01 Nov RUSSIA – Capital & Countryside 10 days, 9 nights
This SAMPLE programme shows a little of what Russia has to offer your clients.
Suggested travel time in 2018 is the second half of July and August.
(Moscow hosts the 2018 World Cup Football Championship until mid-July)
Day 1 – Arrival Moscow
Transfer to hotel (suggested MaMaison All-Suites Spa Hotel Pokrovka
Evening walk to Red Square (with guide) and dinner in the city restaurant (subject to arrival time)
In case of a late arrival – dinner at hotel
Day 2 Moscow
Moscow by bike featuring Red Square • St. Basil’s Cathedral • Bolshoi Theater • Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building • Boulevard Ring • Clean Ponds • Vysokopetrovsky Monastery • Stretensky Monastery • Patriarch Ponds • The Conception Convent • Ostozhenka street and Golden Mile • Old Arbat • Leo Tolstoy estate • Merry Garden • Gorky Park • Muzeon • The Cathedral of Christ the Savior • Peter the Great Statue
Lunch in the city restaurant
Visit Zaryadye park
Dinner at hotel
Day 3 Moscow to Irkutsk by air
Transfer to airport followed by an early morning flight to Irkutsk (approximately 8.00am, leave hotel at 5.00am), packed breakfast
Arrival Irkutsk approximately at 6:00pm, transfer to hotel Marriott Courtyard City Centre
Dinner at hotel or a city restaurant
Day 4 Irkutsk to Aya Bay
Early breakfast at hotel
Approximately 8.00 am departure to Aya Bay, including Irkutsk city orientation tour en route
Comfort stops and lunch en route, drive by Buryat steppes, stop at Yord Sacred Mountain
Arrival Aya Bay, check in at hotel AB
Dinner at hotel
Walk to view point in Aya Bay
Day 5 From Aya Bay to Olkhon Island
visit Baidinskaya caves (professional instructors provided)
lunch – at hotel
transfer to boat landing, speed motorboat to the Island of Olkhon
see petroglyphs dating to 4th-7th centuries BC from water
arrival Olkhon, walk to the SaRayskaya Hotel
walk to Cape Burkhan, Russian steam bath at hotel,
dinner at hotel
Day 6 Olkhon Island
boat ride to Cape Khoboy (extreme North of the Island), time at Cape Khoboy
picnic lunch
dinner at hotel
Russian steam bath at hotel (if needed to split the group)
Evening fishing 8.00-10.00pm
Day 7 Back to Irkutsk
Transfer to ferry landing
Ferry to mainland
Lunch at Buryat ethno-village.
Presentation of overtone chanting
Presentation and class of traditional Buryat wrestling
Arrival Irkutsk
Dinner at Hotel Marriott Courtyard or city restaurant
Day 8 Irkutsk to Moscow
Transfer to airport
Morning flight to Moscow
Arrival to Moscow approximately at 10.30am, bag drop off at hotel
Continuation of the city tour by bus; visit to Kremlin and the Armory museum
Lunch in the city restaurant
Dinner at hotel
Day 9 Kubinka Armoured Force museum and tank drive
Drive to Kubinka armoured force museum, tour of the museum
Tank test drive in Kubinka or Alyabino
Lunch provided – picnic type, kitchen truck
Tour of Moscow subway
Visit to Old Tretyakov Gallery
Dinner in the city restaurant
Day 10 End of programme
Transfer to airport
Types of vehicles included –
Moscow – AC vehicles
Irkutsk – AC vehicles
Olkhon – Russian 4Wd minivan UAZ, no AC
Types of hotels
Boutique hotel in Moscow
Best available in Aya Bay and Olkhon
Best available group hotel in Irkutsk
Types of transportation
Airline – economy class
Ferry boat from Olkhon– open air deck
Fast motorboat to Olkhon – enclosed deck and open air deck
Meals – include water, tea/coffee
Guides – local guides in Moscow, guide throughout Irkutsk-Olkhon-Irkutsk
Entrances per itinerary
Rates include – guide services, ground transportation, motorboat charter, ferry, economy air round trip Moscow-Irkutsk-Moscow, 4 nights Moscow, 2 nights Irkutsk,
1 night in Aya Bay, 2 nights Olkhon island, entrance tickets to museums per itinerary,
Bike rentals, instructor services in Aya Bay, meals per itinerary
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