Moscow – Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk - Olkhon Island - Vladivostok
17 DAYS/ 18 NIGHTS

Day 1 Moscow
Arrival to Moscow in the morning, transfer to the hotel. You can leave your luggage at the hotel while you go exploring the Russian capital.

Day 2 Moscow - departure by train
Free time in the morning. Check-out. Transfer to the train station.
13:15 Train #056 to Yekaterinburg, overnight in the train (1st class tickets are available)

Day 3 Yekaterinburg
15:14 Arrival to Yekaterinburg. Transfer to hotel.
Free time to explore the city.

Day 4 Yekaterinburg
In the morning 5 hours excursion to Romanov Monastery, built on the place, where the last Russian tsar and his family were murdered, and to Eurasia obelisk, marking the border between Europe and Asia. Back to Yekaterinburg, where you have free time to explore the city before your departure by train to Irkutsk.
Transfer from hotel to train station.
21:42 Train #70 to Irkutsk (there is no 1st class train tickets, it’s possible to buy out one 4-berth compartment of 2nd class for sole use).

Day 5 & 6 On the train
We pass by some large Siberian cities such as Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. The landscape in this part of the railway switches between coniferous and birch forests and small villages, where development is still far behind the big cities.

Day 7 Irkutsk
08:24 Arrival to Irkutsk in the morning, transfer to the hotel. Standard check in at 14:00.
The rest of the day is free. You can explore Irkutsk on your own or book a city tour.

Day 8 Irkutsk - Olkhon
In the morning start of your journey by public bus and ferry to the island of Olkhon - the largest in the Baikal lake. Overnight at a guesthouse.

Day 9-10 Olkhon
Explore this beautiful Island on your own or you can take some excursions on spot. You can visit Khoboy cape, the Shaman Rock, go on a hiking tour outside Khuzhir, explore the near cave etc. Overnight at a guesthouse.

Day 11 Olkhon - Irkutsk
You head back to Irkutsk. Accommodation at the hotel and overnight.

Day 12 Irkutsk - Departure by train
In the morning transfer to the train station.
08:57 Departure to Vladivostok by train #010 (1st class tickets are available)

Day 13 & 14 On the train

Day 15 Vladivostok
17:00 Arrival to Vladivostok. You have travelled 9288 kms from Moscow to Vladivostok. Transfer to the hotel and accommodation.

Day 16 Vladivostok
You can explore Vladivostok on your own or book some of our optional tours such as Vladivostok city tour (3 hours), Vladivostok fortress and Submarine C-56 (5 hrs), etc.

Day 17 Vladivostok - end of the tour
After breakfast our services end.