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Tour 521, Going West:
The Big Transsib

Duration: 18 days / 17 nights
Countries: China, Mongolia, Russia
Stops: Beijing, Ulaanbaatar (steppe),
Ulan Uday, Irkutsk (lake Baikal),
Yekaterinburg, Moscow
Price: from 1572ˆ p.p.



DAY 1 - Beijing - Train
Start of the program. Meet company representative to have a trip briefing, receive all the papers and get some valuable advices. Train station transfer. Pass the Great Wall of China. Chinese – Mongolian boarder crossing.
DAY 10 - Irkutsk - Train
Free time to rest or explore. Choice of optional tours or trekking at the side of the lake. Overnight in a guesthouse
DAY 2 - Train - Mongolian Steppe
Morning arrival to Ulaanbaatar. Transfer to the ger-camp by minibus (1 hour). Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all included. Free time. Choice of optional activities at the camp or excursions to the surrounding sights. Overnight in gers.
DAY 11 - Train
Check out. Free time. Transfer to Irkutsk. Guided tour to the museum of wooden architecture on the way. Irkutsk city tour. Afternoon transfer to the train station. Overnight on the train.
DAY 3 - Mongolian Steppe
Breakfast, lunch and dinner in the ger-camp. Free time. Choice of optional activities and excursions. Overnight in gers
DAY 12 - Train - Yekaterinburg
On board of the train. Pass Siberian cities of Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Omsk. Leave Asia and enter Europe.
DAY 4 - Ulaan Baatar
Breakfast. Transfer back to Ulaanbaatar. Hotel check-in. City tour to the main historic sights. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.
DAY 13 - Yekaterinburg
Arrive to Yekaterinburg. Check in. Classic guided city tour around the city centre. Choice of optional city tours and excursions. Overnight in the hotel
DAY 5 - Ulaan Baatar - Train
Breakfast. Morning transfer to the station. On train towards Russia.
DAY 14 - Yekaterinburg - Train
Free time. Choice of optional city tours and excursions. Overnight in the hotel.
DAY 6 - Train - Ulan Uday
Cross Mongolian – Russian boarder. Afternoon arrival to Ulan-Uday. Transfer to hotel. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.
DAY 15 - Train - Moscow
Check out. Early morning transfer to the train station by minibus.
DAY 7 - Ulan Uday - Train
Guided city tour including a visit to a traditional medicine center. Hotel check out. Optional tour to a Buddhist temple. Transfer to the station by minibus.
DAY 16 - Moscow
Arrival to Moscow and transfer to the hotel by minibus. Check in, rest and free time. Overnight in the hotel.
DAY 8 - Train - Irkutsk - Lake Baikal
Morning arrival to Irkutsk. Transfer to Lake Baikal by minibus (1 hour). Rest and free time. Guided walking tour around Listvyanka village and surrounding sights. Overnight in a private guesthouse.
DAY 17 - Moscow
Classic guided city tour – Red Square, Kremlin, Lenin’s tomb, St. Basil’s, Bolshoi and much more... Free time. Choice of optional tours, excursions and evening entertainment. Overnight in the hotel.
DAY 9 - Lake Baikal
Free time to rest or explore. Choice of optional tours or trekking at the side of the lake. Overnight in a guesthouse.
DAY 18 – Moscow – Train
Hotel check out. Free time. Choice of optional city tours and excursions. Airport/station transfer.


    Class C includes:
    • Accommodation according to the program:
      • 2 nights in a ger camp in Mongolia
      • 1 night in Ulaanbaatar
      • 1 night in Ulan-Ude
      • 3 nights in Listvianka village
      • 2 nights in Yekaterinburg
      • 2 nights in Moscow
    • Transfers in each city
    • Train tickets from Beijing to Moscow (without meal)
    • City tour in the cities (Ulaanbaatar, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg, Moscow)
    • Breakfasts in the hotels and full board in Mongolia

    Class B includes: All of Class C +
    • Trekking in a ger camp in Mongolia
    • Excursion to Buddhist Datsan in Ulan-Ude
    • Excursion to “Taltsy Museum” near Irkutsk
    • City tour in Listvianka village
    • Excursion to Ganina Yama in Yekaterinburg
    • Excursion to Novodevichy Convent in Moscow
    • Excursion to Suzdal – Vladimir in Moscow

    Class A includes: All of Class B +
    • Rafting in ger camp in Mongolia
    • Boat trip on Krugobaikalskaya Railroad
    • Excursion “Moscow by night”
    • Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow

    Best available hotels:
    • Ulaanbaatar – Khan Palace
    • Ulan-Ude – Sagaan Morin (suite rooms)
    • Listvianka village – Anastasia
    • Yekaterinburg – Atrium Palace
    • Moscow – Metropol

    Tourist class hotels:
    • Ulaanbaatar - Seoul
    • Ulan-Ude – Saagan Morin (standart rooms)
    • Listvianka village – Nataly
    • Yekaterinburg – Sverdlovsk
    • Moscow- Izmailovo


   RATES:

Travel category

Train category

Hotel category

 2-3

 4-7

 8-12

Class-C

1st

tourist

2793

2461

2248

best available

3568

3236

3023

2nd

tourist

2090

1757

1544

best available

2865

2532

2319

Class-B

1st

tourist

3447

2882

2555

best available

4222

3657

3331

2nd

tourist

2743

2178

1852

best available

3518

2953

2627

Class-A

1st

tourist

4123

3321

2874

best available

4898

4096

3650

2nd

tourist

3420

2617

2171

best available

4195

3393

2946

Sngl supplement for tourist hotels

281

Sngl supplement for best available hotels

867

All prices are stated in EURO per person and include all taxes and reservation fees.




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