2005 expedition to Elbrus
Finance
| Costs 2 pax in Euros | |
| Flight Amsterdam – Moscow v.v. | 903 |
| Flight Moscow – Mineralnye Vody | 201 |
| Excess weight Moscow MinVody à €1,20, 5 kgms | 6 |
| Train Mineralnye Vody – Adler | 83 |
| Flight Adler – Moscow | 201 |
| Excess weight Adler - Moscow à €2, 10 kgms | 20 |
| 3 nights Moscow and 4 taxi fares ($424) | 336 |
| 2 nights Adler à $107 per room + 1 x taxi à $7 | 175 |
| 1 extra night in Ozone Hotel, Baksan Valley, $117 | 105 |
| 2 visa | 120 |
| Bezengi/Elbrus trip (guide, porters, food, equipment) | 3994 (*) |
| Insurance against cancellation of € 4078 | 208 |
| 7 days food, drinks, etc. in Moscow and Adler | 440 |
| Total | 6792 (2 pax) |
(*) We paid RusAdventure € 3994 for the two of us. The price included:
- Transport over land
- All meals starting with dinner on day 1 and ending with breakfast on day 16
- Border zone permit
- Two OVIR registrations
- National Park entrance fee
- 4 nights in Dzhangikosh
- 1 night in the Ozone hotel with dinner and breakfast (the extra night at the end of the trip was paid by ourselves)
- 3 night in the North hut
- 2 nights in Bezengi Camp (double bedroom, shower, toilet)
- Tent, stoves, fuel, ropes, harnesses
- English speaking guide, also the cook
- Satellite telephone, walkie-talkies
- Only for the Elbrus part: one extra porter for our personal stuff