Best Lake Baikal Cruises

AROUND LAKE BAIKAL IN 8 DAYS (8 days / 7 nights)

	Ports of call	Included excursion program
Day 1	Irkutsk – Listvianka	Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvianka, the Baikal museum, embarkation to the ship
Day 2	Olkhon island	Visit to Sacred Shamanka Rock
Day 2	Ogoi Island	Visit to the Stupa of Enlightenment
Day 3	Small Ushkany Islands	OPTIONAL: Visit to the Baikal seal rookery
Day 3	Chivyrkuisky Bay	Swimming in Lake Baikal and bathing in hot healing springs
Day 4	Ayaya Bay	Ecological trail to Lake Frolikha, picnic ashore with taiga tea
Day 4	Khakusy natural resort (subject to weather conditions)	OPTIONAL : Bathing in hot springs
Day 5	Zavorotnaya Bay	Walking tour along Zavorotnaya Bay, watching to relict trees
Day 6	Cape Sagan-Khushun, Olkhon Island	Visit to the rock “Three brothers” OPTIONAL: Automobile tour along the Northern Olkhon till the Cape Khoboy
Day 6	Surkhaite	Walking to the women's and men's healing springs
Day 7	Akademicheskaya Bay (recreation center “Baikal Dunes”)	Excursion to Peschanaya and Babushka Bays, visit to the Panorama Rock, Russian bath on the shore of lake Baikal
Day 8	Listvianka – Irkutsk	Disembarkation at Listvianka, transfer to Irkutsk with visit to a local souvenir and fish market

Included meals: Day 1 – dinner, days 2-7 – breakfast, lunch and dinner, day 8 – breakfast

BAIKAL ODYSSEY (6 days / 5 nights)

	Ports of call	Included excursion program
Day 1	Irkutsk – Listvianka	Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvianka, the Baikal museum, embarkation to the ship
Day 2	Olkhon island	Visit to Sacred Shamanka Rock
Day 2	Ogoi Island	Visit to the Stupa of Enlightenment
Day 3	Small Ushkany Islands	OPTIONAL: Visit to the Baikal seal rookery
Day 3	Chivyrkuisky Bay	Swimming in Lake Baikal and bathing in hot healing springs
Day 4	Cape Sagan-Khushun, Olkhon Island	Visit to the rock “Three brothers” OPTIONAL: Automobile tour along the Northern Olkhon till the Cape Khoboy
Day 4	Surkhaite	Walking to the women's and men's healing springs
Day 5	Akademicheskaya Bay (recreation center “Baikal Dunes”)	Excursion to Peschanaya and Babushka Bays, visit to the Panorama Rock, Russian bath on the shore of lake Baikal
Day 6	Listvianka – Irkutsk	Disembarkation at Listvianka, transfer to Irkutsk with visit to a local souvenir and fish market

Included meals: Day 1 – dinner, days 2-5 – breakfast, lunch and dinner, day 6 – breakfast

CHARM OF THE NORTH (7 days / 6 nights)

	Ports of call	Included excursion program
Day 1	Irkutsk – Listvianka	Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvianka, embarkation to the ship
Day 2	Small Ushkany Islands	Stop at the deepest point of lake Baikal with a depth of 1642 meters, OPTIONAL: Visit to the Baikal seal rookery
Day 2	Chivyrkuisky Bay	Swimming in Lake Baikal and bathing in hot healing springs
Day 3	Ayaya Bay	Ecological trail to Lake Frolikha, picnic ashore with taiga tea
Day 4	Zavorotnaya Bay	Walking tour along Zavorotnaya Bay, watching to relict trees
Day 5	Cape Sagan-Khushun, Olkhon Island, Ogoi Island	Automobile tour along the Northern Olkhon till the Cape Khoboy, Visit to Sacred Shamanka Rock, Visit to the Stupa of Enlightenment
Day 6	Akademicheskaya Bay (recreation center “Baikal Dunes”)	Excursion to Peschanaya and Babushka Bays, visit to the Panorama Rock, Russian bath on the shore of lake Baikal
Day 7	Listvianka – Irkutsk	Disembarkation at Listvianka, transfer to Irkutsk with visit to a local souvenir and fish market

Included meals: Day 1 – lunch and dinner, days 2-6 – breakfast, lunch and dinner, day 7 – breakfast

CHARM OF THE NORTH (6 days / 5 nights)

	Ports of call	Included excursion program
Day 1	Irkutsk – Listvianka	Transfer from Irkutsk to Listvianka, the Baikal museum, embarkation to the ship
Day 2	Olkhon island	Visit to Sacred Shamanka Rock
Day 2	Ogoi Island	Visit to the Stupa of Enlightenment
Day 3	Small Ushkany Islands	OPTIONAL: Visit to the Baikal seal rookery
Day 3	Chivyrkuisky Bay	Swimming in Lake Baikal and bathing in hot healing springs
Day 4	Cape Sagan-Khushun, Olkhon Island	Visit to the rock “Three brothers” OPTIONAL: Automobile tour along the Northern Olkhon till the Cape Khoboy
Day 4	Surkhaite	Walking to the women's and men's healing springs
Day 5	Akademicheskaya Bay (recreation center “Baikal Dunes”)	Excursion to Peschanaya and Babushka Bays, visit to the Panorama Rock, Russian bath on the shore of lake Baikal
Day 6	Listvianka – Irkutsk	Disembarkation at Listvianka, transfer to Irkutsk with visit to a local souvenir and fish market

Included meals: Day 1 – dinner, days 2-5 – breakfast, lunch and dinner, day 6 – breakfast

Lake Baikal cruises on Motorship Alexander Velikiy

FIT: Service in English is guaranteed

GROUPS (20pax+) – service in English/French/German/Italian/Spanish is guaranteed

Our prices include:
- Accommodation in the appropriate cabin category
- Group transfer from hotel “Irkutsk” to the ship and from the ship to hotel Irkutsk
- Full board (3 times meals except embarkation and disembarkation days)
- Excursion program and on board service per above in English or in Russian with further translation into English
*for groups (20pax+) – in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- port and fuel taxes

Supplementary (for prebooking only):
- accommodation and program in Irkutsk / Krasnoyarsk / Listvyanka / Moscow before and after the cruise
- OPTIONAL tours
- Domestic flights to and from Irkutsk
- International flights to and from Moscow

Please contact us for Price List and reservations