Ferry routes on Baikal

Visiting Baikal every tourist must take a ferry trip. During the trip, they can look through the crystal clear Baikal water, enjoy the local nature views from the ship and, if they are lucky, see the Baikal nerpa! There are many interesting touristic routes on the lake where you can go by foot. However, some places can only be reached by water. For example, to Olkhon Island or Chivyrkuiskiy bay tourists can go only by a ship.

Irkutsk ferry landing point

“Gagarin avenue” dock (in Russian: Pristan’ “Bul’var Gagarina”)

“Gagarin Avenue” dock is a landing point for the most of Baikal ferry tours starting in Irkutsk.
Address to get by taxi: Pristan’ “Bul’var Gagarina” (“Gagarin Avenue” dock) or Gagarin Monument.
Bus: Buses #16, #80, #417 pass through “Trud” bus stop. It is the closest bus stop to the dock. Then go by foot about 10-15 minutes. The dock is situated near to the monument of Yuri Gagarin

Ferry Trip Booking

Regular and Personalized tours

Between 20th of May and September 20 the next ferry tours are available:

Ferry tour 1: Taltsy and Bol’shiye Koty

Route description:

Start time: 9:00
Finish time: 18:00
Duration: 9 hours
Price: 5100 roubles per person
Max amount of passengers: 12 people
Tours day: on Mondays

Route timing:

9:00 – 10:00 – pick up all passengers by car
10:00 – 11:00 – road to Taltsy
11:00 – 15:00 – guide tour in Taltsy with traditional Siberian dinner
15:00 – 17:00 – ferry trip on Baikal to Bolshie Koty and Bay of Love
17:00 – 18:00 – ferry trip on Angara river to Irkutsk