Baikalo-Lensky Nature Reserve is located on the north-western coast of Lake Baikal. This is the largest nature conservation zone on Lake Baikal: the reserve includes 110 km of coastline from the river Heyrem to Cape Yelokhin, an impassable stretch of the Baikal ridge and the upper reaches of the great Siberian river Lena with its tributaries. At the Yelokhin cape, the border of the Irkutsk region with the Republic of Buryatia passes
At the Baikal coast fragments of ancient relic steppes are preserved, 50 species of mammals, about 240 species of birds live
Baikalo-Lena State Nature Reserve
The main part of the reserve territory is taiga forests of various types. On the coast of Lake Baikal fragments of ancient relic steppes are preserved, 50 species of mammals live, about 240 species of birds. The reserve is famous for its high number of bears. In addition, here you can meet such rare and interesting birds as the white-tailed eagle, black stork, horn-nosed turpan, ogari, gray crane.
There are many places attractive for tourists on the territory of the reserve: the source of the Lena River, Cape Ryty, sacred to local residents of the coast with a grandiose gorge, the remnants of the oldest volcanoes on Earth - the mountain peaks of the Baikal Range in the cape of the Middle and Upper Kedrovy capes.