TRANSSIBERIAN WAY TO BAIKAL

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About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Baikal is the largest sweet-water lake in the world. It is the UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is situated in the south of Siberia. Host organization is a national park Pribaikalski. Fee: 95 Euro (the host organization is not able to finance meals for the group, but they provide leisure tours for free, as well as tents and other camping equipment)

💼 What the programme involves

restore a tourist path, destroy and rebuild a wooden bridge. Working tasks can be physically demanding! OPTIONAL! PRE-CAMP DAYS: travel on trains through all Russia on the Transiberian railway (8 days 5 cities 200 Euro one-way ticket Moscow-Irkutsk) Ask more details from the host organisation Passage-Zebra!

🏠 Accommodation on site

Accommodation: in tents, 3 people per 1 tent. male anmd female separated. Cooking: on fire.

📍 About the location

Circum-Baikal Express trip is a must-have journey for Baikal first-timers. Volunteers can join a travel with an old fashioned train and observe breathtaking views on the Baikal historical railway the miracle of engineering skills. The group can visit museum of Roerich the Russian philosopher, traveler and painter of Himalaya and Tibet, the mysterious searcher of shambhala. The volunteers will surely take a round tour in the Pribaikalski natural park. Optional! Pre-camps days with Transsiberian railway! See the whole Russia on your way to Baikal. 1 week 5 cities 200 Euro

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📅 Available sessions

PZ 06

17/08/2017 → 30/08/2017

Closed

2 / 7

♂ 1/4 ♀ 1/3

PZ 06 - 2

17/09/2017 → 30/09/2017

Closed

0 / 7

♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/3

PZ 05

27/07/2017 → 09/08/2017

Closed

0 / 7

♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/3

PZ 06 -1

17/08/2017 → 30/08/2017

Closed

0 / 7

♂ 0/4 ♀ 0/3

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

20–70 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Russian Federation

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Russia Ruble (RUB / ₽)

Exchange rate

1 RUB = 0.010802 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Irkutsk Standard Time

Local time: 21:55 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Russian