ROUTE: Irkutsk – Baikalsk – Circum-Baikal Railway – Warm Lakes – Irkutsk – Listvyanka – Khamar-Daban – Slyudyanka – Arshan – Irkutsk

This tour will give you an unforgettable meeting with the unique pearl of the planet, the majestic lake of the Asian continent - Baikal. Framed by high ridges, it appears before us either subdued from storms and unrest, with the mirror-blue surface of the waters, or violently rushing onto the granite rocks with foamy waves. As part of this tour, you will get acquainted with one of the most beautiful railways in the world - the Circum-Baikal Railway, a majestic monument to the engineering art, labor and talent of people of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. In terms of the number of different types of complex construction work per 1 kilometer of track, the Circum-Baikal Road left behind all the rail tracks in the world. Going on an excursion and educational journey around Lake Baikal, you will visit picturesque mountain lakes that have preserved their pristine beauty to this day, swim in warm, healing water, and taste fish soup from the famous Baikal omul. And be sure to visit the Arshan Valley, where the waters of the youngest mineral springs on the planet come to the surface - a place where until recently Siberian shamans celebrated cult rituals and where their restless spirits still seem to hover. The tour program also includes a visit to the Taltsy ethnographic museum, an ancient Siberian village on the shore of Lake Baikal - Listvyanka, an excursion to the Baikal Limnological Museum and an overview of the unique collection of flora and fauna of the sacred lake collected by its employees. A hiking route to one of the picturesque spurs of the Khamar-Daban ridge - Devil's Finger, a picnic and tea infused with unique Siberian herbs complete this interesting tour.

TOUR PROGRAM

1 day

• MeetingVIrkutskAndtransferbeforeBaikalsk.
• Modest Baikalsk railway station or Irkutsk airport, where our excursion and educational tour actually begins, can be considered a kind of gateway to the world that opens up already on the approaches to the sacred lake. Those living near Lake Baikal know well: here, on its shores, there is a different course of life, a different dimension of usual affairs and events. The majestic breath of the huge water surface is captivating and inevitably forces you to throw away the vanity of the world and absorb this untold beauty. Those who see Baikal for the first time experience feelings that cannot be described in words: an endless expanse of water with an area of ​​more than 30 thousand square kilometers (its age is about 25 million years), agree, it is impressive!
• The first excursion day includes: meeting, transfer from Irkutsk to Baikalsk(150 km along an asphalt mountain road).
• Accommodation at the Grand Baikal Hotel.
• Dinner.
• Sightseeing tour of Baikalsk and its surroundings will begin at 18.00, until then you can take a short self-guided chairlift tour to the top of Mount Sobolina at a height of 900 m above Lake Baikal(there is a special price for our guests). From the site there is an amazing view from the binoscope, allowing you to see 1/9 of Lake Baikal).
• At the end of the excursion at 20-00 you will find festive dinner - tasting of omul fish dishes prepared by our chef. The menu includes cuisine from the Southern Baikal region and dishes of national Buryat cuisine: lightly salted omul, sugudai from omul, buuzy from omul, stuffed omul - this is not all that the talented hands of our chef, an excellent connoisseur of Siberian dishes from the Southern Baikal region, can prepare.

Day 2

• On this day you can expect:
• A boat trip along the Circum-Baikal Railway with a visit to the Roerich Museum.
• Route: Baikalsk - Circum-Baikal Railway - Roerich Museum - Baikalsk
• Generallength(round trip) - 86 km.
• Duration of the excursion- 7 - 8 hours.

• The object of your attention on this day will be one of the most interesting man-made structures in the southwest of Baikal - Circum-Baikal Railway(CBZD), as well as Nicholas Roerich Museum, the famous Cultural and Exhibition Center on Lake Baikal, located in village Old Angasolka on the 149th km of the Circum-Baikal Railway.
• After early breakfast starts quite long water trip to the opposite (western) shore of Lake Baikal. We offer to do it on our comfortable ship.
• Only during a leisurely boat trip on a motor ship will you be able to make a great photo shoot - a real decoration for your photo collection!
• Then, continuing our water route, we will slowly move along the western shore of Lake Baikal, where its pristine power and beauty are especially impressive. Here, at the beginning of the last century, the most complex part of the Trans-Siberian Railway was built - Circum-Baikal Railway. In terms of the cost of work, it surpassed all the railways in the world and it was not without reason that it received the beautiful name “Golden Buckle of the Steel Belt of Russia.” Circum-Baikal Road– these are 39 tunnels, 15 galleries, many bridges of different sizes. All of them fit perfectly into the landscapes of river valleys, forming a single architectural and landscape complex with them. The Circum-Baikal Railway is also a historical monument of federal significance, located on the territory Pribaikalsky National Park.
• Our walking tour will give you the opportunity to see many unique objects of the Circum-Baikal Railway, including stone viaduct "Angasolsky" through Angasolka River, the only tunnel complex with two tunnels built almost side by side in the valley of the Khabartuy River, a series of stone galleries, as well as the southernmost one on Lake Baikal nesting site of the herring gull - “Bird Bazaar”.
• After a long and eventful walk around Lake Baikal, we stop and we have lunch on the deck of the ship. We will prepare for you real fish soup from fresh omul and other Baikal fish.
• After lunch - rest and swimming on the shore of Lake Baikal. Then we invite you to take a short hike along the Circum-Baikal Railway to Nicholas Roerich Museum. Connoisseurs of Baikal nature, its flora and fauna, will find a lot of interesting things here: many rare and endangered plants, wonderful large butterflies - Apollos and Swallowtails, several species of striped bumblebees, buzzing together here throughout the short Baikal summer.
• At the 149th kilometer of the Circum-Baikal Road in village of Staraya Angasolka located Roerich cultural and exhibition center. The memory of the great artist is carefully preserved here, who, together with a group of scientists in 1926, on the way to the Central Asian expedition, stopped to rest in this very village.
• Back in 2002, reconstruction began on the old house, which served as a haven for famous travelers. In the center of Roerich are his paintings dedicated to the highest peaks of the world - the Himalayas and Tibet, as well as the mythical country in the Shambhala mountains, where philosophers, magicians and teachers of humanity live. Visitors to the Roerich Museum can also see a photo gallery of this famous family. A tour of the museum takes about an hour.
• Then we return by boat to Baikalsk, moving mainly along the opposite, southeastern shore of Lake Baikal.
• The uniqueness of this route is also in the fact that the beautiful nature of the south of Baikal can be seen both on foot and on board the ship, which will make this trip especially unforgettable!
• Dinner upon arrival at the hotel.
• ATTENTION: In the event of stormy weather on Lake Baikal, which happens extremely rarely in the summer, we use a backup version of the excursion to the Circum-Baikal Railway, replacing its water part with a road part, notifying everyone in advance about thisgroup members.

• Breakfast. Departure from the hotel to the pier is 10.45 am.
• Departure by boat to the opposite (Western) shore of Lake Baikal - 11.00 am.
• Arrival at the Circum-Baikal Railway- 13.00 o'clock.
• Traveling along the Circum-Baikal Railway by boat
• Dinner(omul fish soup, bird cherry pie).
• Walking tour (tunnel complexes, Angasolsky viaduct, stone galleries).
• The “Bird Market” cliff is a mass nesting site for herring gulls.
• Visiting of museum Roerich
• Free time, swimming.
• Departure to Baikalsk (return along the Southern and Eastern shores of Baikal - 17.00 hours.
• Arrival - 19.00 o'clock.
• Return to the hotel. Dinner.

• - Transfer – bus to the pier and back.
• - Transfer – motor ship.
  
• - Meals (lunch).
  
• - Services of a guide (biologist).
  
• - Warm blankets are provided during the boat trip (1 piece per person).

• - A windproof summer jacket.
• - Headdress.
• - Sports shoes.
• - Sunglasses.
• - Swimwear, sunscreen.
• - Raincoat in case of rain.
• - Your own fishing rods (optional).
  

Day 3

• On this day you can expect:
• Auto excursion to Warm Lakes(border of Buryatia).
• Route t: Baikalsk - Warm Lakes - Baikalsk.
• Generallength(round trip) 80 km.
• Duration of the excursion- 8 ocloc'k.

• Breakfast.
• There are many rare natural phenomena on the southern shore of Lake Baikal. Some of them are picturesque Warm Lakes, located at foothills of the Khamar-Daban mountain range. Here, in a dense mixed forest, grow mighty black relict poplars, and, in addition, several dozen other relict plants (forms of the Neogene period have been identified that are today on the verge of extinction). Scientists have long called the nature surrounding the Warm Lakes cold subtropics - it is known that the severe frosts of the Ice Age bypassed these places.
• Warm lakes are one of the few places near Baikal where you can sunbathe and swim to your heart's content. It is believed that these lakes have warm springs that warm the water to +28 degrees in summer. Short walks to each of the three “Warm Lakes” will leave an indelible impression - Emerald, Fairy Tale and Dead(the third, smaller of the three Warm lakes, is located at the foot of the Monomakh Cap mountain, where there is a barely noticeable path leading to the top of the mountain). From the flat top of the Monomakh Shap mountain, the distant distances of the southern Baikal region and the majestic nature of Siberia open up.
• The rare beauty of these unique places will not leave anyone indifferent, as will the hot smoked omul, prepared according to ancient Siberian recipes.
• Here you will get acquainted with the cuisine of the Siberian pioneers of the 16th - 17th centuries. - you will taste very tasty soup called taiga, a dish of real hunters and true gourmets, you will try a bracken salad and delicious tea with local herbs. Well, our wonderful driver Valery will play on the button accordion many equally beloved songs of past years. Songs to the accordion by the fire will be a wonderful addition to the program of this day, rich in impressions and events.
• This day ends traditionally - with a return to Baikalsk and dinner at the hotel.

• Breakfast. Departure from the hotel - 11.00 am.
• Arrival at Warm lakes- 12.00 o'clock.
• Tour of the lakes: “Emerald”, “Fairy Tale”, “Dead”.
• Lunch in nature(cuisine of Siberian pioneers of the 16th - 17th centuries, hot smoked omul) - 14.00 p.m.
• Musical accompaniment (accordion).
• Free time, swimming until 17.00.
• Bathhouse on the shore of the lake with a fir broom, for everyone(at extra charge).
• Tea drinking (tea from taiga herbs) – 17.30 hours.
• Departure - 18.00.
• Arrival in Baikalsk – 19.00.
• Return to the hotel. Dinner.

The price of the excursion includes:

• - Transfer – bus to Warm Lakes and back.
• - Nutrition.
• - Guide services.
• - A tourist mat is provided for the duration of the excursion.

For an additional fee there are catamarans and a bungee.

What you need to take with you on the excursion:

• - Sunglasses.
• - Rubber slippers (for swimming), rubber shoes in case of rain.
• - Swimwear, sunscreen.
• - Raincoat in case of rain.
• - Your own fishing rods if desired (carp and perch are found in the lakes).
  
• - Sports shoes.
  

4 day

• On this day you can expect:
• Auto tour along the western shore of Lake Baikal.
• Route: Baikalsk - Irkutsk - Taltsy - Listvyanka - Baikalsk.
• Generallength(round trip) 450 km.
• Duration of the excursion- 15 hours.

• According to our tour schedule, this day will start especially early for you. After the traditional breakfast you will do something exciting car trip along a mountain road to the city of Irkutsk. It will end overview program for the capital of Eastern Siberia, and also big and very interesting a tour of the open-air ethnographic museum, which has the unusual name “Taltsy”. This is a unique collection of historical and architectural monuments of the peoples of Eastern Siberia of the 17th - 20th centuries, located on the 47th kilometer of the Baikal Highway. Rows of traditional Baikal souvenirs for all tastes and budgets will delight you with the multicolored products of talented local craftsmen.
• Then, after lunch, you will take another trip - to the ancient Siberian village Listvyanka, which is, in fact, one of the capitals of Baikal tourism. The trip to Listvyanka also includes overview of the most beautiful source of the Angara and the Shaman Stone, which is historically associated with the name of the outstanding Siberian playwright Alexander Vampilov.
• This day full of numerous impressions will end excursion to the Baikal Limnological Museum, where unique Baikal seals and a variety of Baikal fish splash in huge aquariums, and also contain crustaceans, mollusks and sponges. Well, the “immersion” in the pseudo-submersible accurately simulates a descent to a kilometer-long Baikal depth. If there is time left, we will make a transfer to the Listvyanka pier.
• late dinner at the hotel.

Brief summary of the excursion:

• Breakfast. Departure from the hotel is 08.30.
• Arrival in Irkutsk – 11.30 am.
  
• Sightseeing tour of Irkutsk.
  
• Departure to the Baikal highway - 12.30 o'clock.
  
• Dinner– 2 p.m.
  
• Excursion to the Architectural and Ethnographic Museum "Taltsy" - 14.30 – 16.00 hours.
  
• Arrival at Listvyanka– 16.30 hours.
  
• Excursion to the Baikal Limnological Museum(exhibitions on the flora and fauna of Lake Baikal) - 17.00 - 18.00 hours.
  
• Transfer to the central pier of Listvyanka -18.30 hours.
  
• Departure from Listvyanka – 19.00. On the way back, stop near the source of the Angara (Shaman stone, monument to Alexander Vampilov).
  
• Arrival in Baikalsk – 22.30 hours.
  
• Return to the hotel. Late dinner.
  

The price of the excursion includes:

• - Transfer – bus to Listvyanka and back.
• - Nutrition.
• - Services of a tour guide.
• - Visit to all museums according to the program.
  

WhatnecessarytakeWithyourself:

ATTENTION WILDLIFE LOVERS , flora and fauna of Lake Baikal!

Alternative excursion (included in the price of the tour)

For those who for some reason do not want to go on an educational excursion to Listvyanka, we offer an alternative option - an excursion to the Baikal State Natural Biosphere Reserve (Tankhoy village).

The question of replacing the excursion is decided by the whole group!

On this day, simultaneously with the excursion to Listvyanka, we provide you, dear lovers of recreation among the “wild” Baikal nature, with the opportunity to visit Baikal Natural Biosphere Reserve.

The Baikal Nature Reserve is included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves and is part of the UNESCO Lake Baikal World Natural Heritage Site.

The reserve has developed 22 routes equipped with ecological trails. The total length of the trails is 93.6 km. An infrastructure for ecological paratourism has been created, which is unique for the Baikal region.

As part of our excursion, we will walk along an ecological trail with wooden decking (sections “Cedar Alley”, “High Bog”). Visit to the visitor information center, open-air exhibition: “Ethnographic town “Environmental traditions of the peoples of Transbaikalia”, “Baikal in the palm of your hand”, “Bird canteens”. Visit to the Baikal Reserve complex located on the shores of Lake Baikal.

If we have some time left, we will visit the Blue Spruce Park.

• Lunch on this day will be outdoors.

• In the evening we return to Baikalsk. Dinner.

5 day

RestonshoreBaikal. CreativeeveningWithartistAndbardYuriAlekseev.

• Breakfast.
• We will spend this day away from civilization: we will sunbathe on a sand and pebble beach, and accordingly, we will swim in Lake Baikal, which will give you a unique feeling of peace and unity with the nature of the sacred sea. It is important that this place is located away from large populated areas of the Southern Baikal region. The coastline there forms a fairly large bay, on the shores of which you can find beautiful multi-colored pebbles of different shapes and colors: quartz, feldspars, garnets, apatites, amazonites and others.
• We will take with us some grinding and polishing materials and show you how to use hand polishing to give the found stones a little smoothness and shine.
• A holiday on a “wild” beach also means a picnic on the shores of Lake Baikal with an obligatory bonfire, on which we will prepare for you our signature campfirepilaf, from local organic meat, we will brew delicious tea.
• For an additional fee, everyone is provided exoticbathhouse, built right on the shore of Lake Baikal, where after a steam room you can take a shower from a cedar tub or plunge into the smooth surface of the glorious sea!
• It is also possible to rent catamarans and a pleasure boat with an inflatable banana boat for riding..
• Return to Baikalsk. Dinner.
• CreativeeveningWithartistYuriAlekseev.
• In the evening of the same day there will be a meeting with the famous artist and bard Yuri Alekseev and his work. One can talk about this infinitely talented man as endlessly as about his unique paintings, made in some way known to him alone, there, in the depths of the sacred sea (one of his hobbies is painting underwater). Yuri invariably gathers a large number of fans of his talent. He writes the nature of his beloved Baikal, and also performs bard songs with guitar. But it’s almost impossible to talk about Yuri Alekseev’s songs - you just have to listen to them. Those interested can not only look at the paintings of Yuri Alekseev, but also buy the work they like.
• Optionally, for an additional fee (the day is selected separately), the following can be organized:
• - Watching the sunset at Baikal. Bonfire on the shore of Lake Baikal. Ancient Cossack songs performed by Old Believers.
• - Meeting with the folk group “Svetelka” from hereditary Cossacks-Old Believers of the Baikal region, their repertoire includes ancient Cossack songs. Watching the sunset on Lake Baikal is also a great opportunity to enjoy rare views and see the evening beauty of the Siberian Sea with your own eyes!

Day 6

• On this day you can expect:
• Ethnic excursion around Buryatia to the Arshan Valley. Excursion around Slyudyanka(mineral museum, marble station).
• Route: Baikalsk - Slyudyanka - Tunkinskaya Valley - Eastern Sayan Mountains - Arshan resort - Baikalsk.
• Total length(round trip) - 300 km.
• Duration - 12 hours.

• After breakfast We get on the excursion bus. This day is dedicated to famous Arshan mineral springs and visiting the first in Russia private mineral museum. Moving to Slyudyanka station, V Zhigalov Mineral Museum. Today, more than eleven thousand samples of minerals from all over the world are exhibited here. The guide's story immerses you in the fascinating world of precious and semi-precious stones, full of tragedies, secrets and unusual adventures. There is also a souvenir shop here in the museum. A trip to the regional center of the Irkutsk region - Slyudyanka city- also includes a visit local railwaystation- the only object in the world made of solid marble blocks.
• Our journey continues and now we are going to one of the most beautiful and protected areas of Buryatia - Arshan resort village, located in Tunkinskaya Valley. Foothills Eastern Sayan, where the border of Russia and Mongolia is located, has long been called Siberian Switzerland - the nature of these places is so infinitely beautiful and majestic. As for the local air, according to one traveler who has been here, you want to pack it in some container and take it with you so that from time to time you can inhale these unique aromas. The toponymy of these places is permeated with Buryat and Mongolian motifs. So Arshan, translated from Mongolian, means “spring”, “healing spring”, which is not surprising: here there is a unique bouquet of different mineral springs, rich in microelements and in physical and chemical properties are analogous to Kislovodsk Narzan, but superior to it in the degree of mineralization.
• The waters of Arshan have long been used for medicinal purposes for drinking, bathing and showering. Indications for treatment are numerous: these include diseases of the digestive system, circulatory system, cardiology, pulmonology, nephrology, neurology. There is also a special spring on Arshan, the water of which local residents have used since ancient times to treat eye diseases - in a word, the miraculous power of Arshan waters has long passed the test of time, and we invite you to verify their life-giving power. By the way, the Arshan resort area also has beautiful nature, many sanatoriums built in the old Soviet times. Here you will be offered to taste water from various mineral springs more than once. Which, by the way, can be filled into plastic bottles to take away a small particle of this miraculous natural force from Arshan. Of undoubted interest is the one operating on the territory of the resort: Buddhist temple - datsan. In general, Buddhism, one of the most widespread world religions today, is widely represented both in Buryatia in general and in the Tunka Valley in particular. The spread of Buddhism was facilitated by Tibetan monks who came to these regions back in the 18th century. So, in Arshan there is datsan "Bodhidharma".
• Here you can watch Buddhist services and purchase medicines used in Tibetan medicine. Lamas-healers and oriental astrologers also receive receptions in datsans. The services of both are in great demand among the local and visiting population.
• Dinner on this day there will also be in national Buryat traditions: a delicious meat dish poza (buuzy), other dishes of national Buryat cuisine.
• After lunch, we invite you to take a stroll through the rows local Mongolian market, where you can buy a variety of souvenirs and medicinal herbs, including the famous sagaan-daylyu, golden root. Next, explore the picturesque surroundings of the resort by taking a a walk along the Kyngarga River along a beautiful canyon to the first waterfall, its height reaches 7 meters, the waterfall is located one and a half kilometers from the Arshan resort. By the way, it is known that visiting waterfalls has a healing effect on a person: the amazing beauty of the falling water makes us forget about our troubles and illnesses, and the resulting effect of hydroaeroionization fills us with life-giving force. Climbing even higher, you can see dense thickets of lingonberries and blueberries, as well as the herb sagaan-dali (Adams rhododendron), the leaves of which have unique medicinal properties.
• The day ends with a return to Baikalsk and late dinner.

Brief summary of the excursion:

• Breakfast. Departure from the hotel is 08.30.
• Visit to the Zhigalov Mineral Museum (Slyudyanka) - 09.30 am.
• Visit to the Marble railway station (Slyudyanka) - 11.00 am.
• Departure to the Kultuk-Mondy highway and stop at the border of Buryatia. Carrying out a small ritual near the Buddhist stupa of Dashi Goman. Stop at the cult places of shamans to perform the ritual of offering to the spirits of the area.
• Travel through the Tunkinskaya Valley, turn to the Eastern Sayan Mountains, arrival at the Arshan resort - 13.00.
• Excursion along the canyon of the Kyngarga River to the waterfall - 13.00 -14.30 hours.
• Tasting of Arshan mineral waters. Visit to the Mongolian market 14.30 - 15.30 hours.
• Lunch (buzy - national Buryat dish) - 15.30 hours.
• Visit to the existing Buddhist Datsan - Badhidharma -16.30 hour.
• Sacred glade "Garden of Rocks".
• Departure to Baikalsk – 18.00.
• Arrival in Baikalsk – 20.00.
• Return to the hotel. Dinner.

The price of the excursion includes:

• - Transfer – bus to Arshan and back.
• - Nutrition.
• - Services of a tour guide.

What you need to take with you on the excursion:

• - Plastic bottles for mineral water.
• - Raincoat in case of rain.
• - Sports shoes.

Day 7

• On this day you can expect:
• Hiking, trekking in Khamar-Daban.
• Route: Baikalsk - Devil's finger (Khamar-Daban ridge) - Baikalsk.
• Total length (round trip)- 8 kilometers.
• Duration- 7 o'clock.

• After breakfast we invite you to do a little hiking along the Solzan River, to once again take a close look at the uniqueness of our Siberian nature, capturing in your memory its unique corners, its plant (this is guaranteed) and animal (and this depends on your luck) worlds. The small, stormy Solzan River is one of the 336 tributaries of the majestic Baikal, whose appearance will remain with you forever from now on. The walking trail will lead you to the picturesque rocks, which have long been called Damn finger. The splashes of water sparkling under the bright rays of the sun seem to salute all travelers whose hearts are open to comprehend the beautiful world of Baikal nature, which so needs our conservation and our protection. From the top of the rocks a majestic panorama of the Baikal taiga beauties opens up - an object of long-term worship for all who travel around the Baikal region. Here, on the banks of the rapid Solzan, we will organize picnic, having prepared for you kebabs from environmentally friendly, marbled meat over the coals, with tea infused with unique Siberian herbs - a kind of wish for good health for many, many years.
• Return to Baikalsk, transfer to the hotel.
  

Programday:

• Breakfast. Departure from the hotel to the forest border is 11.45 am.
• Hike along a mountain river to a rocky outcrop "Damn finger».
• Transit time 2 hours.
• Picnic in nature (kebabs from marbled meat on coals, tea from mountain taiga herbs) - 14.00 h.
• Free time. 14.00 - 16.00 hours.
• Return to Baikalsk - 18.00.
• Dinner- 19.00 o'clock.
• For an additional fee, a bathhouse will be organized at the hotel for those who wish.

INpriceexcursionsincluded:

• Transfer.
• Nutrition.
• Services of a tour guide (biologist).
• Guide services.
• The transfer of food and equipment is carried out by conductors.

WhatnecessarytakeWithyourself:

• Insect repellent.
• Sports shoes.
• A baseball cap or any other form of headwear.
• Long jeans or trousers, shirts and T-shirts should be tucked into trousers.
• Your own fishing rods if desired.
• Raincoat in case of rain.
• Swimwear.

Day 8

• Early breakfast.
• Transfer to the central market of Irkutsk,or railway station in Baikalsk.

The price of the tour “Getting to know Baikal” includes:

1. All types of transfers according to the program.
2. Accommodation (standard) in the best hotel in the city “Grand Baikal” (3*+), double rooms. 3-seater – on additional request. The rooms are large. The rooms have a shower, toilet, hot water, refrigerator, free Wi-Fi.
3. Meals - according to the program.
4. Breakfast at the hotel is buffet style.
5. All excursions according to the program.
6. Services of professional tour guides, guides and instructors.

The price does not include:

1. Rental of bicycles, boats, catamarans, ATVs and horses (if desired, paid independently on the spot).
2. Insurance against accidents and tick-borne encephalitis .

The tour operator reserves the right to change the order of excursions by day depending on weather conditions, but their number and content remain unchanged.

Duration of this tour 8 days / 7 nights. The period of hotel stay for this tour is 7 days. Check out time at the hotel is 12:00.

ATTENTION!

Please provide the necessary information upon the arrival of tourists at the starting point of the tour after purchasing tickets:

• Train (or flight) number, time of arrival at the starting point of the tour, tourists’ mobile phone number for emergency contact.
• Please send information to:

I’ll try to cite interesting places on Lake Baikal that are more likely to be known to the mass tourist. This article will not include places and corners where only select or sophisticated travelers go. And yet, Lake Baikal is very large, I have not heard of a single person who walked around or around it and studied it during one vacation. The people explore Baikal in parts. I’ll try to talk about these parts.

When compiling the article, no specific principle or geographical sequence was used. Therefore, this article is not a guide around the lake; places on Baikal are described scatteredly, i.e. not in the direction of travel on any highway or highway.

Here you can only choose the most interesting for yourself, and building a route is a separate topic.

Rock Shaman

Lake Tagley

A very beautiful place. Lake Tagley is located in the upper reaches of the Temnik River, among the mountain taiga, at an altitude of approximately 1500 meters above sea level. Around the valley of the same name, Tagleyskaya Valley. It is approximately 10-12 kilometers long and only 3-4 meters deep.

Due to the shallow depth, the water is quite warm despite its mountainous location. The lake is fresh and contains a large variety of fish, which attracts fishermen. Scientists studying the lake claim that the water has healing properties.

Lake Shara-Nur

This small lake in the mountainous part attracts tourists no less than Baikal itself. Shara-Nur translated from Buryat means “Yellow Lake”. The water in the lake is warm, mineral, soft, and swimming there is a pleasure!

The water and mud of the lake have healing properties. Swimming here is recommended for arthritis or just for the sake of improving overall health. Healing mud from the bottom of the lake has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system and helps with skin diseases.

Lake Shara-Nur is located in the center of the island, 6 kilometers from the village of Yalga.

Baikal. Barguzinsky Bay

Baikal. Cape Khoboy

We return to . Another significant place on Olkhon is Cape Khoboy, which is the extreme northern point of the island. Translated from Buryat, the name means “molar tooth”, “fang”. Indeed, from the sea side, this columnar rock resembles a sharp fang and is very similar to the female profile with a bust, as carved on ancient Greek galleys. At Cape Khoboy you can hear an amazing polyphonic echo reflecting from the rock.

Rare and relict herbs are found on the cape. In winter, it is interesting to visit the grottoes, fabulously decorated with splashed ice and transparent icicles. The entrances to the grottoes are at water level and oriented to the north.

Ushkany Islands

On the rocky beaches of these small islands (not far from the Holy Nose) is a favorite place of the Baikal seal. In May-June, hundreds of them crawl ashore, just at this moment they can be captured from the water.

Peschanaya Bay

One of the most picturesque sights of Lake Baikal, it is famous primarily for its “stilted” trees formed due to weathering of the soil and its gorgeous sandy beach. Surrounded by the taiga slopes of the Primorsky Range.

The distance by water is from to about 80 km.

Hot thermal spring "Goudzhekit"

The Goudzhekit hot spring is located 25 km from the city and 50 km from the village of Nizhneangarsk, in the beautiful foothills of the Baikal ridge, in the armhole of the Goudzhekit river of the same name. This source was discovered recently and completely by accident. In 1989, they made wells for water, and found not just water, but thermal water. Subsequently, despite the years of perestroika, a hydropathic clinic, a tourist center and a hotel were built. Guests are welcome here all year round.

During the winter season, the tourist base offers active recreation. Three kilometers from the source, a ski slope was built, along with snowboard and sleigh rides. And in the summer, walks in the mountains, picking berries and mushrooms. The depth of the well is 170 meters. The water is fluoride-hydrocarbonate, with admixtures of radon, silicon, and sodium.

Hot thermal spring "Dzelinda"

The Dzelinda hot thermal spring is also located in the northern part of the Baikal region, in the valley of the Upper Angara River, at the mouth of its right tributary, the Dzelinda River. Prizhayshte settlements: the village of Angoy - 2 5 km, the village of Nizhneangarsk - 70 km and the city of Severobaikalsk - 92 km.

The water in the source has a temperature of +44 ... +52 degrees Celsius all year round. Its composition is sulfate-hydrocarbonate sodium with a slight odor of hydrogen sulfide.

Crystal Lake

Mountain lake with amazingly clear “crystal” water. Located approximately 7 km from Arshan Resort. One of the walking routes from Arshan leads to the lake.

Crystal Lake is located in a picturesque corner of the Tunkinskaya Valley, at an altitude of 1776 m above sea level. The degree of mineralization is very high, so due to the large amount of salt in the water there are no fish or plankton in the lake. Hence the second name of the lake – Dead.

Transbaikal National Park

Transbaikalsky National Park is located in Buryatia, on the territory of the Barguzinsky district. It extends along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. On its territory there are vast lands of a bird sanctuary, where populations of rare species that live and nest here are preserved. There is also an area that can be called open, where tourist facilities are located.

Mountainous terrain predominates.

Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve

On the territory of this reserve there are 100 km of the western coast of Baikal, the Baikal ridge and the endless taiga of the watershed of the sources. This is the largest nature reserve in the Lake Baikal region.

Visiting is only possible with the appropriate permission.

Pribaikalsky National Park

It is located in the Irkutsk region, on the northern coast of the middle and southern part of Lake Baikal.

The park's territory is a narrow strip 470 km long along the western coast of Lake Baikal - from the village in the south to Cape Kocherikovsky in the north. We can say that this is the most “extended” of the national parks in Russia.

Source of "Inexhaustible Hope"

“The springs of Khongor-Uul, or the springs of “Inexhaustible Hope”” are located near the Gurbi-Daban ridge in the valley of the Kharagun River, near the village of Zhemchug. They are a balneological resort with 10 mineral water springs. The springs of Khongor-Uul are rich in various minerals, including sulfates, carbonates, sodium, calcium, magnesium and other useful substances.


On the territory of the resort there are 6 boarding houses with 150 beds each.

Shumak

Remote springs located high in the mountains. You can only get to Shumak on foot through the passes or by helicopter. very popular, considered almost miraculous. More than a hundred sources of different temperatures: this is the Caucasus, Karlovy Vary, and Arshan in one bottle!

Mount Alkhanay

Alkhanay is one of the youngest national parks in our country, attracting thousands of tourists every year.

Right there, on the territory of the national park, is the highest mountain in the Aginsky Buryat National District. Mount Alkhanay(1665 m). This mountain is associated with the history of Buddhism and the name of Genghis Khan.

Mount Alkhanay is one of the Buddhist shrines among the Buryats. At the base of the mountain is the Temple of the Greater Good. One of the interesting things here is a natural grotto, in the roof of which there is a crack that goes deep into the rock, and water oozes out of it, which is considered healing.

Genghis Khan's table

This object is a huge boulder, on which, according to legend, ancient writings were written. Located in the foothills of Tunkinskie Goltsy, 4 km west of the former Khandagatai datsan. Its dimensions are 8x6x1.5 m, the shape is ovoid below and flat on top.

Bull Mountain

A mountain near the village of Tory, Tunkinsky district of Buryatia, north of the Irkut River. Associated with the cult of the sacred ancestor of the representatives of the Buryat tribal union of Bulagats Bukha Noyon - an earthly deity, patron of the elements of earth and pastures, cattle breeding.

The cult of Bukh Noyon was later adopted by the Hongodors. Currently, all Tunka Buryats perform shamanic and Buddhist rituals at this place.

Taltsy Museum

On the way from Irkutsk to the west coast, for example to Listvyanka, you can stop by the Taltsy open-air ethnographic museum (read the link). Open all year round. Monuments of wooden architecture from the Baikal region were brought here. Some were directly taken and completely transported, that is, these are real houses and buildings. The museum contains examples of not only old Siberian architecture, but also the culture of indigenous peoples: Evenks, Buryats, Tofalars.

Arshan Resort

The Arshan resort is known far beyond the borders of Siberia. This is a mountain-climatic and balneological resort, located in the Eastern Sayan Mountains in the picturesque Tunkinskaya Valley.

The distance from Irkutsk to Arshan is 215 km, and from Ulan-Ude it takes 6 hours by car, so there are vacationers here all year round.

Resort Mountain Sobolinaya

The ski resort is located in the city. Located in the southeast of Baikal, at the foot of the Khaman-Daban mountains. Ski lovers chose this place more than forty years ago. Mount Sobolinaya has a highest point of 1004 m at sea level, and the height difference (maximum) is half a kilometer.

There is snow on the mountain for almost six months (from November to April), while in this area there is a constant temperature of about -10 degrees. This consistency contributes to the development of a resort with modern infrastructure, and ski enthusiasts come here in droves.

The list of interesting places in Lake Baikal certainly does not end there. Baikal is great, including its size. Therefore, Baikal is probably different for everyone, and places are also different. Travel around Lake Baikal, about your observations, about your places on Lake Baikal.....

Holidays on Lake Baikal, to one degree or another, necessarily involve an excursion program. Tourists often get confused about where and what kind of excursion they can visit and, accordingly, incorrectly plan their vacation route. For example, some guests book hotel rooms in the village of Listvyanka and plan to take a one-day trip to Olkhon Island. Theoretically, this is possible, however, it must be taken into account that from the village of Listvyanka to Olkhon Island it is about 300 km. roads, and by boat it takes 2 days.

Let's try to figure out where and what we can see in Irkutsk and Lake Baikal in one day, and where we will have to go for several days.

Excursions around Irkutsk

Excursions from Irkutsk and for those living in the village of Listvyanka.

Excursions to the village of Listvyanka on Lake Baikal and the Pribaikalsky National Park.

One-day excursions for those living at the recreation centers of the Small Sea and Olkhon Island.

Lake Baikal is the largest lake with the purest fresh water in the heart of Siberia. Many people dream of seeing its beauty and grandeur. An excursion to Lake Baikal is a popular destination not only among Russians, but also among a large number of foreign guests. This wonderful place resonates with everyone.

Someone would like to visit the depths of the lake and get acquainted with the underwater world. Some people want to capture stunningly beautiful landscapes with a brush on canvas or with a camera. Some are interested in hunting or fishing, while others are interested in a relaxing holiday in the clean air. Together with the Baikalika travel company, your dream will become a reality - just contact us and book an excursion to Lake Baikal!

About Baikal

Guests of the deepest lake in the world will enjoy fantastic views. In summer the weather on the lake is warm and comfortable. Nature delights with a riot of greenery, allowing guests to observe the fauna and plants of the Baikal shores. In a calm environment, tourists can enjoy a beach holiday or go on organized fishing. For everyone - amazing diving!

Excursions to Lake Baikal are available all year round. In winter, the transparent thickness of the ice, fabulous ice grottoes and amazing hummocks fascinate. Ice skating and ice fishing will be memorable experiences for a long time!

About excursions

Baikal is the main natural object in Siberia. In order to comprehensively examine and study it, you should choose a suitable excursion tour. While here, you can rush towards travel and adventure, or succumb to peace and contemplation. Tell us about your wishes and we will select the most suitable tour for you. At any time of the year there is something to see and be surprised at Lake Baikal.

The content of excursions to Baikal is very diverse: acquaintance with the coastal landscape, hills, capes, national parks, bays, lakes. You can study legends and myths associated with Baikal. You can observe the life of the underwater world of Baikal from a special boat and in the Baikal Museum. It is not for nothing that travelers and shamans have flocked here for centuries, endowing the lake with a mystical aura and a freedom-loving spirit. Such an excursion to Lake Baikal will fascinate and be remembered by tourists for a long time!

If, in addition to the majestic beauty of Baikal nature, it is important for someone to learn the history of these places, we organize special excursions to Lake Baikal so that you can get acquainted with the local attractions. There are a great variety of them here - mysterious, unique, natural and ethnographic. On the islands of Lake Baikal there are ruined walls of ancient temples, cities, many historical artifacts, and archaeological sites.

In one excursion to Baikal it is impossible to embrace the immensity, to consider all the breathtaking beauties of Lake Baikal. The trip will be remembered for a lifetime. Tourists have been dreaming about the clear blue water framed by green forests for a long time. It’s not for nothing that people who have visited Lake Baikal at least once return here again and again.

Holidays on Lake Baikal from the Baikalika travel agency

Thousands of tourists from all over the country from Moscow to Sakhalin have already booked excursions with our travel agency. We are glad that we can organize an excursion to Lake Baikal for you. We will select a tour taking into account all your wishes, for a convenient time, at a comfortable price. We can offer both relaxing and active holidays - rafting, jeep trips, helicopter rides over the lake. You will be accompanied by our experienced instructors and certified guides. We are glad to become your guide to the world of beauty and grandeur of Baikal’s nature!

Tour operator "Baikal-Touristik" offers tours and excursions to Lake Baikal for residents of Moscow and other Russian cities. In 2019, we will implement qualitatively new vacation options on Lake Baikal for every taste and budget! Hiking, trekking, bike tours, jeep expeditions, kayak crossings and even steamship cruises. In addition to directly organizing excursions around Lake Baikal, we are ready to help with the comprehensive organization of your vacation - we will help with transfers, accommodation and accommodation.

EXCURSIONS AND TOURS TO BAIKAL 2019

Our team of professionals has been preparing and conducting tours and excursions to Baikal in summer and winter for several years now. We offer the most exciting excursion tours to Lake Baikal in 2019, which are completely different from the banal excursions from other companies. “Baikal-Touristik” is an organizer of tours, so you can directly book excursions and trips to Lake Baikal from us at better prices.

All members of our team love what they do and have a deep affection for the majestic lake-sea. We are ready to organize a high-quality and eventful vacation on Lake Baikal in 2019 for residents of Russian regions and guests of our country. Lively and interesting excursions and tours to Lake Baikal in winter and summer will be conducted for you by experienced guides and tour guides who have hundreds of successful trips to their credit. Below on the page you can see the current prices for tours and excursions around Lake Baikal.