Baikal ship tours
There are three ways to create your Baikal ship tour:
Baikal ship tours
There are three ways to create your Baikal ship tour:
How to organize a boat tour of Lake Baikal
Joining a guided cruise on Lake Baikal is easy—you can find tours to suit any taste, ranging from two to ten days and costing from 30,000 to 200,000 rubles, and so on.
However, if your goal is a short trip lasting a few hours rather than a multi-day cruise, take a look at this list of locations where you can go for a ride on a motorboat or ship.
1. Olkhon Island
A tour to Olkhon is essentially a mini-cruise, because the island is accessible only by ferry during the summer season. Ask your guide about the possibility of visiting Ogoy Island, located to the west of Olkhon.
While visiting Olkhon, be sure to find out about the Ushkany Islands — a favorite hangout for Baikal seals!
2. The Great Baikal Trail
If you hike from Listvyanka to Bolshiye Koty, a ship or motorboat will be waiting for you in Bolshiye Koty to take you back to Listvyanka.
3. The Circum-Baikal Railway
Tour organizers often arrange visits to the Circum-Baikal Railway via small ships, allowing groups of tourists to land at the most accessible and memorable spots along the route.
4. Listvyanka
Here, boats take tourists on trips to all accessible destinations. We have provided more details on this below.
5. Tours from ESNC
Scheduled sailings are inexpensive (around 1,500 rubles per ticket) yet offer the chance to enjoy a proper excursion on the waters of Lake Baikal.
How to organize a boat tour of Lake Baikal
Joining a guided cruise on Lake Baikal is easy—you can find tours to suit any taste, ranging from two to ten days and costing from 30,000 to 200,000 rubles, and so on.
However, if your goal is a short trip lasting a few hours rather than a multi-day cruise, take a look at this list of locations where you can go for a ride on a motorboat or ship.
1. Olkhon Island
A tour to Olkhon is essentially a mini-cruise, because the island is accessible only by ferry during the summer season. Ask your guide about the possibility of visiting Ogoy Island, located to the west of Olkhon.
While visiting Olkhon, be sure to find out about the Ushkany Islands — a favorite hangout for Baikal seals!
2. The Great Baikal Trail
If you hike from Listvyanka to Bolshiye Koty, a ship or motorboat will be waiting for you in Bolshiye Koty to take you back to Listvyanka.
3. The Circum-Baikal Railway
Tour organizers often arrange visits to the Circum-Baikal Railway via small ships, allowing groups of tourists to land at the most accessible and memorable spots along the route.
4. Listvyanka
Here, boats take tourists on trips to all accessible destinations. We have provided more details on this below.
5. Tours from ESNC
Scheduled sailings are inexpensive (around 1,500 rubles per ticket) yet offer the chance to enjoy a proper excursion on the waters of Lake Baikal.
Ship tours on Baikal
Taking a ship or a ferry is an excellent option to look through the crystal clear Baikal water, enjoy the local nature views from the ship and, if you are lucky, see the Baikal seal — nerpa!
SELF-ORGANIZED TRIP
Shipowners in Listvyanka
Listvyanka village is one of the most popular places on Baikal. No wonder that residents offer ferry service for the town guests.
To use their service, you need to visit Listvyanka pier. There you’ll see a lot of ferries. It is what you are looking for! Just ask the ship crew for a trip, it will cost about 700 roubles.
The ferry takes off after it is complete. The trip goes along Listvyanka shore, with landing in a part of Circum-Baikal Railway or Bay of Love. Each trip takes about one hour.
How to reach Listvyanka we described in our topic about this village.
Ships in Listvyanka pier
East-Siberian Navigation Company
Provides ferry service between hard-to-reach towns in the Baikal region, delivers cargo, and organizes passenger transportation along the Angara River and Lake Baikal.
Also, the company supports tourist routes, for example:
- Irkutsk — Olkhon Island — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Taltsy — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Circum-Baikal Railway — Irkutsk
Click the button to visit ESNC website to learn more about the company service. The website made on Russian language only, we don’t know why, sorry. Anyway, we can help you to buy tickets!
How to organize a boat tour of Lake Baikal
Joining a guided cruise on Lake Baikal is easy—you can find tours to suit any taste, ranging from two to ten days and costing from 30,000 to 200,000 rubles, and so on.
However, if your goal is a short trip lasting a few hours rather than a multi-day cruise, take a look at this list of locations where you can go for a ride on a motorboat or ship.
1. Olkhon Island
A tour to Olkhon is essentially a mini-cruise, because the island is accessible only by ferry during the summer season. Ask your guide about the possibility of visiting Ogoy Island, located to the west of Olkhon.
While visiting Olkhon, be sure to find out about the Ushkany Islands — a favorite hangout for Baikal seals!
2. The Great Baikal Trail
If you hike from Listvyanka to Bolshiye Koty, a ship or motorboat will be waiting for you in Bolshiye Koty to take you back to Listvyanka.
3. The Circum-Baikal Railway
Tour organizers often arrange visits to the Circum-Baikal Railway via small ships, allowing groups of tourists to land at the most accessible and memorable spots along the route.
4. Listvyanka
Here, boats take tourists on trips to all accessible destinations. We have provided more details on this below.
5. Tours from ESNC
Scheduled sailings are inexpensive (around 1,500 rubles per ticket) yet offer the chance to enjoy a proper excursion on the waters of Lake Baikal.
Ship tours on Baikal
Taking a ship or a ferry is an excellent option to look through the crystal clear Baikal water, enjoy the local nature views from the ship and, if you are lucky, see the Baikal seal — nerpa!
SELF-ORGANIZED TRIP
Shipowners in Listvyanka
Listvyanka village is one of the most popular places on Baikal. No wonder that residents offer ferry service for the town guests.
To use their service, you need to visit Listvyanka pier. There you’ll see a lot of ferries. It is what you are looking for! Just ask the ship crew for a trip, it will cost about 700 roubles.
The ferry takes off after it is complete. The trip goes along Listvyanka shore, with landing in a part of Circum-Baikal Railway or Bay of Love. Each trip takes about one hour.
How to reach Listvyanka we described in our topic about this village.
Ship tours on Baikal
Taking a ship or a ferry is an excellent option to look through the crystal clear Baikal water, enjoy the local nature views from the ship and, if you are lucky, see the Baikal seal — nerpa!
SELF-ORGANIZED TRIP
Shipowners in Listvyanka
Listvyanka village is one of the most popular places on Baikal. No wonder that residents offer ferry service for the town guests.
To use their service, you need to visit Listvyanka pier. There you’ll see a lot of ferries. It is what you are looking for! Just ask the ship crew for a trip, it will cost about 700 roubles.
The ferry takes off after it is complete. The trip goes along Listvyanka shore, with landing in a part of Circum-Baikal Railway or Bay of Love. Each trip takes about one hour.
How to reach Listvyanka we described in our topic about this village.
East-Siberian Navigation Company
Provides ferry service between hard-to-reach towns in the Baikal region, delivers cargo, and organizes passenger transportation along the Angara River and Lake Baikal.
Also, the company supports tourist routes, for example:
- Irkutsk — Olkhon Island — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Taltsy — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Circum-Baikal Railway- Irkutsk
Click the button to visit ESNC website to learn more about the company service. The website made on Russian language only, we don’t know why, sorry. Anyway, we can help you to buy tickets!
GUIDE TOUR
Personal ferry tours
Fill in the form, describe your wishes and expectations and we will try to create your own journey.
We reply in 24 hours.
GUIDE TOUR
Personal ferry tours
Fill in the form, describe your wishes and expectations and we will try to create your own journey.
We reply in 24 hours.
East-Siberian Navigation Company
Provides ferry service between hard-to-reach towns in the Baikal region, delivers cargo, and organizes passenger transportation along the Angara River and Lake Baikal.
Also, the company supports tourist routes, for example:
- Irkutsk — Olkhon Island — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Taltsy — Irkutsk
- Irkutsk — Circum-Baikal Railway — Irkutsk
Click the button to visit ESNC website to learn more about the company service. The website made on Russian language only, we don’t know why, sorry. Anyway, we can help you to buy tickets!
GUIDE TOUR
Personal ferry tours
Fill in the form, describe your wishes and expectations and we will try to create your own journey.
We reply in 24 hours.