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Среди тунцов на Галапагосах. О. Каменская

Среди тунцов на Галапагосах. О. Каменская
В дайвинг. На Сипадан.

В дайвинг. На Сипадан.
Над Монако

Над Монако

Development: ISIB
Design: Anosova Elena

Journey to Shambala or Acquaintance with Baikal

Journey to Shambala or Acquaintance with Baikal 12.01.2008 This tour follows the most well-known places of Baikal Lake and shows different possibilities for rest and diving. From the lonely contemplation of the surf in the remote areas without men’s presence to active pastime in the modern holiday zones. Baikal is the biggest world’s lake and there are places where everyone may find something for himself.

The tour program:

  • acquaintance with dive industry possibilities on Baikal
  • diving on the main dive sites of Baikal
  • acquaintance with tourist infrastructure of dive-trips
  • additional entertainments (besides diving)
  • traditional Baikal cuisine tasting (fish soup, omul fish fried on fire etc.). Baikal cuisine is very rich with fish meals (more then 33 ways of only omul cooking)
  • traditional buryat cuisine meals tasting
  • acquaintance with shaman culture, it is considered that name “Baikal” has a shaman origin. On Olkhon Island there is a center of the shaman culture.
  • visit to Round Baikal Railway – a remarkable work of Russian architects, engineers and workers of the end of XIX century.

Day 1. Meet at the airport. Transfer to Listvyanka. Accommodation in a family camping side. Lunch. Visit to museum of Siberian architecture “Taltsy”. Excursion to Baikal museum. Free time.

Day 2. Breakfast. Daily diving in Listvyanka (one dive). Transfer to the Small Sea. Lunch in buriat eating-house. Stops in sacred places. Visit to observation point. Accommodation in a camping ground “Two Hippopotamus”. Dinner. Evening walk along the Small Sea shore. Russian steam sauna.

Day 3. Breakfast. Ferry boat to Olkhon Island. Jeep – safari on Olkhon Island. Lunch with just cooked Baikal fish. Return to camping ground. In the evening loading to dive boat. Start of Baikal dive safari. Night dive at Khoboi Khushun Point. Dinner.

Day 4. Breakfast. Walk along the coasts of Baikal “pearl” Peschanaya Bay and hiking to the Big Bell Tower Mount. Diving (2 dives) in Khomuty region. Lunch is between dives. In the evening – Russian sauna on the shore of Baikal. Dinner.

Day 5. Breakfast. Two dives near Bolshie Koty village. Lunch is between dives. Walk to the village and visit to Biology Museum. In the evening the barbecue with fire on the shores of lake Baikal.

Day 6. Breakfast. Two dives near Old Round Baikal Railway. Lunch is between dives. Walk to Old Railway, watching of ancient bridges and tunnels. Night dive – Baranchiki Point. Dinner.

Day 7. Breakfast. Arrival to Listvyanka village. Transfer to Irkutsk. Accomodation at “Victory” Hotel. City tour on historical center including visits to old churches and museums. Free time. Dinner at restaurant.

Day 8. Transfer to airport.

The full cost of the program is: 590 euro/per.

Lunch and dinner at Day 7 are NOT included.

Accommodation in camping grounds and boat is double.

News

26.01.2021

One can quickly lose the skills. The habit to dive from a boat makes you relax. During the last three years, we haven’t had any deep trimix in Listvyanka. Time to catch up! (Gennadi’s comment: “That’s true. All the deep dives in the last three years were made from the safari boats”). And now, it is December again, the freest time to dive “for yourself”. Be it Covid or not, there is a lot of work in summer, as usual. So, the intensive preparation has begun! (Gennadi’s comment: “The idea is to dive VERY deep!”)


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21.07.2020

The two weeklong “coronavirus” diving safaris in June were technical ones. So, technical diving is always there. BaikalTek is a technical dive center, with Trimix facility TDI & IANTD. However, it does not mean that there is no place for recreation, photography, filming and other kinds of divers. The other way round: we pay attention to everyone’s need and interests, and are ready to accompany you in your diving any time.


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31.03.2020

The BaikalTek instructors often meet the seals under the ice because they dive often.  A ‘normal’ diver is rarely so lucky. Jean from Switzerland is one of the lucky guys. Though it was his first Olkhon Ice Safari at Lake Baikal, he saw a lot: huge ice shapes, moving ice mass, dancing planaria… and finally, a seal! 


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