WINTER TRIP TO LAKE BAIKAL 

WINTER TRIP TP LAKE BAIKAL

7 days / 6 nights

Day 1.

Arrival in Irkutsk. Transfer to the hotel.

Accommodation at the hotel

City tour. Visit to the Museum of the Decembrists. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.

Day 2.

Breakfast. Transfer to the Baikal.

En route visit Talzy, the old Russian wooden architecture open-air museum. It’s your chance to experience multiple Siberian winter amusements!

Only once in your life you have an opportunity to slide down on a cow skin.

There is a wide ice sliding pass for children. Lunch. Short stop at the Shaman‘s rock to have a look at the Baikal and to buy souvenirs and smoked fish. Arrival to Listvyanka, accommodation. Cable-car trip to the Chersky Peak for taking the most beautiful photos.

Wandering through the village Listvyanka. Visit to the Museum of the Baikal with an aquarium. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.

Day 3.

Breakfast. Relaxing walk to the nearby Russian Orthodox Church of the Saint Nicholas the Wondercreator.Journey (3 hours) to the Russian winter forest by the snowmobiles. On the top of the hill you’ll enjoy the miraculous view of the lake and a cup of hot tea! Lunch. Return to the hotel. Free time. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.

Day 4.

Breakfast. The whole-day tour by hovercrafts (6-10 pax per each vehicle). It is a 20-km long journey from Listvyanka to the valley Chyornaya. The route runs through the territory of the Pribaikalsky National Park along the river to the mountain, then further at the Baikal coast / or along Baikal shore depending on the weather. Lunch en route. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.

Day 5.

Breakfast. Transfer to Irkutsk.

On the way, visit to Sibirskaya Zaimka to have a small walk, Troika ride and a picnic lunch. Arrival in Irkutsk. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Day 6.

Breakfast. Visit to the Ust-Orda Ethnography Museum to taste Buryat people food and to watch folklore and a shaman‘s performance. Back transfer to Irkutsk. Dinner in the hotel restaurant. Overnight.

Day 7.

Early breakfast. Transfer to the airport. Departure.

PROMO-rates are in EUR pp in DBL / TWIN

(valid January 14 – March 30, 2021 and November 01 – December 14, 2021):

The above rates include:

– 3-night accommodation in Irkutsk (hotel “Courtyard by Marriott”, B&B)

– 3-night accommodation in Listvyanka (hotel “Krestova Pad”, B&B)

– English-speaking licensed local guide for the program

– a/c modern coach 45-seater as per program

– FB (6 lunches, 6 dinners)

– entrance fees: Decembrists’ museum, Taltsy museum, Listvyanka Aquarium, Baikal museum, Ust-Orda Ethnography museum with master class

– cable-car ticket

– cow-skin slide

– hovercrafts rent charge

– snowmobile rent charge

– Troika ride

– folklore and shaman performance

– 1 FOC Tour Leader in SGL

The above rates do not include:

– Russian visa consular fee (if applicable)

– flight tickets

– tips