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Tourism to Altai is extraordinarily diverse. This unique land attracts tourists from all over the world!

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Altai, a vast mountainous territory, lies to the south of Siberia. It knows no borders: Mount Belukha, with its height of 4506 m, rises along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan. Two other major countries share this channel: Mongolia and China.\nAltai also has endless steppes, impenetrable taiga, numerous lakes, rivers and waterfalls. This diversity favours fauna species variety: brown bear, elk, wolf, golden eagle and others. The Altai Republic is a land steeped in history. Being inhabited since prehistoric times, it offers an opportunity to appreciate the cultures of the past.

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This region is great for active tourism. Plenty of hiking, bicycling and horse riding trails. Rafting down the rivers such as Katun, Chuya and Chulyshman will give you unforgettable memories. We also offer family tours which with focus on cultural exploration without any extreme. BaikalNature is happy to offer tours to Altai, price includes excursions, accommodation, food, meetings with local residents and other adventures. All along the journey you will have experienced guides and instructors around, who will gladly introduce you to this amazing place in Russia.

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Arctic expedition is the choice for real romantics and lovers of adventures. We will gladly help you to make the dream of many travelers come true - to visit the edge of the world! The place where not a lot of people have visited and interest in which is growing every day due to the fact that the journey to the Arctic is becoming more accessible. The Arctic includes the lands of several countries such as: Russia, Greenland, Canada, United States, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In course of wide range of our trips, we invite you to visit and discover this unbelievable area, where few people dared to travel.

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Russian tour operator BaikalNature is happy to offer you exciting tours to the Arctic, including cruises on the icebreaker, visiting the natural reserve - Wrangel Island, Franz Josef Land. You will discover unique local flora and fauna: polar bears which are not afraid to approach the ship's side; lazy walruses and fur seals; countless flocks of birds that nest on rocky shores; gray whales and killer whales! You can take a stroll through the glaciers, and especially brave will have the opportunity to swim in the Arctic Ocean.

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Explore the northern nature! Become one of the few who revealed the secrets of this distant land!

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Planning a trip to Caucasus? Visit our Georgia travel website!

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The Caucasian ridge is covered with eternal snows, stretching for 1100 km from the North-West to the South-East between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. These mountains keep a lot of secrets till this day, and remain one of the most unexplored parts of the Old World. The Caucasus region is separated between northern and southern parts. The southern parts consist of independent sovereign states (Armenia, Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan) and the northern parts are under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. There is the highest mountain in Europe - the Mount Elbrus, 5,642 metres (18,510 ft). Thanks to its climate and varied landscapes, the Caucasus has an incredibly rich biodiversity: there are over 6400 different species of vascular plants, 1 600 of which are endemic. The animal life is also abundant, there are 55 endemic species in the Caucasian area, various species of birds (more than 378), mammals (over 131) and reptiles (over 86).

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Russian tour operator BaikalNature invite you to take a trip to Caucasus, where you will discover the millennial glaciers and gorges, sand dunes, coniferous forests and alpine meadows. This region with diverse nature is a paradise for lovers of outdoor activities. There you can enjoy horseback riding, climbing to the tops of mountains, trekking, rafting and other adventures, pleasant memories of which you will remember for all your life. You will discover such cities as Makhachkala, Sochi, Grozny, Kislovodsk, Pyatigorsk.

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Tours to Caucasus can be interesting for those who choose quiet, family vacation, which ideally suited for sightseeing tours. In the time of Russian Empire, there have been built resort areas around thermal springs, where aristocraty and members of royal families came for holiday and recreation.

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BaikalNature is happy to offer active tours to Caucasus. Price includes excursions, accommodation, food, rafting, meetings with local residents, guides and instructors around, who will gladly introduce you to this amazing place in Russia.

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Travelling around Chukotka is unusual kind of vacation. Chukotka is a Russian district located in the Far East of Russia. Its distant locality makes it difficult to reach. Despite the distance, people come to find the most eastern point of the whole country! Only few kilometers separate Russia and the United States.\nReal travelers inspired by exploratory campaigns seek to visit this region of permafrost which stretches out from the Bering Strait to the Kolyma River, to test the strength of their spirit. Russian tour operator BaikalNature invites you to go to our Far East and take a part in an unique journey to the Arctic Circle, to meet the dawn on the edge of the Earth!

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Russian tour operator BaikalNature invites you to go to our Far East and take a part in an unique journey to the Arctic Circle, to meet the dawn on the edge of the Earth! Chukotka seems as a pure magic of nature. The territory of the peninsula is extremely underpopulated because of the harsh climate, strong winds and frosts. There is no city noise, bustle and traffic jam, just you and the wild nature around. On all your way there will be only tundra, small villages and rare settlements of aborigines.

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Our tours to Chukotka include meetings with local residents Chukchi and reindeer herders, tasting local cuisine, cruises on ships, bathing in hot springs, excursions on motorboats to rookery bird near rocky coasts and other adventures, pleasant memories of which you will remember all your life.

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Kamchatka is becoming more and more popular with every year among travelers from all over the world. Kamchatka is a peninsula situated in the Russian Far East. Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it has no less than 300 volcanoes, 29 of them are still active (especially the most popular one - Kluchevskaya Sopka). We offer you to take a trip to the picturesque land where Martian landscapes adjoin to the Geyser Valley, where ghostal fog changes with blinding sun. Explore this mind-blowing place and get brightest impressions for the rest of your life.

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But Kamchatka is not only the volcanoes! It is lush vegetation and abundant wildlife. Its standout is the brown bear which is found almost everywhere on its territory. So, it's easy to see them anytime except the periods of hibernation. Nevertheless, the volcanoes and the bears don't prevent people from all around the world from visiting this land. For thousands of years several ethnic groups have been able to live in harmony with nature.

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BaikalNature is happy to offer active tours to Kamchatka, price includes excursions, accommodation, food, fishing, rafting, meetings with local residents and other adventures. All along the journey you will have experienced guides and instructors around, who will gladly introduce you to this amazing place in Russia. We also offer family tours which with focus on cultural exploration without any extreme. After the tour on the peninsula you will spend a night in a hotel. We will help you to find the best air tickets to Kamchatka and organizes individual tours from any location of Russia.

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For those who decided to explore a unique place in Russia, to feel greatness of ancient churches and to enjoy silence of the wild nature, we offer a travel to Karelia! \nThere is a unique region in the Russian North-West, Karelia. Bordered by the White Sea, it also shares a border with Lapland. Its vast territory is almost entirely covered with forest. Everything, not covered with green color, is blue. There are 27 000 rivers flowing in Karelia and 60 000 lakes. It contains two largest European lakes: Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega. Besides Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia, the people live in villages with homes and churches of bright colors.

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This fascinating land is full of uninvestigated mysteries and undiscovered secrets. Virgin nature and unique monuments of architecture, such as UNESCO-guarded \"Kizhsky pogost\" attract tourists from all over the world. Our tour plans to Karelia perfectly fit both for family tourism same as active tourism.

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BaikalNature is offering active tours to Karelia which include excursion to Kijim Valaam and Solovki, to Kivach falls; rafting, fishing, snowmobile driving, dog sledding and other adventures with full hotel and/or tour base accommodation. You will have experienced guides around who gladly introduce you to this incomparable region. We will happy to arrange individual tours to Karelia from any location of Russia. Spend vacation with us and get amazing experience and unforgettable impressions left for the lifetime!.

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Travel to the Kola Peninsula annually attracts many tourists who are not indifferent to the beauty of the northern nature.

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The tour operator BaikalNature offers you to take a part in a journey through the entire peninsula, from the White Sea to the Barents. The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast , it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is bordered by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast. The city of Murmansk is the most populous human settlement on the peninsula with a population of over 300,000. The coastlines are attractive and convoluted. You will be surprised by unbelievable nature found in lands within the peninsula.

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The tour operator BaikalNature offers you to take a part in a journey through the entire peninsula, from the White Sea to the Barents Sea. Our tours to the Kola Peninsula are perfect for lovers of active adventure and wildlife.

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The most popular tours are fishing and snowmobile safaris in the Khibiny (a perfect mountain range for skiing). The region is attractive for skiers and snowboarders, due to the fact that the weather in winter here is warmer and more snowy than in other polar regions. Another positive fact in favor of this direction is the opportunity to see a unique phenomenon - aurora !

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You should also visit the Arctic in summer. This is an ideal season for hiking and rafting, where you will enjoy the silence of lakes and rocky gorges. Reaching to \"Russian Lapland\" is not difficult, it is enough just to buy a plane ticket from Moscow or St. Petersburg to the local city of Apatity or Murmansk, the flight time will only take two and a half hours.

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Baikal has been waiting for you for millions of years! And so you decided to immerse yourself into the wild nature, discover unexplored trails, breathe freedom! We will help you to organize your holiday on Lake Baikal! BaikalNature has been developing beneficial and interesting tours to Lake Baikal for 10 years, and for sure you will be pleasantly surprised with the prices we can offer. We are happy to give you a choice of various options for an unforgettable trip to Siberia!

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Lake Baikal, the blue eye of Siberia, can hardly be likened to a simple lake. And how can it be otherwise? The world's oldest at more than 25 million years old, 636 km long Lake Baikal is known for its depth and the purity of its waters. Indigenous peoples have not deceived by calling it the Sacred Sea. It is feared and revered. We must say that shamanic and earth spirits are everywhere here. The Baikal is inhabited by Burkhan (meaning God). Its residence is located on Olkhon Island. This treasure is considered to be the heart and the energetic center of the lake.

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Lake Baikal is a real celebration of diversity. It is rich in flora and fauna, two thirds of the animals are endemic. The lake is adorned with the picturesque shores. Steppes, meadows, marshes, tundra and high mountains stretch for 2,000 km of the shoreline. Moreover the Baikal itself also changes. Each season gives a whole new face. We, who live near the Baikal, have real passion for it. Come and share our feelings!

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Our tours to Baikal are suitable for every fan of active adventures and lovers of wildlife nature, the same as for families with kids. One of the most exciting activities of our tours are: 4x4 off road driving, kayaking and ice trekking tours. Take part in one of the tours and you will experience lots of unlimited emotions. Our trips to Baikal already include accommodation in hotels, meals, excursions around lake and services of an experienced guide, from whom you will learn amazing legends and stories about the deepest lake on Earth and the peculiarities of the local residents' life. We will be happy to organize individual tours from any place of our planet at any date convenient for you.

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Feel the true north!

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We invite you to participate in one of our tours to the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for discover this region of the reindeer and experience a severe climate. In Northwest of Eurasia, there is a federal subject named Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It is surrounded by the Barents Sea, the White Sea and the Kara Sea. The majority of its land is found on the Arctic Circle and includes the Kanine Peninsula and Kolguyev Island. This poorly inhabited region in Russia is perfect for lovers of outdoor activities, fishing and ecotourism.

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For arrival to this location you only need to take a ticket from Moscow to Natyan-Mal (the administrative center of Nenets Autonomous Okrug) and in 2 hours 30 mins you will already be in the far land, most of the territory of which is beyond the Arctic Circle.

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The land of Nenets is populated by indigenous people named Nenets. They are nomadic people, who breed reindeers. But due to the severe climate the main part of its territory is characterized as tundra, but we can also find forests and marshy places. Local fauna is of modest diversity. The wildlife is represented by colonies of birds, polar foxes and reindeers. We invite you to visit this area and discover its pristine nature.

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The most attractive activities for travelers in this region are:

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