We are glad to welcome you to Irkutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia!
The meeting takes place in 2 stages: the sign "Awakening of Lake Baikal":
- airport at 8-8:30 inside the building at the exit to the city (opposite baggage claim);
- The railway station is at 9-9:30 a.m. There are Suburban ticket offices on the street near the entrance.
After the meeting, we will go to a cafe for breakfast, after which our way will lie to the "gates of Baikal" – in Listvyanka.
Just 65 km from Irkutsk, on the shores of the sacred Lake Baikal, the village of Listvyanka stretches across a five-kilometer strip.
The objects to visit and get acquainted on this day will be:
The Taltsy Architectural and Ethnographic Museum is a unique collection of historical, architectural and ethnographic monuments of the 17th and 19th centuries. The museum is located on the picturesque bank of the Angara River in the Taltsinsky tract, on the 47th kilometer of the Baikal highway. Four historical and cultural zones of the Baikal region are retrospectively recreated here: Russian, Buryat, Evenki and Tofalar.
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). In winter, up to 15 thousand waterfowl live in the polynya with a length of 5 to 15 km. This is the only non-freezing winter area in the whole of northern Asia.
There is also an observation deck with a view of the source of the Angara River and the legendary Shaman Stone.
There are many beautiful legends and legends associated with this place, and the stone itself is considered one of the symbols of Lake Baikal.
Arriving in Listvyanka, we will go to the local market, where we will buy the freshest fish for our Baikal tasting.
Here you can also buy souvenirs for yourself and as a gift to your loved ones: Baikal pebbles with the image of a seal, the symbol of Lake Baikal, beads and other semi–precious stone products, birch bark and wooden products, ceramic souvenirs, soft toys, badges, magnets and other souvenirs.
Tasting Baikal fish with a local drink, you will not taste this in any restaurant.
After that, you will visit the current St. Nicholas Church.
It is practically the only ancient architectural monument of Listvyanka in the middle of the 19th century.
Lunch at a restaurant overlooking Lake Baikal.
And now, one of the most important and most informative objects in Listvyanka awaits you – this is the Baikal Museum.
The Baikal Museum is a real scientific institute.
Here we can look at the earthquake sensor, which records the movement of the earth's crust live, get acquainted with the history of Lake Baikal and look into its oceanic future.
Let's be surprised at the hundred-kilogram sturgeons and look at the plot.
We will personally get acquainted with the inhabitants of Lake Baikal – grayling, sturgeon, pike, hamaruses and gobies, lobster and seal.
You will definitely have to be torn away from the latter by force.
We will take you back to Irkutsk later in the evening.
Check-in at the hotel, dinner.
Guide: Yes. Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.