Arshan
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Get in
By bus
- From Ulan Ude one bus departing in morning — a 5-6 hour journey. (return bus departs at 7:30AM). There are probably more mini-buses departing, depending on how many people want to go.
- From Irkutsk one bus departing in morning — a 4-5 hour journey (return journey departs at 8AM). There are probably more mini-buses departing, depending on how many people want to go.
- From Slyudyanka one bus departing at 9:30 in the morning, a 2-3 hour journey. Price is around . A taxi is for , shared minibus taxi for pp.
See
- Buddhist Temples. There are two temples (constructed in the Buryat-Mongolian style). One is located a 10min walk to the west from north part of the town (from bus station), second is in the south part of town near the main road.
- Waterfall - to reach the waterfall, walk around 30 mins north from the town, following a river. Some parts of path may be damaged because of floods. (Depending on weather) there may or may not be someone to collect a fee.
Do
- Hot springs: There are two sanatoriums located at opposite ends of the town, which offer drinking water from hot springs.
- Hiking in nearby Sayan Mountains
Buy
There are few shops located on a main Traktovaya (Трактовая) street, just look for a sign saying "магазин".
Eat
- There are few restaurants located on the main street - Traktovaya (Трактовая). Some of them have only a written menu outside, some have only pictures of meals, some have both. In Poznaya (позная) they offer traditional russian and buryat cuisine, with pelmenye, bliny, poozy and plov, price around .
- Vegetarian meals available at the yoga camp (see 'Sleep' section)
Sleep
- Most houses on Traktovaya Street offer rooms at around 70R — 250R per person.
- As soon as you get off a bus, you will be approached by many women offering accommodation. The price begins at (as of 2014), but probably you can bargain for less. They mostly offer a stay in small garden houses (a bedroom with a hallway), with electricity but no running water. Drinking water is available at the garden, dry toilets are outside too.
- Camp near the Kynryga River. Tents and sleeping bags can be rented at the site and there are free yoga sessions. Vegetarian meals are also available.
Go next
- Sayan Mountains
- Lake Baikal — a 3 hour bus ride (2 hours by car)
- During (summer) morning there leave quite a few minibuses bound for both Irkutsk and Ulan-ude. But it seemed that if you've bought a ticket from a ticket office, drivers suddenly lost interest in you...