Day Schedule

➤Breakfast

➤Cross Lake Baikal by boat on the way to Tankhoi village

➤Explore Baikal Biosphere Reserve

➤Return to Listvyanka village

➤Evening at leisure

Today we’ll have a one-day tour to the neighboring region - Buryatia, located on the opposite shore of Lake Baikal. Moving by boat from Listvyanka to the Buryat village of Tankhoi, we’ll take a ride to the Baikal State Nature Reserve. More than 240 species of birds and about 50 species of mammals live here, many of which are listed in the Red Book. In the reserve, we will find a unique route - a 2,6 km long wooden-paved path, which goes through a cedar forest and a real raised bog. Information stands and benches are located along the entire path. This trail offers a breathtaking view of the spurs of the Khamar-Daban ridge. At the end of the walk through the reserve, the boat will return us to Listvyanka.

You will also visit the interactive visit-center of Baikal Biosphere Reserve. Here you will learn more about Lake Baikal in entertaining way and complete a quest to find out what kind of tourist you are.

During the construction of Trans-Siberian Railway, Tankhoi was one of the ports used to connect Western and Eastern banks of Lake Baikal. You will visit an open-air exhibition, showing the ruins of a pier, used to accept ferry which transported train carriages from West to East; see one of the carriages and a miniature replica of the station itself.

Visit to the Stupa of the Victory filled with various relics. Buddhist stupas are structures that, in their perfect form, symbolize the enlightened mind of the Buddha. They are erected in order to bring happiness to all beings. The stupa prolongs life, grants desires, has a beneficial effect on the surrounding space and leads to the liberation and enlightenment of everyone who sees it, touches it, thinks about it and cares for it.