Dates: July 27 to August 11, 2012
Duration: 16 days (itinerary)
Activity: Class III / IV Rafting
Meet: Irkutsk, Russian Federation
Price: $3900
Our good friend Vladimir Gavrilov will lead this summer’s expedition to the Sayan Oka River near Lake Baikal. We’ll fly into the City of Irkutsk and drive along Lake Baikal to the put-in for this remote Siberian river which starts near the Mongolian Border and flows in to Lake Baikal.
Vlad and Simone Enjoying Camp on our Kaa-Khem Expedition
The Sayan Oka is best known for it’s beautiful canyon and the Orkho-Bom Canyon with many Class III and IV rapids. We’ll have plenty of time to fish, relax, hike, as well as take part in a traditional Russian river sauna. The main fishing is for greyling, Lenok (rainbow trout), and even the legendary Taimen.
After the trip we’ll spend two days exploring Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest and deepest Lake. Lake Baikal is known as the ‘Galapagos of Russia’, due to it’s high diversity of freshwater flora and fauna.
Photo From Our 2011 Expedition to Siberia's Kaa-Khem River
Traveling in Siberia is true adventure travel which will give you an opportunity to see a vast, unspoiled wilderness. This is an opportunity to raft with Vlad, a Siberian rafting legend who wrote the guide book Rivers of an Unknown Land about the rivers of the former Soviet Union.
