Tours and Travels

We suggest you starting a tour on Lake Baikal or around it by any of the ways – walking, riding a horse or sailing by a motor ship.

One of the main principles of our work is fulfilling all wishes of the client. For this reason we have no strictly preseted tours. Each route is being worked out individually and totally depends upon your interests and wishes.

We shall offer only an approximate traveling program for you to get oriented in time periods and distances. The route of each cruise is made individually, considering all your wishes.

The following route is calculated for 7 days but there are plenty places around Baikal where you would certainly like to spend more than a day, so we recommend reserving some extra days for the tour.

Day 1 on Baikal

Arrival. It is possible to board the ship either in Irkutsk or in Listvjanka. The first option is for those who would like to admire the beauty of the Angara river – the only river flowing from Baikal. The way from Irkutsk to Listvjanka takes 3.5 hours. In case of departure from Listvjanka you will have more time for walks on the shores of Baikal.

Lunch will be served in Listvjanka. Then comes a 5-hour long crossing of Baikal to the bay Peschanaja – a unique area, favorite place of rest of tourists from all over Russia and the world. Walking on Baikal shores, dinner.

At night – crossing the lake to the Small Sea (8 hours long).

Day 2 on Baikal

The day is devoted to getting familiar with the Small Sea and island Olkhon. You will be able to visit such places like Mukhor bay well known by its warm water and as excellent fishing place; cape Burkhan (Shamanka); the northern edge of Olkhon – cape Hoboy and other sights of the Small Sea . During the night you will be taken further to the north of the Lake Baikal (7 hours).

Day 3 on Baikal

You will see the Baikal-Lena reservation, the cape Pokoiniki, Solnzepadj, the bays Sagan-Marjan, the Big and Small Solonzovaja, Zavorotnaja, the coastal lakes etc. During the whole day there will be fishing, walks on the shore, rest. During the night you will be brought to the eastern shore (5 hours).

Day 4 on Baikal

Visit to the Davsha settlement, which is the central estate of the Barguzin reservation. Sight seeing tours and fishing in rivers is possible. During the night you will be taken to Chivyrkuj bay (about 9 hours).

Day 5 on Baikal

Chivyrkuj bay is one of the places with the warmest water in Baikal. You will visit the hot wells at the bay Zmeinyj Otdyh (Rest of Snakes). In the evening those who wish could go to the bath with the possibility to cool down in the purest Baikal water.

Day 6 on Baikal

Before lunch you have time to rest and participate in a fishing trip to Chivyrkuj bay. Then – viewing the peninsula Svjatoy Nos (Holy Nose) and Ushkanji islands from the water. It is possible to visit a seal-rookery on the Big Ushkanji island.

Day 7 on Baikal

You can either devote the whole day to rest at the Small Sea (fishing, swimming, walking) or

travel by water to Irkutsk (19 hours).

You are advised to take the following things with you:

  • bathing suit, sunblock cream, sunglasses, a cap or panama hat, specific medications;
  • some warm clothes (especially in May and September), comfortable sport shoes, raincoat or jacket;
  • it is interesting to view the shores through binoculars during long periods of crossing the lake;
  • you better take a lot of films and batteries for you video- and photo cameras – generally people run short of them and it is quite a problem to find such things on place;
  • there are no mosquitoes on Baikal shores but if you go deeper into the forest you will need some protective means.
  • If you get prepared to travel during May-June we advice to be inoculated against encephalitis.

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