Grade
of difficulty: easy (sightseeing)
Land
cost: available on request.
The price includes: Accommodation
(6 nights in hotels B&B, 7 nights in trains), Train tickets
Novosibirsk – Irkutsk, Listvyanka – Slyudyanka, Slyudyanka
– Ulan Ude, Ulan Ude – Vladivostok; Transfers according to
the itinerary; All tours, entrance fees and tours according
the itinerary (except Khanka lake reserve – it can be arranged
separately if you are interested), including city tours in
Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Vladivostok; Lunches and
dinners according to the itinerary (1 lunch on the way to
Listvyanka, 1 dinner in Ulan Ude, 1 lunch in Vladivostok).
Airplane tickets, Insurance, Visas, Tips
are
not included.
*Schedule of the sightseeing
train down the Round Baikal railway is subject to changes
so some changes may be required to Irkutsk section of the
itinerary.
**Note that if you have more
time than just 14 days, you can continue your adventure. You
can take the advantage of the fact that Vladivostok, the final
point of your journey, provides easy access to many coastal
destinations: you can go to Kamchatka or Chukotka with Wild
Russia, or we can organize for you shorter tours to some of
the numerous Far East nature reserves so that you can spent
a day or two in famous Ussuriland taiga. Optionally you can
just take a rest in a wooden cottage and experience true Russian
banya — being one of the famous Russian extremes, it is a
real fun, especially in winter.
Also we can arrange extensions
to the route — for example, you can start from Helsinki, Saint-Petersburg,
or Moscow. |
Starting
in the western Siberia and finishing at its south-eastern
end — that is, at the Japan Sea coastline, this tour is
designed for those who are particularly interested in Siberian
section of the railway.
You will see highlights of all four cities, the Lake Baikal
and surrounding mountain ranges, travel by Round-Baikal
Railway; you will see the funniest monument of the communist
era — gigantic stone head of Lenin: placed in Ulan Ude,
capital of Buryatia, it certainly has some Mongolian features.
In Vladivostok there are lots of opportunities to explore
Far East wildlife, for example, visit Amur Tiger family
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Travelling by Round Baikal Railway
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Folklore village: Russian and Buryat
wooden houses
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Smoked Baikal omul
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Ivolginsky datzan — center of Buddhism
in Russia
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Lenin’s head — the funniest monument
of the Soviet era
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Visit to Amur tigers — endangered
inhabitants of Far East taiga and biggest cats in the
world
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