Beijing to Moscow - Overland Trip

Itineraries

Arrive and transfer to hotel.

Board the Trans- Mongolian train and head north through China and over the border into Mongolia. We will see a part of the Great Wall on the way.

Arrive in the Mongolian capital in the early afternoon and head out into the rolling grasslands that start right on the edge of the city. We spend the night in a traditional ger (yurt). (D)

A full day in the Mongolian grasslands with options for hiking or horse riding. There may also be the chance to visit a local nomadic family. (BLD)

Head back to Ulaan Baatar to board the evening train to Irkutsk. (B)

Our train heads through northern Mongolia, following the Selenge River through mile after mile of grasslands and over the border into Siberia.

Arrive in the early morning of day 7 in Irkutsk, capital of Siberia and a pleasant laid back town. We then head straight out to the stunningly beautiful Lake Baikal which defies all statistics - approximately 25 million years old and at least 1.5km deep. We stay with local families in Listvyanka, a traditional wooden Siberian village on the shores of the lake. Later we head back to Irkutsk and board the train bound for Ekaterinburg. During this stretch of our journey we cross the vast wilderness of Siberia. (BLD - at Lake Baikal only; no meals in other places).

Arrive in Ekaterinburg and transfer to our hotel. We have plenty of free time to explore the city that is famous for being the place where the last Tsar and his family were murdered by communists. It is a pleasant town that dates back to the 18th century.

We board the morning train, continuing over the Volga, Danilov and Vytka rivers as well as the Ural Mountains. (B)

Arrive in Moscow and transfer to our hotel.

A full free day in Moscow. Explore Russia’s vibrant capital with its huge communist buildings, the onion-domed St Basil’s Cathedral and Lenin’s Tomb, or perhaps make a trip out to the monasteries of Sergiev Posad, the heart of Russian Orthodox Christianity. (B)

Tour ends. (B)