Baikalo-Lenskiy Nature Reserve - the National natural park "Baikalo-Lenskiy" is organized by the Resolution of Council of ministers of RSFSR of December 5, 1986 No. 96 in the territory of Kachugsky and Olkhon areas of the Irkutsk region. A main goal of creation of the reserve – preservation of the typical natural complexes characteristic of northwest Cis-Baikal. 

The reserve is extended from the South to the north along the western coast of Baikal approximately on 120 km with an average width in 65 km. The total area of the reserve – 659,919 thousand hectares. This original kingdom of a mountain taiga which is smoothly passing into meadows and steppes. The wood goes down directly to the coast from the Baikal Mountains – here many bears! It is possible to meet a red deer, or a Manchurian deer, a wolf or a lynx. But the chernoshapochny groundhog who lives only in southwest loaches is considered the most rare and valuable animal of Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve. In the pribolochennykh lakes and quarrels the black stork, the hook-nosed tourist's sir, ogar, a gray crane nest. Also the huge sea eagle-belokhvost soars over mountains!