Circum Baikal railway express
from 241 $
Itinerary: Irkutsk – Listvyanka – Circum Baikal railway
Duration: 3 days/2 nights
Period: May – September 2024
Day by day itinerary
1day
Arrival in Irkutsk.
Welcome to Irkutsk – capital of Eastern Siberia! We will meet you in the airport or railway station.
Departure to Listvyanka (65 km from Irkutsk, travel will take 1 hour).
Listvyanka is Siberian village located on southern coast of Baikal Lake, at the source of Angara – the only river flowing from this unique lake.
Listvyanka is justly considered as the center of tourism on Baikal. There is harmonious combination of endless mirror-like surface of the great lake, pictorial hills covered by softwood forest, rural houses and modern hotels.
Visit to the architectural and ethnographical museum “Taltsy”.
You will visit outdoor museum complex located in the pictorial environment, by the side of Angara River. Unique historical, architectural and ethnographical landmarks dated back to XVII – XX centuries are collected in the museum.
Visit to the Baikal Museum.
You will get acquainted with inhabitants of Baikal underwater world: Baikal seal (nerpa), omul, umber, sturgeon dwelling in unique aquarium where natural Baikal water taken from over 400 meters depth is used.
You will also make virtual immersion in the bathyscaphe to the bottom of Baikal, to its maximum depth – 1637 meters.
Viewing trip in Listvyanka.
Within sightseeing tour, you will visit observation platform opposite Shaman-Stone and will learn a legend about Baikal and his daughter Angara, visit St. Nicholas Church built in XVIII century.
Visit to the local fish and gifts market.
Arrive at a hotel in Listvyanka. Check-in.
2day
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Check-out.
Transfer to the pier. Ferry to Port Baikal.
Departure by Circum-Baikal Express
Fascinating trip by comfortable train. During the trip, you will enjoy pictorial coastal landscape of Baikal Lake and unique combination of wild nature and architecture of engineering structures.
Circum-Baikal Railway has 38 tunnels having total length 9063 meters, 248 bridges and viaducts. With reference to saturation of engineering structures, Circum-Baikal Railway has no peers in Russia and takes one of the leading places in the world.
Several stops are provided during the trip with short walking excursions as well as free time for individual walking.
Lunch on train.
Arrival in Irkutsk.
Transfer to the hotel. Check-in.
3day
Breakfast at the hotel restaurant. Check-out.
Transfer to the airport or railway station.
Package price
Package price per 1 person, group of 12 persons: |
241 $. |
Package price per 1 person, group of 10 persons: |
247 $. |
Package price per 1 person, group of 8 persons: |
267 $. |
Package price per 1 person, group of 6 persons: |
299 $. |
Package price per 1 person, group of 4 persons: |
329 $. |
Package price per 1 person, group of 2 persons: |
464 $. |
Single room occupancy surcharge: |
46 $. |
Package price includes
double “standard” room occupancy
“Mayak” hotel 3* (Listvyanka)
“Irkutsk City Centre” hotel 4* (Irkutsk)
excursions as per the itinerary
guide service as per the itinerary
entry tickets as per the itinerary
meals as per the itinerary
transportation as per the itinerary