Excursion-educational tour on the biggest island of Baikal. In Listvyanka you will have a ride by snowmobiles. You are expected to do under-ice (sport) fishing. You will visit the Shaman Rock (or Cape Burkhan), a sacred place of Buryat. Discovery of the ice grottoes.
Arrival in Irkutsk. Meeting with the guide at the railway station or at the airport. Transfer to Lake Baikal in Listvyanka settlement.
On the way to Baikal – visiting the museum of architectural – wooden art of building “Taltsy”. Architectural-ethnographic museum “Taltsy” is a unique storehouse of monuments of history and culture of the peoples of Eastern Siberia. The museum is located in a picturesque place on the right bank of the Angara River in Taltsinsky natural boundary on 47 kilometer of the Baikal tract. Further you will go to settlement Listvyanka. In Listvyanka you will have a ride by snowmobiles (1 hour included). Further you will have delicious lunch at a local restaurant (fish menu). After lunch you will be offered an excursion to the museum of Baikal where you will be told about flora and fauna of Lake Baikal and you can admire the seals (the Nerpas) swimming in the aquarium of the museum. Then you will walk through Krestovka village; visit to the church of St. Nicholas. The excursion will be completed by the rise by cableway to Chersky Rock, overlooking the magnificent view of the southern part of Lake Baikal and the source of the Angara River. Hotel check-in. Dinner.
After breakfast, transfer to Olkhon Island, located in 300 km from Irkutsk (travelling time 5 – 6 hours). Lunch at a roadside cafe. Transfer across ice crossing: Kurkut bay – Olkhon. Arrival to Olkhon, accommodation. Leisure time, recreation, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, whole-day trip to the northernmost tip of the island – Khoboy Cape. The tour will be accomplished by car UAZ (these are the machines used for trips around the island. Examining Khoboy cape, walking through the local places, a picnic outdoors. Return to the hotel. If the ice is strong enough, the path back will run along the ice of Lake Baikal, and you can enjoy the many landscapes of the island from the water and see the hummocks of different shapes and sizes. Arriving at the hotel. Dinner.
After breakfast you will visit the Shaman Rock (or Cape Burkhan), a sacred place of Buryat. Discovery of the ice grottoes. Excursion to the local museum. Lunch. After lunch, free time, during which you can book additional excursions, do skiing, skating (for additional fee).
After breakfast you are expected to do under-ice (sport) fishing. You will be able to pull the net from a great depth with the most famous fish of Lake Baikal – omul. Excellent soup of your trophies will be prepared for you here on the ice. Return to the hotel, dinner and overnight.
Breakfast. Transfer to Irkutsk. Lunch on the way at a roadside café. Arrival in Irkutsk, accommodation. City tour. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.
After breakfast, transfer to the airport or train station. Seeing off.
