Upon arrival in Irkutsk, your tour begins, and today you will see the sacred Lake Baikal for the first time.
From the airport or from the hotel of the Angara railway station, you will be met and picked up by a group transfer, and you will go towards Listvyanka along the picturesque Baikal highway.
Listvyanka is a village located along the edge of Lake Baikal at the source of the Angara River, a kind of Mecca of tourism among all visitors to Lake Baikal, the starting point of many sightseeing routes along the lake.
This is the closest place to the city where you can see the Pearl of Siberia.
On the way to Listvyanka you will visit an amazing and interesting place – the open-air architectural and ethnographic museum "Taltsy", where architectural monuments of the past centuries are collected in a large area among the forest, the way of life of the indigenous population of the Baikal region is displayed, historical and cultural zones are recreated: Russian, Buryat, Evenki and Tofalar.
Before reaching Listvyanka, opposite the place where the Angara River flows out of Lake Baikal, the guide will tell a fascinating and beautiful legend.
The source of the Angara is amazing in itself — its width reaches almost a kilometer, and this place never freezes.
In any frost, Baikal will be covered with solid ice on one side, and the measured and powerful flow of the river on the other.
And it is here that the legendary Shaman Stone is located - you can see it!
After the tour, you will check into a hotel in Listvyanka, and you will have time to walk along the embankment, there is a fish market within walking distance — we recommend going there, there is a wide variety of not only fish, but also local herbs, teas, berries, as well as souvenirs.
Tomorrow you will go to the hidden pearl on Lake Baikal, a place of incredible beauty!
The price includes: group transfer, guide, excursion, accommodation.