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Touring and Travel in Irkutsk Region

WELCOME TO IRKUTSK AND LAKE BAIKAL


Eastern Siberia strikes us with its natural beauty. Lake Baikal, or "Sacred Sea," is located in southeastern Siberia, in the Republic of Buryatia and the Irkutsk region, Russia. At 25-30 million years old, it is the oldest and deepest lake in the world. It measures 636 km long and 80 km wide at the maximum. It's basin is made up of three underwater depressions, which together hold a volume of 23,600 cubic km of water, 20% of the world's fresh surface water.
 

The deepest point in Lake Baikal is 1637 m, and it has an exceptional clarity which allows 40-50 m of visibility. The entire surface of the lake freezes over in the winter. Lake Baikal is home to 1200 different species of animals, and 1000 species of plants. 80% of the species at Baikal are endemic. The most unique animal at Baikal is the freshwater seal Phoca siberica, known as the nerpa, which is also the only mammal which inhabits the lake.
 

 Its 600-kilometer length cuts through Siberia and is an ecosystem of its own. In 1996 UNESCO recognized it as a world heritage site. Lake Baikal has more unique species of fish, plants and animals than any other lake in the world. One of these, the nerpa, is the only fresh water seal in the world.
 

Lake Baikal provides plenty of opportunities to explore beautiful nature, either as a stop along the Trans-Siberian, or as a destination of its own.

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Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

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Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

Photo. Tours to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal.

 

 
 

 

Shot tour in Irkutsk city.

Best tours to Baikal

Krugo-Baikalskaya Railway

Ethnotourism

Baikal Winter tours
 

 

 

About Irkutsk

Irkutsk history

Sights of interest

Museums
 

Accommodation in Irkutsk
 

 

 

About Baikal

Sights of interest

Listvianka

Olkhon islands
 

Accommodation on Lake Baikal

 

Russia in numbers and facts

Russians

Religious creeds in Russia

Folk craft

Stereotypes and symbols of Russia

 

Trip to St. Petersburg 

Trip to Moscow 

Trip to Golden Ring

 

General information, route, train, schedulers, train tickets

 

Trip to Yekaterinburg

Trip to Novosibirsk

Trip to Altay

Trip to Krasnoyarsk

Trip to Tuva Republik

Trip to Lake Baikal and Irkutsk

Trip to Buryat Republik

 

Trip to Khabarovsky Kray

Trip to Vladivostok

Trip to Sakhalin islands

Trip to Kuril islands

Trip to Kamchatka

 

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