20th Anniversary Special Deals
To celebrate our 20th Anniversary in 2008 we have looked at our most popular trips over the last few years, combined these with some of the best we have to offer for 2008 and come up with a range of set itineraries, with some very special prices to help everyone celebrate our Anniversary Year;) Deals are currently only available on our East to West routes.
| DEAL 2 | Deal Price - €1,299 Normal price - €1,545 |
 
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| Depart from Beijing and visit Mongolia's Open Steppe Nomads, stay at Listvyanka, a traditional village on the shore of Lake Baikal before heading on to Moscow. 15 (or 16) days, with options to extend the trip in Moscow and St Petersburg. Deal based on Route BM8 | ||
| DAY 0 Arrival |
Beijing Options Arive Beijing - we can book accommodation for you, or make your own arrangements. Allow yourself at least a few days to see the highlights including the Forbidden City and Great Wall. |
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| DAY 1 | Train, China Depart Beijing train #23 at 07:45. The train journey passes the mountains north of Beijing before heading into the plains of Inner Mongolia reaching the Chinese border in the evening. |
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| DAY 2 | Elstei Ger, Mongolia Up early and you will see the Gobi and, if lucky, some camels before crossing into the grasslands and Steppe arriving Ulaanbaatar at 13:20. Your guide will meet you at the station and give you an orientation sight-seeing tour around the city, including the Gandan Monastery, Zaishan Hill and Sukhebaatar Square. Transfer to Elstei Ger Resort. Your guide will explain local customs and introduce you to traditional living in a Ger. Dinner and overnight OS3 |
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| DAY 3 | Nomad Ger, Mongolia Breakfast, meet up with your guide and a short ride out to the open steppe. Introduction to the nomadic life, find the herd of horses (or cows, sheep or goats depending on season) on horseback. Hands on experience to learn the routine of the herdsman. Overnight stay with the herdsman family. All food will be prepared by this family. |
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| DAY 4 | Elstei Ger, Mongolia After breakfast continue the daily routine of the herdsman and the family. Return to Elstei Ger before dinner. Overnight. |
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| DAY 5 | 3* Hotel, Ulanbaatar Drive back to Ulaanbaatar with free time and overnight at Bayangol Hotel. |
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| DAY 6 | Train, Mongolia Breakfast at hotel and free time to explore the sights and museums of the Capital as well as do some shopping and internet before transfer to station for departure on train #263 at 18:40, reaching the Mongolian-Russian border late in the evening. |
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| DAY 7 | Train, Russia After a morning at the Russian border continue your journey to Irkutsk via Ulan-Ude |
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| DAY 8 | Listvyanka, Lake Baikal Arrive Irkutsk at 08:10. Transfer from the railway station to Listvyanka village at Lake Baikal by car. Acc. in a traditional Siberian wooden house. Guided walking around Listvyanka. Excursion to Limnological Museum. Lunch. Visit of the wooden Orthodox church. Russian sauna (banya). Dinner. Overnight. |
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| DAY 9 | Listvyanka, Lake Baikal After breakfast an activity day at Listvyanka. When booking choose 1 of the following: - (CODE QB) Quad biking, A quad bike ride around the village and through the forest for 1 hour with an instructor. Lunch. Free time. Sauna (Banya). Dinner. Overnight in Listvyanka. - (CODE T) Trekking (Overnight): Hiking up the Primorsky mountains to the direction of Bolshye Koty village. After a few hours of lovely hiking you reach the camp-place on a sandy beach at Srednyaya Bay, where we set up a tent and cook dinner. Overnight. The distance covered on the first day 10 km. Dinner. Free time. Overnight tent. DAY 10 Breakfast. Free time. Lunch. Trekking back to Listvyanka along the shore of Baikal. The distance covered on the second day is 10km. Transfer by car to Irkutsk. Accommodation with a family. Free time. Overnight in Irkutsk. - (CODE ST) Soft Trekking: Day trekking through the forest with a guide. Picnic lunch. Return to the family. Sauna (banya). Dinner Overnight. - (CODE D) Diving: Diving from the lake's shore in Listvyanka with a highly experienced instructor (CMAS and IDD). Those diving can experience fresh and cold water diving and see the real stark beauty of the underwater world of the Lake with its endemic sponge, fish, vertical rocky slopes with underwater grottos, old wooden-built mooring with an old bronze gun of 18-19th century. The divers have 1 dive. Lunch. Free time. Banya. Dinner. Overnight in Listvyanka. |
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| DAY 10* | 3* Hotel, Irkutsk Breakfast. Transfer by back to Irkutsk to check in at the central Angara Hotel. Free time in Irkutsk, where there is plenty to explore and availability of Internet cafes |
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| Extra Day* | On some trips an extra day is spent at Listvyanka (free time) to make a 16 day tour so the itinerary fits with an odd numbered deaprture date from Irkutsk. |  |
| DAY 11 | Train, Russia Free day in Irkutsk to explore the wood architecture, shops or relax in cafes. Transfer to the station to depart train #9 at 16:35. |
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| DAY 12 | Train, Russia A day to relax on the train watching the Siberian scenery pass by. |
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| DAY 13 | Train, Russia Today your train journey to Moscow continues passing the large cities of Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Ekaterinburg. |
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| DAY 14 | 3* Hotel, Moscow Arrival in Moscow at 16:42 where a driver and one of our reps will meet you and transfer you to Maxima Zarya Hotel. Depending on your arrival time at the hotel you will have a 3 hour orientation tour of Moscow by foot and metro either today or the next morning. |
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| DAY 15 | Options Options to extend your stay in Moscow and St Petersburg and Golden Ring tours as per our brochure. |
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Price Notes
* The trips schedule is fixed as described in the itinerary but you can add on additional services after the first night in Moscow as well as Beijing accommodation, first class upgrades and onward tickets from Russia.
* Visa costs are also additional.
* This deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other special offers or discounts advertised by us.Booking Notes
* We need a minimum of 2 people to run these tours and the maximum group size is 8 people.
* Bookings must be accepted by us and full payment made 60 days before departure.
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