MEET BAIKAL 

from 64 000 RUB

Overview

          Is it your first time on Baikal and you want to see the most popular and famous places in our region? Maybe you don’t have a lot of time for traveling because only one week of vacation left? Perhaps you are traveling on Trans-Siberian Railway (from Moscow to Vladivostok) and you don’t want to keep Baikal outside and desire to meet it?
          So, this tour is especially for you. During 7 days you will visit almost all famous places and sights of Lake Baikal. You will visit one of the biggest city in Baikal region Irkutsk, popular tourist village – Listvyanka, taste Buryat cuisine and the famous Baikal omul, get acquainted with a flora and fauna of the lake, look at Baikal from a bird’s eye view and at a depth of 1500 meters, sail a speed boat on Lake Baikal, and of course visit the famous Olkhon island – the largest one on Lake Baikal with 2000 habitants.

Itinerary

IRKUTSK – LISTVYANKA

Morning meeting at the airport / railway station with a nameplate “BaikalVision”.  Transfer to Listvyanka village. Today you will visit Taltsy open-air museum. Here you will get acquainted with architecture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Then you will go up with the cable car to the Chersky Stone, from where you can see a picturesque panorama of Baikal and the source of the Angara river. Lunch in a restaurant with Baikal cuisine, where you will finally have the opportunity to taste the famous Baikal omul. Visit the Baikal Museum, where you discover flora and fauna of the Baikal region, you will see live seals, dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal at a depth of 1,637 m for 15 minutes.
Lunch in a restaurant of Baikal cuisine, where you will taste famous Baikal omul and Buryat national cuisine. After lunch, you will visit a fish market.
You can also go to the nerpinary or enjoy a boat trip (extra charge). Way Back to Irkutsk. Free dinner. Overnight in the hotel.

Breakfast. Transfer to the hydrofoil boat. Boarding. Now you will go to Khuzhir, Olkhon Island.
Arrival at 2 p.m. Late lunch. Today you will have an excursion around Khuzhir village: Shaman Rock, one of the nine sacred place of Asia. Dinner. Overnight in the resort.

KHUZHIR
Breakfast. Departure for an excursion (8 hours) at the northernmost point of the island – Cape Khoboy. Due to a lack of roads on the island, your trip will be in “road-off” style in specially designed cars like UAZ or Niva.
Cape Khoboy is a sacred place for the indigenous people of the island – the Buryats. It takes plenty of shamanic rituals and religious ceremonies. Here you can see all four sides of the lake. During your excursion, the driver will prepare for you lunch from fresh fish.
Return to Khuzhir. Dinner and overnight in the resort.

KHUZHIR

Breakfast. Today you will have the opportunity to choose your own day:
1) Free day. Today you can swim and sunbathe on the beaches of Khuzhir.
2) Day on Bicycles. Bicycle rental – 1500 rubles per day.
3) Water excursion around the area of ​​the Small Sea (group). Today you will see Ogoy Island, Zamogoy Island, Elenka Island. You will try the healing springs, visit the Buddhist stupa. In addition, today you may see real seals in the wild.
The cost of the tour is 5000 rubles per person.

KHUZHIR – IRKUTSK

Breakfast. Today we have a long road to Irkutsk (about 5 hours). Departure at 9 am. Ferry crossing the Olkhon Gates channel. Transfer to Irkutsk. On the way you will be able to see 3 types of terrain: rocks, forests and steppes. Lunch in the ethnopark “Golden Horde”. In addition, today you will get acquainted with the Buryat folklore: dances, songs, throat singing, purification rites, etc. Arrival in Irkutsk by 16.00 at the airport. End of the program.

LISTVYANKA

Breakfast. Meeting with the guide. 
Today you will have a chance to choose your own day:

1) Circum-Baikal Railway (EXCURSION TRAIN, one guide per train). The cost is from 10 000 rubles per person.
Today you will have an excursion along the Circum-Baikal Railway. During the tour you will see unique complexes of engineering structures, tunnels, bridges, stations, and all this along the coast of the immense Baikal.
Lunch on the way in lunch boxes in nature during stops (the train makes 4-5 stops lasting from 20 minutes to 1.5 hours.).
Arrival in Listvyanka by 18:00. Transfer to Irkutsk. End of the program. 

2) Circum-Baikal Railway (Ship, one guide per ship). The cost is 8000 rubles per person. (Check in advance, there are cancellations).
Today you will see the Circum-Baikal Railway from the water. You will have  three stops – Cape Tolstoy, in the village Shumikha and  Cape Polovinny. Lunch on the way in lunch boxes in nature during stops
Arrival in Listvyanka by 18:00. Transfer to Irkutsk. End of the program. 

3) Trekking to the village Bolshiye Koty and Skripper Rock. Cost — 6000 rubles per person (min. 4 people)
Boarding a ship or boat. Arrival in the village Bolshiye Koty. Trekking to Skriper rock (5 km).
Lunch (picnic). Further trekking to the village. Listvyanka (5 hours – 20 km). Today you enjoy the fresh Baikal air, picturesque surroundings and wild nature!
Arrival in Listvyanka. Transfer to Irkutsk. End of the program. 

  • 79 500 RUR per person in a group of 4 people
  • 76 500 RUR per person in a group of 5 people
  • 73 000 RUR per person in a group of 6 people
  • 73 000 RUR per person in a group of 7 people
  • 69 500 RUR per person in a group of 8 people
  • 67 500 RUR per person in a group of 9 people
  • 64 000 RUR per person in a group of 10 people

Price includes:

  • Accommodation as in itinerary
  • Transport as in itinerary  (Bus, 4WD car, hydrofoil, ferry)
  • Meals as per itinerary: 1 day — lunch; 2 day — breakfast, lunch, diner; 3 day — breakfast, lunch, diner; 4 day — breakfast, diner; 5 day — breakfast, lunch.
  • English-speaking guide
  • Visits and Excursions as in itinerary
  • Activities as in itinerary

Price does not include:

  • Airline tickets
  • Alcohol
  • Visa fees and travel insurance
  • Personal expenses and tips
  • Invitation letter
  • Trip Length: 6 days
  • Group: 4 – 10 persons
  • Departure: on request
  • Period: May – September
  • Accommodation: Hotel, Guest house
  • Activities: Excursion, Cruise, Cultural exploration
  • Transport: Private car / bus, Train, Hydrofoil , Ferry, 4WD car
  • Visited area: Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Sludyanka, Small Sea, Khuzhir, Olkhon Island 
  1. 24.06.23 — 28.06.23 — available
  2. 01.07.23 — 05.07.23 — available
  3. 08.07.23 — 12.07.23 — available
  4. 15.07.23 — 19.07.23 — available
  5. 22.07.23 — 26.07.23 — available
  6. 29.07.23 — 02.08.23 — available
  7. 05.08.23 — 09.08.23 — available
  8. 12.08.23 — 16.08.23 — available
  9. 19.08.23 — 23.08.23 — available
  10. 26.08.23 — 30.08.23 — available

Other tours

Sacred Baikal – 81 000 RUB
Baikal Vacation – 67 000 RUB
Bicycle tour to Baikal – 59 900 RUB
East and West of Baikal – 92 000 RUB
Summer Baikal classic – 50 900 RUB
Olkhon – soul of Baikal – 48 000 RUB
Baikal landscapes – 139 000 RUB
Meet Baikal – 64 000 RUB

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