Small Group Deals
Overview
We started our deals in 2008 to celebrate our 20th Anniversary and they were so popular we continue to offer these set trips, with organised tours along the way and fixed departure dates. You can start these trips in either Beijing, Vladivostok or Moscow.
The tours are available nearly every week and the idea is to have between 2 and 8 people on each trip, giving you some interesting company and fun while on the trains, but maintaining small group sizes so you aren't herded around the sites by your guide.
These tours are a mid-range option, with standard second class trains or the option to upgrade to two berth cabins, 3* hotels, car transfers and local, experienced English speaking guides for full City tours. Most meals are included, except on the train.
As with all our trips, you need to decide in which direction to travel.
Beijing to Moscow
We have 4 Set Trips to choose from this year. They last between 13 and 20 days.
Starting off with a summer seasonal trip to Mongolia only.
A very popular option to Mongolia and Lake Baikal available throughout the year.
A longer trip with Mongolia, Lake Baikal and the Ural Mountains, with different options depending on summer or winter travel.
Lastly, one of the biggest trips you can make, stopping at seven places - Beijing - Ulanbaatar - Ulan Ude - Irkutsk - Ekaterinburg - Kazan - Moscow, best in summer, but also available in winter, with some interesting winter activities.
Vladivostok to Moscow
We have 3 Deal Tours available from Vladivostok. These trips last between 13 and 18 days and all include tours and stops in different places along the way.
It is no fun to travel straight from Vladivostok to Moscow without at least one stop and so our starter tour includes a break at the half way point to visit magical Lake Baikal, you will be on board the train for a total of 6 nights and have tours in Vladivostok, Lake Baikal, Irkutsk and Moscow.
Building on the previous itinerary, you can also make an additional tour in Ekaterinburg, which lies on the Asia / Europe border and in the Ural Mountains - Baikal and the Urals make this a perfect tour for nature lovers.
Lastly, a full-on 18 day tour stopping as often as possible between Vladivostok and Moscow: Ulan Ude for a cultural and religious introduction to the various religions of Asia; Irkutsk and the magic of Listvyanka on the shore of Lake Baikal; Ekaterinburg and a trip into the Ural Mountains; Kazan and the capital of the Tartarstan and a large Central Asian community.
These trips do not include popular Mongolia, as this would mean a double-entry Russian visa and retracing your steps from Irkutsk to Ulaanbaatar and back. This may be possible on one of our custom tours.
Moscow to Beijing
We have 4 Set Trips to choose from this year. These trips last between 12 and 22 days and all include tours and stops in different places along the way.
Stopping in Mongolia only for three days to break the journey between Moscow and Beijing.
Next up is a tour with time at Lake Baikal and on the Mongolian steppe. This is a classic trip and a very popular choice. In the summer you can include a tour of the Gobi Desert as well.
You will stop three times on this trip and visit the Ural Mountains, Olkhon Island and Listvyanka at Lake Baikal as well as the Mongolian Open Steppe.
Lastly, a full-on 23 day tour stopping as often as possible between Moscow and Beijing: Kazan; Ekaterinburg and the Ural Mountains; Irkutsk and Lake Baikal; Ulan Ude and Buryat village; Ulanbaatar, the Mongolian Steppe and Hustai National Park!
Moscow to Vladivostok
We have 3 Deal Tours to choose from which last from 13 to 19 days and are a reverse of the Westbound - Vladivostok to Moscow trips. It all depends where you're coming from and where you want to end up!
Option 1 is to travel from Moscow 9,259 kms to the eastern sea port of Vladivostok, with a stop at Lake Baikal in Siberia at the half way point.
Next up, build on the previous itinerary with a stop in Ekaterinburg, which is a day's journey from Moscow and the natural border between Asia/Europe in the Ural Mountains.
Lastly, a full-on 19 day tour stopping as often as possible between Moscow and Vladivostok: Kazan; Ekaterinburg and the Ural Mountains; Irkutsk and Lake Baikal; Ulan Ude and Buryat villages.
Also in this section
- Deal Overview
- Deal Start Beijing
Deal Start Vladivostok - Deal Start Moscow
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