Lake Baikal Cruise By Crucemundo
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Highlights
- Explore Zmeinaya Bay is located in Chivyrkuyskiy Bay and is well-known for its healing hot springs
- Ogoy Island is quite big island in Maloe More (Small Sea) that is located next to Baikal Lake
- Visit Taltsy - open-air museum of wooden architecture
- Opportunity to visit Listvyanka is a village located on the shores of Lake Baikal in 70 km from Irkutsk
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- Accommodation (3 nights in hotels, 5 nights on the cruise ship)
- Full board, three meals per day (from the breakfast on the arrival day to the breakfast on the departure day, served at the table with no choice)
- Daily bottled water for all meals and for the excursions
- Tea/coffee and “mors” (Russian drink from berries) for all the meals
- Farewell dinner with special menu and a glass of champagne
- Luggage service pier – ship – pier
- Info-channel
- Transfers (airport – hotel – guest house – pier – airport)
- Excursions according to the program
- Russian Visa Invitation - the major document which is required to apply for visa at your local Russian Consulate.
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Itinerary
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
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Accommodation: country hotel Krestovaja Pad’ (Listvyanka)
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On this day, you will say good-bye to the crew and the new friends you made during the trip. You will check-out after breakfast. Transfer to the airport is included.
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What's excluded
- Russian Visas. For US, UK and Canadian citizens, our company offers Full Visa Support. This is where you send us your passport and other documentation and we obtain the Russian visa for you.
- Medical insurances
- Port tax (15 eur for 5 nights’ cruise)
- Extra bottled water
- Soft and alcoholic drinks during lunch and dinner (only water and “mors” are included)
- Laundry and ironing
- Gratuities (5 eur per person per day will be included in the final bill onboard)
- Personal spendings
- Flights. If you travel via Moscow, we recommend booking the following flights:
- Moscow - Irkutsk 21:45-08.35 (Aeroflot) - flight departure date should be 1 day before the program starting date
- Irkutsk - Moscow 13:05 - 14:20 (Aeroflot) - flight departure date should be the same as the last day of the program
This 4-deck vessel was renovated in 2007. The ship features a restaurant with panoramic windows, a bar, a café on the open deck. there is also sauna (free of charge) with a small swimming pool (2,5 m x 4 m x 1,5 m) with Baikal water. All cabins have scenic windows (but the windows on Main deck do not open for safety reasons). Windows on Upper and Sun deck fully open. All cabins are equipped with comfortable furniture and small bathroom with shower on the floor. Bed size: 2 m x 70 cm. TV, internal phone, hair dryer are in each cabin. There are no refrigerators in the cabins, nor the air-conditioning.
Standard Twin Cabins № 302, 303, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211 The cabin has two separate single beds, WC (shower and toilet in one zone, washbasin), wardrobe, bedside table, bedside lamp, TV, telephone (internal ship calls), 220V socket, heater.
Cancellation fees:
Up to 79 days before embarkation – 20% of cruise price (deposit)
79-70 days before embarkation – 40% of cruise price
69-60 days before embarkation – 60% of cruise price
59-40 days before embarkation – 80% of cruise price
40 days and less – 100% cancellation fee.
Other terms:
Passenger name change less than 30 days before the cruise starting date is subject to a fee of 50 EUR per name
Cabin numbers are provided 7 days before the cruise or at a supplement of 50 EUR per person when booking
Children policy: 0–2 y.o. child may travel free of charge if accommodated with 2 adults in a cabin, 3–12 y.o. child may have a 10% discount if accommodated in a twin cabin with 1 adult
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