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Cruise Among Ice Floes (Tour # 65863)From: 1985 $ / 1510 € / 60000 RUB
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Trip Length: 11 days
Group: 12 Departure: Fixed Period: May - June Tour type: BaikalNature Limited Edition tour Destinations: Lake Baikal Transport: Private car / bus, Boat Accommodation: Boat Activities: Cruise / Navigation, Trekking, Cultural exploration, Fishing, Animal observation
Visited areas: Irkutsk Region, Irkutsk, Lake Baikal, Tazheranskaya steppe, Maloye More, Khakusy, Ayaya Bay, Baikalo-Lensky Nature Reserve, Davsha, Ushkany Islands, Olkhon Island, Peschanaya Bay, Sagan-Zaba Cape, Listvyanka
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Strong Points Of The Tour:Navigation in an atmosphere of Arctic landscapes Opportunity to observe wild animals Discovery of Lake Baikal during unique and short period when the ice field thaws Tour Overview:In the month of May Lake Baikal starts to free itself from its ice cover presenting an affecting spectacle. On the shores of the lake the nature wakes up and the land is covered with a green carpet of fresh grass. First snowdrops, globe-flowers of bright orange colour, violet bellflowers, and white anemones can be seen everywhere. Wild animals enjoy the arrival of spring and appear on the shores to regale themselves with insects and plants. At the same time ice slabs float in the water creating an Arctic atmosphere on Lake Baikal. It is not rarely that a freshwater seal would watch us from afar having stretched itself on a floating ice slab. We invite you to go on an amazing journey to contemplate breathtaking scenery, walk off the beaten path in national parks and nature reserves, and bathe in hot springs. This cruise has the character of an expedition where the itinerary is given for illustration purposes to mark the main lines of the journey and the sites you are going to visit. However, it is important to realize that our tour will proceed depending on weather conditions and ice state. It may occur that it won't be possible to get to some locations marked on the route map because at night it may freeze so much that the access to our destination is blocked with the ice the boat is not able to break. In this case that point of sightseeing programme will surely be replaced with other not less exciting discoveries. Do not forget that the only judge aboard a vessel is the captain whose task of prime importance is to provide our safety. Motor ships of "comfort class" - "Tatyana" and "Sibiryak" participate in this year expedition. And also there will be a photo school on a motor ship of "standard class". Tour Programme:Day 1
Arrival at Irkutsk, meeting of the participants in the airport or on the railway station.
Transfer to the village of Sakhyurta, Maloye More Boarding the ships. Accommodation in the cabins. Start of the expedition. The maximum passage along the western coast to the North. Going through the strait of Maloye More Lunch onboard. Going along the western coast to the north of Baikal. Dinner. Overnight near the cape Zhunduk on board. Day 2
Sail along the western coast to cape “Zavorotniy”.
If the weather conditions are good it’s possible to stop near Rytyi cape and Pokoiniki cape – the territory of Baikal-Lenskiy reserve. The mysterious cape “Rytyi” is located in the central part of the Baikal on western coast, opposite the widest place of the Baikal. There are no any settlements here, it couldn’t be reached by any highways, and there is no even track along the coast to this place. Local residents diligently avoid visiting cape “Rytyi”, calling it as a damned place. Something inexplicable still happens at this cape. The source of such influence remains unclear for people. The cape “Pokoiniki” is located in the north part on western coast at the foot of the Baikal mountain ridge. On one of the first maps this cape was called “Pokoiniy”. The fold, near it, has the same name. And then, this name had changed to “Pokoiniki”, which means in English “dead people”. Nowadays old weather station “Solnechnaya” is located here. Lunch onboard. Time for rest on shore. Dinner. Overnight near the cape “Zavorotniy” on board. The geological settlement, situated at this bay, was constructed in 1962 by the enterprise “BaikalQuartzSemipreciousStones” after the first foundation of microquartzite in the world. Microquartzite is an abrasive material of very high durability for mirror treatment of metal. Nowadays only several persons live in this settlement. Day 3
Sail to cape Kotelnikovskiy.
The hottest springs of the Baikal are situated here. Springs of Kotelnikovskiy Cape are located 80 km south from Severobaikalsk along western coast of the Baikal. Water temperature in it reaches 80 degrees, water runout is 10 liters per second. Springs are fluoride-hydrocarbonated sodium (are used only for external application). If the weather conditions are good it’s possible to stop near capes Elohin and Muzhinai. Lunch onboard. Cape Elohin is located at the border, which subdivided the Buryat Republic and Irkutsk Region. And also it is a north border of Baikal-Lenskiy reserve. Dinner. Overnight near the cape “Kotelnikovskiy” on board. Day 4
Sail to Severobaikalsk. It’s possible to walk here.
Severobaikalsk was founded in 1974 due to construction of Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM). At those times it was a base settlement for builders of Buryat part of the BAM (510 km) which was called “New Years’”. Diesel engines of mobile power stations rustled, boiler-houses smoked near each group of tents, carriages, panel board houses. In several years the settlement has grown into large transport knot with powerful building complex and developed social infrastructure. Sail to the most northern point of Lake Baikal – to “Yarki” Islands. Lunch onboard. Yarki is a huge sand-bar in the north of the Baikal. Here there are tremendous landscapes of Baikal mountains and excellent views on the Lake itself. Length of the Island is about 24 km, lasts in parallel to northern coast of the Baikal. Width is around 100-150 meters. It’s being washed by the Baikal from the southern side, by Angarsk Sor from the northern side. Angarsk Sor is formed by sources of rivers Kichera and Verhnaya Angara. Sail to Nizhneangarsk. Nizhneangarsk is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Severo-Baykalskiy District of the Buryat Republic. The settlement was founded in 1643 by the Russian explorer Semyon Skorokhod. When the Baikal Amur Mainline was being built and started to work the settlement was developing fast. The construction of railway near Nizhneangarsk started in 1978. There are airport, railway station and small river port. Dinner. Overnight near Nizhneangarsk on board. Day 5
Sail to Ayaya Bay. Visiting Lake Frolikha.
Lunch onboard. Ayaya Bay is attractive by its perfect beauty. It’s considered that its name has appeared from surprise exclamation: “Ah-ayaya, what’s the beauty!”. On northern Baikal this gulf, surrounded by steep shores, is famous as one of the most beautiful places of north-eastern coast. Ayaya bay goes in land on 4 km and has beautiful sandy beach. Eastern shore of the bay is low with wide sandy beach line, two streams run into the water here, northern one is called Ayaya. Frolikha Lake is a complex nature sanctuary. It’s area is 16,5 sq.km. It has a form of horseshoe and is located 8 km far away from Ayaya Bay. On the lake there are two small islands, wide peninsula, two creeks – Perch and Trunk. Its depth is to 80 meters. Rivers Right Frolikha and Davatchanda flow into the lake from the south-eastern part, Left Frolikha – from the north-east. The only river Frolikha flows out of the lake. Mountain Bear (1200 m) rises up at the eastern shore. Lake has scientific and recreational value. Rare red fish Davatchan is found here. It’s the relic form of glacial epoch. Dinner. Overnight near Ayaya Bay on board. Day 6
Long sail to Chivyrkuiskiy Bay.
Stop at the Khakusy bay. The bay is wide, around 6 km, opened. From the north it’s surrounded by Khakusy Cape. Name “Khakusy” has Evernki roots. There is a version that it’s coming from the word “akushi” that means hot or from the word “khaku” that means heat. Lunch onboard. Sail to Kabaniy cape. The cape “Kabaniy” is sloping, coming far to lake. It is located on the territory of Barguzin reserve. Sail to settlement Davsha. Davsha in Evenki language means “meadow” or “wide open district”. Central manor of Barguzin State Natural Reserve is situated here. It was created in 1916 for the purpose of studying and saving population of barguzin sable. After arrival to Davsha, visiting the thermal spring in the settlement, then there is excursion to the museum of nature where the detailed information on the nature and history of development of reserve is presented. It will be walk along wild taiga conducting by forester, climbing to the top of the mountain along the river Southern Biryukan, where there is picturesque view of Davsha bay. Sail to Chivyrkuiskiy Bay. Dinner. Overnight onboard. Day 7
Sail on Chivyrkuiskiy Bay. During this day visiting the bay Zmeinaya.
Zmeinaya (Snake) Bay is famous for curative radonic baths with temperature from +41 to +45 degrees Celsius. Lunch onboard. Visiting Krokhalinnaya bay. Dinner. In the evening you can visit Russian banya on the shore of Baikal. Overnight onboard in one of small bays of Chivyrkuiskiy Bay. Day 8
Sail to Ushkanyi islands. Excursion on the islands.
Stony coast of islands serve as a rookery of a unique mammal on Baikal – the Baikal seal. The largest rookery of Baikal seals is located on the western part of island Tonkiy. According to scientists, number of seals on this rookery fluctuates within 2000 and hasn’t been changed since 1934. The seal is very careful. If you speak loudly or rustle while coming, the seal dives from stones into the water. While it is storm there are usually no seals at a rookery (visiting island is on your wish and for extra pay). Lunch onboard. Continue the examination of islands. Dinner. Overnight onboard near the Bolshoy Ushkanyi island. Day 9
Sail to the strait Maloye More. Excursion on the islands of Maloye More (Maloye Sea).
There are 15 rocky islands (including the island Olkhon) in Maloye More. The biggest of them are Zamogoy, Ogoy and Oltrek. Stop on the island Olkhon near Sarayskiy beach, visiting the Burkhan cape (the Shaman rock). The Shaman rock is one of the 9 shaman’s sacred objects (and earlier was named as stone-temple). The most sacred place on Baikal was a cave in the rock of the Shamanka cape. The sacrifices were done and the vows were taken by the first shamans here. If it will be possible, visiting island Ogoy with the Buddhist stupa (it was built in 2004) on the top. There is a splendid view of the island Olkhon and Maloye More. Lunch onboard. Continuing the excursion on the islands of Maloye More. Dinner. Overnight onboard in one of bays in the northern part of the island Olkhon. Day 10
Sail to Peschanaya Bay.
Sail through the strait Small Olkhon Gates - narrow strait between Olkhon Island and the mainland. There will be possible to stop at the white-marble rock Saagan-Zaba (if weather conditions are good) to see the petroglyphs of IIIrd-Vth centuries. According to words of academician A.P.Okladnikov, «petroglyphs of Saagan-Zaba are an original pearl of ancient culture and art of the people of Eastern Siberia. On a composition, manner of the letter and variety of plots they are the most difficult of all known rock paintings on the all extent from Ural Mountains to Pacific Ocean». Lunch onboard. Excursion through surroundings Peschanaya Bay. Peschanaya Bay is famous for so-called "stilty" trees, one of Baikal "Brands", splendid views of the lake from the surrounding rocks and excellent sandy beach. Dinner onboard. In the evening you can visit Russian banya on the shore of bay (for extra pay). Overnight onboard in Peschanaya Bay. Day 11
Sail from Peschanaya Bay to village Listvyanka.
Lunch onboard. The end of the expedition is in the village Listvyanka. Landing on the main berth. Touristic village Listvyanka is situated on the south-western part of Baikal, 65 kilometers far away from Irkutsk, at the source of Angara River. The city and the village are connected by the picturesque asphalted highway.
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