Two-day group Tour to the Chernobyl Zone from Kyiv
Description
This excursion is a complete tour of Chernobyl and its environs. There will be enough time to plunge into and feel the atmosphere of the post-apocalyptic world. After three decades of abandonment, the Zone begins to be swallowed up by the surrounding flora and fauna. One day, nature will finally triumph over the ruins of civilization. It is also a unique opportunity to spend the night at a local hotel. Book your trip now and soon you will be able to take part in the most amazing journey that even your grandchildren will want to know about.
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Itinerary
First block station- checkpoint "Dityatki". Passport check by representatives of special services. We get acquainted with the rules of visiting the Chernobyl zone. We are crossing the border with the Chernobyl exclusion zone and the zone of unconditional (compulsory) resettlement.
We are checking in one of the hotels of the town. Yes, there are already 3 hotels in the town. You will see that the brand of the ghost-town on Chernobyl is supplied hurriedly, and this is not entirely true. In Chernobyl, several thousand people work on the shifts, there is an administration, the prosecutor's office, the police, the post office, shops, a cafeteria....... Walking around the city: -we will visits to the museum of robots and equipment, which took part in the elimination of the consequences of the accident. - the central square of Chernobyl. The memorial complex "Star Wormwood". - We will visit the alley of memory of villages abandoned after the Chernobyl accident.
Checkpoint "Leviev" + the village of Kopachy: (depending on weather conditions, the location may not be included in the program, in wet weather it is better not to stop there, since there is a risk of bringing a hot particle into the bus): We are visiting to the kindergarten, one of the surviving buildings in the village. The village of Kopachy is 4 km away from the Chernobyl NPP, after the accident it was "strewn" with radiation. It was decided to liquidate Kopachy and buried it in underground. Now in the village you can see only small hillocks - these are the graves of houses....
Main objects: -We will visit the central square of the city. - We will see the building of the City executive committee. - We will see the hotel of Polissya. - We will see the amusement park with the Devil's wheel and other carousels, and which will never be seen by kids. - MSC-126 (medical-sanitary unit) located at 2, Ogneva Street, where the first victims of the explosion were taken on 26 April 1986. -We will see the pool of Azure. (officially it is forbidden to enter buildings!) - We will see the high school. - And we will visit other objects.
The third phase of the Chernobyl NPP, 5 and 6 unfinished units: The construction of the third phase of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was prevented by the explosion of the fourth power unit. At the same time, Unit 5 had 80% readiness; only a foundation pit was dug for Unit 6. Unfinished Cooling Towers (inside and outside): The huge radiators, which had to be cool the reactors 5th and 6th of the power unit. We will go inside the cooling towers, the volume of this building is incredibly huge, it is impossible to believe that it was built by human hands. You will see the famous graffiti of the famous Italian artist Guido van Helten ...
The abandoned experimental base of radiobiology: The base is located on the bank of the cooler pond, not far from the cooling towers. Previously in the laboratories conducted research on the effects of ionizing radiation on biological objects. After the accident, all reaserch stopped, all equipment and drugs remained in the laboratory. The base is ready to share with you its conclusions...
Artificial Pond NPP Cooler: A unique, artificially functioning hydraulic engineering structure. The size of the reservoir in some places depth of more than 10 meters can "wake up" the Chernobyl tragedy. You will find out what danger the Pond Cooler carries in its depths.
The villages of Kupovatoe, Red, Opachichi (communication with self-travelers) (optional): Imagine how difficult it is to leave your home, the place where you were born, grew up, where your whole life went. Some people could not do it. Despite to the decree of the government of the USSR about compulsory and unconditional resettlement, despite the large contamination of the territory with radiation, people did not leave their homes, or returned to their homeland after a while. These people are self-travelers. They are always ready to share their destiny, their suffering and grief.
Interview with the staff of the Institute of Nuclear Safety of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in the city of Chernobyl: You will hear the freshest and the most accurate facts of the disaster. You will know what the Zone really breathes today.
Chernobyl-2 - military town administrative building: As you already know, the population of Chernobyl-2 was about 1000 people, in the city there was only one street - Kurchatov.We will walk around the city, look into the soldiers' barracks, visit the administrative building, in which the signals of the antenna accumulated, the signals on which the security of a huge state depended ... The program of the excursion can be changed depending on the length of a daytime, weather conditions and directions of Chernobyl administration.
Chernobyl nuclear power plant named after Lenin, ChNPP: - We will bypass road along the cooling pond. - We will see observation site of the shelter object "Arch". - We are visiting to the park and memorial at the administrative building of the NPP. - feeding fish (depending on weather conditions, relevant from April to September) - inactivated Red Forest in place of the western radioactive trail.
Chernobyl-2: a secret object of the USSR - ZGRLS "Duga". The over-the-horizon radar was designed for early detection of intercontinental ballistic missile launches. Acquaintance with the object.
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Important Information
- 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. The passport with which you crossed the border of Ukraine and the data of which you submitted when booking the tour, must be with you. Bring drinking water with you and also a great mood.
Reviews(10)
The tour exceeded our expectations. Our guide Daniel, was helpful, informative, entertaining and respectful with the subject matter and helped create a great atmosphere among the people of our group. we were very glad we could take this tour and would recommend it 100%
Great tour! Our guide, Artem showed us many interesting places. Overnight in Chernobyl was also an unusual experience. I liked it!
Спасибо Вам огромное за Ваш отзыв, для нас очень ценное Ваше мнения,ждём Вас снова с нами в туре, поверте, нам ещё есть чем Вас удивить и что показать. Раскроем Вам ещё много тайн что хранит Чернобыльская Зона ))
This was my first trip to Chernobyl, and thanks to guide Artyom, not my last, we visited a huge number of cool places, heard a lot of cool stories, I think we had time to watch almost everything in Pripyat and Chernobyl. Artem answered all questions, was polite when it was necessary to be strict, clearly explained where it could be dangerous, where it was best not to step, and where it was best not to go. Structured the route so that we barely crossed paths with the rest of the bands and took a bunch of cool photos with no extra people, for which I'm very grateful. I hope Artem will also be the guide on the next trip!)
Большое спасибо за отзыв, мы очень рады, что поездка вам понравилась, но нам еще есть чем вас удивить, мы надеемся увидеть ВАС в ближайшее время
I don't even know where to start...probably at the end, no review, no photo will convey the atmosphere of the zone, there needs to go, and immediately!!! For you'll want to go back, and the time for that is shorter and shorter... Why in order, the trip succeeded the second time...and great, if not (count lost first time prepayment). Why is that great? Because the first time we wanted to go for a one-day trip, and the second time we got to go for two days, because you can't watch there, I was two days short, let alone a one-day tour. So we're at Kids, the checkpoint passed without problems and two freaking days began, in which we never managed to "absorb" the real scale of the tea itself and the infrastructure, the scale of the arc rls and its provision, the scale of the investments, which has no idea how much it was worth to the economy and of course the scale of Soviet stupidity, to pour in such funds without calculating the "speed of progress" (that's me about the arc if anything). I don't think you need to write about the scale of the tragedy and the energy spent on the liquidation, you'll understand that when you see the "zone." Realizing the number of facilities available and the number of visits, sneers the almost irresistible desire to come again, which I personally will definitely do. The key to a good travel narrative is a good guide. We are lucky in this regard, Nikolai Nikolayevich is not the first decade in the zone, a stylish old man, but he looks very young, ..I thought it was suspicious at the time, but about that later .. At first we went to the "trivial" places of the zone, monuments and other "visitors' places" and finally we are at the teahouse, in front of us an arch, some historical stories and we go to the bridge to feed catfish, such entertainment would not be the first nuance, which I thought suspicious, one of the participants dropped personal belongings in the water, the guide went to get them, but the giant catfish clutched his hand and we could barely hold him, lest the fish drag him into the water. The bite was deep enough, but there was no blood parketically, and the guide continued the tour as if nothing had happened. Further down, the river port, the first flashing points ... and again the guide was acting a little strange, trying to stand as close as possible to these points as if charging from them, telling us the most interesting stories about the spot before the accident. In the end, we walked almost completely around Pripyat, and the tired went to the hotel. The second day started with a "stalker location," the silo was like "real," a bunch of scattered machinery and unrealistically green-salad moss. Then there was this incredibly atmospheric bridge, I can't remember where or where anymore, the only thing I remember is the guide's behavior, which was sort of trying to give (or duplicate) traffic light signals to the train, which of course wasn't there... Then we went to an abandoned village, where besides the owner of the zone, who with all her looks shows who is in charge, we met a talking cat, not that he speaks directly in human language, but he definitely spoke, and the guide answered him something, repeatedly calling him a lynx. Then there was the church ... and here it was already quite uneasy, the guide stopped at one of the domes (which as it turned out was an antenna) and stood so for about half an hour ... saying only that we needed to bring his backpack from the bus ... he took out different ways from there that I had never seen before, and after a while 'came to his senses'. The group demanded an explanation ... and it turned out that this guide is a biorobot that remained after the liquidation and now, he has no choice but to wander around the area entertaining tourists, and at the end of this story offered to show the laboratory where it was created, we consulted for a long time, but still decided ... and for good reason, I finish this review with a third, mechanical hand ... the same one on which the guide bit a catfish ... very conveniently I will tell you. Then I want to go there again, three hands is very good, but four is much better.
Спасибо большое за такой интересный отзыв)) Мы очень рады, что наши туристы обладают невероятным чувством юмора) Будем ждать вас снова, ведь нам еще есть чем Вас еще удивить)
I liked it all. Everything was well organized, thought out, accessible. I never missed a minute. The only downside was that it was not possible to visit Janov railway station,Jupiter factory.Overall everything was great!Two days flew like a couple of hours)Thank you to our guide Marina,and company go2chernobyl.com.With respect,Yaroslav.
We did the overnight tour with Alex as our guide and had an unforgettable experience. We went to so many different places and had experiences you definitely wouldn’t get with one of the bigger companies where you turn up on a bus with 30 other tourists. We were just four people and it meant Alex was able to tailor the visit to us, and we covered three days worth of places in two days. Most of the places we visited, we didn’t see any other people there. Food was not great and I was tempted to mark them down for this but overall I was still very happy with the tour. They shouldn’t take people to the local canteen for breakfast though as it was inedible. Dinner was fine and I even got a vegetarian option. Bring LOTS of snacks!! (We did stop at a couple of places where we could buy snacks too)
We absolutely loved this tour. Our guide Alex was very friendly and knowledgable and ensured that we had the best experience possible. We saw lots of sights that we didn’t expect to be able to see and could not have been happier with the experience. One bit of feedback that may be helpful to others going on this tour- take plenty of food with you. On the first day you will meet at 8am and not eat until the evening and on day two, lunch is at around 4pm after an early breakfast. There is the chance to buy food from a small shop in the exclusion zone so ensure you take this opportunity otherwise you will be very hungry! All in all an excellent tour that we would highly recommend. Thankyou Alex!
Out tour guide Alex was the best guide ever! He went out of his way multiple times to make the tour even more awesome than it already was. He was very very thoughtful and just a very kind guy! We will definitely visit Chernobyl again and book again with Go2chernobyl.com
We just got back from 2-day trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and we highly recommend it. The highlight for us was Pripyat and the 4-hour walk we did through the town. It’s amazing to see how nature has taken over this place but also a pity to see how it was vandalized. We were also impressed by the DUGA radar system and its surroundings. Things to bear in mind: - on the day we travelled there was only one policeman at the Exclusion Zone “border”, so we waited 1,5 hours to be able to cross (there are quite a few tourist buses coming, I think we counted around 12 ahead of us). - the food served throughout the trip is quite bland and not appealing (and comes in all shades of brown), so bring lots of snacks. - toilet stops are far and few (always bring tissues with you). - the hotel was actually not that bad, very clean, but bring an extra sweater/jumper in case you get cold. - download or get a map of the region as we didn’t get a brief of what we were going to do or see and I think having a map in hand would’ve been helpful.
