Olkhon's Ice Castles

Winter Baikal attracts tourists with a special, fabulous beauty: snow-capped mountain ranges, transparent ice shining in the sun, grottoes, intricate ice sculptures and statues created by nature itself. Delight and feelings of freedom - your trip on the ice of Baikal will be remembered for a long time!

A very dynamic and rich tour offers you movement on the ice of Lake Baikal by hovercraft, on foot, by car, and, if desired, by snowmobile! Olkhon, Circum-Baikalka, Listvyanka, Small Sea - all this in one round!

It is possible to change the order of excursions depending on the condition of the ice!

1 Day.

Meeting in Irkutsk at 8:00 at the airport, at 9:00 at the railway station (local time, ahead of Moscow by 5 hours). Moving to posh. Listvyanka (70 km), on the way excursion to the architectural and ethnographic museum "Taltsy", located on the picturesque bank of the Angara, 47 km from Irkutsk. "Taltsy" - a unique open-air museum, a collection of monuments of history, architecture and ethnography of the XVII-XIX centuries: "corners" of Russian and Buryat villages, Evenki camp

Hotel accommodation.

Excursion with the ascent to the sightseeing top is the Chersky stone, from where a panoramic view of Listvyanka opens. In good weather, you will have the opportunity to watch the sunset, see how the rays of the setting sun illuminate the village and Lake Baikal.

Free time for rest, walking along the shore of Lake Baikal, visiting the Baikal Museum, the nerpinarium or the Listvyanka ski complex. Also in advance, when booking a tour, you can book a snowmobile walk or a dog sled.

Dinner.

2 Day.

Breakfast.

Excursion on the hovercraft "Khivus" on the ice of Lake Baikal along the Circum-Baikal Railway to Polovinnaya station (duration of 5 hours). Stop on the ice of Baikal. Inspection of tunnels of retaining walls, viaducts - monuments of engineering and technical art and architecture. Picnic lunch.

3 Day.

Breakfast. Departure from the hotel. Moving to Irkutsk. Car sightseeing tour of the city. Ancient Russian churches and a Polish church, wooden houses that have grown into the ground through the windows, and stone houses of the richest Siberian merchants - here lives the history of Siberia, the history of the Russian state. Today Irkutsk is 360 years old!

Transfer to Olkhon Island (270 km). Through the Strait of Olkhon Gate, we pass along the ice crossing Accommodation in hotels in the pos. Khuzhir, or pos. Harans. Free time to walk on the ice of Baikal. You will see wonderful ice grottoes surrounding Shamanka rock and other rocks near the village. At the post office. You can walk on the ice to the islands of Crocodile and Modote, Cape Haranza.

Dinner.

Day 4.

Breakfast.

Car trip on the ice of Baikal to the northern tip of the island Khoboy with stops in picturesque places. The usual tour at this time of year looks very different! Only now you can see the picturesque cliffs of the island: Sagan-Khushun, Khoboy, Shunte-left from the “reverse” side, admire the ice “castles” and grottoes of Lunch-Picnic during the excursion.

Dinner at the hotel tonight.

5 Day.

Breakfast.

Free day. You can go for a walk on the island: in winter on the ice offers a lot of entertainment: the festival of ice sculpture, a photo session in ballroom dresses, rental skates and ATVs, etc.

Or order additional excursions on UAZ or Khivus (optional, for an additional fee) from 2500 rubles / person

For example, a trip on the ice of the Baikal adolescence of Olkhon Island and the islands of the Small Sea on Ogoi Island. Impressive winter views of the Small Sea and the Primorsky Range. The route runs through several islands, grottoes and caves, picturesque from water splashes, frozen from frost. Ogoi Island is a sacred place for Buddhists. There is a stupa of enlightenment that gives peace and fulfills desires. Dinner at the hotel tonight.

6 Day.

Breakfast.

Departure to Irkutsk. Please note that arrival from Olkhon to Irkutsk in the evening. We recommend buying return tickets with departure no earlier than 19/20.00 local time.

• excursion and transport services under the tour program
• 2-, 3-bed accommodation in hotels (with room amenities)
• meals

Attention! It is possible to change the order of excursions depending on the condition of the ice.