Two shores of Lake Baikal. Olkhon and Buryatia
From 89 000₽ per person
Description
Type: Multi-day activity
* What we will do:
* ride on a cushion boat
* skating on that very ice
* swimming in Lake Baikal in winter
* try Buryat cuisine
* Listen to the ice crackle
* try Baikal fish
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Transfer
day 01
21 March. Arrival in Irkutsk. Ethnocenter and Olkhon
Type of accommodation:Hotel
• Meeting at the airport. Transfer to the ethnocenter.
• Lunch at the ethnocenter.
We are greeted in Buryat, given khadaks, purified with fire, as it was 200 years ago.
For lunch, traditional Buryat cuisine. You will learn about the traditions of the Buryats, listen to legends, and after lunch, learn how to dance the yekhor, a circular Buryat dance.
• After lunch and the program, we drive on to sacred Olkhon.
Olkhon is the largest and only inhabited island on Lake Baikal. It is famous for clean ice in winter, shamans, cliffs and winds.
• Accommodation, dinner at the guest house. Rest after the flight and relocation.
day 02
Exploring Olkhon
Type of accommodation:Hotel
• Breakfast at the guest house.
Not far from Olkhon there is a neighboring island - Ogoy. It perfectly displays almost the entire Winter Baikal. There is the same ice here, and grottos with caves and icicles. And on the island itself there is a Buddhist stupa of Enlightenment. That's where we're going today.
• And after lunch, you can safely explore the surroundings of the famous Shamanka Rock, the main shrine of Olkhon.
day 03
Crossing Baikal
Type of accommodation:Hotel
• After breakfast at the guest house, we will go to the northern tip of Olkhon - Cape Khoboy. One of the most beautiful locations in Olkhon.
Let's take a couple of photos of the “Spirit of Baikal”, a sculpture by the famous Dasha Namdakov, and hit the road.
Crossing Lake Baikal on a “loaf”, you can realize all its power, size, strength of winds and understand what winter Baikal really looks like.
• Lunch will be a camping lunch.
• In the evening - accommodation in a guest house already in Buryatia.
day 04
Secrets of the Chivyrkuy Bay
Type of accommodation:Hotel
• Today we will explore Cape Svyatoy Nos and the surroundings of the national park and visit the hot springs of Zmeevaya Bay.
Imagine: there's a winter fairy tale all around, and you're in a hot tub. On the way we will see grottos and caves, hummocks and snow.
• For lunch, we'll go to a fishing village for Baikal fish.
• Dinner at the guest house.
day 05
Baikal ice hole
Type of accommodation:Hotel
• We've seen enough, traveled enough. Today is the day of swimming in Lake Baikal.
A steam room, a vat of warm water and an ice hole are installed right on the ice. You can just sit in a vat with a great view of the vast expanses, or you can dive.
Lunch - Baikal cuisine with secret delicacies.
• After lunch, departure to Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. Check-in at the hotel.
• Dinner on this day is independent - I can suggest the Tengis ethno restaurant with Buryat cuisine in an interesting presentation.
day 06
Ivolginsky Datsan is the center of Buddhism. Places of power and meeting with a shaman
Type of accommodation:Hotel
Ivolginsky Datsan is the only place in the world where you can visit the Khambo Lama of Etigelov, which is more than 170 years old.
On the way, we talk about the history of Buddhism in Russia, and we receive a light briefing on the rules of behavior at the datsan.
At the Datsan, we will slow down, turn prayer drums, philosophize, and meditate.
• Next, we will have individual consultations with an astrologer lama. We will receive answers to the most intimate questions from the clergy of the temple. And accurate recommendations on your health from the emchi lama, in just 5 minutes. And now, prepared, we are going to meet the phenomenon of the incorruptible body of Hambo Lama Etigelov.
• Lunch will be served in the guest yurt of the Ivolginsky Datsan. Delicious booze and booze.
• After lunch, we will visit the place of power of Genghis Khan's Headquarters, where the legendary warrior once stood.
• After that, individual consultations with a shaman, if desired, and/or a walk around Ulan-Ude.
day 07
Morning flight from Ulan-Ude
Type of accommodation:Not included
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Сакральная Бурятия
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Привет! Это Лиля, дочь шамана и путьШественница с Байкала, психолог-расстановщик и предпринимательница.
В нашей команде есть гид-шаман и гид-лама. Мы открываем не просто красоты Байкала и Бурятии, но и сакральную жизнь места.
Я была офисным сотрудником в Москве. Взяла gap year, посетила 40+ стран и все жилые континенты, сделала кругосветку, выжила на атолле без пресной воды. Собрала команду гидов в родной Бурятии. О нас говорят: «Сказать, что это была одна из самых лучших моих экскурсий — не сказать ничего!» Дарим тепло, а не скучные факты. Погружаем в Бурятию.