The missing tourists from Astrakhan in Karachay-Cherkessia have established contact, spokewoman of the Ministry of Emergencies of Karachay-Cherkessia Bella Cherkesova said, RIA Novosti reports.
Contacts were made at 8.40 am. The tourists were station at the Urup Village. They lost their way.
The tourists were to pass the gorges of Pkhiyan and Temir Kulak and then return to the Arkhyz Village to the Polyana Slyotov. The needed to cover 117 km. They registered at the Arkhyz Rescue Subdivision of the Karachay-Cherkessia Rescue Group of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies.