Individual tour to the Chernobyl Zone from Kyiv

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

• 1

  Dytyatky 30-km Zone Checkpoint - passport control - safety rules briefing - entering the Zone, driving to Chernobyl. Along the way we will be driving through the abandoned villages of Cherevach and Zalissy, and passing by the Uzh river

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 2
  Chernobyl

  Your will see that Chernobyl is virtually a usual Ukrainian small town, where the employees of the power plant and other Exclusion Zone state companies are based. Indeed, being here for the first time it’s hard to imagine that this town has something to do with the catastrophe of 1986. - photo-stop at the Chernobyl sign - a bus tour - visiting the exposition of the robots and equipment which were in use to mitigate the catastrophe consequences - To Those Who Saved the World monument

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 3

  Kopachi village Visiting the kindergarten which is the only remaining building in the whole village. The rest of the facilities were buried in the ground. Kopachi village is located 4 km from the power plant. (depending on weather conditions, the location may not be included in the program, in wet weather it is better not to stop there, as there is a risk of putting a hot particle on the bus)

  15 minutes • Admission ticket free
• 4
  Pripyat

  The abandoned town of Pripyat - the Red Forest (location is not available until 01/01/2020) - the Pripyat sign on entering the town (location is not available until 01/01/2020) - the Death Bridge - stop on the central square of the town, a walking tour - Energetic Palace of Culture, Polissya Hotel (observation point) - department store - amusement park - the Ferris Wheel (its inauguration day was planned for May 1st, 1986, but …) - town hall which became the first headquarters of the governmental commission mitigating the consequences of the accident - Prometheus Cinema - river port, sinking pier - kindergarten and school - Pripyat swimming pool (officially it is forbidden to enter buildings!) You will take tons of photos, get absolutely unforgettable impressions and feel really exceptional emotions!

  2 hours • Admission ticket free
• 5
  Duga Radar Russian Woodpecker

  Chernobyl-2 Secret Object. DUGA-1 over-the-horizon radar station DUGA-1 object is one of the most well-known objects of the former USSR. Its exact name is in fact «5H32». The radar was supposed to detect air targets, like launched intercontinental ballistic missiles. The signal emitted by the radar reminded of a woodpecker hammering. For this reason, the object has been nicknamed “the Russian Woodpecker”.

  1 hour • Admission ticket free
• 6
  Reactor No 4

  Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant industrial site - photo-stop at the cooling pond on the right one can see the unfinished reactors 5 and 6 as well as the huge cooling towers on the left there are nuclear units 1, 2 and 3 and the New Safe Confinement, the so called “Arch” - visiting the memorial next to the administrative building of the CHNPP - feeding fish (depending on weather conditions, relevant from April to September) - SHELTER-2 “Arch” from the observation point You will see the New Safe Confinement at the distance of some 300 meters!

  1 hour • Admission ticket not included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Not recommended for pregnant travelers
• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• The program of the excursion can be changed depending on the length of a daytime, weather conditions and directions of Chernobyl administration.
• There is a certain dress code on the territory of the Exclusion Zone. Clothing and footwear should be comfortable for walking and should cover the arms from shoulder to wrist, and legs should be completely covered. Tourists who are in a state of alcoholic or drug intoxication or who have alcoholic drinks with them are not allowed. Also, persons under the age of 18 are not allowed in the Zone.

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