Photo–report on a kayak trip around Lake Baikal
The Round–Baikal Railroad
![Cape Baklany Cape Baklany](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s81f14.jpg)
26th June, 3rd day out, 69 km from Irkutsk. Cape Baklany. First day on Baikal. The lake met us with a glorious calm.
![Cape Kirkirey Cape Kirkirey](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s81f18.jpg)
27th June, 4th day out, 109 km. Cape Kirkirey. Still quite cold, so there are practically no tourists.
![Cape Malaya Krutaya Guba Cape Malaya Krutaya Guba](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s81f29.jpg)
28th June, 5th day out, 127 km. View from Cape Malaya Krutaya Guba.
![Cape Shamansky Cape Shamansky](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s81f34.jpg)
29th June, 6th day out, 147 km. Cape Shamansky. The southern end of Baikal. Enormouse numbers of tourists and no firewood.
![Baikal and railroad Baikal and railroad](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s81f37.jpg)
29th June, 6th day out, 169 km. Railroaders defend from Lake Baikal.
![Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f01.jpg)
30th June, 7th day out, 196 km. The Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Mill is hidden in mist, but the monument to suppressed nature is here on the shore.
![Tan Bay Tan Bay](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f15.jpg)
1st July, 8th day out, 215 km. Tan Bay — still winter here.
![Mamay Bay Mamay Bay](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f21.jpg)
1st July, 8th day out, 232 km. Mamay Bay and River Osinovka (on the right).
![Sunset at Lake Baikal Sunset at Lake Baikal](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f25.jpg)
1st July, 8th day out, 247 km. Sunset at Lake Baikal.
![Sosnovka River Sosnovka River](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f27.jpg)
2nd July, 9th day out, 247 km. View from camp at Sosnovka River and bay against.
![Sunset at Baikal Sunset at Baikal](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f30.jpg)
2nd July, 9th day out, 292 km. Sunset at Lake Baikal.
![Misty and gale Misty and gale](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s82f37.jpg)
3rd July, 10th day out, 325 km. Misty and gale at Lake Baikal.
![Thrown nest Thrown nest](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f06.jpg)
4th July, 11th day out, 379 km. The thrown nest of a herring gull at Karga peninsula.
![Posolsky cloister Posolsky cloister](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f12.jpg)
5th July, 12th day out, 379 km. Posolsky cloister.
![It s going to rain It s going to rain](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f13.jpg)
5th July, 12th day out, 383 km. It's going to rain.
![Karga Babyya islands Karga Babyya islands](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f19.jpg)
6th July, 13th day out, 378 km. Circumventing the sandbanks near the Karga Babyya Islands.
The delta of the River Selenga
![Selenga delta Selenga delta](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f23.jpg)
6th July, 13th day out, 391 km. Something like an hour was spent on the search for channels. We have begun the journey upstream.
![River Selenga River Selenga](/tour06/photoreport/thumbs/baikal-s83f34.jpg)
7th July, 14th day out, 420 km. We will move down this channel to Baikal to the north of the Selenga delta.
Next: Part 2. The eastern coast from Proval Bay to Barguzine Bay