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This tour is a great chance to see probably the most beautiful part of lake Baikal – OLKHON ISLAND. Staying with a local family in the authentic Siberian village, seeing truly Shamanic sites, walking and taking a 4WD photo safari will make this tour unforgettable. This tour is suggested as a must do for everyone who can spend 3 days and 2 nights in the area. Especially recommended in low season. In a high season, many travellers GO THERE BY PUBLIC MINIBUS ARRANGED BY BAIKALER HOSTELS, so it might be easier for you to hook up with them. Unless you want a to travel there with comfort and a guide’s care. Description of the You’ll be picked up from my hostel (or train station or any other place in Irkutsk) at 7 am. Vehicle: a 8 sit minibus or a car. We will be driving through vast open spaces – so called Buryat Steppes – where we eventually see herds of caws and horses on green fields. In 3 hrs, we’ll stop for lunch in an off road cafe (NOT included). Meals there are inexpensive but good. The menu usually has 2 or 3 salads, 2-3 variety of soups and -always – a local specialty – big meat dumplings – “Posy”. Those cafes selling Posy are scattered along the main driving routes and called “Poznaya”. Finally, we reach the ferry pier (250 km, 4hr). Ferry service is free of charge. Public minibuses and local people have a priority. It sometimes may couse delays. Once we are on the island, we have to drive another 36km, 1 hr. Olkhon island climate is dry and sunny. Couple of kilometers from the ferry pier, you will be seeing the long inland bay, which is apparently the driest stop in Eastern Siberia! READ MORE...http://baikaler.com