Sunny Baikal

Tour features:

• Unforgettable landscapes of winter Baikal;
• Ice skating;
• A Russian banya;
• Walk in the old poplar grove;
• Trekking on on the ice of Lake Baikal!;
• A journey on Khivus (hovercraft);
• Baikal Museum in Listvyanka;
• A walk around Irkutsk with a guide (tour).

Dates for groups in 2019:

Tour program "Sunny Baikal":

Day 1

Gathering of the group at the train station or airport in Irkutsk from 8 to 9 a.m.

Travel from Irkutsk to Bolshoye Goloustnoye village.

Accommodation at the camp site. Lunch.

A walk to the relict poplar grove.

You will be able to skate on the ice of Lake Baikal and frozen river. Skates are available for rent. If your shoe size is bigger than 45, please take yours with you.

In the evening there will be a hot dinner and a real Russian Banya waiting for us.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, supper

Accommodation: homestead “Baikalskaya/ camp cite “Mikhailovich” (double occupancy, standard).

Day 2

Safety instructions.

You will be given a sled and shoes for ice walking (if your shoe size is bigger than 44, please take yours with you).

Trekking across Baikal ice from Bolshoye Goloustnoye village to Listvyanka village, which is about 15 km of the way.

Traveling across Baikal ice is very fun and exciting with no need of carrying a backpack on your back, just put your stuff on the sledge, and they will become almost weightless. In windy winter, with a little amount of snow the skating lovers can enjoy skating on mirror-smooth Baikal ice! The beauty of the winter scenery delights, and the spring sun gladdens us with its warm light!

Accommodation near Pribaikalsky national Park in "Russian style". There are no bathroom facilities in the room, but friendly company and extraordinary nature of Baikal will make you forget about it.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, supper

Accommodation: cordon on Cadilny cape (the territory of the Zabaikalsky National Park, warm house with outdoor facilities)

Day 3

Today we will see such famous places on the lake, as the Devil's Bridge and Rock Skriper.

The day is full of new emotions! Let's have a winter fun to set the mood: the snow party, sledge racing, hockey without rules... We will not even notice 15 km of the way. That night we will be staying in Bolshiye Koty village.

Meals: breakfast, lunch, supper

Accommodation: Private house in Bolshiye Koty (double occupancy, economy – shared facilities - one bathroom per floor)

Day 4

We continue our journey. We will go to Listvyanka village by Hibuse (hovercraft). There you can take unique photos of the lake, enjoy winter landscape and breathe clean Baikal air.

In Listvyanka village there will be a lunch at the cafe (at own expense).

After lunch, we will visit the Baikal Museum.

Travel from Listvyanka to Irkutsk. Arrival at Irkutsk approximately at 4p.m. Accommodation.

Tour around Irkutsk. Dinner in the historic district of the city (at own expense).

Meals: Breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: apartment/ hotel "Frigate" (double occupancy, standard)

Day 5

Transfer to the airport.

Meals: no

If you request it, you can extend your stay in Listvyanka village, or visit the famous Circum-Baikal railway and/or the ethnographic Museum at Taltsy, where you can view buildings built in the same style as Siberia's first settlers built when they arrived in the area.

Tour price: 30 000 rub/person

The price includes:

• Accommodation: 

  double occupancy, standard - 3 nights

  with outdoor facilities - 1 nights

• Excursions mentioned in the program,
• Banya (sauna);
• Meals – three times a day;
• During the active part of the route (trekking), tourists cook for themselves! Chef services are available upon request: 3000 rub per day! For groups of 10 people and more chef services are included.
• All transfers to and from various points on the tour, according to the program;
• Guide services;
• Payment of entrance fees to visit Pribaikalsky National Park;
• An opportunity to rent camping equipment: gas equipment, sled, fixtshoesure for ice walking (in sizes from 35 to 43).

The price does not include:

• Plane/ train tickets
• Rental of the shoes for ice walking, if your shoe size is 44--46 or more;
• Sightseeing tour in Listvyanka village;
• Accommodation in Irkutsk before the start of the tour;
• Additional drinks and meals (outside of what was mentioned in the tour program).