What excursions to visit on Lake Baikal. Interesting places of Baikal. Source of "Inexhaustible Hope"

Baikal - covered in legends and mysticism ancient lake, a huge expanse stretching for hundreds of kilometers gives the local population every right to call it a sea. So much has been written about the purity of Baikal waters that it’s better to just come and see with your own eyes all this wonderful splendor, full of originality.

That's what they were invented for tours to Lake Baikal in summer 2019 from Moscow with air travel (excursion, active, cruises). They are specially designed so that you can enjoy the delights of nature, and plunge into history and traditions, and not get overtired, but take with you a lot of non-trivial impressions.

  1. 1. The SNP company has been organizing tours to Lake Baikal for more than 15 years
  2. 2. Our host party on Lake Baikal has its own transport, a trained staff of guides and own hotels to accommodate tourists. This allows us to achieve an optimal price-quality ratio of the product
  3. 3. Three types of programs: excursions around Lake Baikal, cruises on motor ships, walking active routes. Choose and book a tour to Lake Baikal to suit your taste.
  4. 4. Groups are national teams, the number of tour participants does not exceed 15 people. Tourist buses 16-18 seats. Experienced tour guides and guides
  5. 5. Excursion and cruise options are available for any age, including parents with children

FOR EXCURSIONS: The most important attractions of Baikal, which are always heard - Mysterious Island Olkhon, Circum-Baikal Railway, the wooded ridges of Khamar-Daban with turquoise lake mirrors, as well as a traditional boat trip along the most beautiful bays Lake Baikal.

FOR CRUISE EXCURSIONS: Exciting cruises on comfortable ships. The same charms, but from a different angle and with a soft sway on the Baikal wave.

FOR ACTIVE TOURISTS: Those who like to explore the world with their own feet and visit most beautiful places outside transport accessibility- walking tours are optimally designed for you. In terms of timing, all tours to Lake Baikal from Moscow last from 7 to 12 days.

There will be enough time for everyone to look at the Baikal seal, to delight the ear with authentic music, and the eyes with unforgettable open spaces, picturesque landscapes, and bizarre reliefs.

The most popular excursion tours to Lake Baikal in summer

Choose and book in advance. Causes:

  1. 1. Places for good races run out quickly
  2. 2. Early booking better prices
  3. 3. You can save a lot by flying from Moscow and other cities. For popular flights the price increases significantly 1-2 months before the trip

“BAIKAL TALE” (arrivals for 10 days / 9 nights)

The southwestern part of the lake will present you with the fabulous beauties of the Tunka Valley and Olkhon Island, the warm lakes of Khamar-Daban, monuments of wooden architecture, etc.

Route: Baikalsk - Warm Lakes - Arshan village (Buryatia) - Circum-Baikal Railway - Khamar-Daban - Slyudyanka - Listvyanka - Taltsy - Irkutsk - o. Olkhon

Included in the price

“MEET BAIKAL” (arrivals for 7 days / 6 nights)


Very popular among those who want to save time and money. All the beauties and main attractions of the southwest coast in a week.
Route: Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Tunkinsky national park(Buryatia) - Warm lakes - Khamar-Daban - Circum-Baikal Railway
Included in the price: accommodation, meals and transport services according to the program, services of guides and guides. Air travel from Moscow and other cities is paid separately.

“MEET BAIKAL” (arrivals for 9 days / 8 nights)


A more “thoughtful” version of the previous tour, allowing you to get acquainted with the same and visit additional attractions of the southwestern tip of the lake without fuss.
Route: Irkutsk - Listvyanka - Baikalsk - Arshan (Buryatia) - Warm Lakes - Khamar-Daban - Circum-Baikal Railway - Slyudyanka
Included in the price: accommodation, meals and transport services according to the program, services of guides and guides. Air travel from Moscow and other cities is paid separately.

Choose and book according to your taste, preferences and circumstances.

Summer excursion tours to Lake Baikal 2019 from Moscow with flights

Ideal for those who want a relatively a short time see as much as possible! During one tour, visit the west and east of Baikal, spend several days in the mysterious atmosphere of Olkhon Island and visit natural and ethnographic museums in Listvyanka, and get acquainted with the five most precious parts of this region. Visit the protected areas of the Tunka Valley, the mouth of the fast Angara and the warm lakes of Khamar-Daban, plunge into the historical darkness of centuries and get acquainted with Baikal modernity.

Summer tours to Baikal called “Meeting Baikal” can be booked with air travel, which is paid separately. They allow you to get acquainted with the most interesting points that are located in the southwestern part of the lake in a short time. There is a nine-day and a shortened seven-day version of this excursion. These are some of the most popular excursion tours to Lake Baikal from Moscow.

The world of the shores of the reserved lake is unique in its diversity alone. Here, semi-desert steppe landscapes with dense taiga forests are combined in complete harmony. Real tundra and “stone steppes” coexist with picturesque mountains and bizarre rocks.

A more complete idea will be given to you by the 10-day summer excursion tour “Baikal Fairy Tale”, in which, in addition to the south-east of the lake, you will travel to the mysterious Olkhon. The fabulous component of the program lies in its uniqueness. This is an optimally designed excursion tour to Baikal from Moscow with a flight, during which you will get acquainted with the Irkutsk region and visit Buryatia. Literally everything is included! Museums of history and ethnography, unique natural and climatic reserves, varied excursions and simple hiking trips, picnics and boat trips.

Please also pay attention to the not cheap, but very interesting ten-day excursion tour called “”. As you might guess, it is not accidental. This summer tour to Baikal from Moscow with an air flight will introduce you to the features of two shores of Baikal at once, including the capital of Buryatia, the city of Ulan-Ude and the famous Ivolginsky datsan. A train excursion and several water trips await you. Including passage by boat across the entire Lake Baikal. For those who wish, there is even a helicopter flight.

Rich native flora provides shelter and food great variety birds and animals. There are many relict plant species and rare fauna. The cultural heritage of Baikal will take tour participants to the era of shamanic tambourines and Buddhist pagodas, throat singing and humming of Buryat harps, bowed morinkhurs and stringed shanzas.

From all of the above, it becomes clear that you can choose an excursion tour to Lake Baikal from Moscow, which contains not only bus crossings, but also pedestrian crossings and travel by water. Those who fundamentally do not want to walk, book routes that exclusively include excursions to Lake Baikal from Moscow (with air travel) or a boat tour. In any case, you will be met, provided with comfortable accommodation and meals, excellent service by accompanying persons and guides. They will do everything to ensure that you enjoy your trip and have an extraordinary experience!

Baikal cruises 2019 by boat (with flight from Moscow)

This type of tourism is very popular. Therefore, as a rule, places for the summer season on cruises run out in March-April. It is practically impossible to get on a ship in July or August. Unless due to an unexpected cancellation of already purchased vouchers.

We offer you summer cruises on Lake Baikal 2019 under the general name “Baikal Odyssey” on the comfortable ships “Alexander the Great” and “Empire”. Of course it's not ocean liners, similar to floating resorts. However, these relatively small vessels are ideal for experiencing nature without disturbing the ecology of the lake. After all, all transitions are carried out according to protected places. However, they fully comply with all the norms to make your trip comfortable and unforgettable.

The proposed Baikal cruises on a motor ship are designed for a period of six to nine days. During this time you will become familiar with several picturesque bays with the possibility of excursions and walking. Throughout the entire route, you will be surrounded by vast, almost sea-like expanses, extraordinary bizarre rocks, or luxurious taiga landscapes. Your maneuverable, handsome motor ship absolutely meets the requirements of the cruise, so that you can get a good look at everything provided for in the voyage program.

From the very first day of the trip, you are immersed in a naval environment, settling into a cabin, meeting the command staff during an introductory briefing, and eating food prepared by a real cook. And so, the ship has already set sail and rushed to the first target point, providing your attention with a lot of interesting and unexpected things that open up overboard and during stops.

On a Baikal cruise on the Alexander the Great motor ship with a flight from Moscow, you arrive in Irkutsk, where you can go straight to the port, or first check into a hotel (this is for an additional fee). Before setting off on the tour, a sightseeing tour of the city. Already on the second day you will find yourself on Olkhon - one of the most desirable island tourist sites. Here you will have a meeting with shamans and get acquainted with various natural places, and swimming in the shallow Small Sea, which warms up well even in early summer and August. And exits to nearby islands and capes.

Next, your motor ship “Alexander the Great” will go to the land of thermal springs, where you should also definitely lower your “mortal body”. And in the following days - a walking tour to Morenoye Lake with an inspection of the waterfall, an excursion to the Barguzinsky Nature Reserve, acquaintance with the animal world and prehistoric monuments. And an unforgettable trip to Babushka Bay with the famous stilted trees growing right on the sand, so named because of their bare roots sticking out of the sandy soil.

You can take a six-day cruise along Lake Baikal on the motor ship "Empire" with a flight from Moscow in June, August and even September. But the longer 9-day trip starts only twice - in June and July. This cruise on the motor ship "Empire" provides the most detailed program of visits, both to the same piers as on other cruises of the "Baikal Odyssey", and calls to new nearby ones.

In a word, you will not regret for a minute that you came to this special region that undoubtedly deserves attention.

Active tours to Baikal 2019 from Moscow with air travel

For lovers active rest The broadest prospects open up on Baikal. Vast expanses of water and land, protected areas amazing beauty and diversity, ridges and valleys,
forests and steppes, wonderful beaches, twenty percent of the world's volume of pure fresh water. Many ancient natural monuments. A land that holds a fair number of unsolved mysteries.

Getting to know cultural heritage the various ethnic groups inhabiting the Baikal region, with their way of life, with pagan and Buddhist religious traditions and rituals, will not leave anyone indifferent. Numerous lakes, thermal springs, rivers and waterfalls - there is something to please the eyes, soul and mind.

For you, we have developed thirteen-day active walking tours to Lake Baikal from Moscow with flights:

During such active tours It's not just hiking that awaits you. There may also be ferry crossings, and trips on a boat, boats, catamarans on neighboring islands. Spending the night in tents, bonfires, songs, the sound of guitars. Beach holiday after walking. Radial trips, including fishing - you won’t get bored!

An active tour to Baikal is truly the only way to learn and see not only what is offered in all other excursions, but also to visit absolutely exceptional places that are impossible to get to in any other way except on your own.

Thus, just choose your type of holiday on Lake Baikal, the tour that is preferable for you. In any case, you will not be left without indelible, pleasant and varied impressions!

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 art of engineering, labor and talent of people late XIX- beginning of the 20th century. In count different types of the most complex construction work on 1 kilometer of track, the Circum-Baikal Railway left behind all the rail tracks of the world. Having gone on an excursion and educational trip around Lake Baikal, you will visit the picturesque mountain lakes, which have preserved their pristine beauty to this day, you will 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. Walking route to one of the picturesque spurs of the Khamar-Daban ridge - Damn finger, a picnic and tea infused with unique Siberian herbs complete this interesting tour.

TOUR PROGRAM

1 day

  • MeetingVIrkutskAndtransferbeforeBaikalsk.
  • Modest Train Station Baikalsk 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 on asphalt mountain road).
  • Accommodation at the Grand Baikal Hotel.
  • Dinner.
  • Sightseeing tour of Baikalsk and its surroundings will begin at 18.00, before this time you can make a small self-guided tour on the chairlift 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 platform there is an amazing view from the binoscope, allowing you to see 1/9 of 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 leisurely water travel On the ship you will be able to make a magnificent photo session - a real decoration of 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 cost of work, it surpassed all rail roads in the world and it was not without reason that it received 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 shelter for famous travelers. In the center of Roerich there are his paintings dedicated to to the highest peaks 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, informing 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 Shore Baikal – 17.00 o’clock.
  • 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.
  • On south coast There is a lot of Baikal the rarest phenomena nature. Some of them are picturesque Warm Lakes, located at foothills mountain range Khamar-Daban. Here, in a dense mixed forest, grow mighty black relict poplars, and, in addition, several dozen other relict plants (forms have been identified Neogene period, which are now 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. Indelible impression will leave short walks to each of the three “Warm Lakes” - 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 rarest 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 of the capital Eastern Siberia, and also big and very interesting tour of ethnographic museum under open air who wears 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 the 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 in 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.

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  • - Camera and good mood!

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    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 give you, dear lovers of recreation among the “wild” Baikal nature, 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 walking By ecological trail with wooden flooring (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

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    • 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 nature sacred sea. It is important that this place is located away from large populated areas of the Southern Baikal region. The coastline there forms quite big bay, on the shore 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 is also a picnic on the shore 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.
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    • 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 “Svetyolka” 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 Arshansky 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 a fascinating, full of tragedies, secrets and unusual adventures, the world of precious and semi-precious stones. There is also a souvenir shop here in the museum. Trip to the regional center 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 peculiar 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, Arshan resort area- this is also beautiful nature, many sanatoriums built in the old Soviet times. Here you will be offered more than once to taste water from various mineral springs. 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 as a whole and in Tunka Valley in particular. The spread of Buddhism was facilitated by Tibetan monks who came to these parts 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 used 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 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 you forget about your troubles and illnesses, and the resulting hydro-aeroionization effect 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.
    • Driving along the Tunkinskaya Valley, turn to Eastern Sayan, 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 current 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 walking trip 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. Length of stay at the hotel this tour- 7 days. Check out time at the hotel is 12:00.

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    Tour “Baikal impressions with BAIKAL430” - 4 days and 3 nights (June/September)

    The first day

    Irkutsk

    Irkutsk, which originated in the remote taiga, has already reached the European level after 25 years of its existence. Expensive convoys from Yakutia, Transbaikalia, Mongolia and China traveled from Siberia to the Nizhny Novgorod fair. With the money raised, Siberians brought home objects of art, new items in science and technology, and books.

    Excursion to the production complex BAIKALSEA Company

    You will continue your acquaintance with the capital of Eastern Siberia during an excursion to the production complex of BAIKALSEA Company - the only Russian manufacturer of Baikal water in the premium segment, a leading manufacturer of bottled water from artesian springs: natural water“Pearl of Baikal” (BAIKAL PEARL), medical dining room mineral water"Baikal Reserve" (BAIKAL RESERVE), as well as deep Baikal water BAIKAL430.

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    Every resident of Russia knows about Baikal and is proud of its purity and the beauty of the Sayan Mountains surrounding the legendary lake. The task that BAIKALSEA Company solves every day is to convey this purity to everyone who cares about themselves and their health.

    Second day

    Listvyanka

    After breakfast, we offer you a trip to Listvyanka, located just 65 km from Irkutsk, on the shore of the sacred Lake Baikal. With the development of shipping through Larch (this name was originally given locality due to the large number of larches growing in its vicinity) supplies of furs, fish, meat, salt, and tea began. Therefore, it began to be called not only the “Gateway of Baikal”, but also the “Gateway to Asia”.

    Today Listvyanka is one of the most visited and popular areas on the coast famous lake and the starting point for most travelers from different parts of the world.

    Taltsy Museum

    The Taltsy Architectural and Ethnographic Museum is a unique collection of historical, architectural and ethnographic monuments of the 17th–19th centuries. The museum is located on the picturesque bank of the Angara River, at the 47th kilometer of the Baikal Highway. Here, four historical and cultural zones of the Baikal region are retrospectively recreated: Russian, Buryat, Evenki and Tofalar.

    Craftsmen with the skills of weaving, wicker weaving, and making products from birch bark and clay unite around the museum. Several peasant houses have been converted into workshops, where craftsmen share the secrets of their craft and demonstrate their products. In Taltsy you can also walk on stilts, swing on a Siberian swing, and ride in a gentleman's carriage (for an additional fee).

    Source of the Angara

    The source of the Angara is the widest and largest in the world (863 m). The Angara is the only river that flows out of the lake. At the source it is shallow, the predominant depth is about 2 meters, in some places increasing to 4-6 meters. The flow speed at the source depends on the level of Lake Baikal and varies from 1 to 5 m/s. Every second, about 2,000 cubic meters pass through the source. m of water.

    Baikal Museum

    The museum's exposition, telling about the origin, life and research of Baikal, began to be created back in 1925. Today it is based on Baikal fish, birds and animals, samples of bottom sediments and Baikal minerals, models, as well as exhibits from scientific expeditions.

    Visitors can also see a unique structure - a limnological aquarium, which gives the opportunity to look into undersea world Baikal and watch omul, grayling, bream, sturgeon, lenok, burbot, carp, catfish, pike and crucian carp, various crustaceans

    St. Nicholas Church

    As legend tells, one day the Irkutsk merchant Xenophon Serebryakov was caught in a strong storm on Lake Baikal. After prayers addressed to St. Nicholas the Pleasant, the patron saint of sailors and fishermen, the storm subsided and the ship was able to land safely on the shore. In honor of his salvation, the merchant soon founded a temple at the source of the Angara. Today it is a functioning church where services are held regularly.

    Local market

    Located next to the central pier. Here you can buy souvenirs for yourself and as a gift for loved ones: Baikal pebbles with the image of a seal, products made of wood, birch bark and semi-precious stones, crafts made of ceramics, soft toys, badges, magnets, etc. Here you can buy and taste the famous Baikal delicacies in various ways of preparation. In addition to fish, at the market you can taste pilaf from huge cauldrons, kebabs freshly cooked on an open fire and hot pita bread.

    Circum-Baikal Railway

    The Circum-Baikal Railway is a unique historical and cultural complex, which includes a total of 582 monuments of engineering art and 172 architectural monuments, erected on a relatively small area, incl. 39 tunnels, 57 galleries, 469 culverts, 326 retaining walls. All these structures fit harmoniously into the local landscape and have not ceased to delight and delight people for more than 100 years.

    Walking tours

    There are several stops along the way to make walking tours through abandoned tunnels and galleries of the early twentieth century, as well as relaxation on the shores of Lake Baikal, during which you can sunbathe and swim.

    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 Lake Baikal in summer and winter for several years now. We offer the most exciting sightseeing tours to Baikal in 2019, which are completely different from 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. Alive 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 are current prices for trips and excursions around Lake Baikal.

     

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