Krasnoyarsk – Irkutsk - Listvyanka – Ulan-Ude

• In the morning arrival to Krasnoyarsk by flight from Moscow.
• Transfer to the hotel Novotel 4*
• Check-in, rest
• Lunch in the hotel
• Tour to the national park "Stolby" (4 hrs). Hiking in the taiga (3 km).
• During your visit to Krasnoyarsk you absolutely have to visit the national park "Stolby". It is its lungs, its soul. This is the place to get unforgettable impressions from the city! A tireless hiking among bizarre rocks is definitely worth it! Rocks Grandfather, Feathers, Lion's Gate etc. are widely known all over the world.
• Dinner with Russian cuisine.
• Accommodation in Novotel 4*

• Krasnoyarsk city tour (3 hrs).
• During the excursion we show our guests the most interesting places of our city: Mira square with outstanding view of Yenissei, monument to Andrew Dubenskoy, Karaulnaya hill from where you can see the whole city is spreading in front of your eyes. You will also visit Praskeva Pyatnitsa chapel and walk along the old streets, you will know where their names come from, how our city has been changing and growing. Our guides will make you fall in love with Krasnoyarsk.
• Transfer to the railway station.
• Boarding a Trans-Siberian train from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk (1 class, 2-berth-compartments).
•  *Overnight on train board

• In the morning arrival to Irkutsk.
• Irkitsk city tour. Irkutsk has a great number of monuments of wooden architecture. There are about 500 architectural monuments in the city, among which historically constructed ensembles are depicted. The greatest interest has the ancient part of the city including Church of the Savior and Znameniye Cathedral.
• Transfer to Listvyanka.
• Excursion in the open-air museum of Wooden Architecture Taltsy. On the territory there is 13 architectural complexes with 36 wooden buildings. Some of them have exhibits which can help you to understand the agricultural and cultural peculiarities of Transbaikal people of 19th-20th centuries.
• Arrival to Listvyanka, check-in.
•  *Accommodation in the Mayak hotel 4*

• Listvyanka city tour. Here you will visit Shaman Rock, St. Nicholas church, Chersky Mount view point by ski-lift, Fish Market. Shaman Rock is a natural boundary between the deepest lake in the world and the only river that flows out of the lake - the Angara river. Many local legends are attributed to this place. The rock is believed to be the house of one of the Buryat gods.
• Visit Baikal Museum with the aquarium with Baikal fish and freshwater seals – Nerpas. Baikal museum is a splendid museum where different material evidences, exhibits, in short all the information about lake Baikal is kept, studied and exhibited: origin of the lake; representatives of the endemic flora and fauna from the surface of the lake to the maximum depth; excellent model of the bed of Baikal.
• Return to Irkutsk.
•  *Accommodation in the Marriott hotel 4*

• Check-out, transfer to the railway station. Departure to Ulan-Ude by train (8 hrs on board).
• In the evening arrival to Ulan-Ude. Transfer to a hotel, check-in.
• You will be surprised how different is the city in comparison with these that you have already visited. The city combines the history of the Soviet Union and Buddhism.
• Ulan-Ude city tour (2 hrs).
•  *Accommodation in the Mergen Bator hotel 5*

• Start touring with center of Buddhism in Russia – Ivolginsky Datsan Monastery. It is a beautiful temple opened for the visitors. Nowadays it also includes a famous Buddhist University "Dashi Choikhorling" (the name derives from the Tibetan language and means "the land of Happy teaching"). Here Buddhist monks-scientists, specialists in Tibetan and Old Mongolian languages and orientalists are taught.
• Lunch with traditional Buryat cuisine.
• Drive to the Old Believer’s village. Old Believers of Buryatia are a colorful branch of Orthodox Russians exiled in Siberia in 8th century after the church reform carried out by Patriarch Nikon. They managed to save their culture, singing art, religion as they were two centuries ago.
• Dinner in the family, traditional games, Old Believers polyphonic songs and a lot of fun.
• Return to Ula-Ude.
•  *Accommodation in the Mergen Bator hotel 5*

• Transfer to Ulan-Ude airport.
• Flight to Moscow.