How to travel to Lake Baikal from Manzhouli

If you want to travel to Lake Baikal in Manzhouli, do you know how to get there by car? The editor gives a few strategies here. The first option is, of course, to fly directly, but flying is a bit expensive. There is a fixed trip, at least a thousand dollars! But I guess what everyone wants to know most is land transportation! Let’s find out together.

As for the railway, there is only one train that can go directly from Manzhouli once a week. It is K19. I boarded the train in Manzhouli early on Monday and headed to the Far East. It is impossible to buy this ticket elsewhere, but it seems that you can buy it after arriving in Manzhouli. There is only a theory here, but the basic theory is not wrong. The reason is that I have seen people in Erenhot who took K3 from Erenhot in China to directly leave the country to Mongolia and Russia, so it stands to reason that it is possible. However, you will definitely not be able to buy tickets departing from Manzhouli through the international train agency tickets of China National Travel Service. Please pay attention here.

Secondly, you can leave the country from Manzhouli, and then go to Zabaikal in Russia to directly buy the Russian Railways train to Lake Baikal. This will give you many more options. The train from Zabaikal to Irkutsk There are quite a lot of cars. Next, let’s talk about the drop-off point, because Lake Baikal is huge.

In fact, as long as you reach Ulan-Ude, you have reached the Baikal region. If you want to visit eastern Baikal, you can get off directly at Ulan-Ude. There are more Mongolians here and it has Mongolian characteristics. The next stop is Slyudyanka. This station is very small, but you can also overlook Lake Baikal. Slyudyanka is the nearest train station to Lake Baikal. If you want to experience it, you can get off here. There is also a long-distance station not far from Slyudyanka Railway Station. There are many destinations to choose from. Even if you think it is not worth getting off the train, you can take a bus here to Irkutsk, many of which are not expensive (I took the bus Pass).

Finally, there is Irkutsk, the capital of the Baikal region. This place has short bread to Listvyanka. Basically, you can find the location by asking in the city. Listvyanka is the most popular place to visit Lake Baikal, but there is no train arriving here, so you must transfer from Irku.

As for the bus mentioned, there should be one in the Zabaikal area, and you can find it near the train station. But I don’t recommend it, because the journey is quite far and it won’t be particularly comfortable, and Russians will understand what I mean if they drive. Anyway, they don’t follow common sense, and the scenery along the way is not as good as that of a train.