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Tour Siberia with Express to Russia. Unforgettable memories await!Lake Baikal and Siberia Tours
Travel to Siberia and visit Lake Baikal with Express to Russia. Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world with an average depth of 744.4 m (2,442 ft) and contains roughly 20 percent of the world´s surface fresh water. The body of water is also known as the “Baikal Sea” and the "Pearl of Siberia". At 1,642 meters (5,390 ft) Lake Baikal is the deepest, and among the clearest lakes in the world. At more than 25 million years old, Baikal is also the world´s oldest lake. Baikal is home to more than 1,700 species of plants and animals, two thirds of which can be found nowhere else in the world and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. It is also home to the Buryat people who follow the Tibetan Buddhist religion and reside on the eastern side of the lake rearing goat, camel, cattle and sheep. Glorified in many songs and stories, Lake Baikal is beautiful any time of the year. Meet people who are unfailingly gracious and hospitable during your travels to the pearl of Siberia. Join us on one of our Siberian tours!
Siberian tours
Our Siberian tours are offered as land only where you arrange your own airfare and we meet you at the airport and handle everything else. You can easily book the discount tickets yourself through our own discount internet ticket office. The airline tickets we offer are the cheapest available on the web. Please browse our discount air tickets section to learn more.
Lake Baikal and Ulan Ude - Cradle of Civilization, 9 days and 8 nights
- City Tour of Irkutsk
- Accommodation on the Lake
- Visit to Ust Orda and meet with local shaman
- Attend shaman purification ritual and ancestor spirit rites
- View ancient rock drawings
- Visit to Olkhon Island, the most sacred part of the lake
- Visit the Temple of Rock - one of the 9 sanctuaries of Asia
- Visit to multiple Buddhist temples and the heart of Siberian Buddhism
- City Tour of Ulan Ude
- Visit the birthplace of Agvan Dorzhiev instructor of the Dali Lama
Lake Baikal, 3 days and 2 nights
- City Tour of Irkutsk
- Accommodation on the Lake
- Lake boat trip
- Visit to sacred obo site
Lake Baikal, 6 days and 5 nights
- City Tour of Irkutsk
- Accommodation on the Lake
- 3 day boat expedition to Olkhon Island
- Visit with Shaman and accommodation in Yurt
- Visit to Sagan Zaba with its ancient rock drawings
Shamanism & Sacred Sites on the Lake, 6 days and 5 nights
- Accommodation on the Lake
- Visit to Ust Orda and meet with local shaman
- Attend shaman purification ritual and ancestor spirit rites
- View ancient rock drawings
- Visit Yerd mountain
- Visit to Olkhon Island, the most sacred part of the lake
- Visit the Temple of Rock - one of the 9 sanctuaries of Asia
- Visit sacred obo sites