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The City of Irkutsk

On January 10, 2012 By

We will start and finish our Sayan Oka river trip in one of the nicest cities of Siberia – Irkutsk. It is the gateway to the rivers of the Eastern Sayan Mountains and regions surrounding Lake Baikal.

Irkutsk began as a tiny fortress in 1661 at the confluence of the Irkut and Angara Rivers. […]

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Sayan Oka Videos

On December 28, 2011 By

We’re starting to plan for next summer’s rafting trips on the Sayan Oka River and came across these videos you might enjoy.

The first one has some great music and a couple of traditional Russian catamarans running some of the bigger rapids.

Heere is some video of a flip at Okinskij (Oka) Rapid.

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