New Year on Lake Baikal 2025
From 115 050₽ per person
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Type: Multi-day activity
* Spend your New Year's holidays on Lake Baikal: a tour of Irkutsk, a visit to the ethnographic museum of wooden architecture "Taltsy" on the shore of the Angara River, a walk on the shore of the lake, trips to fish markets and an excursion to the Baikal Museum, dog sledding and hovercraft Khivus, observing the first ice of Lake Baikal.
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day 01
12/30/2024 Arrival in Irkutsk
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Tour program
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Meeting at the airport / railway station from 08-10 hours.
Then the Irkutsk city tour: a 3-hour guided tour of the main attractions:
· Historical Center / Kirov Square
· Znamensky Monastery and Kolchak Monument
· Wooden houses in Irkutsk
· Karl Marx Street / Lenin Street
· Angara River Embankment / monument to Alexander III
· 130 block
Lunch at a local restaurant
Accommodation at the hotel
Free time
day 02
31.12.2024
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel.
Transfer to Listvyanka village.
On the way, stop at the Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture. The museum's large territory features examples of Siberian wooden architecture from the late 19th century, which were collected and transported to this place from different parts of the Irkutsk region.
One of the best open-air Museums in Russia
Lunch at a restaurant in Listvyanka.
Check-in at the hotel.
Free time
New Year's banquet in the hotel restaurant accommodation from 21.00 to 06.00
day 03
01.01.2025
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
Free day.
You can walk along the shore of Lake Baikal, stroll through the streets of Listvyanka.
In the afternoon, ride the khivuses, the Ferris wheel
day 04
02.01.2025
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
A visit to the Baikal Museum – the museum tells about the history of the deepest and oldest lake on the planet: the entire timeline from its appearance to modern times. The museum also has Aquariums with Baikal fish, including the Baikal seal.
For an additional fee, you can virtually dive to the bottom of Lake Baikal.
Cable car ride to the observation deck, which offers a beautiful view of the Southern part of the island
Lunch at a restaurant in Listvyanka.
After dog sledding in the Siberian taiga.
Return to Irkutsk, accommodation at the hotel
day 05
03.01.2025
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
Today you will see the first ice of Lake Baikal!
While the water in Listvyanka and in the south of the lake is usually covered with ice in mid-January, the northern and central parts of the lake have been covered with ice since early December.
Therefore, we will go to a place called the Small Sea, the strait that separates the island of Olkhon from the mainland, where you will have the opportunity to see the first crystal clear ice of Lake Baikal.
08.00 - Transfer to the Small Sea
10.00 a.m. - Stop for a snack on the way
12.00 p.m. - Upon arrival at the Small Sea, a walk on a khivus (hovercraft) on the ice of Lake Baikal - 2 hours + ice skating
15.00 – transfer back to Irkutsk
17.30 – Stop at the Golden Horde Ethnic Park: acquaintance with the way of life and traditions of the local population – folklore performance
Dinner with traditional Buryat cuisine
Return to Irkutsk by 21.00
day 06
04.01.2025
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Breakfast at the hotel
End of the tour
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* Meeting at Irkutsk AirportFinish point
* Hotel Irkutsk.Cancellation policy
* Important! The amount of the fine and penalty for the tourist in case of cancellation of the tour! Depending on the time of the occurrence of circumstances, it may be: When canceling a tour - for 40 days or more - 15% - for 30 days - 25% - in 20 days - 70% - for 14 days - 100%