Incredible winter trip in Russia

Irkutsk - Listvyanka. On this day you will be met at the airport or at the railway station of the city of Irkutsk. You will be transferred to the village of Listvyanka located on the shores of Lake Baikal, at the place where the Angara River begins. Check-in at the Krestovaya Pad hotel. Breakfast.

Today, before lunch, we invite you to relax after the road or take a walk around the neighborhood. After lunch, we will go on an excursion to the Baikal Museum where we will learn about the lake and its surroundings. After the tour, we will go up to the Chersky Stone by chairlift, to an observation point overlooking the lake and the source of the Angara River.

In the evening we will take a tour on the ice of Lake Baikal on Khivus (hovercraft). We will visit the port of Baikal, see the old Baikal railway and enjoy beautiful views of the nearby mountains and ranges. Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Listvyanka - Khuzhir. After breakfast we will go to Buguldeyka village. Here we have to drive the off-road or ice section, depending on the weather. Lunch will be organized in a cafe with homemade Buryat cuisine.

After lunch, we will visit the marble quarry and set off towards Olkhon Island through the Tazhiran steppes - a unique landscape. To get to the island we will have to cross the Small Sea, the part of Lake Baikal between the mainland and Olkhon Island, along the ice crossing.

We will arrive in the village in the dark. Khuzhir is the largest settlement on the island. Check-in at the Baikal View Hotel. Dinner.

Olkhon island. In the morning, we will leave the hotel to see unique natural phenomena on the ice of Lake Baikal. We will see ice grottoes, hummocks and ice splashes. We will visit Buddhist shrines: Ogoy Island and Shamanka Rock. For lunch we will return to the village of Khuzhir. After lunch, we will make an ice route to Cape Khoboy - the northern tip of Olkhon Island.

There we will make a stop and have a golf tournament, also measure the thickness of the ice, go ice skating and taste ice-cold cocktails with excellent local desserts. In the evening we will return to the hotel (along the ice of Lake Baikal). Dinner.

Khuzhir - Gremiachinsk. This day will be long and very rich in activities. We have to drive along an off-road route through a nature reserve to the village of Uzura. On the way, we will visit the sculpture of “Baikal Guardian” and cross Lake Baikal on ice to the village of Ust-Barguzin.

Lunch will be at the yurt camp on the ice. There we will have an opportunity to swim in the hole after the bath, as well as plunge into the hot Siberian vat. And of course we will enjoy the beautiful views of the nearest mountain ranges. After all the activities, we will move to the village of Gremyachinsk. Check-in at the hotel "Baikalskaya Riviera". Dinner.

Gremiachinsk - Irkutsk. This morning, we need to cross the ice over the Selenga River and drive to the village of Tankhoi along the eastern shore of Lake Baikal. We will visit the Baikal Visitor Center, where we will have an excursion and lunch.

After lunch, we will go to Irkutsk and under favorable weather conditions cross the lake again to get to the village of Listvyanka.

Arrival in Irkutsk in the evening. Check-in at the Marriott hotel. Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

Departure. Breakfast and check out from the hotel. Transfer to the airport for departure