Holidays at Lake Baikal – Tour BK 09
Transsiberian & Nature Island Olkhon 4 days from € 399.-

3 overnights in Olkhon Holiday Hotel Lada

Trans-Siberian & Nature - Travel arrangement Lake Baikal                         Island Olkhon 4 days from € 399.-
3 overnights in Olkhon Holiday Hotel Lada room category standard
with English-speaking tour guide
Transport Irkutsk – Olkhon – Irkutsk by bus
Tour Cape Choboy – Usury – Maloe More
Tour Cape Burkhan - Shamanka Rock
Half Board day 1-4

Day 01 Irkutsk – Olkhon – Tuesday
Day 02 Cape Choboy – Usury – Maloe More - Wednesday
Day 03 Cape Burkhan – Shamanka Rock - Thursday
Day 04 Travel back to Irkutsk - Friday

Day 01 Olkhon - Khuzhir
For participants coming from Listvyanka individual arrival.
Transport to Olkhon by bus at 10:00 am, arrival late afternoon. Check-in holiday hotel, dinner (D)

Day 02 Cape Choboy – Usury – Maloe More
Day tour to the north of Olkhon: Sand covered Peschanoe Tract, you will see a beautiful beach, tall trees, and remains of the buildings and barracks of the fish-receiving station where prisoners have worked up to the middle of the 60s. Cape Khoboy which is the northernmost point of the island and a sacral place for shamans, from here you get the best view of the Baikal Range and the far bank of Lake Baikal, including Svyatoy nos Peninsula.
Territory of Uzuri , a wide and long valley in the northeastern part of Olkhon Island, a pebble beach, a small lake with birds; a possibility of meeting the Baikal seal. Picnic. (B,P,D)

Day 03 Cape Burkhan - Shamanka Rock
Walking tour to the island’s trademark - Cape Burkhan and Shamanka Rock. Cape Burkhan is a sacral place for Buryat people. This is also the island’s trademark. The rock with two peaks is a palace of Olkhon Island’s owner Khan Khuute-Baabay.

The rock has an open-ended cave and old Buddhist inscriptions. This is a place where shamans and then Buddhists used to perform their rites. On the southern part of the rock there is a “picture” of a dragon-snake that was believed to be the rock’s guardian. The guide will be telling you stories about the nature, history, traditions, and culture of Olkhon Island. It will also be possible to take pictures of this unique nature monument.(B,D)

Day 04 Irkutsk
Breakfast and morning at leisure. Return to Irkutsk by bus. (B)

Minimum participants:   2
Maximum participants: 12

B=breakfast, P=picnic, D=dinner

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