(Korabelnaya st, 32), the first starting at 7.00 and the last at about 17.00. The whole trip to Goryachinsk takes about 3 hours and costs about €10. You can also get a private car or a van, but expect to pay at least €80 for the trip (which is OK if you're 4 people or more). There are also about 4 buses a day back from Goryachinsk to Ulan-Ude, the first one departing at 11.30 and the last one at about 21.00.
, there are two buses daily, at 7.00 and 15.00 from Ulan-Ude to Ust-Barguzin, from where you can travel to Svyatoy Nos secluded bay. The bus takes 4 to 5 hours and costs about €10 one way. A car would cost about €100.
along the way but the Russian drivers are spoiled and always want some money, so expect to pay for your trip (count €20 per 1 hour of driving), unless you arrange otherwise before you jump in.
connecting Ust-Barguzin (6 hours drive north from Ulan-Ude along Baikal) to the Western shore ( island, Listvyanka and Irkutsk). It takes about 2 hours to Olkhon island and about 9 hours to Irkutsk. Check out the up-to-date schedules on
Gremyachinsk is the first sight you will have of Baikal lake if you start your trip from the big Buryat capital Ulan Ude.
The ride to Gremyachinsk: To get to Gremyachinsk you’ll need to get a bus or for a more comfortable option, rent a jeep with a driver. The 3-hour ride through the high hills, forests and dust is hard and tiring. There’s a turn just before a long slope where it’s the tradition to throw coins through the window. It’s supposed to bring luck for the rest of the route. Many people do it, out of superstition.
What is it like: Gremyachinsk is the first village on the shore of the lake on the Buryat side, and is a calm peaceful place where cows, horses, pigs and goats grass freely next to the beach. The lake is like a sea, it can look calm some days and seem like an ocean dechaine other days. Sometimes one can see the Island Olkhon from the village, but the weather is not always clear enough.
In fact Gremyachinsk is not as popular among Russians, but there was a whole French school coming there for Summer (accommodated by local people), and there's a rumor that Putin likes the Kotokel lake, which is 5 km away.
What to do in Gremyachinsk? It is very interesting to stay with a family for a few days, and taste the local way of life. • You can take a Russian bagna, practise Russian, live in a little wooden house, meet the hosts, taste specialities such as home made Varenik: jam, vodka and salted fish freshly fished. • Many men are fishermen and it’s possible to accompany them on a trip on the lake, in the day time or for a night fishing party. They fish Omul, an endemic specie. The fishing is regulated, but there are enough of Omuls to feed locals and summer visitors. • You can walk along the shore of the lake. • You can swim! And even drink the water. Locals say it’s pure. You can even swim very far, as the water there is warmer than at other places on the shore of Baikal .
Have you read the book "Beach" or seen the movie with the same name starring Dicaprio? Not that it was exceptional, but I liked the feeling when the travelers arrived to an island far in the ocean, hoping to be alone there, and then found the community of people like them.
This is exactly what happened to us, when we went further from Goryachinsk to Ust-Barguzin and then to Svyatoy Nos Peninsula. We came there just because we heard that it's possible to hitchhike a boat from Svyatoy Nos to Olkhon (which is only 8 hours across the lake). It was a strenuous trip: 1 hour by the broken road along Baikal shore in a military van — and we are in Monakhovo — the first village on Svyatoy Nos peninsula. People there told us that no, you can't get to Olkhon from Monakhovo, but if you walk to Korbulik, which is just 5 km away, there are a lot of tourist boats stopping there, and you will be able to find something.
We came to Korbulik at 7 in the evening. It was a fishermen's village with only one shop that opens occasionally in the afternoon, and no roads further. So, it seemed like the end of the world. Surprisingly, we saw a tent just on the shore of the lake, and met two Austrian guys, who got there the same way as us: people told them they can get a boat to Olkhon from there. So, all of us (6 people by that time) started to think how we can get further. Local fisherment said we can go to Snake Bay, which is 30 minutes by boat away, and there certainly we will find a boat. It seemed like Snake Bay is a secluded place, and only a few tourist ships stop there a few times per week to show the Barguzinsky National Park to its passengers.
The next day, we tried to hitchhike a tourist boat that stopped for a few minutes in Korbulik to Olkhon Island, but at the last moment Swiss tourists refused to accept us. So, we hired fishermen's boat to the Snake Bay (30 mins, $10 for all), and arranged they will come back for us 3 days after. When we were approaching the Snake Bay we were really surprised to see a lot of tents on the shore. You can only get by boat to that place, and that's what local tourists do: they hire a boat, go there with their families, and enjoy life on the beach. We camped on the shore as well, met a lot of interesting people, and had great time. But, were unable to get a ship to Olkhon (everybody was refusing). So, we got on our fishermen boat that came for us, and went back to Monahovo (1 hour, $20). From there, we hired a van for $25, that took six of us to Ust-Barguzin, where we took a van to Ulan-Ude for $70.
Some practicalities: First of all, remember, that it's hardly possible to get a lift for free in this region. Russian drivers are spoiled, and they always want money for their services. Normally, it is about $20 per hour, and you'll need to pay more, if the driver knows you don't have other choice. The last place where local buses go is Ust-Barguzin, which is on the shore of Baikal. There are a few shops there, and if you cross a small river by ferry (it's just 50 meters wide), there is always a small market with fresh berries, nuts, fish, and cookies. Also, just as you are entering Ust-Barguzin, there's a great and cheap cafe on the road, where you can eat a nice dinner (open 24 hours). Ust-Barguzin is not interesting to stay in, so you should go further to Svyatoy Nos peninsula, which is a mecca for independent travelers (mostly Russians and Polish).
There is a weekly ferry to the opposite side of the lake - Olkhon island and then on to Irkutsk. You should check the latest schedule on www.bit.ly/vsrpbaikal to know for sure when the boats depart exactly, but usually it's every Tuesday at 8.30 am (the trip to Olkhon takes 2 hours and costs about $60 one way, the whole ride to Irkutsk is about 12 hours and costs about $100). The boat comes from Olkhon to Ust-Barguzin on Monday evening at 20.30 so it might be more convenient to travel that way as you can then take a car and continue to Ulan-Ude.
It's better to hitchhike next to where the bus dropped you. Normally, a ride to Svyatoy Nos peninsula costs about $25 for a car, and it takes strenuous 1 hour. You will arrive to Monakhovo, that's where the road ends. In Monakhovo, there are a lot of Russian tourists camping on the shore, and a few tourist boat, proposing their services. A ride to Olkhon Island will cost you about $400 US and lasts around 8-10 hours. Needless to say, it is really expensive, and there's a little chance to bring the price down. So, you can hire a boat just to Snake Bay (which is 1 hour, and costs about $20-$30), alternatively, walk to Korbulik (it's a hard 2-hour walk), and get a fish boat to Snake Bay from there (30 mins, $10).
There's a shop in Korbulik that is opened occasionally in the afternoon, especially when tourist boats stop by. There are no shops in Monakhovo. Snake Bay is a wild place, but if you walk 1 hour to a small hotel on the lake, they have a cafe and a little shop there too. I really want to make the point that this place is not civilized at all, and some traces of people can be explained only with the weirdness of Russian life. So, if you are not sure about your ability to make all this by your own, you can still get a tour from a travel agency and observe these places from a boat.
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