New Year and Christmas in Baikal

1 day

Meeting of tourists in the morning. A representative of our company will meet you at the airport. Group collection up to 10 hours, take this into account when buying tickets.

Departure to Listvyanka village. Listvyanka is one of the oldest settlements on Baikal. It is located only 65 kilometers from Irkutsk, and it is rightly called the “Gateway of Baikal”. The journey by car takes less than an hour.

After arriving in the village and lunch with traditional Siberian dishes, you will have a sightseeing tour. An experienced tour guide will tell you about the history, customs and interesting places of Listvyanka, indigenous people and their customs.

Hotel accommodation, rest

2 days

Breakfast.

In Listvyanka you will visit the Baikal Museum of the Irkutsk Scientific Center known all over the world. Every year it is visited by more than one hundred thousand tourists from all over the world. This is the only museum in the world where exhibits of the flora and fauna of Baikal, as well as the history of its study are presented in abundance.

Here in the aquarium exposition you can see live Baikal seals - seal, sturgeon, omul and other endemic inhabitants of the Baikal underwater world. Then take part in an interactive dive to the bottom of Baikal.

After lunch, you will walk along the historical part of Listvyanka and climb on a chair lift to the observation deck “Kamen Chersky”. From here, from a bird's eye view, there is a stunning view of Lake Baikal, the source of the Angara River with the top of the Shaman Stone rising from it and the snow-capped peaks of the Hamar-Daban Mountains on the opposite side of Lake Baikal.

Free time (2 hours), riding on the track.

Back to the hotel. For those who want a bath.

3 days

After breakfast we will visit the nerpinaria. The Baikal seal is a symbol of Lake Baikal, one of its most beautiful inhabitants. Nerpa is difficult to see in its natural habitat because of its secrecy and fearfulness. In the nerpinary, in addition to getting acquainted with the character of the seal, its behavior, you can see the world's first show of trained seals. They can sing, dance, play with the ball and even count. You can witness a unique phenomenon - a drawing seal, as well as the owner of a picture drawn by a seal, during the presentation an auction is held. You yourself will come up with a name for the masterpiece created in your presence.

You are then offered a free program. You can ride snowmobiles, quad bikes, make a horse ride or get acquainted with the Siberian husky and ride a dog sled.

You can have lunch at your favorite place and spend the rest of the day at your discretion. At the pier at the Mayak Hotel there is an opportunity to ride on a hovercraft - "Hivus".

4 days

Visit to the Svarozhich forge. Here you can try yourself as a blacksmith. With your own hands to fetter a horseshoe for happiness, eternal omul, for men - a knife! Even children from 7 years old can forge a nail or amulet! You will see Russian medieval armor and weapons (if you want to dress them and take unforgettable photos), buy forged souvenirs.

We will also visit the unique St. Nicholas Church, built in 1844.

After lunch we will visit the famous fish market, where you can also buy Baikal souvenirs.

Free time, final evening in Listvyanka.

5 days

Tal

Lunch

Departure to Irkutsk

Walk through the city

Christmas banquet ordered

6 days

Departure

The programme includes:

-transfer Irkutsk-Listvyanka-Irkutsk

guide

- Meals: breakfast

- Museum tickets.

Tickets for the cable car to the "Stone of Chersky"

- Accommodation 4 nights Listvyanka, 1 night Irkutsk

-master class on forging of metal in the forge "Svarozhich"

- A visit to the nerpinarium

The tour price does not include:

- dog sledging

snowmobiles, quad bikes in the taiga

diving

-horse ride

Walking on a boat with a transparent bottom

-bath with swimming in the source of the Angara River