Sacred Sea - lake Baikal

1. Day 1: IRKUTSK 
   Arrival in Irkutsk.
   Meet a driver and local guide in the airport, transfer to a hotel. Check-in.
   City tour of Irkutsk: wooden houses, churches, Znamensky Monastery, main streets of Irkutsk, theatres and many other historical sights.
   After lunch in a local restaurant and tasting dishes of Siberian cuisine visit the Decembrist`s museum.
   Return to a hotel.
2. Day 2: IRKUTSK – LISTVYANKA village
   Breakfast. Full day excursion in Listvyanka village and surroundings.
   10:00 meet with a guide in a hotel lobby.
   Excursion to Taltsy open-air museum of wooden architecture, situated 23 km from Listvyanka.
   Stop at the observation deck to see famous Shaman Rock. Lunch in a local restaurant at the shore of the lake, tasting Baikal cuisine. Excursion to Baikal museum to see the flora and the fauna of lake Baikal. Baikal fish and fresh water seals nerpas live here in big aquariums.
   Chairlift to the top of Chersky Mountain. You can see southern part of lake Baikal, the source of the Angara river and Khamar Daban mountain range from the view point. Walking tour to Krestovka village to see Saint Nicolas church. Return to a hotel in Listvyanka.
3. Day 3: LISTVYANKA – PORT BAIKAL – CIRCUMBAIKAL RAILWAY – IRKUTSK
   Breakfast. Transfer to the pier to take the ferry and go to Port Baikal settlement. Arrival at Port Baikal village. Boarding a train, 1 st class carriage. Departure for full day excursion by Circumbaikal railway. During excursion you`ll have 3-4 stops to visit galleries, tunnels, to walk in the forest. Lunch or lunch box will be served in the train.The train always goes on Baikal shore and you`ll admire beautiful landscapes of the lake.
   Arrival in Irkutsk railway station in the evening. Transfer to a hotel.
4. Day 4: IRKUTSK – OLKHON Island
   Breakfast.
   Transfer to bus station.
   Departure by public bus to the Olkhon island – the biggest island of lake Baikal, located 300 km from Irkutsk. Arrival in Khuzhir village. Accommodation at a hotel or a guest house.
5. Day 5: Cape KHOBOI
   Breakfast. Departure by UAZ (russian off-road minivan) at the Khoboi cape. Khoboi cape is the northern point of the Olkhon island, it is a very picturesque place where you`ll see a beautiful view on the central part of lake Baikal. If the weather is good you`ll see Ushkany`s islands and peninsula Saint Nose. Pick-nick in the open air. Return to the camp. 
6. Day 6
   Breakfast.
   Free day.
   You can join boat excursion to Ogoi island or go to excursion to the local Regional museum and Shamanka Rock – sacred place of buryat people, Saraisky bay where it is possible to swim and take sunbath, Buryat homestead.
7. Day 7: OLKHON Island– IRKUTSK
   Breakfast. Departure by public bus to Irkutsk. Lunch on the way in a café (extra paiment). Arrival in Irkutsk. Transfer to a hotel. Overnight in a hotel.
8. Day 8: DEPARTURE
   Breakfast. Meet a driver in a hotel lobby. Transfer to railway station or airport of Irkutsk and departure.

Prices 2019 per person in RUB

• Accommodation 3 nights in Irkutsk 3* hotel, 1 night in listvyanka settlment 3* hotel, 3 nights on Olkhon island (tourist camp with shower and toilet in the room)
• Individual and group transfers acc. to itinerary
• English-speaking guide for city tour of Irkutsk and Listvyanka excursion
• Entrance fees in museums and chairlift
• Train ticket for Circum Baikal railway excursion
• Group excursion on minivan to Khoboy cape
• Meals: breakfasts in hotels, lunch * 5 times