Why this site exists
Plenty has been written about Lake Baikal, but practical information for independent travellers is still hard to find: timetables are scattered across different websites, and agencies sell ready-made tours. We have gathered routes you can walk and travel yourself, with maps, stops and honest notes about what to check before you set off.
How we work
- We do not sell tours and take no commission from hotels or transport operators.
- We do not publish invented timetables or prices. Where details change, we explain how things work and link to official sources.
- We show what has been verified. Every route carries the date its practical information was last checked, and every map point is flagged if its coordinates are approximate.
- We distinguish a sketch from a track. Route lines on our maps are labelled as a schematic, a calculation from OpenStreetMap data, or an editor-verified track.
Photographs and maps
Photographs on this site were published by Wikimedia Commons contributors under free licences; the author and licence are credited on every image. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Found a mistake?
Timetables change, museums close for restoration, trails wash out. If you spot something inaccurate, please write to us via the contact page — we will check and update it.