Travel Services to Siberia
Welcome to Vostok Travel specializing in custom designed tours to Siberia. We are experienced in corporate and business travel as well as leisure tours with special interests and custom designed tour packages for groups and individuals. This website is a complete travel resource to one of the world's most remote, obscure and rarely visited regions. Established Russian overseas partners provide expertise and reliable service to make your journey smooth and unforgettable in those hard to get places. Our staff is bilingual and has over 10 years of knowledge providing travel services to Siberia and its outlying and remote destinations in that region. You will find quick access to the most complete and updated database to the best available hotel accommodations, International and Russian domestic air schedules, Trans Siberian and BAM train reservations, Enisey, Irtysh, Lena River cruises, car transfers, guide-translator services and Russian visa support. Our goal is to reach the highest standard of customer service and cost effective tour products that meet your needs and budget.
Siberian Destinations
Siberia is a large territory with borders of the Arctic Ocean on the North, Yakutia and Lake Baikal on the East, China and Mongolia on the South and Siberia and Ural Mountains on the West. The region is well known for its remote natural beauty and wildlife in native habitats along with being rich in natural resources of fish and seafood, oil and natural gas, gold and diamonds, lumber and raw metals.
The international gateways are
Ekaterinburg (former Sverdlovsk),
Cheliabinsk,
Novosibirsk,
Krasnoyarsk,
Irkutsk,
Abakan with connection flights to Japan, South Korea, China, Mongolia, Viet Nam and former republics of USSR in Central Asia. Major Airlines are Sibir Airlines, Vlad Avia, Krasair, Ural Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airways, MIAT Mongolian Airlines, Air China, Air Astana (Kazakhstan National Airlines), Uzbeck Airlines and Aeroflot with daily connection through Moscow to Europe and North America.
Regional domestic flights extend routes to
Norilsk ,
Vorkuta,
Salehard,
Dudinka and
Hatanga on the North,
Severo-Baykalsk,
Bodaibo,
Bratsk and
Tura on the East,
Kyzyl (Tuva Republic),
Barnaul,
Gorno-Altaysk (Altay and Sayany Mountains) on the South and
Omsk,
Tomsk,
Tyumen,
Novokuznetsk,
Kemerovo,
Cheliabinsk,
Tobolsk and
Magnitogorsk along the Trans Siberian rail road that provides great connections between the towns of Russian Far East and Western Russia.
The Trans Siberian Rail journey is the best way for meeting local people, seeing life today and experiencing Russian culture. The Trans Siberian route connects
Vladivostok ,
Khabarovsk ,
Blagoveshensk ,
Chita ,
Ulan Ude ,
Irkutsk (Lake Baikal),
Krasnoyarsk,
Novosibirsk,
Omsk,
Tyumen,
Ekaterinburg and on to
Moscow. BAM Baikal - Amur Mainline is an opportunity to explore the northern part of the Siberian Taiga and is a great alternative to the classic Trans Siberian Route. From
Novosibirsk, there’s a train rout to
Almaty and onto
Tashkent with easy access to Central Asia and Western China (Uygur Region) and Caspian See with daily sea ferry to
Baku Azerbaijan in the Caucass.
The Enysey (Yenisei), Ob and Irtysh River cruises are a very comfortable way to explore the hidden treasure of this magic land. "vast, giant, handsome creature...The Yenisei River..." It splits Russia right in the middle, straight from South to North for about 2,500 mi (4,020 km). The Basin area is the second largest in Russia (former USSR) and 7th in the world stretching for 2605 square kilometers from Tuva Republic on the Russian-Mongolian border to Arctic circle.
Formed by Sayan mountains and confluence of Big and Small Yenisei rivers, first it flows westward for some time, then turns and stays north for the most part passing
Minusinsk,
Krasnoyarsk,
Yeniseisk, and
Igarka cities. Final destination of the River is Kara sea of Arctic ocean, where Yenisei empties millions of cubic meters of water through a 250 mi (400 km) long and 150km wide delta. The Angara, Stony Tunguska, Lower Tunguska, Abakan and Turukhan rivers are the Yenisei's main tributaries among 20 thousand others.
The river is frozen during winter months (October-late May). In the spring ice of upper Yenisei starts melting earlier than the lower parts of northern section, causing extensive flooding and breath taken views. As soon the ice is gone, the lumber, grain, and construction materials load Yenisei with many ships turning the River into live artery between Arctic port Igarka and Trans-Siberian Railroad.
At the beginning, in Sayan mountains, the river is very turbulent, with many rapids, and is a great place for rafters. Sturgeon and salmon are fished in the Yenisei's lower reaches, which is the main source for living to many local villagers.
The main tourist attractions in Siberia Lake Baikal, often called the Pearl of Siberia, Lake Baikal is a natural wonder that almost defies description. Its 1600 meter (almost 1 mile) depth holds 20% of all the freshwater (melted condition) on the planet. It is fed by 336 rivers and streams that flow from the surrounding mountains and all parts of Siberia and it is estimated that it took over 400 years for these rivers and streams to fill the lake up originally. It is considered the oldest lake in the world. There are also tours of Mongolia and Northern China available. Contact Vostok Travel to custom design your travel needs.
