Arrival to Moscow. Transfer to hotel 3* for check-in (at noon). Orientation City tour (by bus) to get introduced to the most important sites and views of Moscow historical center. Lunch in a Russian cuisine restaurant. Return to your hotel for some rest before tonight's entertainment program. In the evening, pick up for a transfer to the city center. Attend Moscow Circus show. Return transfer to your hotel for overnight. L

Moscow. Check-out of your hotel (late check-out is available upon request). Leave baggage at the reception desk. Transfer to the city center. Walking tour around the Red Square to see the GUM, Historical museum, Kremlin Wall, St Basils Cathedral (no museum entries). Then, explore the very heart of Moscow - the Kremlin Palace including the entry to 1 of the Cathedrals and a guided visit to the Armory Chamber which is the oldest Russian museum with marvelous collection of royal treasures made of gold and precious stones. Lunch in a restaurant. After lunch take a tour of Moscow Metro system and explore Arbat shopping street. You will enjoy a slow pace walk along the Old Arbat pedestrian street where you can shop for matryoshka dolls and ushanka fur hats. Return to the hotel. Transfer at night to the railway station for departure by Trans-Siberian train. B+L

These days are spent in the Trans- Siberian train to Irkutsk

Irkutsk-Lake Baikal. Arrival to Irkutsk, the capital of Eastern Siberia. Lunch or late breakfast depending on time of your arrival. This morning you will enjoy a tour of the city including the Church of our Savior and the Bell Tower as well as the central market. Then, depart to Lake Baikal with 2-hour guided tour en-route to Taltsy Museum of Wooden Architecture. Continue further to Listvyanka settlement located in the Angara river source from Lake Baikal. Stop at the viewpoint to see the Shaman rock in the middle of the river source and enjoy a local legend about young lady Angara who ran away from her father - the old mighty Baikal. Check in to a hotel for in Listvyanka for rest and overnight. L

Lake Baikal-Irkutsk. In the morning, take a walking tour with your guide around the settlement, visit the functioning Russian Orthodox church of St. Nicholas-the-Miracle-Worker (the 19th century) and the local fish and souvenir markets. Then, proceed with guided excursion to Baikal museum at the Limnological Institute which studies the water and wildlife of the lake. Here you will see the diverse collection of Baikal flora and fauna as well as the exhibit of fresh-water aquaria with many endemic Baikal species. After that, take a cable car to the top of Chersky peak from where one can enjoy breathtaking views on Lake Baikal, the beginning of the old disused Circum-Baikal railway track and the Khamar-Daban mountain range of the lake opposite side. Depart back to Irkutsk. Check-in Imperia 3* hotel for overnight. B+L

Irkutsk departure. Early transfer to the railway station for train 004/006 at 4:50 am local time to Ulaanbaatar. Sat, Sun, Mon

Ulaanbaatar. Arrival in Ulaanbaatar.City tour including Museum of National History and the Museum of Natural History. In the evening drive out of the city to Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve. Transfer to Steppe Nomads tourist camp

Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve. Ride horses/hike to Mt. Baits to view endangered wild mountain sheep Argali and other wild animals. Visit to a nomadic family to get basic knowledge of their everyday life. Ger camp overnight

Gun-Galuut - Hustai National Park. After breakfast drive to Hustai National park. See the world's only wild horse the Takhi aka Przewalski horse after sunset. Enjoy the wilderness and the nature beauty. Ger camp overnight

Hustai - Ulaanbaatar. After breakfast drive back to Ulaanbaatar. Visit Gandan Monastery. Shopping, traditional folklore performance in the evening. Hotel overnight

Departure for home

RUSSIA
Red Square was beautiful, and very safe, at night in 1975. Criminals risked a one-way ticket to Siberia!

The Saviour Tower can be seen throughout Red Square and the Kremlin. It is one of the main entrances to the Kremlin. The tower was built in 1491 and the clock tower was added in 1625.

Moscow Circuis: No trip to Moscow would be complete with out a night at the circus! While these performers appear to be defying death, they were secured by safety wires. No matter, the show (and the ice cream) was excellent

The Arbat Street: The first historical records of Arbat relate to the year of 1493, the street was mentioned in an account of a major city fire. Most probably, the street name originates from the Mongolian word for "Ten soldiers"-a military unit. In the 19th century Arbat turned to be a favourite neighbourhood for Moscow's nobility and creative intelligentsia, it was believed to number one noble for every seven ordinary residents. During the Soviet times the traditional Arbat inhabitants were eased out by a new class, the functionaries of the Communist Party bureaucracy. In the mid eighties Arbat became the first Moscow's pedestrian street, the Old Arbat. Over the years the street has developed into one of the most popular places in Moscow, you may meet here buskers, street artists, Krishna supporters, get into multiple smart clothes and souvenir shops, cafes, cultural centers, etc. Notable sights around Arbat are Smolenskaya Square, where the western end of Old Arbat leads out onto the Garden Ring road.

Gun-Galuut Nature Reserve is truly the marvellous combination of high mountains, colourful flowers, pretty lakes, rivers and wetland waters with its famous rare species. At the Nature Reserve tourists can see and take pictures of the endangered beautiful wild mountain sheep Argali the Big Horns from the closest distance. In the reserve, many locations provide great angles to view rare waterbird species including the White Crane, White napped crane, Swan goose, and the beautiful Whooper swan. Horse riding in the mountains, steppes and along the river is just awesome! There is great fishing on the quiet Kherlen River including Taimen, Pike, Lenok, Burbot, Sturgeon. Visiting nomadic families will be unforgettable beautiful experience as you will love their faces with real smiles, true hospitality, simple, unique and peaceful lifestyle. You also can ride camel/yak or travel with camel/yak carts. Sailing in a boat on the Lake Ikh-Gun or the River Kherlen and swimming in the river is a great way to relax. Rafting is well done on the River Kherlen too.

Hustai National Park is the place where the wild Takhi- Przewalski horses have lived peacefully since 1993 when they were reintroduced to their native land Mongolia. Here we are able to see and photograph these beautiful wild horses at pasture and Red Deer, Wolf, Asian Marmot, various species of waterfawls and prey birds etc., as well. Gandan Monastery is one of the highlights of Ulaanbaatar with its priceless 26 m sculpture of Buddha.

Mongolian Folklore Concert is absolutely one of the attractions of Mongolia. You will admire the skills of throat singers, contortionists, dancers as well as traditional Mongolian music.