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Agursky Waterfalls (Agura Waterfalls)

Agura Waterfallls is one of the innumerable waterfalls in Sochi. One of the famous tourist attractions in Sochi, the picturesque location of Agura Waterfalls draws a lot of travelers from all across the world. Also known as Agursky, this waterfalls is one of the most frequented places of sightseeing in Sochi. The locale of Agura Waterfalls, Sochi is a popular hiking trail in the area.

The path to the falls is Agurskiy the gorge along the river Agoura. The trail, carved into the rocks at the Sochi 1911 mountain club members, runs on edge of the gorge and is fenced with metal handrails. Agoura River originates on the southern slopes of Alec and, rushing to the sea, creating waterfalls on its way. On the way to the waterfalls Agurskiy is the so-called Devil's swimming (font) and a small cave with the same name. In the dark ravine, among boulders and rock cliffs, roaring river Agoura and come to the surface sulfur springs with a sharp odor of hydrogen sulfide. The most famous, the first waterfall formed by two stages: the upper – at 18 feet and lower – at 12 meters.

The jets of water falling at an angle to each other, and it seems a broken waterfall in the middle. under the waterfall there is a broad and deep body of water, reminiscent of a swimming pool with the blue water. Front of a waterfall across the river is spanned bridge metal. At the bottom of the gorge piled up huge blocks of limestone. After 500 meters the trail upstream Agura there is a second waterfall, and more above – the third. Second Agurskiy Falls – multi-jet, the water flow drops to a low altitude in the pool with a depth of 5 meters. On the left bank near the falls are small caves. The third waterfall crashes down with a roar down high flow, like a huge shower.

Stone ponds at the foot of rapids, cascades and water is poured from one to another. Agura gorge at any time, the only beautiful: it is very green. This is a mixed forest Colchian type, full of relics of the Tertiary period. Impassable thicket creates a multilayered vegetation with evergreen understory vines and lots of binding the tree. Impassable thickets especially sassaparili, deciduous climbing shrub. Very strong, flexible stems of the plants are dotted with sharp, rigid spines, tenaciously retaining fallen into the arms of their rights.