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Irkutsk (Baikal Lake)
How would you not visit Baikal Lake when you are told that it is the cleanest and deepest lake on earth (max depth 1642 meter).It is also the world’s oldest lake – at 25–30 million years old. The lake remains frozen for 5 months each year.
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Irkutsk (Baikal Lake) :
4N/5D
Starts From
US$ 480/person
GROUP SIZE: Tour will be conducted on the basis of minimum 10 adult passengers per tour confirmation with advance payments
Highlights
Trip Highlights
- Baikal Lake
- Kirov Square
- Icebreaker Angara Museum
- Arshan Village
- Dog Sledging
- Fishing
- Helicoptor Rides
- Rafting
- Military Tour
Itinerary
Day 1 : Welcome
- Arrive at Irkutsk Airport, Meeting with English speaking guide and transfer to the hotel, you will have the opportunity to get your first glimpse of this truly unique city. Your travel itinerary begins right away, as on the way of Hotel.
- Arrival at hotel and Check in
- Standard check in time at 1500hrs
- Unwind your luggage and get fresh free for leisure
- Irkutsk city tour you will have a chance to get acquainted with history, culture and traditions of the oldest and most beautiful cites of Eastern Siberia – Irkutsk!
- The tour starts in the historical center of Irkutsk, where Irkutsk was founded in 1661: Historical center → Square of Three Churches (Church of Our Savior, Epiphany Cathedral, Polish Roman Catholic Church) → War Memorial and Eternal Flame → Bridge of Love and Embankment of the Angara River → Triumphal Arch → Sign of the Cross Convent
- Visit to Museum of Regional History in Irkutsk– excellent opportunity to find out numerous interesting facts about exploration of Siberia and to see ancient artifacts dating back to the Stone and Bronze Age
- Lunch at local restaurants
- Continue city tour.
- In the second part of our city tour guests will walk along the main street of the city – Karl Marx with elegant merchant houses of the XVIIIthand XIXth centuries, visit Central Market, Monument to Alexander the III (the most beloved Russian Tsar among Siberians) and have an evening walk the wooden district with lovely wooden houses and numerous souvenir shops
- The city tour continues
- Dinner at local restaurant
- Back to the hotel and overnight at hotel
Day 2 : Sightseeing
- Breakfast
- Transfer to architectural ethnographic Taltsy museum (49 km by minibus)
- Taltsy Museum, founded in 1966, opened for visitors in July 1980 and has since become a popular stop on the road to Lake Baikal. Taltsy is a unique, open-air museum that lets visitors walk around the 40 historical-architectural monuments and over 8,000 other exhibits.
- Lunch at local restaurants
- Baikal Museum excursion
- Chersky stone viewpoint + chair lift
- Listvyanka market, souvenirs for shopping
- Hotel check-in
- Dinner at local restaurants
- Back to the hotel and overnight at hotel
Day 3 : Village Tour
- Breakfast
- Transfer to Arshan village
- Lunch at Kultuk village
- Hotel check-in, free time
- Dinner at local restaurants
- Back to the hotel and overnight at hotel
Day 4 : Village Tour
- Breakfast
- Arshan village tour Arshan is a village about 3 hours by bus (or 2 hours by car) from Baikal lake, and it is a start of Sayan mountains. In fact, it is a famous (among Russians) thermal waters resort, so it is quite touristique and there are a lot of souvenir shops, organized hot springs, and buses daily to Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude.
Arshan in located in Buryatia and most of the people who live there are Buryatians. - You can start exploring Sayan mountain range from Arshan, and get as far as Mongolia (which is quite near, in fact).
- Also, you can do a few short day trekking walks there or swim in the mountain river. There is also a meditation and yoga camp, they can rent you a tent, so you will be able to enjoy the nature (without necessarily involving in the activities they do in the camp).
- Lunch at local restaurant
- Transfer to Irkutsk
- Hotel check-in
- Dinner at local restaurant
- Back to the hotel and overnight at hotel.
Day 5 : Check Out
- Buffet breakfast at the hotel
- Check out from the Hotel
- Transfer to the Airport for flight back to home.
- We hope you take back unforgettable happy memories.
Inclusions
Inclusions
- 04 Nights Accommodation on twin / double sharing basis
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Meals as per program
- Transfers airport-hotel-airport and transportation
- English-speaking guide services as per program
- Excursions as per program
Exclusions
- Return air fare
- Cost of Travel Insurance
- Cost of Optional tours
- Cost of Extension / Deviation of Air Ticket
- Courier Charges
- Any other expenses of personal nature
- Portages at hotels, Airport and Sea Ports
- Anything not mentioned in Cost includes box
- GST as per GOVT.