If you are ready for adventure and don't bother too much about comfort, go to Baikal as savages! Find out about popular lakeside camping and camping sites.
Where to look for places to stay
The largest lake in Russia is a good choice for a savage vacation! There are plenty of places where you can stay on Lake Baikal with tents. Tourists set up campgrounds on the outskirts of villages and in the wilderness. On the shore, it is easy to find parking lots with campfire sites, tents, tables, benches and wooden toilets. No - but still comfort! If you like uninhabited places, go to the taiga northeast of the lake. Look for campsites on Lake Baikal on Booking.
Free comfortable parking for tents on Lake Baikal:
- Bay Babushka - a wonderful lagoon near the famous Peschanaya bay.
- Buguldeyka village... On the bank of the river that flows into Baikal.
- Bay of Ambassadors Sor... Not far from the Kultushnaya railway station.
- The trail from Bolshoy Goloustnoye to Listvyanka... Nicely decorated parking.
- Ayaya bay... Sandy shallow lagoon where seals like to swim. The place is picturesque, there are many tourists, but there is only one toilet.
- Circum-Baikal Railway... Near the Circum-Baikal Railway there are parking lots with campfires and tables.
- Wild beaches after the village of Utulik... If you drive along the M55 highway, after Utulik you can turn off at any turn to the lake. Local beaches are popular, so there are few free areas in summer.
- Beach "Red Sands"... Look for convenient places for tents on the shores of Lake Baikal in the northwestern outskirts of the city of Baikalsk.
- Warm lakes... Three picturesque lakes 7 km from the shore of Lake Baikal, next to the Snezhnaya River.
Small sea
The 76 km long Narin Dalai coastline is popular for beach holidays. The warmest and shallowest beaches are located from the village of MRS or Sakhyurta to the village of Kurma.
Campsites... Almost at all tourist centers of the Small Sea, it is allowed to set up tents. The site costs from 200 to 500 rubles per day.
Savage... You can get up with a tent on Lake Baikal in the Maloye More area for free in many places. The farther from the MPC, the fewer people! Please note that access to some bays is closed for cars, while other bays are inaccessible to vehicles due to their location. It's windy on the shores of the Maloye More - fix your tent well!
Olkhon
Campsites... In the village of Khuzhir, the capital of Olkhon, tourists who come by car to Lake Baikal are hosted by the "Flower in the Snow" camping. Place for a tent 9 sq. m costs 500 rubles per day. In a closed guarded area - a shared kitchen, sinks, drinking water and toilets. Private parking will cost 350 rubles per day. See the 7 best recreation centers in Khuzhir.
Savage... With tents, they stay closer to Khuzhir and in remote corners of the island. Saraysky beach, which was considered the Mecca of all tourists with tents on Lake Baikal, became part of the Pribaikalsky National Park. Now tourists are prohibited from setting up camp and burning bonfires on this beach.
To get around this prohibition, you need to pay for your stay in the national park - 50 rubles per person per day for residents of the Irkutsk region and 100 rubles for everyone else. For setting up a tent, they take 100 rubles a day. Payment does not guarantee convenience! Infrastructure on Saraiskiy beach is minimal.
Slyudyanka
The city from which the Circum-Baikal Railway begins is located in the west of the lake. There are few hotels and guest houses in Slyudyanka.
Campsites... The nearest camping "Yurt" is located in the village of Buravschina, south of Slyudyanka. There you can live in a Buryat yurt or a wooden house, there is also a shared kitchen and a terrace. In the summer of 2021, a yurt for two costs from 1350 rubles. Parking is free. Look for guest houses and hotels in Slyudyanka on Hotelluk.
Savage... Look for free places for tents on Lake Baikal in the Slyudyanka area along the Circum-Baikal Railway.
Enkhaluk
One of the most beautiful places on Lake Baikal is famous for its calm, sunny weather, sandy beaches, picturesque nature and good infrastructure.
Campsites... On Lesnaya street, 44, there is a tourist base "Enkhaluk", where you can settle in wooden houses and a youth campus. In high season, a double room costs from 2,200 rubles, and accommodation in three-bed campsites - from 1,500 rubles.
Savage... Tourists put up tents in the forest, in the vicinity of the resort.
Listvyanka
Baikal Anapa receives tourists in hotels, guest houses and tourist centers.
Campsites... The nearest campgrounds in Listvyanka are located in Bolshoy Goloustnoye and on Bolshaya Rechka, 8 km from the lake. In the camping at the Blago yacht club on the Angara, accommodation costs 1000 rubles, and three meals a day - 800 rubles per person. In the Uliger ethno-camping in Bolshoy Goloustnoye in the summer of 2021, double accommodation in a yurt with breakfast costs 5800 rubles. Tents are not allowed. You can live in beautiful and comfortable tents in the "Valley of Dreamers" glamping (Daydream Forest), but such a tent costs from 7,500 rubles for two. Look for inexpensive bases and guest houses in Listvyanka on the Hotelluk service.
Savage... Where to pitch a tent in Listvyanka? All places near the water in the village itself are paid. For an hour in the picnic area, they take 50 rubles per person, for a rest in the gazebo - 100 rubles. Walk along Baikal to the north! On the trail towards Bolshie Koty there are beautifully decorated free parking lots with tables. You will have to dig the toilet yourself.
Learn about rest in Listvyanka.
Goryachinsk
The village 175 km from Ulan-Ude is known for its healing hot springs.
Campsites... On Pionerskaya street, 16, the camping "Uyutny dvorik" is open in summer. You cannot get up with a tent, but in bad weather you can spend the night in a wooden house or family bungalow. A double room costs from 2100 rubles per day. Parking and shared kitchen are free. Nearby, in the center of the village, there is a mini market, a bus stop and shops. See the best recreation centers in Goryachinsk.
Savage... There is an official ban on wild tourism on Lake Baikal from the side of Buryatia. Under the new rules, tourists should only stay in special recreational areas. So far, there are no such zones, but local authorities are going to resolve this issue until 2025. Now campers still pitch their tents on the outskirts of Goryachinsk.
Holy Nose Peninsula
The picturesque sandy spit between the Barguzinsky and Chivyrkuisky bays is not yet overcrowded with tourists.
Campsites... There is an equipped paid parking in the village of Monakhovo. In the summer of 2021, a tent place near the beach costs 500 rubles, and accommodation in a panel house - 700 rubles per person. In a camping in Sorozhya Bay, a place for a tent for up to 8 people costs 500 rubles.
By car, you can reach the village of Kurbulik along the Svyatonos isthmus. There, local residents rent houses to tourists for 500 rubles per person per night. Book houses in Karbulik using the Booking service.
Savage... For a wild holiday on the shores of Lake Baikal, we recommend the Myagkaya Karga beach. Excellent places for tents are Okunevaya and Kresty bays. True, you can only get there on foot along the paths from the village of Kurbulik.
Arshan
The balneological and climatic resort is located not on Lake Baikal, but in the Sayan Mountains. Buses and minibuses go from Irkutsk from Ulan-Ude to Arshan.
Campsites... On Sayanskaya street, 44, a camping hotel is open for everyone who came to Lake Baikal by car. In the pine forest there are 4 houses, a sauna, a play area, a dining room, a kitchen and a parking lot. Tourists are accommodated in houses for 400-800 rubles per day per person. A place for a tent costs 100 rubles. See the best recreation centers in Arshan.
Savage... It is forbidden to pitch tents in the resort village.
Travel tips and reviews
You don't have to bring your tent with you. There are camping equipment rental points in Irkutsk. Renting a double tent costs 200 rubles a day and 1200 rubles a week, a sleeping bag - 100-200 rubles a day and 600-1200 rubles a week.The rental offices must take a security deposit.
To visit the territory Zabaikalsky National Park send a request to the mail in advance Email address is protected from spambots. To view the address, Javascript must be enabled in your browser. You will be sent payment details, and after the money transfer - permission. The printout and passport must be shown at the checkpoint at the entrance to the park. You can also issue a permit on the spot. Keep the document until the end of your stay in the park! When leaving, the permission is checked. If he is not there, the guards will issue a fine of 3000 rubles.
There are no problems with water on the shores of Lake Baikal. You can use water directly from the lake for cooking.
Don't get up near the shore! There are tides on Lake Baikal.
Residents of the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia come to the sandy beach in the village of Vydrino. There is almost no infrastructure here. You can rest for one day, but we do not recommend stopping with tents! The locals do not like tourists. Sometimes it comes to robberies and robberies.
Natalya: "We went to Baikal savages. The lake shore is equipped in places for picnics (tables, benches, campfires), and it's all free. The entrance to Baikal is gentle, the water is warm, the children swam for days. If you want a budget holiday as savages, then this is the place for you ".
Andrey: "Enkhaluk is a favorite place on Lake Baikal. It is almost ideal for a family tent vacation, although there are a lot of people during the season, but you still manage to find a place. A long sandy beach, pine trees, cedars, anthills, and if you move away from the shore deep into the forest for a couple kilometers, you can pick up delicious blueberries. "
