Duration: up to 9 hours
Group: up to 8
Season: Late January – April
Language: English
Tour type: Adventure, Nature and Wildlife, Winter tour
Tour price: from 15,500 rub per person
Hovercraft (aslo called “Khivous”) is an amphibious air-cushion vehicle designed for tours to the places where there is no way to travel by land. It is capable to reach the Circum-Baikal Railway during the period when its trains are rarely operating (October – May). In wintertime, the famous Peschanaya bay is reachable by hovercraft only. Among other destinations are Olkhon island, Baikalsk, etc.
The hovercraft is the safest way to travel by the winter Baikal. Unlike cars, the air-cushion vehicle, does not risk getting into a fissure and escapes all winter ice-traps. On the smooth ice “Khivous” moves 60-80 km/h. Its cabin is warm and comfortable.
Tour is held jointly with other tourists.
9.30 – Transfer to Listvyanka village by bus.
10.30 – Arrival in Listvyanka.
11.00 – Circum-Baikal Railway tour by hovercraft. There will be two stops along the way: at Tolstiy Cape (40 min) and at Polovinniy Cape (60 min). Lunch at Polovinniy Cape.
17.00 – Arrival in Listvyanka. Transfer to Irkutsk.
18.00 – Arrival in Irkutsk
Price of the Circum-Baikal Railway tour by hovercraft: 15,500 rub per person.
The price includes:
– Circum-Baikal Railway tour by hovercraft
– Transfer to/from Listvyanka
– Lunch
– Guide service (Russian language)
The price does not include: English – speaking guide (from 8,000 rub per day).
Peschanaya Bay is one of the most beautiful and remote bays of the lake. Accessible by boat or hovercraft. Among attractions are walking-on-stilts trees, Banushka bay, Rocks Bolshaya kolokolnya and Malaya Kolokolnya.
Tour is held jointly with other tourists.
10.00 – Start of the tour
11.20 – Arrival in Goloustnoye village. Walking ice tour toward ice bubbles spots.
12.30 Departure for Peschanaya bay. Stop at Baklaniy cliff. Ice skating (optional).
14.00 Arrival at Peschanaya bay. Walking tour of the bay. Lunch.
15.00 Departure for Listvyanka
17.00 Arrival in Listvyanka.
Price of hovercraft tour to Peschanaya Bay: 15,500 rub per person.
The price includes:
– Transfer by hovercraft to Peschanaya Bay
– Lunch
– Guide service (Russian language)
The price does not include:
– English – speaking guide (from 10,000 rub per day).
– Transfer Irkutsk–Listvyanka (from 4,000)
– Skates rent (1000 rub per person)
You rent the hovercraft for your group only. Hovercraft is used to reach most remote and hard-to-get areas of the Baikal.
The short tour lasts roughly 1 hour. On the 1-h tour, you can see a part of the Circum-Baikal Railway. The 1-hour tour doesn’t imply disembarkation. On the 5-hours tour, tourists will be able to disembark and walk around the most attractive spots of the Railway. You can also book a full-day tour by “Khivous” and see the whole Circum-Baikal Railway with disembarkation on the most important sites or get to other Baikal destinations (from 60000 rub).
Booking the individual tour, you can choose the date and the time of the tour.
Other destinations from Listvyanka village:
1. Olkhon island. You can get to Olkhon from Listvyanka by boat (summertime) and by hovercraft (wintertime). Full day tour.
2. Baikalsk. This small Baikal settlement boasts ski resort and unique ice town with Russian banya. Duration is 8 hours.
Price of the Private Baikal tour by hovercraft: from 10,000 rub per hour. Pricing is based on one vehicle, not per person. There are two types of the hovercrafts: 8-seater and 20-seater vehicles.
The price includes:
– Rent of a hovercraft
– Guide service (Russian language)
The price does not include:
– Transfer Irkutsk–Listvyanka (from 4,000)
– English – speaking guide (from 10,000 rub per day).
– Lunch (from 1000 rub per person)
Indicate in the booking form “Comments” what kind of the Baikal hovercraft tour you choose.
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Explore the Circum Baikal Railway more thoroughly with the Baikal Railway Walking Tour. Walk through the old tunnels and visit the most significant structures of the Baikal Railway.
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“Around the Baikal” tour. During this boat tour you will travel by variety of water vehicles watching slowly changing landscapes or getting adrenaline rafting the fast mountain rivers.
One-day Fishing trip on Lake Baikal give you a chance to spend a day enjoing the stunning beauty of the Baikal’s nature and experience the excitement of fishing.
Winter tour to Maloye Morye and Olkhon Island. During the trip you will see landmarks which are not available in any seasons except winter.
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Check out the full list of the most interesting tours in Russian cities.
