If the group goes, it's easier just to book a minibus in Irkutsk or Orlik. At a time when gasoline prices have fallen, the cost of getting to only increase. Paradox! A real headache begins way back when all tied to the departure time, train or plane crash. Better at once, just once in the Oka, to negotiate with the driver of the date and time of return flight. If this "mikrik", then immediately buy tickets, and in the case of the "privateers" to stipulate conditions for the next trip and take from him all conceivable coordinates.
For hedging are urged to find a backup plan. This summer we had a case where the night before leaving the main car got up to unscheduled repairs. For centuries, the Oka valley was separated from the mainland mountain ranges. Even in the middle of last century, drove away in a horse caravans Mondy to buy food and essential goods. Then the path in one direction takes about a month.
The only trail in the area, linking with Tunka Oku, Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, was only built in 1980. Getting to the village – only half the problem, because most interesting for the photographer (mountain ranges, pastoral economy, the Valley of volcanoes and mineral springs) is in the 30-100 km from the nearest village and will require at least another day on the road. The age-old isolation Oka Plateau contributed to the development of nomadic reindeer and yak – special forms of farming, almost not represented in the rest of the territory of Buryatia.