Belarusian Maldives

This material, first of all, will be of interest to fans of recreation "savage" with a fire and tents. We will talk about a man-made miracle, which was formed as a result of the extraction of chalk - Krasnoselskie chalk quarries or Belarusian "Maldives". Why the Maldives , you ask? Everything becomes clear after a first glance at the quarry filled with water. Here you can observe the same light effect as on white sand beaches. The water is illuminated by the sunlight reflected from the bottom, and therefore acquires a beautiful blue color.

General information

The nature in the places where the Belarusian "Maldives" are located, complements the overall picture. The steep slopes of the snow-white quarry in combination with a large number of coniferous trees make an indelible impression. Arriving in Belarus for a vacation in the chalk quarries, at first you are lost from the ambiguity of the seen landscape. It seems that you understand that before you the usual fresh artificial pond, at the bottom of which is chalky crumbs, but what is all this is beautiful and similar to the tropics! The total area of ​​quarries filled with water equals the area of ​​three hundred football fields. In the middle of June the water already has time to warm up to 18-20 degrees, and in the hottest time it heats up to 24-25 degrees. It should be noted that more people come here every year to rest "savage". "Maldives" in Belarus can already compete in popularity with the most famous resorts of this country. Just imagine, for a year these places are visited from 100 000 to 130 000 tourists, many of whom come from abroad. But with all this, the chalk quarries still do not have the infrastructure, and you need to go here for rest with all your "belongings". In 2014, the popularity of recreation in these places was spurred by the release of an erotic calendar with photographs of models against the backdrop of landscapes of Belarusian "Maldives".

What to do on vacation?

Resting on the "Maldives" in Belarus, you can buy plenty and sunbathe. Young people are jumping from the steep bank of the quarry to the water, the good it allows to do. Here you can watch even divers who come here with their equipment. If you want, you can agree on his hire, because some entrepreneurs come here just to earn some money. Some of the artificial reservoirs are stocked, so it's worth taking a nap on the rest. In the evening, everything here is transformed, dozens of fires are lit, songs are played everywhere and music plays. Sometimes local stars come here to shoot clips, because the beauty of these places is not inferior to the tropical islands, but the road to the "tropics" will cost much less. Many holidaymakers are floating here on mattresses, umbrellas are laid off the coast, tents are set up, cars are everywhere. Not for a moment does it leave the feeling that you are not at the Cretaceous quarry, but on some beach camping site. Even in the vicinity of this place are the oldest in Belarus silicon mines, where thousands of years ago, ancestors extracted material for the manufacture of tools and weapons. But to go there without experienced guides is extremely undesirable, because nobody is following this place, which means that it is potentially unsafe.

Many of the first time can not understand how to get to the Belarusian "Maldives", because there are no tourist buses, there are no road signs. For the starting point we will take the capital, the city of Minsk. From there we leave in the direction of Baranovichi, we pass the settlement and turn off onto the P99 highway. We pass along this route through Slonim, then Zelva, and, finally, we approach the destination - Volkovysk district.