Excursion tour «Trip to Olkhon Island by hovercraft»
Tour activities
We invite you to make a trip by hovercraft to the biggest and the most beautiful island of lake Baikal – Olkhon Island. During your travel to the island you`ll visit many famous places of lake Baikal:
Peshanaya bay, Krestovsky cape, Sagan-Zaba bay. On Olkhon Island you`ll have excursion to its northern point – Khoboi cape and meet with a buryat shaman who`ll tell you about life style of buryat people and shaman rituals.
Season: February – March.
Tour is organised for individual groups and dates can be booked according to your wishes.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
trip by hovercraft to the Olkhon Island
Listvyanka village and surroundings
Taltsy open-air museum of wooden architecture
сhairlift to the top of Chersky Mountain
walking around Peschanaya bay, observing caves
petroglyphes
sacred place of buryat people – Chamanka Rock
acquaintance with Baikal cuisine
buryat performance at Zolotaya Orda Ethnopark
comfortable accommodation along the whole route
Tour map
TOUR ITINERARY
Arrival in Irkutsk by morning flight from Moscow.
Meet with guide. Transfer to Listvianka village, located 70 km from Irkutsk.
On the way visit to the museum of wooden architecture Taltsy.
Arrival in Listvianka village, аccommodation at the hotel Krestovaya Pad 3*.
Lunch at local restaurant to taste some dishes of lake Baikal fish – omul.
Visit to the Baikal Museum where you can see exhibits which present the flora and the fauna of the lake, you'll see also seals of lake Baikal: mother and her daughter.
Visit to the observation platform located on the top of Chersky Mountain where beautiful view opens at south part of lake Baikal and source of Angara river.
Free time and leisure.
Accommodation in a hotel
Electricity available
Good mobile signal
Shower available
Breakfast early in the morning.
Transfer to the pier. Departure by hovercraft to the Olkhon Island, the biggest and the most beautiful island of the lake Baikal.
On the way you'll have a stop at the picturesque place – Peschanaya bay located 70 km from Listvianka and famous by its stilted trees and the biggest quantity of sunny days. You'll walk at the bay to see the Rock Malaya Kolokolnya, Bolshaya Kolokolnya, caves.
Lunch at the open air.
Visit to the Krestovsky cape and Sagan Zaba bay located 160 km from Listvianka where you can see the petroglyphes.
Arrival at the village Khujir, island Olkhon, located 300 km from Irkutsk.
Accommodation at hotel Nabaimar guest house / Nikita Bencharov`s guest house located on lake Baikal shore at picturesque place (room with shower and toilet).
Banya (supplement service).
Electricity available
Bad mobile signal
Shower available
Accommodation in guesthouses
Breakfast.
Visit to the sacred place of buryat people – Chamanka Rock.
Trip by hovecraft to the Small See, between the western coast of the island and east coast of lake Baikal and to the cape Khoboi with lunch.
Electricity available
Bad mobile signal
Shower available
Accommodation in guesthouses
Breakfast.
Transfer to Kurkut area by Uaz, 1 hour drive. Meet with other driver and departure to Irkutsk.
On the way stop in Zolotaya Orda Ethnopark. Buryat performance and lunch.
In the afternoon arrival in Irkutsk and short city tour of Irkutsk.
Check in at hotel Imperia 3* in Irkutsk.
Electricity available
Bad mobile signal
Shower available
Accommodation in guesthouses
Breakfast.
Meet a driver in a hotel lobby. Transfer to railway station or airport of Irkutsk and departure.
Good mobile signal
Tour conditions and price
What is included in the price
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accommodation in 3* hotel in Irkutsk 1 night, 3* hotel in Listvyanka 1 night, private wooden hotel at Olkhon island, Khujir village – 2 nights - individual transfers acc. to program with guide
- excursions acc. to program with English or French or German or Spanish speaking guide (other languages are possible upon request)
- entrance fee in Bakal museum, Taltsy open-air museum, chairlift to observation deck on Chersky mount, entrance fee in National park
- meals - breakfasts in hotels + lunches
- trip by hovercraft Day 3, Day 4
- visa support
What is not included
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tickets to/from Irkutsk - meals not included in the program
- banya
- porter services
- alcohol drinks
- tips
Price clarification
How to get there
Aeroflot, S7, Ural Airlines and others operate daily direct flights from Moscow to Irkutsk.
Also it's possible to get Irkutsk by train (3 days).
Important information
Meals
Meals not included in the program is paid on spot.
Essential equipment list
F.A.Q.
Reviews
Tour details
- Difficulty:
- to everyone
- Group size:
- 2–10 pax
- Participation with children:
- from 7 years old
- Duration:
- 5 days
- Accommodation:
- House — 2 nights
- Hotel — 2 nights
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Tour is organised for individual groups and dates can be booked according to your wishes.
Price depends on the group size:
in a group of 10 pax – 88 000 RUB per person
in a group of 8 pax – 98 300 RUB per person
in a group of 6 pax – 103 600 RUB per person
in a group of 4 pax – 131 000 RUB per person
in a group of 2 pax – 219 500 RUB per person
Supplement for single accommodation – 19 000 RUB per person
All prices can be changed in 2025/2026!