1. Bear hunting tour
November 2011- March
6 days/5 nights
Discover your Lake Baikal!
2. Bear hunting tour
Meeting with Baikal taiga reserve and its inhabitants is waiting for you during the
unique trip “Bear hunting tour”. It is a hunting tour with a guaranteed trophy. During
the whole trip you are in good hands of professional hunting guides with years and years
of hunting experiences.
Suggested dates of your trip start from the 20th December and finish on the 20th of
March. During this time bear hunting is officially allowed .
The greatest advantage of the trip is that it is an exclusive tour that can be made only
one time per year.
During the tour you will accommodate at a comfortable tourist resort, also you will have
everything a hunter needs: 3 meals a day, transport, guns and professional service.
5. Day 1
Meeting at the airport or train station in Irkutsk with Siberian hospitality размещение в
Из Иркутска Вы отправится в поселок Листвянка. По приезду and a little
уютных двухместных номерах категории «стандарт» отеля «Маяк». В номере:
surprise. Transfer to the “Talovskoe” hunting lodge (transfer duration – 4 hours).
Accommodation at theшкаф, трюмо с зеркалом, Hiking tour along Buguldeika river.
кровати, тумбочки, cottage for hunters. Lunch. телевизор, телефон, санузел (душ
или ванна, раковина, унитаз).
Gun shooting, instruction on the bear hunting specifics. Dinner. Russian banya.
Meals included: lunch and dinner.
6. “Talovskoe” hunting lodge
“Talovskoe” hunting Lodge is located 200km from Irkutsk in the vicinity of Lake Baikal
at the Primorskiy Mountain Range. It is a comfortable hunting lodge for 10 people and an
ideal place for tourists dreaming of adventure activities.
At Your disposal: cafe for 20 pax, wine – vault, Russian Banya , picnic area, snowmobiles,
outlanders (ATV Yamaha, Bombardier)
7. Cottage for hunters
Accommodation at a comfortable wooden cottage. There are 4 rooms, a living-room with
a fireplace, shower, two toilets. There is a nice canteen, Russian banya at the territory of
the tourist center.
8. Siberian banya
“Talovskoe” hunting lodge is famous for its Siberian banya, which is made of pine. From
the steam room you can go outside and rub yourself with clean snow. It is really
unforgettable! Siberian people use a switch of green birch twigs and beat each other with
it, because it is very good for skin and health. There are special sauna caps, sheets and
slippers in the banya. After banya you will enjoy having some tea with Siberian herbs.
10. Days 2-4
You will get to the place of hunting by car. Bear hunting with huskies. During the time
you hunt you will stay at winter huts or at the tourist lodge (it depends on the place of
hunting and the time you hunt). During these days you get the darling trophy.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
11. Hunting specifics
Hunting a bear is one of the most exciting types of a game a hunter can go after.
A hunter-tourist and huntsman cautiously approach the den which was found in advance.
The huntsman make a gorge, i.e. block the possible output from the den by the cut down
poles, then wake the animal up. At this time the hunter has an opportunity to fire a shot
at the excited bear who is trying to escape from its den. In this case the hunter can
observe the animal in half of its body as the bear is gorged. The shot is fired at a distance
of 3-4 meters.
13. Day 5
Breakfast. Check-out from the hunting lodge. Transfer to Buguldeika settlement.
Excursion to the marble career. Horse riding tour in taiga. Lunch. Transfer to Irkutsk by
minibus. The transfer takes about 4 hours. Arrival to Irkutsk. Accommodation at the
hotel “The Star” in twin or double standard rooms. Dinner at the restaurant of the hotel.
Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
14. Hotel “The Star”
Hotel “The Star” is a cozy three store building, which is located in the park area of
Irkutsk near the city center. All standard twin or double guest rooms are equipped with
Italian furniture and necessary stuff a tourist might need, such as a wardrobe, bed,
setelite TV, mini-bar, telephone, WC. The hotel offers different services, such as a good
sauna, massage, a swimming-pool, restaurant and bar.
16. Day 6
Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out. Transfer to the airport of Irkutsk. Flight back.
Meals included: breakfast.
17. Tour price
Tour duration: 6 days/5 nights
The number of people: till 4
The number of people in
1 2 3 4
the group
Tour price per person, € 7 775 4 325 3 975 3 300
Tour price for the group, € 7 775 8 650 11 925 13 200
18. Tour price includes
- Meeting at the airport of Irkutsk;
- Seeing off at the airport of Irkutsk;
- Guide service during the whole tour;
- Hunting instructor service during the days of hunting;
-All transfers as per itinerary: transfer Irkutsk – Talovskoe hunting lodge - Irkutsk, car rent
during hunting, transfer to Buguldeika settlement, transfer to the airport;
-Accommodation at “Talovskoe” hunting lodge at the cottage for hunters for 4 nights;
-Accommodation at the hotel “The Star” at twin or double standard rooms for 1 night;
-Meals as per itinerary: day 1 - lunch, dinner ; days 2-5 - breakfast, lunch, dinner; day 6 –
breakfast;
-Excursions as per itinerary: hiking tour along the river Buguldeika, excursion to the marble
quarry, horse riding tour in taiga;
- Hunting license;
- Guns rent;
- Warm clothes rent;
- Trophy;
- Banya in “Talovskoe” hunting lodge (3 hours);
-Health insurance in case of emergency.
19. Siberian cuisine
From the ancient times till nowadays Siberian people were engaged in cattle breeding,
hunting and fishing. Therefore, traditional Siberian cuisine is a combination of meat,
poultry, fish and unique taiga spices. You will taste the traditional dishes of Russian
cuisine, such as soups, pelmeni, pancakes, and Siberian native dishes - a variety of wild
game, pelmeni, mushroom soup, and, of course, a variety of dishes from Baikal fish!
20. Extra services
These services are not included into the price and should be paid extra:
- Flight or train tickets to and from Irkutsk;
- Alcohol;
- Extra excursions and services
- Meals not mentioned at the itinerary
- Banya
- Taxidermist work
- Sitez
- Documents for the trophy export abroad preparing
21. Contact information
Experts for the recreation at Lake Baikal:
Office in Moscow: +7 (495) 287-40-17
Office in Irkutsk: +7 (3952) 500-689
e-mail: incoming@baikalov.ru
www.baikal-summer.com
www.vip-winter.net
22. Quality Assurance
“Baikalov” is the only tour operator in Eastern Siberia that operates on the tour quality
assurance programm (Quality Assurance).
The basic principle of the tour operator “Baikalov” is to guarantee the quality of a turn-
key journey at the most beautiful and sacred sites of Lake Baikal. We are constantly
working on to ensure that you are overjoyed at your vacations on Lake Baikal! We
cooperate only with the best guides. We offer only comfortable hotels, ships, boats and
yachts. We guarantee the high quality of tours organization!
“Tour Quality Assurance” applies to all itineraries tour operator “Baikalov” makes. We
commit ourselves to organize your rest at the highest level. These commitments are
documented in the section number 7 of the contract, signed by the tour operator and a
tourist. The guarantee extends to the category and class of a hotel, transfer conditions,
ship characteristics, the number of meals and other qualitative and quantitative
characteristics, reflected in the tourist contract.
