Day-By-Day program: 

DAY 1 Arrive in Moscow. A private car transfer to the Cosmos Hotel ***. Overnight

DAY 2 Breakfast at hotel. A privately-guided panoramic City tour of Moscow featuring major landmarks of this vibrant city  

DAY 3 Breakfast at hotel. Tour of the Kremlin Grounds, visit inside some of the historic cathedrals on Kremlin's Palace square. After sightseeing transfer to rail station to board your Trans-Siberian train to Irkutsk, depart 1.20 pm

DAY 4–6   Aboard the train

DAY 7 Arrive in Irkutsk at 8.50 am. City tour of Irkutsk. Transfer from rail station to Listvyanka settlement on the shores of Lake Baikal. En route take a stopover at Taltsy open-air Ethnographic museum for sightseeing and lunch at a local restaurant. Overnight at the Legend of Baikal Hotel, Listvyanka

DAY 8 Breakfast at hotel. A walking tour of Listvyanka settlement visiting a local market, a wooden church and exploring the shore line of Lake Baikal.
You might also choose to take a 1-hour boat cruise on Lake Baikal or perhaps visit Baikal Ecology Museum to learn more about the Lake’s flora and fauna (both day trips are optional). Return to Irkutsk, by car, for an overnight

DAY 9 Boxed breakfast. Transfer to rail station for train No 2 to Vladivostok, dep 6.33 am local time

DAY 10-11 Aboard train | Trans-Siberian train to Vladivostok

DAY 12 Arrive in Vladivostok at 6.48 am. Transfer to the Hyundai Hotel ****. Breakfast.

City tour of Vladivostok featuring major landmarks of a booming hub on the Pacific. Today Vladivostok is a modern vibrant city that draws attention of travelers from all over the world by its mind-boggling scenery, breathtaking views, military-historical monuments and unique spirit of resilience of local residents. 

A visit to the National Oceanarium of Russia, an unprecedented research project on the Russky Island. Without exaggeration, this is one of the most fascinating sights in Vladivostok today. It was opened in September 2016 by the Russian President in presence of the Prime Minister of Japan, the President of South Korea and many more other foreign dignitaries. The Oceanarium is the the third largest in the world.

Its main building is shaped like a colossal seashell beneath an oncoming wave and resembles the Sydney Opera House. 

You can spend an entire day here, watching walruses, white whales and dolphins perform their tricks, and while a tour guide talks about the evolution of species and the polar animals of the north, visitors stroll around a patch of evergreen tropical forest with live orchids and shake hands, or rather tentacles, with a giant plastic octopus.

DAY 13 After breakfast your tour ends. Transfer to airport