Diamond facets of Baikal summer 2020
Description:
Day 1
- Irkutsk
- Angara Embankment
- Listvian
Included: dinner
Depending on the type of transport you take to Irkutsk, the guide will meet you at the airport (at 11:30 am) or at the railway station (at 12:30 am). After gathering the group, a sightseeing tour of Irkutsk will begin. You will walk along the ancient Irkutsk streets, see temples, the Znamensky Monastery, the Decembrists Museum and monuments to Emperor Alexander III and Admiral Kolchak. After lunch (at your own expense in one of the cafes of Irkutsk), you will go to Listvyanka. After accommodation in Listvyanka hotel Baikalika, you will have free time for rest.
Day 2
- Listvian
- Baikal Museum
- Shaman-stone
- The Chersky Stone
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Today you will spend in Listvyanka and its surroundings. You will get acquainted with the history of the village, visit the Baikal Museum, where you will make a virtual dive to the bottom of the lake, see the residents of Baikal in the aquarium, visit the Baikal class. Those who wish will be able (for an additional fee) to walk to the legendary Shaman-stone on a motor boat and climb to the observation deck at the Chersky stone on a chair lift.
Day 3
- Listvian
- BCW
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
On a ship on Baikal you will go a hundred years ago and sail along the ancient Circum-Baikal railway. This wonderful engineering structure is remarkable for numerous bridges, tunnels, support walls. The ship will make several stops, you will walk along the tracks, explore the most remarkable tunnels and take beautiful photos. Those who wish can swim in Baikal in one of the coastal bays. At the end of the tour you will visit the Museum of the History of KBZD in the Port of Baikal and perform the rite of appeasement of spirits for the successful continuation of the journey.
Day 4
- Listvian
- Arshan
- Thermal Spring of Pearls
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
You will have an early rise and breakfast, after which you will go by bus through the Baikal Ridge to the village of Arshan. Arshan is famous for its mineral springs and numerous sacred sites. You will dip in the pool with healing water (for a fee), visit the store of national souvenirs and medicinal herbs, visit the Buddhist datsan and possibly meet a lama. The guide will tell you local legends and legends, and for lunch you will try dishes of Buryat cuisine. Dinner at the hotel tonight.
Day 5
- Listvian
- Tal
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
After breakfast you will go to the open-air ethnographic museum "Taltsy". Various buildings of local peoples and Siberian settlers of the 18th-19th centuries are recreated here. After a tour and a walk in Taltsy, you will return to Listvyanka. In Listvyanka you will walk around the village, visit the fish and souvenir markets and the local church. Those who wish will be able to go on a small hike along the coastal rocks to the SB RAMS observatory. Dinner at the hotel.
Day 6
- Listvian
- Tageran steppe
- olkhon
- hujir
- olkhon
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
After an early ascent and breakfast you will go to the heart of Lake Baikal – Olkhon Island. Your path will run along the picturesque Tazheran steppes. To the island you will cross by ferry. Olkhon is the center of Baikal shamanism. Here you will visit natural and shamanistic sights, swim in one of the warm bays, visit the inner lake of Yalga and see the legendary Cape Burkhan - the calling card of Olkhon. An important part of today is getting acquainted with the acting shaman, you will touch the amazing and mysterious world of shamanism, its history and legends.
Day 7
- Listvian
Included: breakfast, dinner
Today you have a free day in Listvyanka. Go to the nursery of Siberian husky or on a horseback ride in the forest. Take a walk around the village, look at local private museums or board a pleasure boat that will take you on a small sea trip to Peschanaya Bay. Breakfast and dinner at the hotel, lunch - on their own, in one of the local cafes.
Day 8
- Listvian
- Irkutsk
Included: breakfast
Your journey ends today. The bus will take you to the airport or train station. Take a farewell photo on the lake.
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