All the ice of Baikal. From Ulan-Ude to Irkutsk

Tour dates:

From 15.02.2025 to 21.02.2025

From 20.02.2025 to 26.02.2025

From 22.02.2025 to 28.02.2025

From 27.02.2025 to 05.03.2025

From 01.03.2025 to 07.03.2025

From 06.03.2025 to 12.03.2025

From 08.03.2025 to 14.03.2025

Tour program 7 days / 6 nights

Day 1.

Meals: Self-sufficient

You will be met at the airport of Ulan-Ude by our guide at 9:00. (We recommend dressing warmly. Be sure to bring warm shoes and clothes (even if the forecast is 0 degrees).

Moving to the center of Buddhism in Russia - Ivolginsky datsan. Tour of Ivolginsky Datsan. Today it is a huge complex with several temples. Moving to Ulan-Ude. A brief acquaintance with its historical center, and then we go to the cafe of national cuisine. Try the Buryat cuisine (payment on the spot).

Departure to Baikal to the village of Maximikha or Ust-Barguzin. During the trip, we stop, inspect the ice in the form of pyramids and volcanoes. This can only be seen from the eastern side of Baikal. Bizarre sediments of snow and ice, the size of a human height. Dinner (on-site payment). Night at the campground.

Note: In the event of a delay for any reason, tourists independently catch up with the group. We recommend arriving the day before the tour begins!

Day 2.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

Breakfast at the hotel. Today is a unique day. We will see the most picturesque grottoes on Baikal. We will also be swimming in hot springs. The coolest photos on Baikal in swimsuits against the background of snow-covered peaks.

Landing in UAZ cars (only on them we can get to the hot springs and grottoes of the Chivyrkui Bay). Our road goes to the peninsula of the Holy Nose, which is located in the Trans-Baikal National Park. We go on the ice, explore interesting and picturesque places. And they will certainly be grottoes and huge ice on the rocks. And the most delicious - swimming in hot springs. Lunch. Back to the recreation center. Dinner (on-site payment). Rest.

Snake spring - hot water temperature at the outlet at the main source 40-45 ° C, depending on the season of the year. The composition of the waters is hydrocarbonate-sulphate-sodium with the content of hydrogen sulfide.

Day 3.

Meals: Breakfast, picnic lunch

Breakfast. Today we're going through Baikal! We will definitely stop at the mark of the Greatest depth of the lake. Baikal is waiting for us to the horizon with its ice and hummocks. First we move along the Barguzin Bay. To our right is the Saint Nose peninsula. From the lower headboard, take Olkhon course. Lunch in the form of a picnic on the ice of Baikal.

We admire the ice on Cape Hoboy and its grotto. We take wonderful photos and move to the village of Khuzhir. Placement. Sunset wires at Cape Shamanka (if we meet the time when moving). In sunny weather, you need to have sunglasses! Dinner (paid locally). Rest.

Attention! To move through Baikal, the technique is used depending on the state of the ice. As a rule, these can be UAZ class cars, aerosleds, aeroboats, etc. Techniques are selected to make the move safe.

Day 4.

Meals: Breakfast

After a delicious breakfast, we leave Olkhon Island by minibus and head on the way to Listvyanka. Group transfer. The road goes along the island with an exit to the ice of Baikal. Every year a road is laid on the ice that connects Olkhon to the mainland.

Our way further lies among the Tazheran steppes. On the way, we will make a stop to try Buryat cuisine again (payment on the spot). Our road passes through Irkutsk, this is our first acquaintance with the city. But we will return here, and while our way lies where the only river flows from, it is the daughter of Baikal - Angara. The source of the Angara, which does not freeze even in winter. We will walk along Baikal, rest from a long move and check in at the hotel. Dinner by yourself. Rest.

Day 5.

Meals: Breakfast, lunch

After breakfast, we go on a trip on the ice of Lake Baikal on a boat with an air cushion called “Hivus”. On this day you have to drive from Listvyanka p. along the famous and very picturesque Peschanaya bay, past the villages of Big Cats, Big Holoustny and Scripper rocks. Stop and photo on the ice of Baikal. We recommend you to take dresses, dress in the brightest clothes to make unique shots of your stay on the ice of Baikal.

Rest, ice skating, photos on the ice of Baikal and, of course, lunch on the Baikal ice. You will learn what a kiss of Baikal is. The day will pass without notice! Back to the hotel tonight. Rest. Dinner at the hotel by yourself. Night at the hotel.

Day 6.

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast. We will be spending the night in Irkutsk. Visit to the Baikal Museum. You will get acquainted with all the inhabitants of Baikal in the Limnological Museum, the staff will tell in detail everything about Baikal.

Moving. We ride snowmobiles with an instructor on an equipped track. Usually 1-2 people. Others who do not like snowmobiles can sit in a cafe and have a little snack.

Racing on snowmobiles, we again get into the minibus and rush to the fish market. Buying home souvenirs, fish. Lunch in the cafe with the purchased fish, and then go for a dog sled ride (try to drive a small circle). Moving to Irkutsk. Hotel check-in. In the evening we have dinner in honor of the completion of the program (payment on the spot).

Day 7.

Meals: Breakfast

Breakfast and independent departure to the airport. We say goodbye and are beginning to miss you.

The price includes:

• placement of 2 local standard;
• food according to the program;
• excursions and tickets to the museum on the program;
• transportation under the program;
• fee for visiting national parks and reserve;
• maintenance of the instructor;
• meeting at the airport;
• excursion to the center of Buddhism Datsan;
• rental of dog sleds;
• rental of skates (in the application must specify the size of shoes);
• grotto
• crossing

The price does not include:

• air tickets to Ulan-Ude and from Irkutsk;
• alcohol and tobacco products;
• excursion to the ethnographic complex "Taltsy";
• ski pass in the ski complex;
• tour
• source-visit

The cost of the tour when placing:

(1-seat “Standard”) – 200 800 rubles.

(2-seat “Improved / Junior / Half-lux”) – 199 600 rubles.

(1-seat “Improved / Junior / Half-lux”) – 220 500 rubles.