Detailed Itinerary:

Day 1 -& Arrive Moscow

Choose your own adventure, maybe the Kremlin, a visit to Lenin or travel on the dazzling metro system

Day 2

Moscow

Day 3 -& Transfer Moscow to Suzdal

Day 4 -& Suzdal

Experience your first Russian Banya

Day 5 -& Transfer to Murom and depart to Kazan

Day 6 -& Arrive Kazan

Mesmerising mix of cultures and religions in the capital of Tartarstan

Day 7

Kazan and evening train to Irkutsk

Day 8

9 -& Trans Siberian Railway -& Perfect your card skills with the locals

Day 10 -& Arrive Irkursk and to Lake Baikal

Day 11 -& Lake Baikal&

Hike along the shore to experience the magnificent views

Day 12 -& Lake Baikal and return to Irkutsk. Train to Ulan Ude

Day 13 -& Ulan Ude

The world’s biggest statue of Lenin’s head. What more do you want?

Day 14 -& Trans Mongolian Railway

Day 15 -& Arrive Ulaanbaatar

Day 16 -& To Bayangobi (ger camp)

Your first night as a nomad

Day 17& -& To Kharkhorin (ger camp)

Day 18 -& Kharkhorin

Genghis Khan's capital set on the sweeping steppe will amaze

Day 19

Return to Ulaanbaatar

Day 20 -& Depart Ulaanbaatar for Beijing

Day 21 -& Arrive Beijing

Day 22 -& Beijing -& Journey out to the Great Wall or chill out by Beihai Lake

Day 23

Beijing

Please note:& extra activites& are available for certain summer& departures between June and September. Please enquire about dates& at time of booking.

An alternative itinerary will be followed due to a train re-schedule with one less day in Kazan and one extra day in Lake Baikal. This affects departures on 17/03/12, 9/06/12, 11/08/12, 13/10/12.