Horse-riding on Baikal lake, Olkhon island
The horse-riding tour on the biggest island of Baikal lake - Olkhon lasted for 4 days for 4 of us. Three young energetic Australians, two ladies - Cassandra and Victoria and one man - Justin, arrived early in the morning on the 16th of July and headed straight to Olkhon. You don't need to be specially trained for this tour, it is also nice for family tour at Baikal. The ferry was quite busy as it is a high season, so even the advantage of public buses which usually go first didn't help much and we got lucky only with the 3rd ferry. Thus we arrived to Khuzhir only by 5pm as we had been admiring the lake, the birds and near-by surroundings of the MRS village waiting for the ferry for about 2 hours. Beautiful views of blossoming meadows and good food on the way. Dinner and overnight at the cozy Nikita's homestead. The next day was the bumpy Russian military UAZ-car ride to the very north of the island with some stops and stunning v...