"Baikal - Amikan", individual tours and nature at Baikal Lake

Glorious sea - Sacred Baikal When we welcome foreigners to Baikal lake, we try not just show them the most beautiful places, try the most exciting activities, taste the local food specialties, but also try to make them feel welcomed by our Siberian hospitality. We tell them about our culture, traditions and beliefs. Learning about the local traditions help them to understand the way of our life. On the last day of our tours we usually invite for festive dinner, where we exchange the impressions about the trip, share the experience and knowledge and present souvenirs. We also sing together - sing our Russian songs, simple folklore but so meaningful! We love to share. This is a little peace of our singing in the video. We sing our native anthem to Baikal - Glorious sea, sacred Baikal! Славное море — священный Байкал Славное море — священный  Байкал , Славный корабль —  омулёвая  бочка. Эй,  баргузин , пошевеливай вал, Молодцу плыть недалечко. Д...

We had a wondeful weekend skiing in Khamar-Daban mountains. That's the place where you get the feeling of real winter, with snow-covered trees around, frozen river and frost on your face. The feeling of freedom and hapiness comes from the surrounding nature. Once more I thank the Universe for being born here, this place has so much to offer, to teach, to discover and to learn. A "Winter fairytale" is a name of the tour which we offer to anyone who would like to experience and enjoy real winter!  During this journey you'll    plunge into fabulous atmosphere of wintry fairy-tale of southern Baikal shore,  you'll fall in love with ancient mountain ridge – Khamar-Daban,   ski (or trek) the distance of about 50 km (during 3 days), spend a night in a wooden cabin in the forest, will feel the atmosphere of real winter in all its beauty with snow-capped mountains and cedar-trees deep in the carpet of snow.  You will climb one of the highest mounts of thi...

We invite you to join us on "Crystal Baikal ice" tour from Feb 19 to Feb 25, 2017.  THERE ARE TWO PLACES LEFT!  The cost is 56 000 rub.  Broken ice of Baikal lake in the sunset During this tour you will explore wintry Baikal lake while snowmobiling in the forest, dog-sledding (optional) on the ice, aeroglisseur ride to the biggest island on the lake - Olkhon, admire the ice-grottoes and laced ice on the rocks, try ice-fishing and relax in steam sauna - Banya, as well as to get familiar with local traditions and cuisine. This is where the snow, ice, wind and frost meet. Significant turquoise ice-blocks, fields of ice, fresh breeze from the mountains near-by, crystalling Baikal ice under your feet is so transparent that the brain refuses to understand that there is a support under your feet, and the sky, which is reflected in the ice.  For detailed tour itinerary, please, visit our site.

I am an amateur photographer. And I try to take my camera with me when I'm travelling around Baikal. When people ask me: "Why do you take pictures of this place - is it your first time here?" I say "Just because I love these places so much!" And they are surprised on how excited I get even if I have been there before. Well, enjoy some of my video scetches which i made during different tours to wintry Baikal. And if you may find our winter tours to Baikal lake here.

Looking for a winter tour to Baikal lake? According to our past experience and positive feedback from our guests we are happy to announce you a new tour to Baikal in winter 2017  " Crystal Baikal ice". During this tour you will explore wintry Baikal lake while snowmobiling in the forest and over the ice of Baikal, have a hover (aeroglisseur) ride to the biggest island on the lake - Olkhon, admire ice-grottoes an laces oce on the rocks, visit open-air museum of wooden architecture, try ice-fishing an relax in steam sauna - Banya, as well as get familiar with local traditions, meet a shaman and taste local cousine. See you at Baikal!!!

Listvyanka is getting more and more attractive to tourists. But not everyone knows that just a few kilometers behind it there is taiga forest with a narrow trail which will lead you to Baikal through its valleys, beaches, up and down-hills. It is marvellous there. It is a sip of fresh air, cold and humid, escented with smells of wild flowers blossoming and the smell of wet fir-needles after the rain. It is a sip of freedom which fills your heart while watching the endless waters sparkle under sunshine. It is a sip of magic watching the fog rise up along the rocks from the water. You simply dissolve in the silence around, but sometimes awaken by the boats floating in Baikal waters. I love this place and i thank God for giving us a chance to run away from the city and deep into the woods for just a few hours to be close to nature.

I think this three days sightseeing tour to Baikal lake is perfect for guests who are short in time. It includes visit to ethnographical museum of wooden architecture " Taltsy", ski lift to observation point of Cherskiy rock in Listvyanka, cruise on the lake to Circum-Baikal railway (old part of Transsiberian railway), Baikal museum with aquarium of Baikal seal - Nerpa and sightseeing Irkutsk (with visiting Decembrists' museum on your demand). Here is a program inself in case it might be useful for someone. If you want this tour - please, don't hesitate to contact me for more information Short itinerary: Day 1.   Arrival to Irkutsk in the morning. Transfer to Listvyanka. Taltsy museum. Lunch with tasting the local cuisine. Ski lift to observation platform of Cherskiy rock. Day 2. Sightseeing Listvyanka. Baikal museum. Cruise to Circum-Baikal railway. Day 3. Transfer to Irkutsk. Sightseeing Irkutsk. The Decembrist’s museum. Day 4. Departure Descript...