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Departure 10:20hrs from Kuala Lumpur to Saint Petersburg, Russia. Arrival at late evening 21:25hrs . Night in Saint Petersburg. Stay in 4* hotel right at the city center and along the nevsky porspect with lot of eateries and souvenir shops around
City tour around Saint Petersburg city centre.
Night in St Petersburg
Visit Petergof lower garden, also known as The Russian Versailles (only available for Spring – Autumn trips) Later on, visit Tsarkoye selo Catherine Park. Those interested to visit the amber room in the Catherine palace may do so at an extra entrance fees. Midnight train to Moscow (2345hr)
Morning arrival in Moscow’s Leningradskiy Vokzal. Moscow city center Sight Seeing
Check in 4* hotel with easy access to metro station, shopping mall, money exchange, restaurants and supermarket.
In the evening, those who are interested, can join us to explore Moscow’s metro stations. This activity requires good fitness level. There will be lots of walk up and down escalators and interchanging stations.
Night in Moscow
Free and easy in the morning. Check out at 12pm with all luggage.
Visit Izmailovo Kremlin and souvenir bazar. A fortress built for cultural activities but look ancient and fairytale-like. Later, we will go to Sparrow hill for best view of one the Stalin Seven sisters, the Moscow State University building. Highest educational building in the world. In the evening, we will hang out at The Old Arbat street full of cafes, and premium souvenirs.
There is an optional 2.5 hours Moscow river cruise with restaurant on board.
Midnight train to Kazan (2300hr)
Arrival in Kazan at noon. Explore Kazan city.
Midnight train to Ekaterinburg (0010hr)
Evening arrival in capital city of Ural mountain, Ekaterinburg. Transfer to hotel, free and easy.
Night in Ekaterinburg
Check out hotel at noon. City sight seeing and Ganina Yama holy site. Ekaterinburg is a historically important due to its dark history where the last Tsar and his all his family member brutal execution by Bolshevik.
Furthermore, we will have photo stop session at an obelisk marking the point between Europe and Asia. Though it is no clearly defined line, Ural mountain range is considered the ranges that divides this two continent.
Night train departure to Irkutsk. (2130hr)
From here onward, we are officially entering Siberia region .
On board train. There will be a restaurant wagon and also shower cabin.
Multiple 30 mins – 1hour stops.
On board train. Enjoy everyone’s company
Morning arrival in Irkutsk city. Day trip to Listvyanka, a small town at the southern shore of Lake Baikal. Ride up chair lift to Chersikiy mountain for best view of Lake Baikal from the top.
Souvenirs shopping at Listvyanka market. If you are interested to go on Lake Baikal cruise, there are few operators near the shore offering their excursion
Night in Irkutsk
Check out at 07:00 am after breakfast. Morning train departure to Ulaan Bator at 08:00am.
This train takes ~22 hours to Ulan bator. However, there is no restaurant wagon and no shower cabin in the train. Bring your food / snack for this 1 day train journey.
Arrival in Ulaan bator in the morning.
Stop by near a convenience store like CU mart or GS25 convenience store for you to buy some breakfast.
Head to Terelj national park. (Oovoo rock formation, Ariyabal meditation temple, and Turtle rock formation)
Check in Ger Camp and have lunch. Rest.
In the evening, visit a nomadic family.
Night in Ger Camp
Check out from Ger Camp. Visit the Chinggis Khan complex, the largest equestrian statue in the world made up of stainless steel. Here, you can learn history of Mongolia empire.
Return to Ulaan Bator city. Short city sight seeing.
Farewell dinner
Night in Ulan Bator
Morning flight departure to Kuala Lumpur
** Itinerary is subject to change according to the latest train schedule. Latest current train schedule usually updated 2 months earlier. Finalised confirmed itinerary will be issued 2 months prior trip departure
Trans-Siberia route is one of the most epic journey ones must have put in their wish list. We will start our adventure from St Petersburg, Russia to Ulaan Bator, Mongolia. Given the limited 15 days, it is in our best interest to spend more time and explore this few chosen cities in depth and not just spend our time in the long train ride and just touch and go in any cities.
We will visit Russia’s 3 Capital cities: Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Kazan, and also explore the jewel of Siberia, Lake Baikal while it has frozen. Longest train rides will be between Kazan and Irkutsk with stops in 3 Ural/Siberia cities: Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and Krasnoyarsk. Last city will be in Ulaan Bator, Mongolia where we will visit the national park and experience a nomadic life style.
This trip is in winter. Expect weather as low as -20 degree Celsius. It will be once in a life time adventure but not for the faint hearted. We assure you will have a nice bed in 4 stars hotel in the cities that we stay overnight. Except for a night in a Ger camp in Mongolia.
Our train ride will be in second class cabin by default. Participants may upgrade or downgrade to first class cabin at extra or discounted fare.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ulaan Bator, Mongolia
