Discover the hardly visited mountains north-east from the Baikal Lake. Enjoy the immeasurable Siberian wilderness with its high mountains, forests and unspoiled rivers. You will be travelling with up to five enthousiastic companions.
A motorboat will bring us to the upper Kotera River. We will walk up one of the nearby mountains, and return to the kayak to paddle downstream through breathtaking landscapes. Reaching the Angara Valley, the Kotera meanders into the Angara River that brings us all the way to Lake Baikal. By then we have covered 300 kilometers.
The Kotera is a class II+ river that does not require wildwater skills. In the lower sections some driftwood requires attention. The Angara – valley with all it’s interwining streams, need precise navigation. Temperatures vary from – 5 to 25 degrees Celcius, with a good chance of snow on the higher peaks. We choose to go late August or September, to wait for one sub – zero night that kills nearly all musquitos.
Skills : moderate outdoor – and kayak experience, capable of walking six hours a day in rolling terrain
Degree of difficulty : class II+ wildwater. Walks classified as 4 on a scale from 1 to 5
Time span : 10 days, of which 8 days in the outdoors
Dates : 7 – 17 September / 19 – 29 September
Size of the group : up to five participants, private guiding by request
Price : depending on the amount of participants. All-inclusive by standard
INCLUDED
Visa and permits
Tickets Bratsk – Novo Uoyan / Severobaikalsk – Bratsk
Motorboat to the upper Kotera
Food and supplies
Equipment
foldable kayak, paddles, floating vest, spray skirt, waterproof stuffbags
sleeping bag (-15), bivouac-sac and matress
headlamp, GPS and compass
waterproof backpack
cooking equipment
drysuit
first aid
tent
NOT INCLUDED
Personal extreme sports insurance
Non – outdoor food and drinks
Outdoor clothes and boots