Olkhon is the heart of Baikal

And in the middle of the Baikal Sea there is a great island, which is called Olkhon, and that island stands in the middle of the length of the sea, there will be more than a hundred miles around, and many fraternal foreigners lived on that island, because there are mountains and forests and a great steppe on that island, and after they were defeated by the Cossacks, they fled from that island, and now they are empty, and there are many animals of all kinds on the island.

Nikolai Spafariy, 1675.

Olkhon is called the “heart” of Lake Baikal, one of the most mysterious and interesting corners of our region. The largest island of the “blue eye of Siberia” has long attracted travelers.

Olkhon is not only the geographical, historical and sacred center of Baikal - it is a sacred place, the center of ethnic territory, the cult center of Kurumchinsk culture.

The exceptional attraction of the island gives a unique combination of various reliefs of the earth's surface: picturesque bays, steppe places, cliffs, rocks and a special microclimate.

Everyone who has ever visited Olkhon is struck by the unique composition of various tectonic forms of the island’s relief.

The blessed Olkhon land has an amazingly attractive energy, as everyone who comes to Olkhon is convinced.

Its beauty, covered with many ancient myths and legends is ready to open Olkhon inquisitive traveler.

The island is especially beautiful in autumn, when the coast is almost deserted. Covered with a golden carpet of grasses, with forests touched by the fiery colors of autumn, Olkhon obediently freezes under the mighty blows of Baikal waves and mountain wind in anticipation of the harsh Siberian winter.

There is an opinion: if you have not been to Olkhon, you have not seen Baikal!

You will see this when you are on this earth.

Tour programme

• Departure 06-00

Breakfast in the roadside cafe p. Elantsy 10-00

• Ferry service to O. olkhon

• The beginning of the car tour of Olkhon (a / m UAZ)

- Pos. hujir

- Cape Burhan (Shamanka Rock)

- Pos. Haran

- Bayan Shungen Bay

- Peschanka tract

- Cape Sagan-Hushun (Three Brothers)

- Cape Khoboy (northern tip of Olkhon)

- Lunch in nature (ear from Baikal omul, cooked at the stake)

- Uzur is gone.

- Cape Shunte (Cape of Love)

- crossing

• Ferry crossing

• Getting on the bus, return 18-30

• Dinner in a roadside cafe

• Later arrival at 23-00 - 24-00

transfer

- excursion services

- Car excursion to the a / m UAZ with lunch - picnic in nature