is calculated, in which the base administration may include some discounts.