Breakfast. Start of tour to Barguzin valley.
After the breakfast we will start our tour to Barguzin valley.
10:00
Arrival in Barguzin village
We arrive to Barguzin and explore the town wooden architecture, historical graveyard with graves of famous decembitsts, jewish merchants and hungarian poet, who all were surprisingly living here almost at the same time.
11:00
Stop at eyesight water spring
On the way we see endless lands with very few wooden houses and nobody around. We stop at small water spring and enjoy the scenery.
12:00
Arrival in Yarikto settlement.
We came to Yanzhima (Saraswati) buddhist temple. One monk found there that there is a picture of the god in 2007 and then it became a holy place for local people. There are many pilgrims visiting the stone and asking for children, for the most of them Saraswati helps.
13:30
Stop at "kuitun" viewpoint
We cross the Barguzin river by the scenic bridge and stop for pictures at "kuitun", wide steppe area located on the hill. This landscape is unique to this part of Siberia.
14:30
Lunch stop
We stop for a lunch cooked with national Buryat cuisine (included).
15:30
Arrival in Inn stone garden
We stop at huge stones that were moving by the glacier of the last ice age.
16:30
Stop at Bull spirit Holy place
We stop at holy place for local and enjoy the stories of this place.
17:00
Arrival in Suvo Saxony
We see the rocks of different views and spend our time there exploring them and taking pictures.
18:00
Stop at salt lake and petroglyphs
As a final chord of the tour we visit salt lake and ancient petroglyphs.
20:00
Dinner stop
We have dinner (not included) at Turka and head back to Ulan-Ude
22:30
Arrival in Ulan-Ude
We drop you off at any place in the city.
Price and policies:
1 person - 58000 rub
2 persons - 31000 rub per person
3 persons - 29000 rub per person
4 persons - 27000 rub per person
5-7 - 26000 rub per person.
Larger group - ask for a special price!
This tour finishes in ULAN-UDE! It takes 1 night by train to return back to Irkutsk by overnight train (contact us for tickets and more information). Price includes transfers and sightseeing, National park entrance fee, accommodation for 2 nights (ensuite rooms), meals (2nd day: dinner, 3nd day: breakfast, lunch), English-speaking local guide services. Lunch (1st, 2nd day) and dinner (1st, 3rd day) are on the road and paid extra.
What to take to the tour? Baikal Travel tips and pack list