I provide guiding service in Irkutsk, around Lake Baikal and along the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I can help with excursions, transfers, train tickets or accommodations. Please contact me by email guide.baikal@gmail.com . I speak English and German.
Choose one of my suggested itineraries below or customise your own.
Season: February and March
Winter in Siberia is not so cold as people used to think. But it is fascinating and beautiful! Here you can walk or even drive on the 1 m thick clear ice of lake Baikal, visit the caves covered with icicles and wonder the blocks of blue ice that pressure of lake creates during the winter. In the evening you will enjoy the warm accommodations, Russian food and drinks and banya (Russian sauna). It is a journey you'll never forget!
Season: Mai - October
Explore the most famous and beautiful places of lake Baikal - Listvyanka, Circum Baikal Railway and Olkhon Island. This tour is the best opportunity to visit the region, see landscapes and nature, meet local people and try traditional food.
Season: Mai - October
An unforgettable trip to the west coast of Lake Baikal with train ride and trekking, as well as a hiking tour along scenic trails on the western shore of Lake Baikal on the route Listvyanka - Bolshoye Koty - Bolshoye Goloustnoe. During this trip you will experience the incomparable nature of the lake up close.
Season: all year round
I invite you to one of the great journeys of modern times and discover Russia on Tran-Siberian Train. You will visit different rich Moscow, see the moscs and kremlin in istanbul of Russia - Kasan, cross the boarder between Asia and Europ in Yekaterinburg, hike along siberian taiga forest and amazing rock formations in Krasnoyarsk, discower wooden arcitecture of Irkutsk and deepest and wonder oldest lake in the world Baikal!
Season: Mai - October
A trip to Kyrgyzstan is an extraordinary experience full of new impressions! Kyrgyz nature can really surprise you. There are snow-capped mountain ranges and peaks, lakes with the purest, transparent water, endless green meadows, stormy rivers and fairytale forests. Besides nature, you will surely admire the culture of the Kyrgyz, who have been a nomadic people since ancient times. Kyrgyzstan offers its guests vivid impressions and a sincere, warm welcome.
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Fairytale cities from 1001 Nights, Islamic architecture on the Silk Road, Kyzylkum and Karakum deserts, visiting the lively bazaars of Central Asia.
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