The Sacred Sources of the Eastern Sayan

We offer a trip to the Eastern Alps. The Tunkin Mountains are one of the highest mountains in Russia. You will see and visit the healing Shumak springs, clean air and mountain rivers will give you pleasure and unforgettable impressions. And then after a trip to relax on the shore of Baikal. Team rounds 10.07-23.07 23.07-05.08. The cost is 12,500 rubles. Tour programme Day 1. Meeting at the railway station of Irkutsk near the reference room at 9 am. Departure to the Tunkin Valley, lunch on the way to the cafe (paid independently). Arrival at Nilova Desert. (about 15 hours) Walking passage (6 km.). Parking by a mountain river. In the evening - acquaintance, rest. The main part of the village is occupied by the resort of the same name, using Nilov hot springs. The history of the village begins in the middle of the nineteenth century. Irkutsk Archbishop Neil Stolbensky built a house on the site of springs, a church, declaring the place a desert. Hence the name of the village. Day 2. After breakfast – walk to the mountain lakes on the river. Hubuti, lunch. Transition to the forest zone of the river Ehe-Gar. Rest, dinner by the fire. Duration of transition 8-9 hours. This place opens a very impressive panarama of the river valley. The word “khuby” in Buryat means “boys” (the number “khubun” or “khubin” means “baby”). Sometimes the river is called “Ubur-Khubuty” as opposed to “Ara-Khubutam”. The prefix “ubur” in Buryat means “sun side”. "Ehe" (correctly "ehe") in Buryat means "big", "difficult", the word "ger", perhaps a distortion from "har" - "steppe", "field" Day 3. Breakfast. Today we have to cross the Shumaksky Pass (2870m). The beauty surrounding the neighboring peaks, mountain lakes all this opens to those who climb the pass. Lunch during crossings. Descent to the Shumak River Falls. Dinner at the waterfall of the river Shumak. The total length of the transition is 7-9 hours. Waterfall - the height of which is 30 meters brewing. The first thing that comes to mind is to sit down and just not think about anything to watch this magnificent spectacle. The waterfall is always amazing and it depends on the time of year you are there. Day 4. After breakfast – the transition to the Shumak springs (more than 100 mineral springs with different temperatures and mineralization, annually attract many people from different countries both for treatment and for reviewing these amazing places). Lunch. In the presence of free houses - settling in a house. Free time, excursion to the sources. Rest, dinner by the fire. Transition time is 5-6 hours. Day 5. After breakfast, you will be able to visit the mineral springs, try each spring and make sure that they are all different in temperature and mineralization. After lunch, a walk to Marble Falls. Dinner - rest, entertainment, rest. Marble waterfalls are a whole amazing cascade of waterfalls created by nature in the rock, they are very picturesque and original. Day 6. Breakfast. Walk-excursion "Sacred pillars". (Here people leave their requests, desires, bring souvenirs, ask for children.) The place has healing power. If you sit with your eyes closed, you can see your future. Lunch, return to the springs, free time. Dinner with games and entertainment. Travel time is 3-4 hours. Day 7. Breakfast. Trekking to the mountain waterfall. The waterfall is a sheer drop of water from a height of about 100 meters. We advise everyone to visit! Next trip to the lakes. In sunny weather, the water in the lake from blue to turquoise! The color is fascinating! Be sure to visit! Lunch at the lake, return to the springs. Dinner. For prepared groups, it is possible to climb the pass windy. Day 8. Breakfast is a return to Nilov Desert. Days 9-11. Return by the same route to the Nilo Desert. For prepared groups, it is possible to return to the Nilov desert through the Four Pass. Very interesting and picturesque route. Day 12. Breakfast. Departure to Baikal. Lunch in the roadside cafe (paid independently). Day 13. Rest on the coast of South Baikal. For those who wish to track a small part of the CBR. The name "Circum-Baikal Railway" refers to the entire line surrounding the southern end of the lake from the Port Baikal station to the Mysovya station. Speaking today about Circum-Baikalka, we mean its western part from the source of the Angara River to Slyudyanka (71-168 km). Before the revolution, this short section of the road was called the “Golden Buckle of the Steel Belt of Russia”, a buckle – because it connected the Trans-Siberian Railway torn by Baikal, and a gold one – because it exceeded all existing roads in Russia in terms of the cost of work. 424 engineering structures were built on this site, including 39 tunnels with a total length of 8994 m. The longest: penal - 538 m, Khabartui - 548 m and Polovinny - 778.4 m. 14 km of retaining walls, 47 stone and 3 iron galleries were built in landslides. In terms of volume, complexity and cost of work, this site was unmatched among the railways of Russia. Day 14. Rest on the Shore. After lunch, leave for the city. The program ends at 18-19 hours. The Firm reserves the right to change the program (weather conditions, disruption of the operation of scheduled transport) without changing the scope and quality of the services provided.