Irkutsk to Listvyanka: First Encounter with Baikal
The Taltsy museum, the source of the Angara and the Baikal Museum in one day
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Routes
Twenty self-guided routes — walks through Irkutsk and journeys to Lake Baikal — with maps, stop-by-stop itineraries and practical advice.
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Irkutsk to Khuzhir on Olkhon Island
A road across the steppe, the Olkhon Gate crossing and a first evening on the island
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Khuzhir, Cape Burkhan and Shaman Rock
A local museum, the old pier, Baikal’s great emblem and sunset over the Maloye More
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The Circum-Baikal Railway and Port Baikal
From Slyudyanka along the lake through tunnels and galleries — then by ferry to Listvyanka
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A Multi-Day Baikal Journey: Irkutsk, Listvyanka, Olkhon and the Western Shore
Six days to see the city, the Angara source, the Maloye More and northern Olkhon without rushing
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Listvyanka: Village, Shoreline and Local Attractions
Chersky Stone, the fish market, St Nicholas Church and the start of the Great Baikal Trail
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The Source of the Angara River
Upstream from the dam and the icebreaker to the Shaman Stone and Port Baikal
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Olkhon Island: Northern Landscapes and Cape Khoboy
Peschanaya, the marble “Three Brothers” and cliffs above the open lake
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Bolshoye Goloustnoye and the Western Shore
A wooden village, the Goloustnaya valley and the calmest shore near Irkutsk
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