8 days/ 7 nights
30.07.2021
Port Baikal –KBZD– Irkutsk –Krasnoyarsk– Slavgorod – Kazan – Moscow
What could be more interesting than crossing almost all of Russia from west to east by train? After all, this is an opportunity to realize how huge and rich country is, how heterogeneous and united it is at the same time. You will see the sights of Russian cities, enjoy the contemplation of endless expanses, visit the deepest lake on the planet.
The Transsib is a transport artery with a length of 9288.2 km. It is the longest railway in the world, connecting the east and west of Russia, covering 7-hour zones, crossing the Ural Mountains and Siberian taiga, Europe and Asia, 87 cities, 16 large rivers. This is not just a series of mesmerizing views, picturesque landscapes and "scenery" outside the train window, it is also a very solid experience, in terms of the richness of impressions, not worse than to climbing Mount Everest or rafting on the Amazon.
We invite you to make a fantastic and amazing journey on the cruise tourist train "Baikal" on the route Baikal – Irkutsk – Krasnoyarsk – Slavgorod (Altai) –Kazan – Moscow.
The route of the Baikal train is multimodal; not only air flight Moscow - Irkutsk is envisaged. Those who wish will be able to make an exclusive trip along the Circum-Baikal Railway on the RA railroad bus or an excursion along Lake Baikal to Olkhon Island on the Kometa high-speed vessel.
This test route will be available on a regular basis from 2022. And those who go on such a journey will remember it for the rest of their lives. A constant change of time zones, "scenery" outside the window and picturesque landscapes are waiting for you.
30.07.2021 Day 1. Friday. Arrival to Moscow (International flight).
Welcome to Moscow! You will be impressed by the panoramic tour of Moscow, explore the Red Square, Kremlin, the Cathedral of Christ, Kolomenskoe, Arbat street and other places.
20.00 (MSK Time) – departure from Moscow airport.
31.07.2021 Day 2. Saturday. Irkutsk - Port Baikal.
For information: all times are in local time. Time difference is + 5 hr.
07.00 (local time) – arrival to Irkutsk.
07.00 - 08.00 – getting of luggage, meeting with guides, transfer to buses.
08.30 - 10.00 – Transfer by touristic class buses airport Irkutsk – Listvyanka
10.00 - 10.30 – ferry crossing of tourists with luggage Listvyanka – Port Baikal pier.
10.30 - 11.00 – accommodation on the train, self-arrival to Port Baikal pier.
11.30 - 12.00 – landing on the Comet.
12.00 - 16.00 – water transfer Port Baikal pier – Zagli pier (island Olhon).
16.00 - 18.00 – excursion to island Olhon (2 hr.).
Olhon Island is the "heart of Baikal", the largest of the 26 Baikal islands, the geographical, historical and sacred center of Lake Baikal. Here, according to legend, the Buryat people originated. The island is saturated with local flavor, shamanism and ancient Buryat legends.
Depending on time: visiting of Huzhir, Burkhan, Shamanka.
18.00 - 18.30 – landing on the Comet.
18.30 - 22.30 – water transfer Zagli pier –Port Baikal pier.
22.30 - Arrival to Port Baikal pier, accommodation on the train.
Relax time.
Dinner in the train
We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
01.08.2021 Day 3. Sunday. Port Baikal - KBZD.
For information: all times are in local time. Time difference is + 5 hr.
Train departure Port Baikal – Moscow.
Journey on Circum-Baikal Railway, «gold buckle steel belt of Russia» along the Baikal — it’s perfect way to see south Baikal and see architectural sights for one day. On KBZD now it’s using 38 tunnels with length 9063 м in total (the longest from them (777,5 m) is tunnel through Cape Polovinny), 15 stone galleries with length 295 m in total (now only 5 of them are active) and 3 reinforced concrete galleries with holes, 248 bridges and viadukts.
07:00 - 07:30 - 102km KBZD – Itallian Way
12:23 - 13:14 – Slyudyanka (stop is 51 min). You can get out of the carriage and admire the world's only station building, entirely built of white and pink marble. The traction will be changed during parking.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
15:34 - 16:10 – parking in Irkutsk.
02.08.2021 Day 4. Monday. Krasnoyarsk.
For information: all times are in local time. Time difference is + 4 hr.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
10:00 (local time) – Arrival to Krasnoyarsk (touristic parking 4 hr.).
Meeting with guides, transfer to buses.
Sightseeing bus tour of the city, during which guests will visit the observation deck of Karaulnaya Gora, Peace Square (the place where the city was founded), the Arc de Triomphe, the confluence of the Kachi (Izyr-Kachi) and the Yenisei (Ionesi).
Transfer to railway station.
14:00 (local time) – Departure of touristic train.
Relax time.
Lunch and dinner We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
03.08.2021 Day 5. Tuesday. St. Slavgorod.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
For information: all times are in local time. Time difference is + 4 hr.
13:48 (local time) – Arrival to station Slavgorod.
(Touristic parking is 4 hr. 12 min., excursion program – 4 hr..).
Meeting with guides, transfer to buses.
Program:
A visit to Lake Bolshoye Yarovoe - a favorite vacation spot for thousands of tourists. The lake is called the Altai Dead Sea. The lake water is salty to the point of bitterness, the salt composition of the water is unique and curative. The bottom of the lake is lined with a thick layer of mud. In terms of its medical indicators, the mud of the Yarovoye Lake is comparable to the best mud resorts in Russia and abroad. The most important and amusing entertainment in Yarovoye is considered to be lying in salt water, because you shouldn't make any efforts, just relax!
Transfer to railway station (30 min.)
18:00 (local time) – departure of touristic train.
Dinner in the train We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
04.08.2021 Day 6. Wednesday. Ekaterinburg.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
For information: all times are in local time. Time difference is + 2 hr.
11:17 (local time) – arrival to st. Ekateringburg.
(Touristic parking 2 hr. 55 minут. Excursion program – 2 hr..).
Meeting with guides, transfer to buses.
Sightseeing bus and walking tour of the city with a tour of the main attractions. You will see the dam of the city pond on the Isety river, which gave life to the Ekateringburg plant in the 18th century, a monument to the founders of the city V.N. Tkatischev and V.I. de Genin, the patroness of the city - the chapel of St. Catherine, merchant mansions, the central squares of the capital of the Urals, the Voznesenskaya hill, decorated with the palace of the merchants Rastorguev-Kharitonov, and of course - the Temple-on-Blood in the name of all the Saints of the Land of Russia shone - a legendary place where the dynasty was interrupted Romanovs.
Transfer to the railway station.
14:12 (local time) – departure of touristic train.
Lunch and dinner We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
05.08.2021 Day 7. Thursday. Kazan.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
10:40 – Arrival to st. Kazan. (Touristic parking 9 hr.).
Meeting with guides, transfer to buses.
Excursion program – 8 hr.
Sightseeing tour "KAZAN MILLENNIUM"
Bus and walking tour of the most interesting sights of Kazan, which will show you Kazan from all sides. You will see ancient streets, where each stone has its own history, and a modern metropolis living in the frantic rhythm of the capital.
You will visit:
in the Old Tatar settlement, located on the picturesque embankment of Lake Kaban, where the houses of Tatar merchants have survived, and a mosque of the 18th century.
on the streets of old Kazan, with its cathedrals, monasteries and churches that miraculously survived the Soviet years (with a visit to the monastery where the miraculous copy of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is kept);
on Freedom Square - the administrative heart of Tatarstan, where the City Hall (former Noble Assembly), Opera and Ballet Theater named after M. Jalil, Concert Hall named after M. S. Saidasheva, Cabinet of Ministers etc...;
You will see:
Palace of Farmers on Palace Square and a new embankment (panoramic view);
Sports facilities built for the Universiade 2013 (panoramic display).
Excursion to the museum-reserve "KAZAN KREMLIN" – the living heart of the ancient city, which has survived more than one exciting event in its centuries-old history! Established as a Bulgar fortress at the turn of the 10-11th centuries, along with its mighty rulers, it changed its appearance more than once and today it is a unique complex of architectural, archaeological, and historical monuments that reveal the centuries-old history of the city. On the grounds of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Museum.
You will see:
Kul Sharif Mosque and Cathedral of the Annunciation.
Spasskaya Tower, erected by Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan, Shiryi, builders of St. Basil's Cathedral.
Presidential Palace and Leaning Syuyumbike Tower.
Transfer to railway station.
19:40 – departure of touristic train.
Dinner in the train We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
06.08.2021 Day 8. Friday. Moscow.
Breakfast in the train (for comfortable of tourists breakfast is serving directly in compartment).
Relax time.
We recommend that you visit the carriage restaurant of the tourist train, where you will be offered a menu and a wine list for every taste. In the evening, guests will find a musical and entertainment program.
11:25 – Arrival of touristic train «Pearl of Transib» to Moscow Kazan railway Station.
Ontime departure to the airport on flight to destination.
Caper Travel thanks you and hope to see you again in Russia.
Date of travel | ½ DBL |
30.07.2021 | Euro 3600 |
Cost includes:
Cost does not include:
Baikal-Moscow | Station | Arr. | Dep. | Arr. | Dep. | Stop | Remarks | |
30.07.2021 | Friday | АП Moscow | 20.00 | 01.00 | Departure from Moscow | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | АП Irkutsk | 02.00. | 07.00 | Arrival to Irkutsk | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | АП Irkutsk | 07.00 | 08.00 | Getting luggage | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | АП Irkutsk | 08.30 | Boarding to buses | ||||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | АП Irkutsk - Listvyanka | 08.30 | 10.00 | Transfer to Listvyanka (1,5-2 hr.) | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Listvyanka – Port Baikal | 10.00 | 10.30 | Transfer of tourists with their luggage to Listvyanka | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal | 10.30 | 11.00 | Boarding to train | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal | 11.30 | 12.00 | Boarding to Cometa boat | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal - Port Zagli | 12.00 | 16.00 | Water Transfer to Port Zagli (Olhon) | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Zagli | 16.00 | 18.00 | Excursion to Olhon (2 hr.) | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | 18.00 | 18.30 | Boarding to Cometa boat | ||||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Zagli – П. Baikal | 18.30 | 22.30 | Water Transfer to Port Baikal | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal | 22.30 | Arrival to Port Baikal, boarding to train | ||||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal | 11.30 | 18.00 | Alternative option to travel not to Olhon: Relax time: excursion to KBZD на РА or excursion to Listvyanka visiting: sightseeing view from Shaman - stone, Museum of Baikal, visiting of fishing local famous market. | |||
31.07.2021 | Saturday | Port Baikal | 22.30 | 23.59 | Relax time | |||
01.08.2021 | Sunday | Port Baikal (+5 часов) | 0:35 | 5:35 | Departure Port Baikal - Moscow | |||
01.08.2022 | Sunday | "Italian wall" 102km | 2:00 | 2:30 | 6:00 | 7:30 | 0:30 | 102km KBZD |
01.08.2022 | Sunday | "Polovinnaya" 110km | 2:50 | 3:20 | 7:50 | 8:20 | 0:30 | Photosession with beatiful views |
01.08.2022 | Sunday | "Kirkirei" 123km | 3:55 | 4:25 | 8:55 | 9:25 | 0:30 | Photosession with beatiful views |
01.08.2022 | Sunday | 149km (Rerich Museum) | 5:45 | 6:15 | 10:45 | 11:15 | 0:30 | |
01.08.2022 | Sunday | Kultuk | 6:30 | 7:01 | 11:30 | 12:01 | 0:30 | Photosession with beatiful views |
01.08.2021 | Sunday | Slyudyanka | 7:23 | 8:14 | 12:23 | 13:14 | 0:51 | Photosession with beatiful views |
01.08.2021 | Sunday | Irkutsk (+5 часов) | 10:34 | 11:10 | 15:34 | 16:10 | 0:36 | W/O excursions |
02.08.2021 | Monday | Krasnoyarsk (+4 hr.) | 6:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 14:00 | 4:00 | City-view Tour 3,5 hr. |
03.08.2021 | Tuesday | Slavgorod (+4 hr.) | 9:48 | 14:00 | 13:48 | 18:00 | 4:12 | Transfer 30 min by bus to Yarovoe and/or Bursol. Visiting of Burslo (up 1 hr.), Relax time on island Yarovoe. Transfer 30 min by bus to railway station. |
04.08.2021 | Wednesday | Ekateringburg (+2 hr.) | 9:17 | 12:12 | 11:17 | 14:12 | 2:55 | City-view Tour 2-2,5 hr. |
05.08.2021 | Thursday | Kazan Insurrection | 10:40 | 19:40 | 10:40 | 19:40 | 9:00 | City-view Tour with visiting of the main attractions, a visit to the Kremlin, Tatar settlement, lunch with a master class |
06.08.2021 | Friday | Moscow Kaz. | 11:25 | 11:25 |
We reserve the right to make some changes to the tour program without reducing the overall volume and quality of services.
The train schedule may change. You will receive information about the departure time by e-mail 1-2 days prior to the date of the tour.
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