Program

Attention! The website indicates the start date of the tour in Irkutsk.
(local time MSK+5)

• 1st day
• Meeting: Irkutsk Railway Station, entrance No. 3, 9 a.m. a.m. local time (4 a.m. Moscow time), Irkutsk Airport, arrivals hall, opposite baggage claim, 9 a.m. a.m. local time (4 a.m. Moscow time)
• Departure by minibus to Olkhon Island (280 km from Irkutsk). Along the way, stop at a roadside cafe and at the ferry crossing.
• Arrival on the island Khuzhir village– tourist center of Olkhon. Accommodation at a tourist base of your choice.
• Free time.
• In the evening you will have a walking tour to Cape Burkhan– one of the main attractions of Lake Baikal.
• Meals included: dinner.
• Breakfast and lunch - on your own.

• 2nd day
• Breakfast.
• Today you can go on one of the excursions around Olkhon Island.
• We recommend taking one of the following tours (for additional fee):
• - Excursion to Cape Khoboy - Uzury Pad, lasting 6-8 hours (1200 rub./person, including lunch);
• - Excursion to Pad Idibu - Lake Shara-Nur, lasting 5-6 hours (1200 rub./person, including lunch);
• - Boat excursion to the western shore of the Small Sea lasting 7-8 hours (1800 rub./person, including lunch).
• In addition to excursions, you can travel around the island on your own by renting bicycles or ATVs.
• Meals included: breakfast and dinner.
• Lunch - on your own.

• 3rd day
• After breakfast, get ready and return to Irkutsk.
• Departure by minibus from the base, lunch at a roadside cafe, arrival in Irkutsk.
• Standard departure time from Olkhon is 12:30, arrival in Irkutsk after 19:00
• Meals included: breakfast.

Hotel information

Tour cost for 1 person in rubles:

Discount for children under 12 years old - 10%.

Economy tour option: accommodation recreation center "Solnechnaya", 2 or 3 bed, poorly equipped room.
Standard tour option: accommodation mini-hotel "Baikal", 2- or 3-bed standard room (shower and toilet on the floor for 4 rooms)
Improved tour option: accommodation mini-hotel "Baikal", 2 or 3 bed superior room (shower and toilet in room)

This year in May we will have as many as 5 days off. We invite you to spend these little holidays with benefit and pleasure and go on a trip to Lake Baikal! Few people know that it is at this time that Baikal awakens and begins to free itself from ice. You will be able to witness this unique natural process and go after the “leaving ice of Lake Baikal”. Unique photographs, a charge of positive emotions and a sea of ​​new impressions are guaranteed to you!

1 day

In the morning, meeting at the railway station and at the airport of Irkutsk, introductions, baggage collection. Then we go by minibus to our first meeting with Lake Baikal in the village of Listvyanka (70 km from Irkutsk). Along the way we will visit the wooden open-air museum - Taltsy. On the territory of the museum there are more than 40 historical and architectural monuments and 8,000 exhibits of great historical value. Here you can see beautiful panoramas of the Baikal nature and the Angara River.

Lunch in Listvyanka. After lunch, visit the Baikal Museum, the only museum in the world entirely dedicated to the great lake.

In the evening, accommodation at the hotel. Dinner

Meals included: lunch and dinner.

Day 2

Breakfast at the hotel. Today you have a free day, which you can spend at your own discretion. We recommend that you visit the observation deck on Chersky Peak, the nerpinarium, try Baikal omul at the local market and check out the souvenir market. You can also take an ATV tour or go diving on Lake Baikal.

Meals included: breakfast

Day 3

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure from Listvyanka to Olkhon Island. Distance is about 350 km.

Along the way there will be stops at a roadside cafe, as well as at the ferry crossing. Arrival on the island. Accommodation at a tourist base. Dinner. After lunch you have free time, you can take a walk and see one of the main sacred places on Lake Baikal - the Shamanku rock (Cape Burkhan). In the evening, dinner, for those who wish - a bathhouse.

4 day

Breakfast at the base. Today you have a tour of Olkhon Island. You will discover all the natural diversity of the island, here the steppes give way to coniferous forests, and the gently sloping shores turn into bizarre cliffs and rocks. Along the way, you will see how Baikal is awakening, in some places it is still covered with ice, and somewhere you can already see reflections of water.

You will see an extensive panorama of Small and Big Baikal. From above, you will see the endless expanses of the island and feel all its indescribable energy.

After a picnic in nature, the excursion will continue to Cape Shunte (or Cape of Love) and the Uzury Pad, where you will have the opportunity to go down to the shore of Big Baikal.

Return to base. Dinner.

5 day

After breakfast, packing and departure to Irkutsk. Travel time will take about 6 hours.

Accommodation in hotels in Irkutsk upon prior request.

Tour cost for 1 person 2019:

Superior option: accommodation on a tour in comfortable rooms (shower and toilet in the room)

Standard option: accommodation in Listvyanka - in comfortable rooms, on Olkhon - semi-comfortable rooms (shower and toilet on the floor)

The tour price includes:

1. Transfers according to the tour program
2. Hotel accommodation in Listvyanka, comfortable rooms
3. Excursion to the Taltsy Museum
4. Excursion to the Baikal Limnological Museum
5. Accommodation on the island Olkhon, mini-hotel "Baikal", semi-comfortable or comfortable rooms
6. Excursion to Cape Burkhan
7. Excursion to Olkhon Island
8. Meals according to the program: 1 day - lunch and dinner; Day 2 - breakfast; Day 3 - breakfast, lunch and dinner; Day 4 breakfast, picnic lunch, dinner; Day 5 - breakfast

The tour price does not include:

1. Additional transfers not specified in the program or specified in the program for an additional fee.
2. Additional services not specified in the program or specified in the program for an additional fee.
3. Bath services.

The May holidays are a great opportunity to go on a tour to Lake Baikal! It is in May that Baikal awakens from hibernation and begins to free itself from ice. You will see a unique natural phenomenon and go after the “leaving ice of Lake Baikal”. Beautiful photos, a charge of positive emotions and a sea of ​​new impressions are guaranteed to you!

ROUTE: Irkutsk - museum "Taltsy" » - village Listvyanka - Olkhon Island - Cape Burkhan (Shaman Rock) - Cape Khoboy - Irkutsk

TOUR PROGRAM

1 day

• Morning arrival in Irkutsk.
• Meeting tourists at the airport and railway station of Irkutsk, meeting the guide.
• Then we go by minibus to our first meeting with Baikal in village Listvyanka(70 km from Irkutsk).
• Along the way - a visit to the open-air museum of wooden architecture - "Taltsy". On the territory of the museum there are more than 40 historical and architectural monuments and 8,000 exhibits of great historical value.
• The Taltsy Museum is located on the right bank of the Angara on the 47th kilometer of the Baikal Highway on the road from Irkutsk to Baikal. The open-air museum complex attracts visitors with the opportunity to directly get acquainted with the material and spiritual culture of the peoples of the Baikal region. Evenki and Tofalar camps, a complex of Evenki burials and the Buryat ulus-letnik tell about their way of life, peculiarities of life and beliefs.
• Beautiful things open up here panoramas of Baikal nature and the Angara River.
• Lunch in Listvyanka.
• After lunch - visit to the Baikal Museum, the only museum in the world entirely dedicated to the great lake.
• Currently, more than 17 thousand different exhibits about the lake are collected here. In 2003, 11 huge aquariums appeared in the museum, in which visitors are presented with all underwater life - from gammarus crustaceans to the Baikal seal. The aquariums have a unique water supply system and water is supplied to them from a depth of 500 meters. The conditions for keeping representatives of the Baikal fauna are as close as possible to the natural biocenosis of the lake.
• In the evening, accommodation at a hotel in Listvyanka, in rooms with private amenities.
• Dinner.
• Route length per day- 350 km (auto).
• Power included: lunch, dinner.

Day 2

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Today you have a free day, which you can spend at your own discretion.
• We recommend you visit observation deck on Chersky Peak, nerpinary, try Baikal omul at the local market and check out the souvenir market. You can also take an ATV tour or go diving on Lake Baikal (for an additional fee).
• Power included: breakfast.

Day 3

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure from Listvyanka to Olkhon Island. Distance is about 350 km.
• Along the way there will be stops at a roadside cafe, as well as at the ferry crossing.
• Arrival on the island.
• Accommodation at a tourist base.
• Dinner.
• After lunch you have free time, you can take a walk and see one of the main sacred places on Lake Baikal - Cape Burkhan (Shamanku rock).
• This cape is considered a symbol not only of the island, but of the entire Baikal.
  This place is otherwise called Shamanka rock. This name is due to the fact that shamans have performed their rituals here since ancient times. There is a hard-to-reach through cave in the rock, in which the shaman disappeared, and then appeared on the opposite side in front of the amazed crowd. For a long time, ordinary residents, and especially women, were not allowed to come here.
• This place has a special energy and is considered one of the places of power on Lake Baikal.
  
• In the evening - dinner.
• For those who wish, there is a sauna (for an additional fee).
• Power included: breakfast lunch dinner.

4 day

• Breakfast at the base.
• Today you have excursion to Olkhon island. You will discover all the natural diversity of the island, here the steppes give way to coniferous forests, and the gently sloping shores turn into bizarre cliffs and rocks. Along the way, you will see how Baikal is awakening, in some places it is still covered with ice, and somewhere you can already see reflections of water. At Cape Khoboy you will see an extensive panorama of Small and Big Baikal. From above, you will see the endless expanses of the island and feel all its indescribable energy.
• After picnic in nature the tour will continue on Cape Shunte (or Cape of Love) and in the Uzury Pad, where you will have the opportunity to go down to the shore of Big Baikal.
• The length of the route per day is 76 km (by car).
• Power included: breakfast, picnic lunch, dinner.

5 day

• Breakfast. Releasing hotel rooms.
• Departure to Irkutsk.
• The length of the route per day is 350 km (by car).
• Power included: breakfast.

Included in cost

1. Meeting at the railway station and at the airport at 09:00 am (local time, + 5 hours to Moscow)
2. Transfers according to the tour program
3. Hotel accommodation in Listvyanka, comfortable rooms (shower and toilet in the room)
4. Excursion to the Taltsy Museum
5. Excursion to the Baikal Limnological Museum
6. Accommodation on the island Olkhon, mini-hotel "Baikal":

Economy option– economy room, shower and toilet on the floor for 4 rooms;

Standard optionT– standard room, shower and toilet in the room.

1. Excursion to Cape Burkhan
2. Excursion to Olkhon Island
3. Meals according to the program: 1 day – lunch and dinner; Day 2 – breakfast; Day 3 – breakfast, lunch and dinner; Day 4 breakfast, picnic lunch, dinner; Day 5 – breakfast.

The price does not include:

1. Additional transfers not specified in the program or specified in the program for an additional fee.
2. Additional services not specified in the program or specified in the program for an additional fee.
3. Bath services.

Duration of this tour is 5 days / 4 nights. The period of hotel stay for this tour is 4 days.

Requirements for participants/age restrictions:

• 1. Both beginners and experienced tourists can take part in the tour;
• 2. Children, accompanied by adults, are allowed to participate in the tour from 5 years old;

• headdress (warm cap);
• warm comfortable shoes for hiking and excursions,
• thermal underwear,
• wool socks,
• gloves/mittens.
• personal hygiene items,
• individual medications (related to health conditions),
• Sunglasses.

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• Train (or flight) number, time of arrival at the starting point of the tour, tourists’ mobile phone number for emergency contact.
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Day 1 Getting to know Baikal

Upon arrival, you will be met with a guide and introduced to the group. In a comfortable car you will travel to Irkutsk. Here, on an excursion, you will get acquainted with the history of the city and stroll through its ancient streets. The guide will tell you about the history of the Angara River embankment, Kirov Square and the hydroelectric dam.

Then you will go to the village of Listvyanka. On the way, you will stop at the Taltsy museum complex, a Siberian village where examples of wooden architecture are collected. Here you will see peasant estates and their decoration, mills, huts and real prison towers. Lunch awaits you with royal fish soup, pancakes with honey and hot taiga tea.

Continuing your journey, you will arrive at the shores of Lake Baikal. Going on an excursion to the Baikal Museum, take a simulated dive to the bottom in a bathyscaphe, see the underwater world and the inhabitants of the lake, and meet a charming seal.

In the evening you will admire the view of the source of the Angara from the top of the Primorsky Ridge. You will take a cable car up to the observation deck. Afterwards, check into a hotel, have dinner and relax.

The total duration of today's route is 70 km, 8 hours (2.5 hours for transfers and 5.5 hours for walks and excursions).

Day 2 Trekking to the top of Skriper rock

After breakfast, you will go for a walk through the Pribaikalsky National Park. You will travel by speedboat or, if the ice does not melt, by hovercraft along the coast (travel duration - 1 hour, 45 km).

Having arrived at the starting point of the route, you will begin to climb to the top of the Skriper observation rock - from here you can see the lake, which is throwing off the shackles of ice (the total duration of the walk is 5 km. Trekking does not require special preparation).

When you go back down, you will have lunch - hot dishes, snacks, tea with taiga herbs and local pastries will be waiting for you. Then you will have free time - you can soak up the soft spring sun on the shore or take a walk around the surrounding area.

Towards evening you will return to Listvyanka. Here you can walk along the embankment, go to the fish market or go to the nerpinarium.

Day 3 Tazheran steppes

Today you will go to Olkhon Island. Along the way, stop at an ethnic cafe, where you will try dishes of Siberian cuisine - Buryat poses and buhler.

Traveling in expedition jeeps, you explore the Tazheran steppes. It was here that the first indigenous Baikal residents once lived - this is confirmed by petroglyphs found by archaeologists at tribal sites.

Arriving in the village of Khuzhir on Olkhon Island, you will stay in a hotel complex, have dinner and relax. If desired, take a walk to the famous Cape Burkhan. Its second name is “Shaman”. This place has been considered sacred since the appearance of the first shamans.

The total duration of today's route is 360 km, 8 hours.

Day 4 All Olkhon

After breakfast, you will set off on a journey around Olkhon: steppe landscapes will be replaced by coniferous forests, sand dunes, thickets of blooming wild rosemary and fields with yellow and purple snowdrops. On the tops of the Pribaikalsky ridge the snow has not yet melted, but at the foot of it nature will already wake up.

The Small Sea will still be covered with a thin crust of ice; in deep places near steep rocks there will be open water. In one day you will see the entire island, the majestic Three Brothers rocks, Ulan-Khushin and the famous Cape Khoboy. In the area of ​​Uzury, a panorama of Lake Baikal will open before you.

Towards evening you will return to the camp site, have dinner, relax and go to the lake to watch the sunset.

The total duration of today's route is 40 km, 7 hours (5 hours for travel).

Day 5 Buryat village

After breakfast you will take a walk on your own. In May, a real bird market unfolds on Lake Baikal: here are mallards, shelducks, scorches, waders and cormorants. Waterfowl are returning from warm countries. You can admire the birds, and take great photos on the small lakes on Khuzhir beach.

Closer to lunch you will begin your journey to Irkutsk. On the way, stop in a real Buryat village - meet the locals and try traditional dishes for lunch.

Upon arrival in Irkutsk, you will check into a hotel, relax and, if desired, take a walk around the evening city.

The total duration of today's route is 290 km, 6 hours (5 hours for travel).

Day 6 End of the journey

After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to the airport, from where you will fly home.

You can purchase air tickets with departure at a time convenient for you - a personal transfer will be organized for you depending on the time of departure.

Tours to the famous Russian Lake Baikal- a non-trivial type of recreation for tourists who know a lot about the interesting and unusual. Trips to Baikal are an acquaintance with the beauties of pristine nature, which reveal the deep meanings of human existence.

The tour packages presented on the website include many interesting excursions along unique routes accompanied by experienced guides.

Cost of tours to Baikal

Please note that the prices for tours to Lake Baikal indicated on the website do not include air travel, which significantly increases the travel budget. The tours presented in the list below only include accommodation, meals and on-site excursion program.

Read more about the attractions of the region

From school, everyone knows that Lake Baikal has a whole set of impressive titles that begin with the word “most”:

• The deepest lake in the world;
• Largest fresh water storage facility on the planet, accounting for 1/5 of the total world reserve;
• In Lake Baikal the cleanest and oxygenated water;
• Lives in the lake largest number of endemics(unique species of animals and plants that live only in this place), compared to other lakes in the world;
• The water in Baikal is also called the clearest lake water, due to the weak mineralization in the spring, you can see through the water column at a distance of up to 40 meters (!);
• The most mystical lake in Russia: local residents can tell you countless legends, from the story of Genghis Khan crossing the lake on dry land to testimony from eyewitnesses who saw luminous balls over Baikal, “witch circles” on Olkhon Island and much, much more.

Of course, the last point is more likely local folklore, but it cannot be denied that Baikal is also one of the most beautiful places on the planet. It is precisely these natural pearls that are often called “places of power,” but even without getting carried away by mysticism and ufology, you can feel the majestic beauty, power and some kind of internally harmonious perfection of Lake Baikal. Thousands of tourists from all over the world come here every year for this feeling.

Types of trips to Baikal in summer 2019

Baikal is undoubtedly the main goal of any trip to this region, but do not forget about what other attractions you can see. First of all, myself Irkutsk city, which most often becomes the starting point of the tourist route to Lake Baikal. Irkutsk has preserved the unique appearance of a merchant city, where you can see beautiful examples of wooden architecture: more than 700 objects, including the famous Shubin House, the Lace House (House of Europe) and many others. Here you can see one of the most significant monuments of the “Siberian Baroque”, the Spasskaya Church, and other beautiful Orthodox churches. Also in Irkutsk you can visit the nerpentarium, see the oldest surviving Russian icebreaker "Angara" and visit the estate of the Decembrist S.G. Volkonsky.

Another starting point for traveling around Baikal can be Ulan-Ude city. Here, in addition to exploring the architectural sights, you can join the unique cultural heritage of Buryatia, for example, visit Datsan Rimpoche Bagsha, where the largest gilded Buddha statue in our country is located. Of considerable interest are the Ethnographic Museum of the Peoples of Transbaikalia and the Museum of the History of Buryatia, which will allow you to better understand this original, unique region.

Vacation packages and tours to Baikal: season 2019

	Name	Description	Dates
		Irkutsk – Buryatia, Tunkinsky district – Arshan – Zhemchug – Kyren – Nilova Pustyn – Mondy – Khankh – Lake Khubsugul – Irkutsk	17.06, 15.07,19.08.19	5 days
		Irkutsk-Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky stone” - “Shaman - stone” - Taltsy museum - Arshan-Khoymorsky datsan-source “Pearl” - Circum-Baikal Railway - Olkhon island - Listvyanka - Irkutsk		8 days
				8 days
		Irkutsk-Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky stone” - “Shaman - stone” - Taltsy museum - Arshan	on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019	10 days
		Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky Stone” - “Shaman - Stone” - Taltsy Museum - Arshan* - Circum-Baikal Railway* - Olkhon Island - Cape Khoboy - Irkutsk	on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019	from 11 to 14 days
			22.06, 13.07, 17.08.19	11 days
		Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky Stone” - “Shaman - Stone” - Taltsy Museum - Olkhon Island - Irkutsk - Arshan	on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019	14 days
		Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - "Chersky Stone" - "Shaman - Stone" - Taltsy Museum - Circum-Baikal Railway - Olkhon Island - Buryatia, Tunkinsky District - Arshan - Zhemchug - Kyren - Nilova Pustyn - Mondy - Khankh - Lake Khubsugul – Irkutsk	08.06, 06.07, 10.08.19	14 days

Tour of Lake Baikal in summer 2019 along the route: Irkutsk-Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - "Chersky Stone" - "Shaman - Stone" - Taltsy Museum - Arshan-Khoymorsky datsan-source "Pearl" - Circum-Baikal Railway - Olkhon Island - Listvyanka-Irkutsk

System "All inclusive in Baikal style"! We have developed this program in such a way that during the tour you will only enjoy the beauty and uniqueness of Lake Baikal. The price of the tour includes all main excursions, three meals a day (except for lunch on the first and free days), transfer during the tour, accommodation in a comfortable room!

Dates (8 days/7 nights): on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019

Inexpensive excursion tour to Lake Baikal in the summer of 2019. The optimal tour for a short acquaintance with Lake Baikal or a comfortable repeated visit!

Tour route : Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky Stone” - “Shaman - Stone” - Taltsy Museum - Irkutsk

Dates (8 days/7 nights): on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019

Listvyanka - Circum-Baikal Railway - Olkhon - Ulan-Ude - Ivolginsky Datsan

Duration: 11 days/ 10 nights

Dates: 22.06, 13.07, 17.08.19

We invite you to the “Baikal land”! This tour is dedicated to a deeper acquaintance with the mysterious Baikal and the beautiful Buryatia - a certain kingdom with its own unique view of life, which has preserved its originality.

Tour to Baikal and Sayan Mountains from 10 days/9 nights (any number of days in Arshan). The most optimal 10-day tour in terms of cost and duration. Opportunity to see Baikal and the Sayan Mountains! Independent choice of excursions and tour duration, as well as the possibility of treatment in a sanatorium.

Tour route: Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikal Museum - Listvyanka port - “Chersky Stone” - “Shaman - Stone” - Taltsy Museum - Arshan

Dates: on Saturdays from 06/08 to 08/24/2019

Accommodation on Olkhon Island and the Arshan resort in one tour! Many interesting excursions and vivid impressions await you! Touch the secrets of the wonderful world of Olkhon Island! Take a trip along the famous Circum-Baikal Road! And at the end of the adventure, you will have the opportunity to enjoy a favorable atmosphere, clean air and healing springs in the iconic resort of Arshan! : on Saturdays from 08.06. to 08/24/19

Tour to Mongolia to Lake Khubsugul is the most interesting excursion photo tour to the Sayan Mountains and Buryatia! Mongolia is a mysterious and little-studied country, especially its northern part, around Lake Khubsugul. Since 2015, entry into the country has become visa-free for citizens of the Russian Federation, which has greatly simplified visiting this corner of the planet that has not been “spoiled by civilization.”

Tour route: Irkutsk - Buryatia, Tunkinsky district - Arshan - Zhemchug - Kyren - Nilova Pustyn - Mondy - Khankh - Lake Khubsugul - Irkutsk

Dates (5 days/4 nights): 17.06, 15.07,19.08.19

Baikal covered with ice is fantastically beautiful! The tour in winter and spring 2019 will introduce you to this amazing natural wonder. You will see bizarre splash ice - sokui, a pile of hummocks, smooth fields of pure ice. You will see and even hear how cracks form. Winter and spring on Lake Baikal are very sunny and bright, so great photos are guaranteed. Add a lot of winter activities, excellent food, company of like-minded people and experienced guides.

Duration: 7 days/ 6 nights