[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":148},["ShallowReactive",2],{"journey:spring-festival-on-baikal-ice":3,"journeys:related:spring-festival-on-baikal-ice:3":119},{"slug":4,"status":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"excerpt":7,"seasons":8,"cover":10,"about":14,"params":17,"days":45,"stays":108,"seo":117},"spring-festival-on-baikal-ice","published","Spring Festival on Baikal Ice","A private Chinese New Year journey across the winter lake",[9],"winter",{"src":11,"mobile":12,"alt":13},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Travellers at a candlelit table inside an illuminated ice grotto at dusk",{"paragraphs":15},[16],"BBT brings the Spring Festival to Baikal’s winter landscape through a private celebration in an illuminated ice grotto. The seven-day route begins and ends in Irkutsk, crosses the lake to Olkhon by hovercraft and combines ice formations, Cape Burkhan and the island’s northern headland with time for Siberian banya. The festive programme is arranged for one group, with quieter days either side of the main celebration.",[18,21,24,27,30,33,36,39,42],{"label":19,"value":20},"Season","Chinese New Year holiday period · exact dates to confirm",{"label":22,"value":23},"Duration","7 days \u002F 6 nights",{"label":25,"value":26},"Format","Closed private group · Capacity to confirm",{"label":28,"value":29},"Route","Irkutsk → Listvyanka → Olkhon → Tazherany → Irkutsk",{"label":31,"value":32},"Airports","Irkutsk \u002F Irkutsk",{"label":34,"value":35},"Rhythm","Festive ice programme with recovery days",{"label":37,"value":38},"Physical activity","Winter walks and ice travel · Optional skating and buggies",{"label":40,"value":41},"Best suited to","Private groups marking the Spring Festival in a winter setting",{"label":43,"value":44},"Est. price per person","$15,500",[46,55,64,73,82,91,100],{"title":47,"text":48,"experience":49,"arrangements":50,"images":51},"Arrival in Historic Irkutsk","A gentle first day allows guests to settle after flying before the winter crossing.","Private airport reception; an approximately three-hour guided introduction to Irkutsk and its historic centre.","Time to rest at RODINA and a free evening.",[52],{"src":53,"alt":54},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-1\u002F1.jpg","Snow-covered historic wooden and stone houses on a street in Irkutsk",{"title":56,"text":57,"experience":58,"arrangements":59,"images":60},"Across the Lake to Olkhon","The approach to the island becomes the first Baikal experience, through ice and rock rather than a routine road transfer.","Road transfer to Listvyanka; hovercraft passage across Baikal past Ogoy Island’s Dragon Cape.","Private vehicle and hovercraft; lakeside accommodation and dinner at Port Olkhon.",[61],{"src":62,"alt":63},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-2\u002F1.jpg","Hovercraft on the clear cracked ice of Lake Baikal",{"title":65,"text":66,"experience":67,"arrangements":68,"images":69},"Spring Festival in the Ice Grotto","Baikal’s transparent ice becomes the setting for a celebration designed specifically for the visiting group.","Shaman Rock and Cape Burkhan; hovercraft route on Maloye More with natural ice grottoes and ice formations; private festive evening in a grotto.","Carefully lit ice setting, hot drinks and snacks; skating and buggy driving by choice on cleared and approved ice.",[70],{"src":71,"alt":72},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-3\u002F1.jpg","Warm light glowing at the end of an ice grotto hung with icicles",{"title":74,"text":75,"experience":76,"arrangements":77,"images":78},"Warmth After the Ice","The day deliberately slows, balancing the previous evening with time for Siberian bathing traditions.","Free morning by the shore; Russian banya, hot tub and a Buryat dinner hosted by a woman from Olkhon.","Professional bath master; steaming adapted to personal comfort; ice-hole swimming by choice.",[79],{"src":80,"alt":81},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-4\u002F1.jpg","Wooden banya with a steaming hot tub on the frozen shore of Baikal at sunset",{"title":83,"text":84,"experience":85,"arrangements":86,"images":87},"Northern Olkhon and the Open Lake","The journey travels from the enclosed ice landscapes to the wider scale of Baikal’s northern island coast.","Northbound island outing to Cape Khoboy and views over the open lake; route towards the area of Baikal’s greatest depths.","Return to Port Olkhon for a quiet evening; precise route governed by actual ice conditions.",[88],{"src":89,"alt":90},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-5\u002F1.jpg","Aerial view of Cape Khoboy and the cracked ice of northern Olkhon",{"title":92,"text":93,"experience":94,"arrangements":95,"images":96},"Tazherany Above Baikal","An outdoor lunch among Tazherany’s rocky highlands makes the return transfer a final landscape experience.","Hovercraft to the mainland; scenic stops in Tazherany; private lunch with an elevated lake view.","Onward transfer to RODINA in Irkutsk and dinner featuring historical Pribaikalye cuisine.",[97],{"src":98,"alt":99},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-6\u002F1.jpg","Travellers at a lunch table on a rocky cliff above the frozen lake",{"title":101,"text":102,"experience":103,"images":104},"Departure","Breakfast and private transport complete the Spring Festival journey.","Private airport transfer from Irkutsk accommodation.",[105],{"src":106,"alt":107},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fspring-festival-on-baikal-ice\u002Fday-7\u002F1.jpg","Driver loading suitcases into a black minivan on a snowy city street",[109,113],{"name":110,"description":111,"nights":112},"RODINA Grand Hotel & SPA Irkutsk","Stays after arrival and before departure, keeping air-travel days comfortable.",2,{"name":114,"description":115,"nights":116},"Port Olkhon","Four consecutive nights beside the Maloye More Strait, with no hotel change between the ice celebration, northern outing and banya.",4,{"description":118},"BBT brings the Spring Festival to Baikal’s winter landscape through a private celebration in an illuminated ice grotto.",[120,129,139],{"slug":121,"status":5,"title":122,"excerpt":123,"seasons":124,"cover":125,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"first-ice-and-the-russian-new-year","First Ice and the Russian New Year","A private New Year celebration on Baikal’s early winter ice",[9],{"src":126,"mobile":127,"alt":128},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ffirst-ice-and-the-russian-new-year\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ffirst-ice-and-the-russian-new-year\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Aerial view of a snow-covered cape above the cracked ice of Lake Baikal",{"slug":130,"status":5,"title":131,"excerpt":132,"seasons":133,"cover":135,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"ice-fishing-across-northern-baikal","Ice Fishing Across Northern Baikal","A winter expedition from southern ice to northern thermal waters",[9,134],"spring",{"src":136,"mobile":137,"alt":138},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fice-fishing-across-northern-baikal\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fice-fishing-across-northern-baikal\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Three anglers ice fishing on Lake Baikal below snow-covered mountains",{"slug":140,"status":5,"title":141,"excerpt":142,"seasons":143,"cover":144,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"primorye-waiting-for-the-amur-leopard","Primorye: Waiting for the Amur Leopard","A winter stay inside the forests of the Russian Far East",[9,134],{"src":145,"mobile":146,"alt":147},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fprimorye-waiting-for-the-amur-leopard\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fprimorye-waiting-for-the-amur-leopard\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Amur leopard standing on a snowy rock in a winter forest",1793255422159]