Baikal-Lena Reserve

Irkutsk region, Baikal-Lena Reserve National Parks

Baikal-Lensky Nature Reserve is situated in the north-west coast of Lake Baikal. It is the largest conservation area in Lake Baikal: Reserve includes 110 km of coastline from the River to the Cape Hare Elokhin

Pribaikalskiy National Park, Irkutsk Region, Pribaikalskiy National Park National Parks

Pribaikalsky National Park is located on the western shore of Lake Baikal. The protected area of ​​the park in the form of a narrow strip of land adjacent to the lake, a width from 1 to 8 km stretches almost 400 km of the coast from the village of Kultuk to Cape Kocherikovsky.

National Parks Irkutsk region, of course, linked to the main natural attractions of the region - the magnificent lake Baikal. It is the deepest and oldest lake in the world, surrounded by a chain of mountains, it flows more than three hundred rivers and streams, which makes a huge amount of Baikal, and its water is incredible transparency and purity so saturated with oxygen, which was once thought to have healing powers.

The Baikal water of incredible transparency and purity is so saturated with oxygen that it was once considered to have healing power.

The animal and vegetable world of Lake Baikal is unrivaled: no fresh lake in the world can boast of such a variety of flora and fauna s. In the depths of the water blue, more than 50 species of fish live, the shores of Lake Baikal are shrouded in thousands of plant species, are populated with amazing animals and birds, among them small deer musk deer, brown bears, gulls and gogol, eagles and turpens. Some plants and some animals from the natural environment of Lake Baikal can not be found anywhere else in the world.

Irkutsk region borders the Republic of Buryatia, and two of the national parks and reserves near Lake Baikal belong to the Irkutsk region: the Baikal National Park and the Baikal-Lena State Reserve.

Three reserves and three national parks have been created on the shores of Lake Baikal. Barguzinsky and Baikal Reserves, as well as Transbaikalian and Tunkinsky National Parks are located on the territory of the Republic of Buryatia. The Baikal-Lensky Reserve and the Pribaikalsky National Park are located in the Irkutsk Region

The Pribaikalsky National Park is on the western shore of the lake and is considered one of the largest national parks in the whole of the Russian Federation . It also includes the largest island of Baikal Olkhon, Sandy Bay , so beloved by tourists, and the bay Aya . On the territory of the park stretches a massive Primorsky ridge, many coastal rocks have an amazing and peculiar appearance, thanks to which they received their names: Big and Mal I Belfry, Burkhan cape Sagan Khushun Cape Khoboy . Pribaikalskiy National Park - home to many birds and animals: here live deer, wild boar and elk, nest herring gulls and ducks, many species of local birds are included in the "Red Book ".

North-western coast of Lake Baikal is a part of the Baikal-Lena State Reserve, covered with coniferous forests, populated by bears, wolves and foxes, beautiful rare birds, of great interest to connoisseurs of nature. Is the origin of the Lena River, is "brown bears Beach" and cape Ryty, there are remains of ancient volcanoes of our planet, from the kind of breathtaking

Lake Baikal -. A unique and amazing place, fascinating for its beauty, inspiring and cleansing. Its forests and steppes, clear water and clean air, amazing animal life - all this makes local national parks so attractive for those who appreciate closeness to nature and its beauty.