Following Ancient Tea Road on Crossroads from Mongolia to Lake Baikal
(7 nights, 8 days)

Be introduced to different ethnic groups and cultures en route the Great Tea Road from Mongolia to Lake Baikal and Irkutsk — the junction of historical caravan routes from China, India, and Europe. Visit villages of Old Believers to experience the old ways of Mother Russia their ancestors preserved during two centuries of exile in Siberian borderlands. Here out of sight and regarded with mystery, they secluded themselves from the rest of Russia, preserving the traditions of the past that now you'll be able to learn while visiting their houses, having tea party and dinner in their homes, enjoying great Russian folk performance, just chatting…Besides, throughout the tour itinerary you will learn the legacy of Buryat culture, visit Buddhist shrines and temples, have a great boat ride to Lake Baikal.

From Baikal to Kamchatka & GULAG via SAKHA Diamond Quarries
(17 nights, 18 days)

Highlighting Wooly Mamooth Museum, Evenk Reindeer people, Ittyk Khaya and Russian Ethnography Tourist centers in Yakutsk, "MIR" Kimberlite pipe and Diamond Querries in Mirny, Paris of Siberia — Irkutsk and yurt-camp on Olkhon Island, hydrofoil ride on Lake Baikal, visit to the Altar of Shaman Rock and "The Golden Buckle of Steel Belt of Russia", Cruising Avacha Bay to view sea birds and mammals, visiting Thermal springs & Volcanoes in Kamchatka, full-day trip along the world famed saubering Kolyma Trakt to the GULAG camp in Magadan, great fishing trip by boat and relaxing on beach in the Silent Bay, and finally the Old Joy village.

The Great Dams of Siberia & Its Breweries
(8 nights, 7 days)

This special interest trip enables you to travel to Siberian cities where the biggest hydro power stations were built under Soviets — Irkutsk, Bratsk, Ust-Ilimsk, in each of the city besides guided trips to the dams, machine halls and man-made seas enjoying well-balanced cultural and social programs of visits: a lecture at the Institute of Energy Systems, discussions with ecologists concerning the impacts of the hydro stations on environment and culture, visit to the famous Siberian breweries in each city of visit and more…

Russia's Pacific, Far East and Mother Lake of Russia
(12 nights,13 days)

The wildlife & nature conservation study tour starts from Vladivostok and then continues via Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk on the Trans-Siberian Railway to Irkutsk, Eastern Siberia. This trip offers great opportunity to visit Ussuriisky Nature Reserve & wild life sanctuary where with local researcher you will explore the eco- trail featuring many rare and endemic plant species, Lake Khanka Sanctuary and Siberian tiger research center, Bolshekhekhzirsky Nature preserve and Animal's Rehabilitation Center located in the valley of the Amur & Ussuri rivers, visit to Baikal Seal Aquarium and Baikal National Park premises.

Baikal-Mongolia Licensed Fishing Journeys
(combined stays in Mongolia and Lake Baikal area — from 10 to 14 nights)

We provide fully licensed fishing soft adventure trips in the area of lake Hovsgol (Mongolia), located just 320 km from Irkutsk and in the valley of Irkut river (Russia). Our fishing trips are conducted through the areas where a good catch is guaranteed. In Lake Hovsgol such fish as "lenok" (Brachymstax lenok) or the Mongolian equivalent of trout is quite easy to catch .These fish rely on the prolific caddis and mayfly hatches, and terrestrials such as grasshoppers and crickets. Lenok average 65 cm(18-20 inches) long and are truly a blast on lighter fly rods. Larger lenok will dine on mice patterns and streamers. As one fisherman, later dubbed "Lord lenok", put it: "Why on earth would you cast gerbil flies for a fish like taimen that are so huge and difficult to bring in when you can sight cast normal dries to 20-28 inch lenok?". As for taimen fish (Hucho hucho taimen) — or the river wolf & the king fish - we offer trips to catch taimen in the area of Egiin-gol river that floats out from Lake Hovsgol, Shishhid and Tengis rivers that are located in the Darhad conclave. In mst of the above area you can also catch whitefish and grayling as well as burbot in Lake Hovgsol.
The taimen fishing is offered by us on "catch-and-release" basis.

The Mongolian Native Desert of Dinosaurs & 1 of Great Asian Lakes
(9 nights, 10 days)

This trip combined with extension to Lake Hovsgol or Baikal is for those who dream of visiting breathtaking dramatic scenery, stuck in the middle of the Gobi Desert, most interesting and mysterious place in the world, the site of an ancient inland sea and Cemetery of the Dinosaurs. After exploring this magnificently strange part of the Gobi Desert where U.S. paleontologist from New York Roy Chapman Andrews in 1920s found the dinosaur eggs near Flamming Cliffs, have then a good vacation either on lake Hovsgol or Lake Baikal — as per your choice.

"Сruising Lake Baikal for Summer RENDEVOUZ with seals on the way to BAM-railway"
(7 nights/8 days)

Lake Baikal is home to the world's only fresh water seal — locally called "the nerpa". Believed to have descended from the Arctic Ocean over 800,000 years ago, the nerpa has since claimed Lake Baikal as its own. With no natural predators other than humans, the seals are precious living symbols of the lake's uniqueness. During this cruising trip on board of comfortable boat you will visit most spectacular places of Lake Baikal, on Olkhon Island meet with the shaman and have him tell you about ancient beliefs of the Buryat people, visit Baikalo-Lensky Nature Preserve Area and the Ushkany Islands where we'll have a guaranteed opportunity to view and watch many Baikal fresh water seals enjoying stay at their most favorite place that is far from any people, and more…
We welcome you to join us on fabulous Lake Baikal cruising trip — from South to North — to enjoy the lake's gorgeous varied sceneries, culture of local people while taking your share in preservation of this gem of Siberia and the well of planet Earth.
brand new tour itinerary…

Irkutsk & Lake Baikal at A Glance
(3 nights/4 days)

This introduction tour of Irkutsk — Paris of Siberia and its microcosm, and Siberia's Pearl — Lake Baikal is a standard one only at first sight. Throughout its quite a short duration this tour enables independent travelers or tour operators plan their travel package through Siberia further to Mongolia or China in most convenient way and us adjust this tour to your needs. Being arranged on all inclusive basis as it is accordingly described in the itinerary the tour offers in a new way to explore Irkutsk and Lake Baikal- having interesting encounters with local common people, chatting with them at their homes during tea-party, enjoying barbecue lunch and excellent vistas atop Chersky mountain that can be easily accessed by young and elderly people alike. Visit to Solar observatory also makes this tour different from other programs.

Biking in the Heart Of Baikal
(5 nights, 6 days)

While on this tour besides just biking along entire Island of Olkhon- sacral center of lake Baikal, you will also be able to get in touch with ancient shamanism religion and worships of local Buryat people, having local shaman as your interlocutor attend your camp-fire on one of the evenings, see the Holy of Hollies of both shamanist and Buddhist believers, experience way of living in round shaped felt yurts of Buryats with tranquility at your door as well as explore the remains of ancient fortifications of Kurikany people — "legendary blacksmith tribe" of Lake Baikal area. During the whole tour itinerary run and especially during the full-day biking trips for distances over 25 km with overnight in the tents, Baikal Discovery provides a separate 4-WD vehicle to carry your sleeping bags, tents, food and other camping gear. The tour is designed for everyone who is not less than moderately fit and knows what biking is. We welcome you to bike through the Heart of Lake Baikal exploring its natural splendor while following "Leave No Trace in Nature" principles!

"BAIKAL POLAR MERIDIAN — 105"
This exclusive Baikal winter-2005 tour offer

(11 nights, 12 days) is for those who would like to explore Lake Baikal in winter time. This unique trip is fully conducted in Lake Baikal area, mostly in its northern part close to the eastern shore. It is available in through March when the lake is still solidly frozen but has plenty of sunshine, so one can even get nice alpine sunburn. The tour itinerary enables both to visit a great winter event organized on lake Baikal — the Winteriada International Nordic Games Festival, and even offers a chance to participate in it, enjoy cross-country skiing on groomed trail in the picturesque snowy landscapes of Hamar Daban Mountain Range, undertake an ice trekking across lake Baikal with an overnight in the Baikal Polar Meridian-105 ice base camp, proceed on safe and adventurous trip by Nomads Air Cushioned Amphibious Vehicle to see most famous and sacred places of winter lake Baikal, learn some winter customs and unique rituals, nearly every day enjoy "healthy" Siberian-steam bath "banya", get trained to fish through the ice hole, achieve special certificates of Baikal Polar Meridian-105… We're sure that good memories about your holiday — is exactly what your can really expect, having decided to spend with us one of your winter weeks on the icy shores and surface of "Siberian pearl" while on this exclusive "Baikal Polar-Merdidian 105".

We're also glad to offer some incentive tours-2006 to visit special events:

The Tsagan Sar of Mongols & Buryat Sagalgan Ethnography Tour —

— a chance offered in one trip to meet the New Year twice again the way people do in Baikal-Mongolia Asia: Mongolian Tsagan Sar Oriental New Year and similar Buryat White Moon Festival in February.

"Winteriada" International Baikal Nordic Games Festival

— featuring ice-walking, skating, ice-sailing, dog sledding and 4-WD expeditions, great Baikal ice marathon, ice plain air chess tournament, Cup of Baikal alpine skiing and " Baikal Kamchatka" ice-fishing competitions, and more. The Baikal Nordic Games Festival held annually opens on February,23 and completes on March, 21.

Soft Adventure Climbing — the Festival of Munku-Sardyk Peak

— 3491 m, the highest peak of Eastern Sayany Mountain Range, on the Russo-Mongolian border, from a top of which while standing on the Russian side you can see lake Hovsgol in Mongolia and immense, gorgeous landscapes of Eastern Sayany Range.

Special Honey Moon & Romantic Vacations also await you in Baikal-Mongolia Asia with Baikal Discovery Travel Ltd.