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Reserve specialists introduce the forest through its tracks, ecological routes and camera traps, then guide guests to approved collecting areas outside strictly protected zones. Cooking with local hosts turns the harvest into a shared meal and small prepared gifts. A helicopter transfer to Olkhon opens a second landscape, followed by northern cliffs, Buryat hospitality and the final return through Tazherany.",[19,22,25,28,31,34,37,40,43],{"label":20,"value":21},"Season","Late August–early September",{"label":23,"value":24},"Duration","8 days \u002F 7 nights",{"label":26,"value":27},"Format","Closed group · Up to 20 guests",{"label":29,"value":30},"Route","Ulan-Ude → Selenga Delta → Posolskoye → Tankhoy → Olkhon → Tazherany → Irkutsk",{"label":32,"value":33},"Airports","Ulan-Ude \u002F Irkutsk",{"label":35,"value":36},"Rhythm","Forest gathering, preparation, island exploration and recovery",{"label":38,"value":39},"Physical activity","Moderate · Forest trails, boat and helicopter boarding",{"label":41,"value":42},"Best suited to","Groups interested in the Siberian forest, seasonal food and local expertise",{"label":44,"value":45},"Est. price per person","$17,900",[47,56,65,74,83,92,101,110],{"title":48,"text":49,"experience":50,"arrangements":51,"images":52},"A Buryat Welcome","An attentive arrival in Ulan-Ude introduces the local culture before the expedition into the eastern shore.","An actor portraying a Buryat elder welcomes the group with khadak scarves, tea and local berry snacks.","Private airport transfer to Cosmos Selection Ulan-Ude; optional three-hour city tour and restaurant dinner.",[53],{"src":54,"alt":55},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-1\u002F1.jpg","Buryat host presenting a blue khadag scarf to arriving travellers",{"title":57,"text":58,"experience":59,"arrangements":60,"images":61},"The Selenga Route to Tankhoy","Waterways and an old diplomatic settlement trace the connection between the Baikal shore and the wider region.","Motorboat passage through the Selenga Delta; Posolskoye and its historic monastery; planned private visit to the Baikal Zapovedny visitor centre in Tankhoy.","Lakeside dinner cooked over an open fire with reserve staff, hunters and live guitar music; some special exhibits and historic-object demonstrations require confirmation.",[62],{"src":63,"alt":64},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-2\u002F1.jpg","Motorboat on a reed-lined channel of the Selenga delta",{"title":66,"text":67,"experience":68,"arrangements":69,"images":70},"Harvesting with Taiga Specialists","The journey’s main experience brings guests into the forest with the people who study and protect it.","Ecological paths, bridges, wildlife tracks and camera-trap footage with reserve staff; gathering berries and mushrooms on a checked, permitted site outside strict protection areas.","River approach by airboat or hovercraft where approved; local cooking workshop using collected produce, including berry and mushroom dishes and preserves.",[71],{"src":72,"alt":73},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-3\u002F1.jpg","Travellers gathering berries and mushrooms in the taiga with a specialist",{"title":75,"text":76,"experience":77,"arrangements":78,"images":79},"The Forest at a Slower Pace","A day held in reserve for the harvest also allows guests to explore the forest more gently.","Nature museum and sable enclosure; short optional ecological walks, finishing preserves and packing the prepared harvest.","Lakeside Siberian banya with bath masters, tea and time to rest; Day 03 forest outing can be moved here if needed.",[80],{"src":81,"alt":82},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-4\u002F1.jpg","Bath master steaming a guest with a birch broom in a wooden banya",{"title":84,"text":85,"experience":86,"arrangements":87,"images":88},"From the Forest to Olkhon","The Mi-8 helicopter links the eastern taiga with the open lake and Olkhon’s Buryat cultural sites.","Planned flight via Peschanaya Bay to Olkhon; Shaman Rock and an introduction by a local Buryat shaman.","Land Cruiser 200 island transfers; home-style Buryat dinner with morin khuur music and throat singing. Intermediate stops subject to the flight plan.",[89],{"src":90,"alt":91},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-5\u002F1.jpg","Mi-8 helicopter flying along the forested cliffs of the Baikal shore",{"title":93,"text":94,"experience":95,"arrangements":96,"images":97},"The Northern Island","Olkhon offers a lighter continuation of the seasonal harvest between the rock formations and cliffs of the northern coast.","Speedboat and dedicated off-road vehicles to Keeper of Baikal, Fang Rock and Cape Khoboy; short berry or mushroom stop at a selected site.","Private outdoor lunch, boat return and shoreline banya. Optional lake swimming; further wildlife sightings are unplanned.",[98],{"src":99,"alt":100},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-6\u002F1.jpg","Travellers and an off-road vehicle on a cliff above the lake in northern Olkhon",{"title":102,"text":103,"experience":104,"arrangements":105,"images":106},"Tazherany and Siberian Cuisine","The final day brings the harvest theme into a concluding meal before the return to Irkutsk.","Tazherany’s Valley of Stone Spirits and rocky viewpoints; private field lunch that may include dishes using the collected produce.","Land Cruiser 200 onward transfer, welcome at RODINA and Siberian farewell dinner at Partizan restaurant.",[107],{"src":108,"alt":109},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-7\u002F1.jpg","Chef cooking for travellers at a lunch table on the Tazherany cliffs",{"title":111,"text":112,"experience":113,"images":114},"Departure","Private airport transport concludes the route from the eastern taiga to Irkutsk.","Breakfast and transfer to Irkutsk Airport.",[115],{"src":116,"alt":117},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Ftaiga-harvest-berries-and-mushrooms-of-baikal\u002Fday-8\u002F1.jpg","Driver loading suitcases into a black minivan on a leafy city street",[119,123,127,131],{"name":120,"description":121,"nights":122},"Cosmos Selection Ulan-Ude","First-night base for a Buryat cultural welcome and the start of the eastern route.",1,{"name":124,"description":125,"nights":126},"Tankhoy Lakeside Houses","Planned lakeside accommodation for the reserve and forest-harvest days; exact property and suitable capacity remain unconfirmed.",3,{"name":128,"description":129,"nights":130},"Port Olkhon","Two island nights following the helicopter passage and the northern Olkhon excursion.",2,{"name":132,"description":133,"nights":122},"RODINA Grand Hotel & SPA Irkutsk","Final city night after Tazherany and Siberian farewell dinner.",{"description":135},"BBT created this late-summer journey around the short period when Baikal’s taiga offers berries and mushrooms suitable for responsible gathering.",[137,146,155],{"slug":138,"status":5,"title":139,"excerpt":140,"seasons":141,"cover":142,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"brown-bears-on-the-baikal-shore","Brown Bears on the Baikal Shore","An early-summer wildlife voyage from Irkutsk to Olkhon",[9],{"src":143,"mobile":144,"alt":145},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fbrown-bears-on-the-baikal-shore\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fbrown-bears-on-the-baikal-shore\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Brown bear on the rocky Baikal shore below mountains at dawn",{"slug":147,"status":5,"title":148,"excerpt":149,"seasons":150,"cover":151,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"baikal-from-night-sky-to-deep-water","Baikal: From Night Sky to Deep Water","A summer journey joining astronomical observation with the lake’s deepest waters",[9,10],{"src":152,"mobile":153,"alt":154},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fbaikal-from-night-sky-to-deep-water\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fbaikal-from-night-sky-to-deep-water\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Milky Way above Lake Baikal, with travellers and a telescope on the shore",{"slug":156,"status":5,"title":157,"excerpt":158,"seasons":159,"cover":160,"maxGuests":-1,"dates":-1},"red-deer-rut-from-taiga-to-baikal","Red Deer Rut: From Taiga to Baikal","An autumn wildlife journey through Buryatia and Olkhon Island",[10],{"src":161,"mobile":162,"alt":163},"\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fred-deer-rut-from-taiga-to-baikal\u002Fcover.jpg","\u002Fimages\u002Fjourneys\u002Fred-deer-rut-from-taiga-to-baikal\u002Fcover-mobile.jpg","Red deer stag calling in an autumn larch forest in the morning mist",1793255422164]