RUSSIA LAKE BAIKAL 05 till 15 JUNE 2012: The pearl of Siberia
This splendid tour brings us to central Siberia, Lake Baikal. As the vast evergreen forests of Russia's Siberian taiga extend southward toward Mongolia, the ground rises and the terrain becomes more varied. The border between Siberian Russia and Mongolia is a natural divide here, with rugged hills and mountains forming series of wrinkles between the sprawling Russian forests to the north and rolling grasslands to the south.