Rebooting on Lake Baikal

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The most intense and filled with the most vivid impressions 3-day trip to Lake Baikal! See the most important sights of Lake Baikal and return home filled with the powerful energy of places of power.

You will visit a unique collection of historical monuments – the Taltsy Architectural and ethnographic Museum, see the source of the Angara and the Shaman Stone, walk along Listvyanka and, of course, take a unique one-day tour of the Circum-Baikal Railway, built more than 100 years ago!

Location

Irkutsk

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Tour highlights

Baikal delicacies

We will visit the local market, where you can taste Baikal omul and other types of fresh fish

Baikal Museum

We will see unique aquariums with Baikal seals, the water in them comes directly from the lake

Boat trip along the KBZHD

Let's admire from the water the unusual perspective of galleries, tunnels, arches and viaducts of Russia's most famous railway

Itinerary

Day 1 - The Talca Museum. The source of the Angara and the observation deck at the Shaman stone. Listvyanka
Gathering a group:
airport – 8:00-8:30 inside the building at the exit to the city (opposite the baggage claim).
Railway station – 9:00-9:30 (entrance “Suburban ticket offices", inside the building at the exit to the city).
After breakfast, we will go to Lake Baikal in Listvyanka.
The objects for visiting and acquaintance on this day will be the following: the architectural and ethnographic museum "Taltsy" – a unique collection of historical, architectural and ethnographic monuments of the XVII–XIX centuries.
The museum is located on the picturesque bank of the Angara River in the Taltsinsky tract, on the 47th kilometer of the Baikal tract.
The source of the Angara and the observation deck at the Shaman stone.
The source of the Angara River is the widest and largest in the world (863 m).
The Shaman Stone is a surface projection of the Angara threshold.
In good weather, only its tip is visible above the water, but under the water at the mouth of the river lies a rocky massif, thanks to which the source of the Angara never freezes in winter.
The current St. Nicholas Church.
The Baikal Museum.
The local market.
Accommodation in Listvyanka.
Meals: breakfast, lunch.
Guide: Yes.

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Day 2 - Water tour along the Circum-Baikal Railway
Breakfast at the hotel.
Today we are going on a boat trip along the Circum-Baikal Railway, built more than 100 years ago and a monument of architectural and engineering art.
The program of the excursion: Listvyanka village – the source of Angara – Baikal port – along the KBZHD – going ashore at 89 km (Katorzhanka falls) – walk to Cape Tolstoy (passage through the tunnel 350 m) – boarding a boat – Listvyanka village.
Before the revolution, it was called the “Golden Buckle of the Steel Belt of Russia”, the buckle – because it connected the Trans–Siberian railway torn by Baikal, and the golden one - because it surpassed all roads that existed in Russia in terms of cost of work.
After the tour, free time in Listvyanka.
Meals: breakfast.
Guide: during the tour.

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Day 3 - Departure
Breakfast.
Check-out time is until 12:00.
Group transfer to the railway station or to the airport at the time of departure.
The transfer time is agreed upon for each request in advance.
Meals: breakfast.
Guide: No.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

2 nights

Comfort

Midscale
Upscale

The tour provides accommodation in the village. Listvyanka.

The cost of the tour for 1 person, depending on the accommodation and the date of arrival, RUB.:

Hotel category	2-3-person	Extra charge for a single room
Standard	26 520	6 200
Comfort	29 720	8 600

The possible accommodation options are presented below, accommodation in other facilities is possible according to availability (i.e. at the discretion of the tour operator), not lower than the class. The distribution takes place 2 days before the start of the trip, it is impossible to choose a hotel in advance.

The hotel in the village Listvyanka at the "Standard" tariff

Possible hotel options: Breeze, Harbor, Sail, Demidov manor and others similar.

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Another option

The hotel in the village Listvyanka at the Comfort rate

Possible hotel options: Krestovaya Pad, Legend of Lake Baikal, Lighthouse or similar.

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 16 tourists

Minimum age

7 years old

Duration

3 days 2 nights

Group meets at

Irkutsk

Included in price

the excursion program:
- Ethnographic museum “Taltsy”;
- Baikal Museum with aquariums;
- a walk through Listvyanka;
- boat tour along the KBZHD (3 hours);
guide services according to the program;
meals according to the program:
- Day 1 – breakfast, lunch;
- Day 2 – breakfast;
- Day 3 – breakfast.
transfers according to the program
2-3-bed accommodation in Listvyanka (comfortable room);
entrance tickets:
- to the Baikal Museum;
- entrance tickets to the Taltsy Museum.

Paid extra

air or railway tickets to Irkutsk and back;
additional services of the hotel and recreation center;
meals not specified in the tour program;
placement of another level;
individual service;
additional excursions.

It's important to know

passport;
compulsory medical insurance policy;
the child needs a birth certificate;
windbreaker jacket and warm sweatshirts;
raincoat;
cap/ hat/ bandana/ shawl;
light hat;
swimsuit;
T-shirts/long sleeve shirts;
trousers;
for women, a dress or skirt below the knees (for visiting temples);
sneakers;
sandals;
sunscreen (protection factor of at least 20);
sunglasses (with at least 2 UV protection);
mosquito repellents (it is better to buy in Irkutsk, because they may not be allowed on the plane);
personal first aid kit;
personal hygiene products;
rain cape;
photo and video equipment, as well as spare flash cards, batteries, accumulators;
small water bags for documents;
a small backpack or handbag for day trips;
thin gloves;
umbrella.

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