The pearls of Lake Baikal: Listvyanka and Olkhon. Winter

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Winter on Lake Baikal is great. An unforgettable experience awaits you on this tour: we will walk around the island of Olkhon, look into the ice caves, visit Cape Khoboy, where we will take many amazing photos.

The tour is also held on any date on an individual request.

Features of the season on Lake Baikal, see It's important to know.

Location

Irkutsk

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Tour highlights

The entertaining Taltsy Museum

Let's take a walk through the Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture

Beautiful Cape Khoboy

We will visit the fabulously beautiful and popular cape of the island

Picturesque cape Kobylya golova

Photo shoots and invigorating hiking are waiting for us

An energetic place of power

Many shamans come to the island to perform all kinds of rituals

Transparent ice floes of Lake Baikal

Let's take amazing photos of the transparent ice of Lake Baikal

Itinerary

Day 1 - Group meeting. Transfer to Listvyanka village
Meeting at the airport, railway station, or hotel in Irkutsk.

Transfer to the village of Listvyanka.

Accommodation at the hotel.

Meals are not included on this day and are charged extra.
By road: about 70 km.
Total duration: approximately 1 hour.
Day 2 - Excursion to the Taltsy Museum
A trip to the Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture.
A walk through the museum.
Return to Listvyanka.
Meals included: breakfast.
The total length of the route on foot is approximately 2 km.
By road: about 40 km.
Total duration: approximately 4 hours.
Day 3 - Free day in Listvyanka
Free day in Listvyanka.
Baikal is famous for its purity and transparency.
In winter, you can see the transparency of Lake Baikal by looking at the fabulous ice floes.
Transparency is due to the minimal content of impurities and natural salts in it.
The unique epishura crustaceans inhabiting Lake Baikal from the bottom to the surface maintain the purity of the water.
Meals included: breakfast.
Day 4 - Transfer to Olkhon Island
Transfer from Listvyanka to Irkutsk.
Transfer.
Drive to Olkhon Island.
Accommodation at the campsite.
Meals included: breakfast, dinner.
By road: about 370 km.
Total duration: approximately 7 hours.
Day 5 - Cape Khoboy
A trip to the northern part of Olkhon Island to Cape Khoboy with stops and hiking.
Return to the campsite.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
The total length of the route on foot is approximately 3 km.
By car: approximately 100 km, unaccompanied by a guide.
Total duration: approximately 7 hours.
Day 6 - Free day on Olkhon
Free day on Olkhon.

Olkhon is recognized as one of the most picturesque places of Lake Baikal.

Tourists most often see the rocks and coves of the island on the advertising posters of holidays on Lake Baikal.

Therefore, you can always spend your free day searching for the most beautiful background for selfies.

There are many options, but the main difficulty is choosing the best one!

Meals included: breakfast, dinner.
Day 7 - Cape Mare's Head
A trip to the southern part of Olkhon Island to Cape Kobylya Golova with stops and hiking.
Return to the campsite.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
The total length of the route on foot is approximately 3 km.
By car: approximately 120 km, unaccompanied by a guide.
Total duration: approximately 7 hours.
Day 8 - Return to Irkutsk
Departure from Olkhon Island, arrival in Irkutsk.

Meals included: breakfast.
By road: about 300 km.
Total duration: approximately 6 hours.

Difficulty

Suitable for everyone

Accommodation

Hotel

3 nights
Camp Site

4 nights

Comfort

Basic+
Midscale

The tour includes accommodation at a campsite on Olkhon Island and at a hotel in Listvyanka.

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

	The usual dates		Public holidays (25.12 to 15.01, 19.02 to 11.03, 1.05 to 9.05)
	economy	standard	economy	standard
2-bed room	105 300	121 300	108 000	129 700
surcharge for single occupancy	19 500	30 300	21 300	35 800

The option with partially comfortable accommodation is Economy:

Accommodation: Listvyanka – Arabesque Hotel – 2-bed room (facilities in the multi-room section), 3 nights: from the first to the third night;
Accommodation: Olkhon – Nabaymar Campsite – 2-bed room (facilities on the floor), 4 nights: from the fourth to the seventh night.

The option with comfortable accommodation is Standard:

Accommodation: Listvyanka – Baikal Cedar Hotel – 2-bed room (room facilities), 3 nights: from the first to the third night;
Accommodation: Olkhon – Nabaymar Campsite – 2-bed room (room facilities). 4 nights: from the fourth to the seventh night.

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Hotel

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Tour conditions

Group

up to 19 tourists

Duration

8 days 7 nights

Group meets at

Irkutsk

Included in price

accommodation (according to the selected price);
nutrition:
- Day 2-3,8: breakfast;
- Day 4, 6: breakfast, dinner;
- Day 5, 7: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
transportation services:
- Day 1: Irkutsk – Listvyanka;
- Day 2: Listvyanka – Taltsy – Listvyanka;
- Day 4: Listvyanka – Irkutsk – Olkhon;
- Day 5: Olkhon;
- Day 7: Olkhon;
- Day 8: Olkhon – Irkutsk.
sightseeing services:
- Day 2: Ethnographic Museum of Taltsy;
- Day 5: Trip to the northern part of Olkhon Island;
- Day 7: Trip to the southern part of Olkhon Island.

Paid extra

air and railway tickets to Irkutsk and back;
meals not specified in the program;
recreational fees;
other services are not included in the price of the tour and are paid additionally.

It's important to know

comfortable shoes and warm socks;
replacement shoes;
warm jacket and trousers;
sweater or sweatshirt;
a hat or other headdress that protects from the sun;
bathing accessories, towel, slippers (for the bath);
sunglasses;
sunscreen cream (maximum protection factor);
If you are taking medications, take them with you.

You can travel around Lake Baikal at any time of the year, each season is unforgettable and beautiful in its own way.

Baikal in winter

Winter Baikal consists of various forms of ice and kilometers of snow-covered plains.
Due to the great depth, the lake retains heat for a long time and the ice appears later than many expect. For example, northern Baikal begins to freeze in mid-December, ice appears on Olkhon in early January, and in the south of Lake Baikal (in Listvyanka and Baikalsk) only by the end of January.
The ice is solid enough from mid-February to the end of March, at the same time an ice crossing is operating, along which you can drive a car. In other winter months, special equipment is used, for example, Khivus, which can perfectly move both on water and on ice. There is almost no snow on Olkhon, it is there that you can see clean ice, and in Listvyanka and Baikalsk there are ski resorts, the snow is soft and fluffy.

Baikal in spring

The ice season continues in March, there is an opportunity to see various forms of ice and grottoes, go skiing and skating, take pictures of huge icicles and at the same time not freeze, since in March it is usually about -10 degrees and there is almost no wind.
In April, the ice gradually begins to melt, and in May you can see how Lake Baikal wakes up. This is a time of vivid contrasts: the ice is just beginning to descend, snow is still lying in places, and snowdrops are already blooming very close by, and the forest is decorated with elegant crimson.

Baikal in autumn

Golden autumn is a very beautiful time to travel to the lake. Sunny weather, quiet Lake Baikal and golden foliage of trees.
There are very few tourists on Lake Baikal in autumn, so no one will interfere with privacy and enjoyment.

The golden autumn season usually lasts until mid-October, and in November the first snow appears on Lake Baikal. Winter entertainment begins in December, when there is enough snow and you can enjoy the picturesque beauty of the lake and its surroundings.

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