Full-Day Private Chernobyl and Pripyat Tour from Kiev
- 10 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 3 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Visit one of the most intriguing and mysterious places on our planet – Chernobyl Exclusion zone. During private Chernobyl tour, you will see a site of Chernobyl nuclear power station and learn its tragic history, discover a top-secret soviet military object Duga-3, also known as “Russian Woodpecker”. You will also explore an abandoned city of Pripyat, which is not only a great example of the city founded in the soviet period but also is a great illustration of human civilization completely taken over by nature.
Inclusions
What's included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Private tour
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Transport by private vehicle
What's not
- Gratuities
Itinerary
Then, you will discover a ghost town of Pripyat: its empty half-destroyed buildings, Entertainment Park, football fields, playgrounds, school and swimming pool. You will be able to imagine how more than 45 thousands inhabitants were evacuated from there and took only the daily necessity things, hoping to come back home.
You will see with your eyes the Chernobyl nuclear power station, where in 1986 the explosion happened. From a safe distance, you will see a defensive construction of the sarcophagus. An expert guide will tell you the story of its construction, course of events, which lead to the tragic accident on it and subsequent measures taken to stop nuclear contamination from spreading.
Except the ghost town of Pripyat, you will see the secret soviet military object Duga-3, also known as the “Russian Woodpecker” and the monument, glorifying the builders of communism. You will pass along half-mystic Red Forest and will hear the guide's stories about surprising things happening with a flora and fauna of this closed territory.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Tickets
- Tickets are redeemed at a different location from the meeting point.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Green Tour Ukraine
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 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 the date of travel, this time is needed to obtain all the permissions to enter the Chernobyl Zone
How it compares in Kiev
- Its from-price is 85% above the median of the 26 day trips we list in Kiev.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 4 of 26.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Kiev
Kiev, also spelt Kyiv, is a green city of golden-domed churches, tree-lined hills and broad boulevards on the high bank of the Dnieper.
Kiev rises on the hills of the Dnieper's west bank and is among the oldest cities in Eastern Europe. It was the centre of Kyivan Rus, the medieval state that adopted Christianity in 988. The eleventh-century Saint Sophia Cathedral, with its Byzantine mosaics and frescoes, and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery of golden domes and cave catacombs above the river, are together a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Top-ranked sights in Kiev: Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), St. Sophia Cathedral, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery.
