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Baikal trekking to Olkhon island
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| Dates: |
10 - 20 Aug | ||||
| Days: | 9 | ||||
| Price: (per person) |
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| Type: | trekking | ||||
| Includes: | transfers
meals during the tour common equipment (tents, cans) |
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| Excludes: | airfare to Irkutsk | ||||
| Length: | 500km by auto, 120km on foot | ||||
| Start from | Irkutsk | ||||
| level: | easy (no special training required) | ||||
There are 26 islangs on Baikal lake, and Olkhon is biggest. Length is about 71km, maximum width is 15km. Landscape is mountainous with great views to Baikal. Olkhon is geographical, historical and sacred centre of the lake with ancient legends.
Tour leader - Valeriy Bely, experienced hiker and organiser.
List of equipment
- backpack, warm sleeping bag (with extreme temperature to -15 celsius), sleeping pad
(warm sleeping bag, sleeping mat and backpack can be rented, if you write us in advance).
- trekking shoes (wore in), light shoes for river wading and day's rest
- rain jacket, pants, fleece pullover, thermal underwear, socks (2 pairs of cotton and 1 pairs of warm trekking socks), cap, raincoat
- the dishes (mug, spoon, bowl and knife)
- forehead lamp
- matches, personal first-aid kit, dental paste with tooth brush, tissue
(warm sleeping bag, sleeping mat and backpack can be rented, if you write us in advance).
- trekking shoes (wore in), light shoes for river wading and day's rest
- rain jacket, pants, fleece pullover, thermal underwear, socks (2 pairs of cotton and 1 pairs of warm trekking socks), cap, raincoat
- the dishes (mug, spoon, bowl and knife)
- forehead lamp
- matches, personal first-aid kit, dental paste with tooth brush, tissue
| day | description | km |
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| 1 | Transfer from Irkutsk to Olkhon (250km). Trekking through Tashkai village and Nurskoe lake. In the evening we'll got to place «Seven pines» | |
| 2 | Today we are going to Yalga village. Visiting Hanhoi village, one of largest lakes of Olhon island. It's warm enough for swimming. Some people do fishing there. Also we can go to Shara-Nur lake ("Yellow lake" from buryat language) and Tashkinei place. It is considered that water of Shara-Nur lake has healing properties. | |
| 3 | Today we'll get the Khuzhir village. It's main settlement of Olkhon. Inhabitans are involved mainly in fisheries and sheep breeding. There are weather station, school and some small businesses in Khuzhir. Burkhan cape is located two kilometers north of Khuzhir with out-of-the-way cave. | |
| 4 | Today we'll go by villages Horanzi and Peschanaya. There are sand dunes near villages. The wind from the lake move the sand from dunes to roads and village. | |
| 5 | We will go to Sasa place and then to Hoboi cape («Fang» from buryat). It's one of the best points on Olkhon. | |
| 6 | Hiking to Uzury place. It's gentle shore of Olkhon near Hoboi cape. | |
| 7 | Hiking trips to Hoboi cape. | |
| 8 | Hiking trips to Hoboi cape. | |
| 9 | Returning to Khuzhir village and transfer to Irkutsk. |
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