- Circular tour around Olkhon island
- 100 % safe vehicles and itinerary
- Overnight in the tent camp in the centre of Lake Baikal - "Baikal Ice Camp"
- Discover of the most beautiful places of frozen Baikal
Do you want an adventure with new feelings? Especially for you BaikalNature made an exclusive tour where you will have a unique circular itinerary offering you a total change of scenery each kilometre.
Buggy is a comfortable and practical vehicle with a very high off-road performance often used on rally rides will get over Baikal ice ridges and through cracks. Your trip will be very safe because of spike tires, low seat, stable chassis and firm body. These are the main characteristics that differ buggy from quad bikes and snowmobiles. This little "bug" is very easy to drive having or not experience to drive a car. All you need is to press accelerator pedal or the brake.
You will enjoy driving; moreover, we propose you a unique itinerary: starting from the Maloye More strait, we will stop near the Khorin Irgui cape (Mare’s head), we will drive along the western coast of Olkhon island for discovering icy grottoes with splashes – “sokuyi” till the Khoboy Cape – the northernmost point of the island. Then, we will drive to the geographical centre of the lake where we will spend a night in a real BaikalIceCamp! The second day, we will go along the eastern Olkhon island shore: it’s uninhabited and wild far away from bitten tourists trails.
- Day 1In the great spaces of Maloye More straitMRS (Sakhurta) — Lake Baikal
- Day 2Along the eastern Olkhon island coastLake Baikal — MRS (Sakhurta)
- Day 3End of the programmeMRS (Sakhurta)
- 09:00Meeting with the group in MRS (Sakhurta village)*The meeting point depends on the hotel where you will be accommodated on the previous night. If you start from Irkutsk city, we can book for you the transfer and overnight.
- 09:30Briefing and start of the itineraryFirst of all, buggy driving instructions. Loading of the luggage, safety precautions. We start our itinerary by the ice of the Maloye More strait. Firstly, we will visit the southernmost part of the Olkhon island - Khorin Irgi cape or Mare's head. Then we will drive along the western coast of the island where we will stop over the ice-covered grottoes, Shamanka and Three brothers cape. We will go till the northernmost par of the island - Khoboy cape.
- 13:00Packed lunch with hot tea
- 14:00Continuation of the itinerary to BaikalIceCampWe will continue our itinerary by the ice of the open Baikal to it's geographical centre and it's deepest part - where our BaikalIceCamp is situated. The ritual of meeting and greeting where every participant of the group can try to bore the ice. The briefing. You have a possibility to spend a night on the ice of the lake Baikal over 1500 metres of the water column.
- 19:00Dinner in the camping
- Overnight in the heated tents
3 h buggying (255km)
- 09:00Breakfast in the camp
- 10:00Return to MRS by the iceReturn to MRS along the eastern shore of Olkhon island. There are no tourist trails, that's why there are no crowds of people. The eastern bank of the island is too bluffy and we will make some stops for admiring the torosses and icy rocks.
- 13:00LunchEn route, break for a snack with a hot tea.
- 17:00Arrival to MRS and accommodation at the resort
- 19:00Dinner
- Overnight at the resort
- 09:00BreakfastCheck-our, end of the program. * For extending the tour, please, contact your tour-manager.
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March, 04 2020 - Start March, 06 2020 End | Available: 4+ Status | 768 $ Basic price per person |
- Russian-speaking guide services
- Accommodation as per itinerary
- Transport as per itinerary
- Letter of invitation
- Buggy rental and special equipment
- Meals according to the program
- English-speaking guide
- Reserves and national parks entrance permissions
- Personal expenses and tips
- Visa fees and travel insurance
- Airline tickets
The price is indicated for a group of 4 persons minimum. If there less people in the group, the supplement is applied: - for a group of 3 participants, the supplement is 14 300 roubles / per person; - for a group of 2 participants, the supplement is 17 000 roubles / per person; - for an individual traveller the supplement is 26 300 roubles. The tour has an open departure. Please, contact us for the availability. Options for this tour: 1. Transfer Irkutsk - MRS (Sakhurta) before the tour / MRS (Sakhurta) - Irkutsk after the tour: - scheduled bus - 1300 roubles / per person / one way; - private transfer - 10000 roubles / 5 pers. maximum / one way. 2. Supplement overnight in MRS (Sakhurta) before or after the tour: 5 500 roubles / per night / single or double room. For all possible optional supplements, please, contact your tour-manager
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