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Full-Day Chernobyl and Pripyat Tour: Small Group Adventure from Kyiv with Duga Radar Exploration
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13 Ratings
Kyiv
Embark on an unforgettable full-day Chernobyl and Pripyat tour from Kyiv. Explore the mysterious ghost town, uncover its secrets, and discover the fascinating Duga Radar system.
Duration:
11 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Reactor No 4 - A trip to the mysterious Chernobyl Exclusion Zone will start after picking you up from a meeting point. Interesting facts about Chernobyl and town of Pripyat will make the road to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone comprehensive and instructive.
After going through Deviatsky post and getting all the documents fixed, the Chernobyl tour will start. The first place for you to see inside the mysterious Chernobyl Exclusion Zone will be the long abandoned village Zalecie. Ruined buildings of the village, soviet house of culture with soviet mottoes on the walls and old mysterious memorials immersed in emptiness and full silence will be your first impressions of the Exclusion Zone.
You will discover the concrete sarcophagus of the Chernobyl Power plant’s fourth reactor, built right after the disaster and learn some striking facts about the feat of the accident liquidators.
- Pripyat Amusement Park - A ghost town of Pripyat that was built specifically for people working at the station will show you how formerly noisy town can be changed hugely under the influence of a terrible disaster. Abandoned homes, football fields, sport complexes and one of the biggest hotels in the Soviet Union, all contain the secrets that will never be revealed. You will see how the nature turns back her possession after people left the city and how deserted streets became just small paths in the middle of the forest.
- Green Tour Ukraine - Local Tour Operator
- Duga Radar Russian Woodpecker - Our trip will not leave you apart from a famous and impressive in Cold War period Radar System, known as the \
What's Included
- Permission formalities managed
- Transportation during the tour
- Comprehensive insurance coverage
- Expert tour guide services
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Participate in a thrilling small-group tour to Chernobyl - an amazing journey that will be etched in your memory forever. Traverse the enigmatic backstreets of Pripyat town and discover all its hidden tales. Embark on a trip to the renowned deserted town, and immerse yourself in the otherworldly ambience of its abandoned streets which once echoed with the chatter of many, but now remain forever deserted. Additionally, gain knowledge about an awe-inspiring, one-of-a-kind Cold War radar system, christened as the “Duga Radar” or the “Russian Woodpecker”.
- Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
- Minimum age is 18 years
- IMPORTANT: a tour must be booked at least 5 days prior to the date of travel, this time is needed to obtain all the permissions to enter the Chernobyl Zone
Location
Volodymyrska St, 60
Volodymyrska Street
opposite the University of Shevchenko
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Ksheryer
Feb 20, 2020
Chernobyl - Awesome trip! Really helpful and friendly guide! 10/10 would recommend to anyone who wants to do it!
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Lucho137
Nov 20, 2019
Nice guide and stirring sights - Well filled program exploring various ghost town points and important locations of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Wahunt
Oct 3, 2019
Wonderful and Comprehensive Tour - Chernobyl has fascinated me since the reactor exploded in 1986. One reason I came to Ukraine was to visit Chernobyl. The small group with whom I traveled entered the radiation exclusion zone and got our dosimeters and first visited the town of Chernobyl. Although some people live there, I didn't see a soul. The nuclear power plant is about 10 miles north near the town of Pripyat, where the workers lived. There were four operating reactors and two under construction that were abandoned after the explosion. Several of the reactors remained on line until the last one was decommissioned in 2000. Reactor 4 now has a huge sarcophagus covering the damaged reactor and the previous concrete dome placed to stop the radiation leak.
Pripyat is a spooky ghost town being reclaimed by the forest. It's hard to believe that it was a functioning city of 50,000. Residences, government buildings, a hotel, soccer stadium, amusement park, and a school are all deteriorating and being reclaimed by nature.
The tour itself was very well organized and allowed us to see a great many places in and around the plant and Pripyat. Lisa, our guide, expertly showed us all the fascinating things to see. Lunch was included in the tour at the power plant.
In summary, this was a great tour and provided everything I wanted to experience. I highly recommend it.
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Stu2303
Sep 14, 2019
Fascinating tour with an excellent guide, focus strongly on safety as well as sharing insights - This was a long day's tour, but a video on the way across to the site gave a good introduction and then our guide was very thorough in explaining what would happen and the important elements for keeping safe (which really are important - as radioactivity in allowed areas are very low, but the guide showed us areas off the beaten track where the geiger counter showed this was much higher).
From the gigantic hidden soviet transmitter in the forest to the deserted stadium and fairground in Pripyat, to the enormous cover for the still highly radioactive power station, it was all really fascinating.
We spent a lot of time researching the safety of the visit, and we personally felt sufficiently reassured about it, and the guide was extremely professional and gave highest priority to safety, which gave us great reassurance throughout the day.
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Fellowtraveler157239
Aug 5, 2019
Interesting day - I visited Chernobyl later July. I booked this tour based on the reviews. The guide was very professional, sharing all safety instructions at the beginning and remind them as needed. I was not informed that I need to wear clothe fully covering your legs / arms, so they provided me a solution at no cost. Believe the low point was the food; however, it is Chernobyl ... so you cannot expect a fancy restaurant. Overall, unique experience. I also used this company for transportation from / to the airport, no issues, they arrive on time.
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Steve
Apr 15, 2019
Absolutely fantastic - We spent the day with Konstantinis. He was so informative and helpful, answering any questions we had throughout the day. His English was excellent. He really made the day a memorable one. He went out his way for every request we had.
The tour itself isn't cheap but it's good value as it lasted the whole day. It's a very eerie and incredible experience from start to finish and there was a lot more to it than I expected.
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Katherine
Feb 13, 2019
Awesome tour!!!! - I had the best guide and the overall experience was awesome!! I recommend this tour to anybody who goes to Kiev. It is a MUST!!!!
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Hethbum
Nov 27, 2018
Excellent day out - There were 11 people in our group in total with a driver and tour guide. Our guide spoke excellent English and was able to give us plenty of information about Chernobyl and Pripyat. The transport was very comfortable and the documentaries about the disaster before arrival was a great way if breaking the journey and learning more before arrival. The whole day felt well managed and at no point did we feel hurried along. Looking at some of the larger groups we were really pleased we booked with Green Ukraine. Whilst there are other companies with more Trip Advisor reviews our group really felt that this trip was value for money. Thank you again for the opportunity to visit a place which we need to learn from
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530alison
Oct 2, 2018
Interesting and thought provoking - Helen our tour guide was so knowledgeable and friendly. I never thought I would visit chernobyl, a place of terrible nuclear damage and devastation. However hopefully the awful lesson has been learned and nothing like this will ever happen again. I will go back.
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Violabk
Sep 11, 2018
Super tour with super guide - The tour is well organized, the guide is very informative, well prepared and shows everything and gives detailed information.
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