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Baikal: Water rest
The best time for travels about the lake is from June, 15 to August, 15. At this time sailing on the mirror-like surface of the lake gives real pleasure, and absence of wind and rolling allows spending the whole day on the board. Water warms up to +20, +22 C. As a rule, is rented the cutter of “Yaroslavets” type. It is better to chose combined tours: a part – by car and a part – by cutter. Don’t go far in the forest, as you can meet a bear. The most water travels about Baikal begin from settlement Listvyanka.
Navigation of regular-route passenger vessels begins from June, 12-15 and finishes at the beginning of September. While preparing for such travel it is necessary to take into consideration possibility of sudden strong wind, cold Baikal water, in which it is impossible to swim for a long time. The area has the unusual bank, having rocky sites along the long length without places of sediment and even coastal beach. The period of carrying out the travel is 7 days. Many travel firms offer to visit some places for two or five days. They render motor ships for several persons. One can rent a motor yacht. All travel firms give all conditions for fishing. Payment is carried out both in cash and in cashless.
Diving with aqualung became popular in Baikal at the beginning of the 90s. In summer diving can be carried out from a cutter, in winter – from ice, with the help of special holes. Favorite places for underwater swimming in the Baikal are sheer underwater walls along the western bank. According divers’ stories the most beautiful, severe vertical walls, stretching far in the darkness of Baikal depth, are situated along the bank of the Roundbaikal railway and the eastern bank Olhon. The most effective and narrow canyon of 90-100 m depth and over 2 m width is situated from the eastern side of the island Olhon, southward of cape Izhimei. Swimming between the close walls of the rocks, here and there one can touch them. Singularity of the canyon lies in the fact that it is absolutely straight.
By vivid evidences of skin-divers, while diving they feel weightlessness like cosmonauts. There one can observe 30 species of fish. Bay “Aia” and inlet “Flolika” in the northern Baikal stand out for beauty of underwater relief. On the banks and the depth of the inlet there are many underwater stones, dangerous for vessels’ sailing. This is the result of a glacier, which had sunk from the Barguzinsky mountain ridge 10-12 thousand years ago. The scents of volcanic activity are observed also underwater. Southward of Big Ushkanjev island on the depth cank lies as solid coverlet. For driving one can hire outfit. Traveling from Listvyanka to bay Peschanaya one can carried out for 1-2 days, to the small sea – for 3-4 days, to Chivirkuisky bay and Ushanji islands for 5 days. In the island of Youth (in Irkutsk opposite boulevard Gagarin), in summer months works hire of oared boats, on Sundays – the narrow-gage child’s railroad of 7 km length. In summer evening in the island the youth dance pavilion works.
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