Baikal Odessey

Duration: 9 days/8 nights

Tour period: June – September

Accommodation: 4 star hotel, on a yacht

Activities: cruise, hiking, fishing, horse-back riding

Day 1	Arrival in Irkutsk. Transfer to Hotel. Sightseeing tour of Irkutsk.
Day 2	Departure for a full-day trip to Lake Baikal and Listvyanka settlement (60 klm). Visit to Baikal Limnological museum. Boarding a cruise ship. Cruise north to Peschannaya Bay (6 hours).
Day 3	An easy walking tour to the observation platform at dawn. Continue cruising to Olkhon Island the heart of Lake Baikal. Short stopover at the white cliff of Sagan-Zaba. A guided walking tour to the cliff. Overnight stay in Zagli Bay on Olkhon Island.
Day 4	Visit to the Lakes of Zagli-Nur, Shamanka Rock and Sagan-Khushun Cliff. Cruise across the lake to the Gulf of Chivyrkuisky (8 hours).
Day 5	Leisure time. Optional: fishing, guided walking tours around Zmeinaya bay, taking hot spring baths.
Day 6	Cruise around the bay. Debarkation in Curbulic Village. A walking tour to the observation platform. Overnight on board a ship.
Day 7	Cruise back across the lake to Zama settlement (9 hours). Visit to Ushkaniy Islands, the rockery of Baikal seals (special permission is required). Accommodation in Zama Recreation Center.
Day 8	Sightseeing tour of Zama settlement. Optional at extra cost: swimming pool, sauna, horse back riding, guided tours on outlanders etc.
Day 9	Transfer to Irkutsk (7 hours). Departure.