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Khovsgol Lake to Baikal Lake - 30 days Few people have ever done it - travel from Khovsgol Lake to Baikal Lake by boat. The trip takes about 30 days. Two thirds will be in Mongolia and one third in Russia. First we travel down the Eg river from Khovsgol Lake - a fast flowing alpine river. Three hundred Kilometers before the border the Eg River enters the mighty Selenge,which ultimately flows into Lake Baikal. Ten days after the border we reach Lake Baikal, the greatest fresh water lake on earth. During our trip through Russia Ernst von Waldenfels, the founder of Mongolia Canoeing, will be the guide. He speaks fluently Russian. For details concerning things like Russian, visa a.s.o. please contact us by email or give us a ring. The trip will go ahead if there is a minimum of three participants. For now a tentative schedule looks like that (see below). But as this trip will not be a routine tour we are open to any suggestions and minor changes. An important note is that getting to Ulaanbaatar and back from Ulan Ude can be easily accomplished by booking with Aeroflot which serves both cities and has a worldwide network. But from Lake Baikal you can also come back with us by car to Mongolia. With three participants the price will be about 2500 $ including all transfers, hotel in Ulaanbaatar and Ulan Ude, transport and food. If there are more participants the price will decrease. 1. Day arrival in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. 2. Day Flight to Moron the capital of Khovsgol province. Day 3. - 20 Eg-river and Selenge river to the border. (Please check our Fascination of the North Tour for further details - it covers about three quarters of the way to the border) Day 21-29 As the Russian authorities don´t allow a crossing of the border by the river we will have to cross it by car. After the border we set in again into the Selenge river. The last days of the trip will be spectacular as the Selenge breaks through the mountain range that divides Lake Baikal from the Mongolian plateau. In the delta of the Selenge we will meet our driver and he will bring us to Ulan Ude the capital of the autonomous republic of Buryatia where we check into a hotel and celebrate the finish of our tour. Day 30 Transfer to the airport and flight from Ulan Ude via Moscow to almost anywhere in the world.
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