Ice patterns of Lake Baikal

Arrival in sunny Buryatia, Ulan-Ude city.

Breakfast in the city restaurant (at extra charge)

After breakfast we invite you to walk through the snowy streets of Ulan-Ude city during a sightseeing tour. You will visit Soviet square with an ice town – a favorite pace of entertainment for the city’s residents in winter, where is the monument to V.I. Lenin in the form of a bust, which is one of the largest monuments to Lenin in the world. Sobornaya Street with ancient merchant houses and carved plat bands will give you the opportunity to plunge into the atmosphere of a real fluffy village winter.

At the end of the tour visit to the Buddhist datsan Rinpoche Bagsha, which offers a panoramic view of the city of Ulan-Ude covered with snow like a down blanket.

Transfer to the hotel “Buryatia”. Accommodation

Free time

Lunch in the hotel restaurant

Info meeting with a hotel guide

Dinner (at extra charge).

Breakfast at the hotel

Excursion program for an additional fee:

• Combined excursion to "Ivolginsky Datsan - the most famous Buddhist monastery in Russia and the center of Buddhism in Russia" and "Visiting the Semeyskys." During the trip to the family, we will take a dashing Russian three ride through the streets of one of the most beautiful villages in Russia!

The cost of the excursion will be: 3 600 rubles / person

• Ethnographic excursion to the steppe nomad ethno-complex, where we will visit the Galaxy yurt, get acquainted with traditions and everyday life in the felt ancient yurt, which served as a reliable shelter for the local population on long winter evenings. Lunch with dishes of national Buryat cuisine will warm you up after a walk through the fresh frosty air.

The cost of the excursion will be: 3 300 rubles / person

• Excursion to one of the oldest opera houses in Eastern Siberia and the Far East - the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theater.

The cost of the excursion will be: 800 rubles / person

• Excursion to the "Oriental Way" jade factory. During the excursion, you will get acquainted with the production of stone processing, see the process of making artistic and souvenir jewelry made from jade.

The cost of the excursion will be: 500 rubles / person.

Breakfast at the hotel

Excursion program for an additional fee:

•  Combined excursion to "Ivolginsky Datsan - the most famous Buddhist monastery in Russia and the center of Buddhism in Russia" and "Visiting the Semeyskys." During the trip to the family, we will take a dashing Russian three ride through the streets of one of the most beautiful villages in Russia!

The cost of the excursion will be: 3 600 rubles / person

• Ethnographic excursion to the steppe nomad ethno-complex, where we will visit the Galaxy yurt, get acquainted with traditions and everyday life in the felt ancient yurt, which served as a reliable shelter for the local population on long winter evenings. Lunch with dishes of national Buryat cuisine will warm you up after a walk through the fresh frosty air.

The cost of the excursion will be: 3 300 rubles / person

• Excursion to one of the oldest opera houses in Eastern Siberia and the Far East - the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theater.

The cost of the excursion will be: 800 rubles / person

• Excursion to the "Oriental Way" jade factory. During the excursion, you will get acquainted with the production of stone processing, see the process of making artistic and souvenir jewelry made from jade.

The cost of the excursion will be: 500 rubles / person

In the evening skating and tube riding on the ice. 

Breakfast at the hotel

Right in the morning, we go to Lake Baikal, where we will find a lot of white, fluffy snow, fabulous forest, clear ice. Winter Baikal attracts more and more tourists every year and leaves no one indifferent! And you will have the opportunity to touch the beauty of sparkling, shining in the sun, blue huge icicles, ride a car on clear ice.

Let's stop for dog sledding with a required photo shoot! Hot mulled wine will warm the soul and body.

Transfer to Lake Baikal.

On the way, visiting the natural monument is a turtle stem.

This natural sculpture, reminiscent of a turtle with an elongated neck, attracts the attention of everyone who comes to Baikal. It is located on the northern outskirts of the village of Turka, in water, a couple of meters from the shore. In winter, covered with ice and snow, it looks no less picturesque than in summer.

Arrival and accommodation at the Baikal Riviera Hotel

Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

In the evening, you will find real Russian fun: skiing from a snow slide, skating or tubes. Russian bath is waiting for you on the shore of the lake - right from the sauna you can plunge into the hole in Lake Baikal.

After an active time, we pass the time behind the ice bar counter.
(The hotel also has saunas with a warm and cool bath, barbecue and barbecue areas for cooking fish in the face, snowmobiles.)

Breakfast at the hotel

Sightseeing program for an additional fee. Photo shoot "Ice Patterns of Lake Baikal" as a gift! Your unique bright photos against the backdrop of clear ice and blue pressure ridge (ice) for life will preserve warm memories of Lake Baikal.

- Journey through the Baikal ice on Olkhon Island on a hovercraft. Olkhon, because of the strong winds, splashes of the most bizarre shapes are formed on the rocks, and icicles several meters high! Magnificent photos are guaranteed!

During the tour, visit the sacred northern tip of Cape Hoboy Island, see the sculpture "Keeper of Lake Baikal" by the famous artist Dasha Namdakov.

- Journey by bus and UAZ to Barguzinsky Bay, where you will be able to capture sparkling blue thoros in the sun, walk along the clear ice of the largest and deepest bay on Lake Baikal. It is possible to organize ice fishing at the mouth of the Barguzin River. We'll have a picnic on the ice and try the Baikal Cocktail!

- Journey to Chivyrkuy Bay with a visit to islands with ice grottoes and thermal springs in Snake Bay. Bathing in a hot mineral spring on a frosty day outdoors is an incredible experience!

- Excursion to the Barguzin Valley with a visit to an ancient body of water with an area of 250 x 40 kilometers, the sacred Mount Shastin Under, a hike to the rocky remains, shamanic shrines.

- Snowmobile ride.

- Ied fishing.

Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

In the evening, you will find real Russian fun: skiing from a snow slide, skating or tubes. Russian bath is waiting for you on the shore of the lake - right from the sauna you can plunge into the hole in Lake Baikal.

After an active time, we pass the time behind the ice bar counter.

(The hotel also has saunas with a warm and cool bath, barbecue and barbecue areas for cooking fish in the face, snowmobiles.)

Breakfast at the hotel

Sightseeing program for an additional fee. Photo shoot "Ice Patterns of Lake Baikal" as a gift! Your unique bright photos against the backdrop of clear ice and blue pressure ridge (ice) for life will preserve warm memories of Lake Baikal.

- Journey through the Baikal ice on Olkhon Island on a hovercraft. Olkhon, because of the strong winds, splashes of the most bizarre shapes are formed on the rocks, and icicles several meters high! Magnificent photos are guaranteed!

During the tour, visit the sacred northern tip of Cape Hoboy Island, see the sculpture "Keeper of Lake Baikal" by the famous artist Dasha Namdakov.

- Journey by bus and UAZ to Barguzinsky Bay, where you will be able to capture sparkling blue thoros in the sun, walk along the clear ice of the largest and deepest bay on Lake Baikal. It is possible to organize ice fishing at the mouth of the Barguzin River. We'll have a picnic on the ice and try the Baikal Cocktail!

- Journey to Chivyrkuy Bay with a visit to islands with ice grottoes and thermal springs in Snake Bay. Bathing in a hot mineral spring on a frosty day outdoors is an incredible experience!

- Excursion to the Barguzin Valley with a visit to an ancient body of water with an area of 250 x 40 kilometers, the sacred Mount Shastin Under, a hike to the rocky remains, shamanic shrines.

- Snowmobile ride.

- Ied fishing.

Dinner at the hotel restaurant.

In the evening, you will find real Russian fun: skiing from a snow slide, skating or tubes. Russian bath is waiting for you on the shore of the lake - right from the sauna you can plunge into the hole in Lake Baikal.

After an active time, we pass the time behind the ice bar counter.

(The hotel also has saunas with a warm and cool bath, barbecue and barbecue areas for cooking fish in the face, snowmobiles.)

Breakfast at the hotel

Excursion program for an additional fee:

- snowmobile riding

Transfer to Ulan-Ude. Shopping. 

Accommodation at the hotel “Buryatia” in the city center.  

Free time.

Gala dinner at the local restaurant

During dinner, you will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the "national Buryat cuisine": famous aromatic buuzas, hushuurs (Buryat chebureks), fish assortment and dishes of traditional Russian, European and Buryat kitchens.

Dinner is accompanied by a musical and dance performance by Buryat pop artists (folklore ensembles, exciting energetic dances of the Baikal Song and Dance Theatre). In conclusion, a master class on national dance "Yohor" will be held for you, which will certainly be remembered by guests.

Breakfast at the hotel

Transfer to the airport

Departure to Moscow