Tunka Valley Hot Springs

Tunka Valley Hot Springs are situated near Kyren in the Republic of Buryatia, a region where Tibetan Buddhist traditions brought by the Buryat people have flourished for centuries, creating a landscape studded with monasteries (datsans) animated by Buddhist philosophical traditions unique in Russia. The oligomineral thermal waters emerge along the Tunka National Park — a biosphere reserve stretching from Lake Baikal toward the Sayan Mountains — through an area of extraordinary biodiversity including Siberian cedar forests, alpine meadows, and the sacred Oka River. These hot springs represent both a geothermal wellness resource and a sacred landscape where Buryat shamanic and Buddhist healing traditions have long honored the earth's thermal gifts.