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Tour “Winter Drive”
Immerse yourself in a winter fairy tale on Lake Baikal: ice skating on the biggest skating rink in the world, ice excursions on Khivus, unique landscape of Olkhon Island and experience of Buryats culture.
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Program

Day 1: Meeting and excursion to Listvyanka

- pick up at 9:30 from the airport or any other place (if you arrived a day earlier)
- Taltsy Open-air Architectural and Ethnographic Museum
- the source of the Angara and the Shaman-Stone
- Baikal Museum (optional 400 RUB per person)
- dog sledding
- Chersky's stone observation deck (the lift costs 400 rubles per person, or you can walk)
- fish and souvenir market

Accommodation: Listvyanka.
🍲Meals: lunch

Day 2: Ice excursion on Khivus (hovercraft) to Sandy Bay 🛷

- Skriper Rock and the first clear ice
- Cape Kadilny and the blue hummocks
- Bolshoe Goloustnoye and the famous "bubbles"
- Sandy Bay and "stilted" trees
- ice skating on the largest ice rink in the world

Accommodation: Listvyanka.
Meals: breakfast, lunch box

Day 3: We go to the very heart of Lake Baikal - to the island of Olkhon and visit the ethnopark, get acquainted with the culture of the Buryats🐎

- ethnopark, acquaintance with the culture of the Buryats, traditions and customs, throat singing, playing a musical instrument and dancing
- let's taste the national Buryat cuisine
- the Eagle sculpture is a sacred animal among the Buryats
- ferry to Olkhon Island
- Cape Burkhan and Shamanka Rock
- sunset meeting on the ice of Lake Baikal

, Accommodation: Khuzhir
Meals: breakfast, lunch

Day 4: Explore the north of Olkhon Island 🧐

- car tour on the ice of Lake Baikal on colorful local UAZ
- Cape Khoboy, Three Brothers, Harans
- transparent ice and ice caves
- lunch right on the ice of Lake Baikal - freshly boiled omul ear
- tasting of a local delicacy - omul split for Siberian drinks

, Accommodation: Khuzhir
Meals: breakfast, lunch

And only for our tourists we have prepared a SURPRISE: in the evening we will steam in the sauna, after which you can plunge right into Lake Baikal!

Day 5: Ice expedition to the southern part of Olkhon 🧐

- Yalginsky Cape, Ogoy Island and Buddhist Stupa of Enlightenment
- lots of ice, big blue hummocks and cracks
- beautiful ice caves, caves and splashes
- "the Kiss of Baikal"

, Accommodation: Khuzhir
Meals: breakfast, lunch

🎁 A BONUS for our tourists today is an exciting cheesecake ride on the ice of Lake Baikal

Day 6: Marble quarry, bubbles and return to Irkutsk 🚘

- visit the Marble Quarry
- another beautiful place with bubbles
- we say goodbye to Lake Baikal and head back to Irkutsk (estimated arrival time is 17:00)

Accommodation: Irkutsk (not included)
Meals: breakfast, lunch
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Our team of native Siberians who know and love Baikal

Ivan
Founder, operation and client manager, tour guide
“I spent every summer at the Baikal in my childhood and youth so Lake Baikal is my second home”. Will select the best tour.
Kate
Co-author, ideological inspirer, tour guide
Baikal is a piece of her soul. You will be inspired by the beauty of Lake Baikal for the rest of your life so that you will want to come back here again and again.
Vitaly
Tour guide, ethnographer
and Baikal expert
He knows how to intrigue, show and tell not only about Baikal, but many corners of our vast country.
Oleg
Tour instructor
and guide
In tourism since school years, hiking, climbing in the Baikal region and Central Asia. Drives the car perfectly.
Igor
Guide-instructor. The best instructor in the world of rafting
I love water in all its forms: liquid - rafting, snow - snowboarding, ice - skating and winter Baikal"
Alexander
Tour guide,
historian
A sociable person whom you can listen to without getting tired, knows the answers to all questions, remembers all the dates and numbers.
Oksana
Tour guide. Knows everything about Irkutsk and Baikal.
She will show you, tell you and make you fall in love with our region. You will never be bored with her, because she has a lot of experience behind her.
Sergey
Guide driver and
a dad of four children
He loves to travel by car. He knows many local legends and will tell you everything about the Buryats and their traditions.
Maria
Tour guide, as well as
a trekking instructor
“My calling is to make people fall in love with Baikal and see how guests experience delight when discovering its unique beauty.”
Daria
Tour guide, as well as
an experienced driver
A guide with more than 10 years of experience in tourism and 20 years of hiking experience. Conducts walking and auto tours of Lake Baikal and beyond
Lisa
Guide-translator,
loves nature
“The best mind-stimulating substance are people! They help you discover new facets of the boundless world around you.”
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