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Section AS05  Buryatia & Eastern Lake Baikal

Chita - Ulan-Ude - Ust-Barguzin - Ulan-Ude

Travelogue

Distance: 1350 km / 845 mi.

Route: Chita - Ulan-Ude - Ust-Barguzin - Ulan-Ude

Highlights: Buryatia Region, Lake Baikal.

This is a chance to reach the beautiful Lake Baikal which contains 20% of the world's fresh waters. It is also the deepest in the world and its maximum depth reaches 1620 m (5315 ft).

Section AS06  Mongolia 

Ulan-Ude - Ulaanbaatar - Ulan-Ude

Travelogue

Distance: 1300 km / 815 mi.

Route: Ulan-Ude - Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) - Ulan-Ude (Russia)

Highlights: Mongolia.

Section AS07  Southern Lake Baikal

Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk

Travelogue

Distance: 490 km / 310 mi.

Route: Ulan-Ude - Irkutsk

Highlights: Southern Coast of Lake Baikal.

Section AS08  Irkutsko-Cheremhovskajaravnina

Irkutsk - Tulun

Travelogue

Distance: 430 km / 270 mi.

Route: Irkutsk - Tulun

Highlights: Irkutsko-Cheremhovskajaravnina Region, Ust-Ordynsk - Buryat Autonomous Region.

Section AS09  Enisej River

Tulun - Krasnoyarsk

Travelogue

Distance: 740 km / 460 mi.

Route: Tulun - Kansk - Krasnoyarsk

Highlights: Enisej River at Krasnoyarsk.

Section AS10  Central Siberia

Krasnoyarsk - Tomsk - Novosibirsk

Travelogue

Distance: 1080 km / 675 mi.

Route: Krasnoyarsk - Achinsk - Kemerovo - Tomsk - Novosibirsk

Highlights: Siberian Landscape.

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