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Holidays on Lake Baikal in autumn. Holidays on Baikal: where to go in autumn Where to relax for a weekend on Baikal in autumn

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The best holiday on Lake Baikal in September! Why, you ask?At the beginning of autumn, the weather on Lake Baikal is warm, there are not so many tourists, and the landscapes are captivating with their splendor, depth and richness of colors!

ROUTE:Irkutsk - Taltsy - village. Listvyanka - Circum-Baikal Railway (CBR) - Olkhon Island - village. Khuzhir - Irkutsk

TOUR PROGRAM

1 day.

  • Welcome to autumn Baikal! Meeting tourists at Irkutsk airport (arrival in Irkutsk at 10:00).
  • Today you will get to know Lake Baikal, its flora and fauna, as well as the culture and life of the indigenous people who inhabited its shores.
  • In the first half of the day - visit to the ethnographic museum "Taltsy".
  • Here are collected exhibits from all over the Irkutsk region - churches, a forge, mills, a parish school, peasant estates. Also in the complex there are Evenki, Buryat, Tofalar sectors, with real yurts and yarangas.
    Walking through the autumn forest, examining the dwellings of the Evenki, you can feel like a real Evenk, who is preparing for winter in all the autumn troubles; you can try to wrinkle the skin, as they did hundreds of years ago; climb into a real storehouse where food and fur were stored and examine the life of the Evenki chum.
  • Walking through the old streets of the museum and looking into the houses, you will plunge into the era of yesteryear and will be able to feel like a resident of that time - a peasant, a student at a parochial school, or even a Cossack. In the Buryat complex you will see how the Buryats lived in the summer, how they ran their households and how they organized their lives.
  • After lunch you'll go to Listvyanka village where to visit Baikal Museum.
  • Experienced guides will tell you an interesting story about the origin of Baikal and its inhabitants.
  • Next, check-in at a hotel in the village. Listvyanka, rest.
  • Dinner.
  • Meals included - lunch, dinner.

Day 2.

  • On this wonderful morning, we invite you to take a walk around Listvyanka on your own, visit the fish market and souvenir market, or take the chair lift to the Chersky Stone observation deck.
  • Lunch will be waiting for you in one of the village cafes.
    After lunch, together with your guide, you will go to walk through the autumn forest along the shore of Lake Baikal. Along a country road that turns into a good trail, gradually gaining altitude, you will find yourself on observation deck with a beautiful view of Lake Baikal.
  • The forest has already changed into its “golden” robes, the air is transparent and clean. At this time of year it is clearly visible Khamar-Daban ridge, the dark peaks of which have already turned gray under the cover of the first silvery snow.
    Walking through the forest accompanied by a guide, you will be able to get closer to the nature characteristic of the Baikal shores, and, if you want, pick mushrooms and berries.
  • Later in the evening you will return to the hotel.
  • You can have dinner on your own at the hotel or any cafe in the village.
  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch. Dinner on your own, for an additional fee.

Day 3.

  • On this day you will have an exciting journey through Circum-Baikal Railway.
  • After breakfast on a speedboat you will go past legendary Shaman - stone. This place is considered source of the Angara River, the only river flowing from Lake Baikal. The source of the Angara is considered the widest in the world!
    Then the boat will pass by Port Baikal, now is the end point of the dead-end branch of the Circum-Baikal Railway, there is a large railway station and a port that receives large motor ships and ships.
  • The “unofficial” name of the Circum-Baikal Railway is “Golden buckle on the steel belt of Russia” and this name is absolutely fair! The Circum-Baikal Railway, the construction of which began in the 19th century, is considered the most beautiful and expensive section of the railway in Russia. Over the course of 85 km, 424 engineering structures were built, these are majestic bridges and viaducts, free-standing galleries and retaining walls and 39 tunnels, the total length of which is 8994 m. In addition, here you can find ancient buildings of stations and boiler houses and much more. And all this is complemented by a unique combination of human creations with the mesmerizing autumn nature of Lake Baikal.
  • The boat will stop in the most interesting places so that you can see stone tunnels, arches and bridges with your own eyes. You will walk along the steep banks where the famous Circum-Baikal Railway runs.
  • Waiting for you on one of the cozy platforms picnic lunch.
  • After lunch return to Listvyanka village, transfer to Irkutsk.
  • In the evening, arrival in Irkutsk. Hotel accommodation.
  • Meals included - breakfast, lunch.

Day 4

  • On this autumn day, you will go to Olkhon Island. At this time of year, autumn on Lake Baikal, especially on Olkhon Island and the Small Sea, is just beginning. The weather is still warm here, and you can swim in some bays. Transfer to Khuzhir village will take about 5 hours (320 km).
  • On the way, stop at a roadside cafe at lunch of national Buryat dishes.
  • After lunch, you will take a ferry to the island. In the evening you will arrive at the hotel.
  • Upon arrival at the hotel - accommodation and rest.
  • After settling in and having a little rest, we invite you to take a walk to the famous, through many photographs and paintings, Cape Shamanka and on Sarai beach.
  • The sandy beach stretches along the shore of Lake Baikal for several hundred meters. Decoration Sarai beach serves as a larch forest. Here autumn has already come into its own, although the weather is warm and dry. In such a coniferous forest it is always clean and strict, like in a temple.
  • A mixture of bright colors at this time of year, and at the same time tranquility, give an autumn holiday on Lake Baikal a special charm.

Day 5

  • Continuing the autumn tour to Lake Baikal, you will go to get acquainted with Olkhon Island.
  • Olkhon always amazes with its originality, its diverse nature and the immensity of the wide steppes and steep banks. On this day you will see such natural attractions as rock Three Brothers, Cape Khoboy, Shunte rocks, Uzury area and much more.
  • On Primorsky ridge, located across the Small Sea Strait, autumn has also arrived. The leaves were already tired of clinging to the branches, and in some places they began to fall.
  • From the very shore of Lake Baikal up to the border of the forest, the autumn fire burns like a smokeless fire. Birches and aspens dressed in the brightest outfits from bright red to crimson: they reached the snowy heights of a large forest, to the kingdom of gloomy pines and spruces... And above - only the silvered tops of the char.
  • Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Day 6

  • On this day you will get acquainted with the life and culture of the Buryats.
  • After lunch you visit the Buryat Village complex.
  • You will be able to take part in tasting of national dishes, dance the Yohr dance and listen to Buryat songs and legends.
  • Now the time has come to say goodbye to autumn Baikal. Until next time!
  • In the evening - transfer to Irkutsk. Hotel accommodation.
  • Meals included - breakfast, lunch (tasting). Dinner on your own, for an additional fee.

Day 7

  • Breakfast.
  • Transfer to the airport of Irkutsk.
  • Meals included - breakfast.

Included in the price:

  • Meeting and seeing off at the airport of Irkutsk;
  • Services of a professional guide around Lake Baikal - 6 days;
  • Meals according to the program;
  • Transfers according to the program;
  • Accommodation in the guest house "Dauria", village. Listvyanka, double standard rooms with private facilities - 2 nights
  • Accommodation at the Victoria Hotel, Irkutsk, double standard rooms with private facilities - 2 nights
  • Accommodation in the hotel "Baikalov Ostrog", o. Olkhon, 2-bed standard rooms, bathroom and shower on the floor for 3 rooms - 2 nights
  • Excursion along the Circum-Baikal Railway;
  • Excursion to the architectural and ethnographic complex “Taltsy”;
  • Excursion to the “Baikal Museum”;
  • Excursion to Olkhon Island (to Cape Khoboy);
  • Excursion to the “Buryat village”.

The price does not include:

  • Air flight to Irkutsk and back,
  • Tobacco and alcohol products;
  • Order a bath;
  • Additional services and excursions not included in the program;
  • Meals not included in the program.
  • Insurance

Duration of the tour is 7 days / 6 nights. The period of stay in hotels and camp sites for this tour is 6 days. Check out time at hotels is 12:00.

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The opinion that holidays on Lake Baikal are good only in summer is nothing more than a myth. The autumn season in the Baikal region is so magnificent with the charm of colors and the mystery of peace and quiet that a holiday during this period on the shores of Lake Baikal provides an opportunity to completely renounce worldly worries and get the maximum charge of energy and positivity from contemplating autumn landscapes and warm communication with family and friends.

Autumn on Lake Baikal is the time for photographers, mushroom pickers and romantics. The first ones do not have time to change drives: the colorful Baikal landscapes are breathtaking, because the most colorful season is just around the corner. If September is more like August, then golden autumn comes in October. It’s still dry, but a real extravaganza of colors is unfolding around. The taiga is colored in all shades of gold - from shining yellow to ocher tones, red and green.

But the beginning of November is a period of calm, morning frosts and complete mental relaxation.

So, let's look at the most interesting places where the whole family should go during the autumn holidays and weekends, be sure to take a camera with you and, if possible, leave your cell phone at home;)

1. Baikal tract

The easiest way to get away from the bustle of the city is to spend a weekend taking a family trip along the Baikal Highway to the village of Listvyanka and visiting the Taltsy open-air museum.

In autumn, Listvyanka becomes even quieter. This time is preferred by people who love peace and solitude. The tourist flow dries up and no one bothers you to enjoy the views of the clear sky, white clouds and blue water. The occupancy of hotels and tourist centers is decreasing, and housing prices are falling. October-November is the period of maximum catch of Baikal omul - one of the most famous endemics of Lake Baikal. Also during this period you can try the most exotic fish of the Baikal depths - golomyanka, the total number and biomass of which is 2 times greater than all other fish. The body of the golomyanka is translucent and half consists of fat. The fat content of the great golomyanka is more than 40% of its weight.

For a family holiday, it is worth visiting the nerpinarium, the limnological museum and climbing the Chersky Stone, from the height of which an amazing view of the source of the Angara River, which is the largest in the world, opens. You should definitely visit the sled dog center in Listvyanka. The emotional charge and energy that you will receive from close communication with these wonderful animals, against the backdrop of the unique beauty of Lake Baikal, will support you for a long time after returning to everyday life from your trip to the unique lake.

On the territory of the sled dog center you can go into a real forge and see the mystery of making forged works of art.
How to spend your time:

Visit the open-air museum Taltsy
Visit in Listvyanka:
-Nerpinarium

Limnological Museum
-Sled Dog Center and Smithy
-Cable car and Chersky stone


-Eat omul

You can read more about the sights of Listvyanka.

2. Olkha plateau

Due to its accessibility, this route can be recommended as an excellent weekend activity in any season, but the colors are especially bright in the autumn. More than half of the route runs along the bed of the picturesque Olkha River. The 8 km route can be walked or cycled.

Placers of stones and lonely rocks on the flat tops of the mountains are a common landscape of these places. Many original shapes of rock climbing shoes have beautiful names - Old Fortress, Old Woman Izergil, Crow, Pharaoh, Cleopatra.

To plan a route to the Olkha Plateau, you should read the material in this article.

3. Bolshoye Goloustnoye

Once you have visited the coast of Lake Baikal in the area of ​​the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye with its pristine beauty and extraordinary landscapes of the open valley of the Goloustnaya River, you will definitely return here again. Wild nature, unique landscapes and bewitching silence, thanks to their relative ease of access by car, attract photo travelers from all over Russia to Bolshoye Goloustnoye.

In autumn it is quiet and deserted, but there are plenty of interesting events all year round.
How to spend your time:
- Horseback riding excursions (at the Nerpenok camp site)

- Fishing
- Hike to a dry lake

Homemade and Buryat cuisine - cafe "U Mikhalycha"

4. Small Sea

Family trip for an autumn weekend to Maloye More. The silence and tranquility of these places on the eve of winter is truly impressive.

How to spend your time:
- Visit the observation plateau

Go to the grotto on Cape Uyuga

Collect silver water from the spring
- Walk along the picturesque 2-kilometer pebble Kurminskaya spit
- Take a walk along the Sarma Gorge

5. Circum-Baikal Railway

The photogenic nature of this man-made miracle in the autumn is incomparable to any other attraction of Lake Baikal. (View the autumn landscapes of the Circum-Baikal Railway).
You can plan and carry out a hiking trip across the entire Circum-Baikal Railway from the village of Kultuk to the port of Baikal over 3-4 days off, then take a ferry to Listvyanka. Or you can see the sights in one day off near the village of Staraya Angasolka, taking an hour-long walk from the Angasolka railway station.

You can view routes along the Circum-Baikal Railway

6. Chersky Peak

An autumn hike to Chersky Peak is unique due to the photogenic nature of these places and the opportunity to already see the snow caps of the Khamar-Daban char during this period, without bothering yourself with the need to trudge through snowy passes and experiencing the low temperatures typical of winter hikes to these places.

You can stop for the night 5 km from the peak at a recreation center of the same name.
You can read more about the hike to Chersky Peak in this article.

7. Trip to Ulan-Ude

If you have a few free days, you can take a trip to the eastern side of Lake Baikal and visit the capital of Buryatia - the glorious city of Ulan-Ude. Here you can visit the unique and one-of-a-kind ethnographic museum of the peoples of Transbaikalia, located 8 km away. from Ulan-Ude to the village of Verkhnyaya Berezovka. You should also definitely set aside a day to visit the Ivolginsky datsan, where the incorrupt body of the Buddhist lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, whose age is more than 150 years, is located. When visiting a datsan, it makes sense to book an excursion with communication with a Buddhist monk or huvarak (novice) - the depth of philosophical views of Buddhist clergy will allow you to evaluate your attitude to many worldly concerns and issues differently.
How to spend your time:
- visit the ethnographic museum of the peoples of Transbaikalia
- visit the Ivolginsky datsan and chat with a Buddhist monk

8. Fishing

Early November pleases fish and fishing lovers: at this time the catch of omul, the main Baikal delicacy, is the largest.
The most interesting places on Baikal for autumn fishing are the bays of the Small Sea and the south-eastern coast of Baikal in the area of ​​the delta of the Selenga River and Posolsky Sor.

9. Organized routes for the autumn holidays

The autumn time on Baikal is so rich in rich colors and rich landscapes that at this time photographers and landscape artists from all over the world come to Baikal in the hope of capturing not only the crimson shades of the setting sun, but also the mirror reflection of the voluminous hanging clouds of the autumn sky in the azure waters of the lake Baikal. That is why the events that take place on the shores of Lake Baikal in the autumn are directly related to the opportunity to see with your own eyes the autumn riot of colors and to catch these mesmerizing moments of autumn.
In early November, during the autumn holidays, you can take part in an art tour taking place on Olkhon Island or spend a family vacation with a rich program and competitions taking place in Baikalsk.

Enjoy your autumn holiday on Lake Baikal!

Photos by Stanislav Savin

Needless to say, like most travel sufferers, Baikal has always been a special place for me that I definitely wanted to visit. The year before last in October, having abandoned a bunch of unfinished tasks, at the invitation of letica, I flew to Irkutsk.


From Listvyanka to Goloustnoye

The first part of the trip was exclusively on foot, under a backpack. It was an easy 3-day walk, just what you need to understand that you are on Lake Baikal, to feel what a real Golden Autumn is, to understand why the locals call Baikal the sea...

Baikal is located in the center of the Asian continent on the border of the Irkutsk region and Buryatia. The lake stretches from northeast to southwest for 620 km in the form of a giant crescent.

The width of Lake Baikal varies from 25 to 79 km. The bottom of Lake Baikal is located at 1,167 meters below the level of the World Ocean, and its surface is 453 meters above.

The water surface area of ​​Lake Baikal is also impressive - 31,720 sq. km. (excluding islands), which is approximately equal to the area of ​​countries such as Belgium or the Netherlands. Although in terms of water surface area, Baikal ranks only 6th among the largest lakes in the world (1st place behind the Caspian Sea).

As already mentioned, Baikal is the deepest lake on Earth. The current maximum depth of the lake - 1642 meters - was established in 1983. The average depth of the lake is also very large - almost 745 meters.

Besides Baikal, only two lakes on Earth have a depth of more than 1,000 meters: Tanganyika in Central Africa (1,470 m) and the already mentioned Caspian Sea (1,025 m).

The water reserves in Baikal are gigantic - about 19% of the world's lake fresh water reserves.

Cape Kadilny

We spent the night at Cape Kadilny. We settled in a deserted base where, in Soviet times, workers lived who slaked lime in a nearby abandoned quarry. Hence the name of the place - Kadilny.

In the evening the clouds gathered. Desertion, cold and a black bull walking between the houses created a gloomy and alarming mood. However, with the onset of morning, everything again sparkled with the colors of life.

In winter, Baikal freezes entirely, except for a small section of 15-20 km in length located at the source of the Angara. There is a very beautiful report about this on the website “Winter Baikal”.

Malomorye. Hurricane and sunset

The road from Irkutsk to Baikal lies through ridges of hills decorated with golden larches. First a good highway, then a tooth-crushing primer. The hills give way to semi-steppe areas. And from one of the peaks there is a view of the part of Baikal called Malomorye. This is a picturesque coastline, indented by small bays and bays. We find an overnight stay at one of the camp sites that are empty during the off-season, so that we can move on in the morning.

Hurricane! This was a case where you shouldn't spit into the wind. And who would have thought that such a gloomy and stormy day would end with an explosion of colors at sunset!

Early the next morning. Having overcome sleep, I crawl out of the warm house in the hope of catching the sunrise. But the sky is overcast. It looks like the promised bad weather has finally caught up with us. Sad. It seems that you can relax until the evening. But I was wrong. See for yourself.

Farewell to the Small Sea and the Anga River Delta

We turned off the highway and drove along the dirt road towards the Anga River delta. Even on the topographic map it looked picturesque. We drive past inquisitive, friendly calves:

Past the horses!

Along the most picturesque steppe...

Autumn Baikal:

Delta of the Anga River. The contrast of the yellow grass and the smooth, pattern-drawn, dark blue bends of the riverbed is magnificent:

In the mountains of Eastern Sayan

And then there was an unexpected offer from a good friend to rush towards Mongolia, to the highest point of the Eastern Sayan Mountains, Munku-Sardyk.

A little before reaching the border with Mongolia we found a decent cafe. Having agreed with the owner that he would look after the car, we took our backpacks and walked up the river bed, which was dry at this time of year:

Suddenly we noticed a cloud of dust ahead. At that moment, I was glad that I had a telephoto lens, but was upset that to photograph wildlife, the magnification would have to be at least 2 times greater! For the first time in my life I saw a huge herd of Siberian mountain goats! There they are, preparing to cross the canyon. Just a little time - and they are already on another part of the gorge, climbing an almost vertical wall at a speed impossible for humans!

The night is coming:

“The one who walks will master the road!” - the spirit Munku-Sardyk tells me:

This is somehow how I imagined Siberia all my life, even before I got to know it.

One evening and one morning on Olkhon island

This is Olkhon Island - the largest island of Lake Baikal. Length - 71 km, width - up to 12 km, area - 730 sq. km.

Not far from the outer side of Olkhon is the deepest place of Lake Baikal (1642 m).

On Olkhon you can find all the diversity of natural landscapes: there are steppes, very “Baltic” sandy beaches with dunes, hills and coniferous groves, and dense forests, and harsh marble rocks, and even swamps, lushly overgrown with aquatic plants.