Recreation On Lake Baikal: Foot Hiking And Water Adventures

Rest in Baikal in most cases is represented as a rest on the water - in a cruise. Indeed, travel by water is a good find for those who crave fresh wind in the face and grandiose panoramas. By Baikal you can travel by boat, and you can literally merge with nature, choosing such ships as a kayak or a trimaran. If you think that they are available only to specially trained people, then this is not so!
Sea kayaks are practically unsinkable boats that do not require special management skills and are obedient to all those who come to rest on Lake Baikal and are physically healthy. If there is a wave or load suddenly becomes unbearable, the participants of the raft take a kayak with a motor, guided by an instructor, to the tug. However, in the absence of the mood to work as oars, one can go on rafting around the beautiful Angara from its source to the open-air museum Taltsy, which houses a collection of monuments of architecture, history and ethnography of the 17th-19th centuries. A particularly valuable exhibit of the museum is the reconstructed wall of the Ilim jail, which includes masterpieces of wooden architecture - the Great Spassky Roadway Tower (1667) and the Kazan Gate Church (1697).
From the source of the Angara, no less remarkable water tours on the trimaran begin: the Circum-Baikal Railway (CBR), which is a unique architectural structure, and in the north, along a very picturesque coast with wild sandy beaches and mysterious grottoes - to the village of Bolshie Koty.
Another way to enjoy the Baikal expanses is by hiking along its banks. All any doubt, walking best affects your health - this is one of the most simple and useful ways of training the cardiovascular system of the body. However, in no comparison is there a walk along the streets of the city and the shores of Lake Baikal!
The shores of Lake Baikal are ideal for hiking: each subsequent step leads to even more spectacular views on the vast expanses of the world's deepest lake. At the same time, the most popular walking routes pass through specially protected natural areas. Every year, Baikal hosts a powerful campaign to equip the ecotrip. They are annually created and updated by volunteers who come to Baikal from all over the country and from abroad.
Short walks along the Baikal shores are performed by all who reside on Lake Baikal. Longer rest on Lake Baikal can already be a three-day trek to the capital of Baikal tourism - Listvyanka - from the Greater Goloustnoye. This trek can be called the Baikal tourist classics. The trail mainly passes near Baikal, which gives the trip a special attraction.
At the same time the hike can be quite comfortable. The program, organized by travel agencies, involves accompanying the participants of the tour with a "porter" who, for a separate, quite acceptable fee, will hoist heavy backpacks on his shoulders. A variant of "acceleration" of pedestrian tours is also developed - dogtracking, which implies movement with a sled attached to a person by a sled dog, which pulls fast.
For many days of hiking, the choice of the route is truly unlimited. Tourists can also combine trekking with swimming on the wild beaches with snow-white sand, fishing, gathering mushrooms and berries.